Museum of Arts and Design

The Museum of Arts and Design collects, displays, and interprets objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design. In its exhibitions and educational programs, the Museum celebrates the creative process through which materials are crafted into works that enhance contemporary life.

Information

Location	2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY
Directions	1, A, B, C, D to 59th St-Columbus Circle N, Q, R, W to 57th St; walk west on W57th, turn right on Broadway, walk north to Columbus Circle
Hours	Wednesday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Thursday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday and major holidays
Cost	$12 with Student ID
Website	http://www.madmuseum.org
Additional Info	Thursday 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Pay-What-You-Wish Admission The store at MAD is open 7 days a week Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Current Exhibitions

Permanently MAD: Revealing the Collection (Ongoing)
Permanently MAD: Revealing the Collection presents approximately 250 works from the Museum of Arts and Design’s permanent collection. For the first time in the Museum’s 52-year history, dedicated collections galleries introduce visitors to the phenomenal ceramic, glass, wood, metal, fiber, and mixed media works in the Museum’s collections. Many of the pieces are on view for the first time.

Permanently MAD offers new ways of looking at artworks, outside of traditional hierarchies of art, craft, and design. Exhibition sections allow viewers to draw connections between works of all media, presenting fresh insights for those familiar with the Museum and for those visiting for the first time. In “Description: Seeing the Object,” viewers are encouraged to explore artworks visually, through the language of form, color, and surface patterning. In “Intention: The Artist Speaks,” each object reflects a specific world view, emotion, or imaginative viewpoint of the artist. Finally, “Reflection: Objects in Context” explores the ways in which the objects are influenced by the environment—physical, historical, or social–-in which they were created.

Bigger, Better, More (January 26, 2010 - May 2, 2010)
Visit the work of Viola Frey (1933-2004), one of the most influential sculptors of the twentieth century. The exhibition features paintings, crafts (specifically ceramics) and designs merged and diverged in dynamic ways.


Portable Treasuries (February 16, 2010 - August 8, 2010)
Collectors Daniel and Serga Nadler have assembled a unique collection of silver jewelry from around the world, including massive neck ornaments, anklets, bracelets, complex earrings, and a wide variety of brooches and fibulae. The exhibition presents approximately 150 works, from North Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and the hill tribes of Southeast Asia.


Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection (March 16, 2010 - September 12, 2010)
Intertwined provides an international look at contemporary basket making, offering insight into the evolution of the basket from a useful object to a work of art and challenging the notion of what defines a basket. The exhibition includes more than 70 traditional and non-traditional baskets. The baskets utilize a range of materials and techniques from traditional organic to commercial and often surprising media.


For more information, please visit the MAD website.