MoMA PS1 Receives $1m Gift from Teiger Foundation

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MoMA PS1 in New York has received U.S. $1 million from the Teiger Foundation—named after the late New Jersey art collector David Teiger—to support its curatorial endeavours. The gift arrives on the tenth anniversary of the art patron’s passing in 2014.

Teiger joined MoMA PS1’s board in 2000, after the artist-centred institution merged with Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. He became an honorary trustee at MoMA in 2004 and contributed generously to exhibition-making at MoMA PS1 during his lifetime.

The Teiger Foundation Exhibition Fund will benefit spring 2025 exhibitions at the museum, including by Julien Ceccaldi (organised by Kari Rittenbach), Whitney Claflin (organised by Jody Graf), and Sandra Poulson (organised by Elena Ketelsen González).

‘Exhibition funds support long-term planning, allowing curators to develop ideas over time,’ Ruba Katrib, Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at MoMA PS1, explained. The donation will enable ‘work with artists [to] start earlier and be more collaborative, facilitating experimentation over many months or years,’ she added.

‘For David Teiger, MoMA PS1 was a springboard from buying art into supporting—and becoming deeply involved in the practice of—exhibitions and exhibition-making,’ said Teiger Foundation Executive Director, Larissa Harris.

‘On this tenth anniversary of David Teiger’s death, it’s a perfect time to remember the foundational role PS1 played in his commitment to contemporary art and artists,’ she added. —[O]

Solo exhibitions by Whitney Claflin and Julien Ceccaldi will open at MoMA PS1 from 27 March to August 25 2025. Sandra Poulson’s exhibition follows from 24 April to 6 October 2025.

Main image: Left to right: Ruba Katrib, Elena Ketelsen González, Jody Graf, Sheldon Gooch, Kari Rittenbach. MoMA PS1 curators. Photo: Marissa Alper.