Today Only: MoMA For Cheap
Most museums are too expensive to really be what we want them to be: public cultural resources open all the time, to everyone. The Museum of Modern Art, at $20 per ticket for adults, is the target of a lot of complaints. But today, get $40 for $20 at MoMA through Groupon! Now you'll totally donate.
Most museums are too expensive to really be what we want them to be: public cultural resources open all the time, to everyone. The Museum of Modern Art, at $20 per ticket for adults, is the target of a lot of complaints. But today, get $40 for $20 at MoMA through Groupon! Now you’ll totally donate.
Find the offer on Groupon’s website. The offer stands for about 12 more hours, so get on it!
There are two options for the MoMA Groupon, which has already sold enough (over 1,000) to go through. For $20, buyers get two tickets to MoMA Nights, select Thursday evening events that feature concerts, readings, cash bars and gallery talks from 3 to 8:30 pm, plus a $20 credit towards an annual individual membership to the museum, usually $75. For $25, buyers get two general admission tickets for any time, plus the membership credit. Yes, it’s a little complicated.
The MoMA Nights tickets expire August 25, 2011 while the any time deal expires August 31. The evening events totally sound fun, but if you’d rather check out “Starry Night” (1889) in peace, I would get the any time tickets. There are plenty of reasons to check out MoMA, too. Check out the exhibitions currently on view, or see highlights below.
- Abstract Expressionist New York, a re-ordering of MoMA’s canonical collection of the New York City-centered movement, is on view through April 11 (hurry).
- If you’re into cooking or design or both, Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen is up through May 2.
- For a Cubist blockbuster, check out Picasso: Guitars, 1912-1914. The show gathers together an early body of work from the artist and examines one of his most iconic symbols.
- Check out a double hit of graphic design and printmaking with German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse and Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now.
There are also some good-looking exhibitions coming up before the Groupon’s expiration date, including a retrospective of the fascinating Belgian artist Francis Alÿs, who lives and works in Mexico City. Francis Alÿs: A Story of Deception runs from May 8 to August 1 2011.
The MoMA Groupon deal is probably the most high profile of a string of museum deals recently featured on the website, including previous membership offers at the Brooklyn Museum and the San Diego Museum of Art.
