This event is in the past.It took place on February 7, 2026 at The Museum of Modern Art.
Ruth Asawa's wire sculptures hang like delicate lanterns, transforming humble materials into forms that seem to float between abstraction and figuration. This sweeping retrospective brings together roughly 300 works spanning her Black Mountain College roots to her public monuments, revealing an artist who found infinite possibility in repetition and close looking.
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Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective
Midtown East
Ruth Asawa's wire sculptures hang like delicate lanterns, transforming humble materials into forms that seem to float between abstraction and figuration. This sweeping retrospective brings together roughly 300 works spanning her Black Mountain College roots to her public monuments, revealing an artist who found infinite possibility in repetition and close looking.
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