Kutyelelo lwam lokuqala kwisiXeko saseNew York, bendineeyure ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba umhlobo aphume emsebenzini kwaye ndiyazi kakuhle indlela endifuna ukuchitha ngayo ixesha lam. Iteksi etyheli indishiyile e-53rd St. nakwi-6th Ave.ndaye ndashiya umthwalo wam kwitsheki yebhatshi kwindawo yokulinda IMyuziyam yoBugcisa bemihla ngemihla . Ndandingumfundi wobugcisa nenkcubeko, kwaye eli yayilikhaya kwimisebenzi enefuthe kumagcisa am awathandayo. Ngoku, njengomhlali wase-NYC, i-MoMA kulapho ndichitha khona usuku olunye ngonyaka, ubukhulu becala ukutyelela imiboniso ekhethekileyo. Ndifundile ukuphepha izihlwele kunye nezip ezidlulileyo kuyo yonke imisebenzi endandiyibone kwasekuqaleni njengokhenketho.
Kude kube ngoku, bendiqala ukubona i-MoMA njenge-Ikea yobugcisa; yenza uhambo olunye ngonyaka ukuze ubone into entsha kwaye ushiye ukuziva ukhuthazekile kodwa udiniwe. I-MoMA entsha, nangona kunjalo, inokuba yindawo endihlala ndihlala rhoqo kuyo.
IMyuziyam yoBugcisa bemihla ngemihla, kwisiXeko saseNew York Ukuvulwa kwakhona kwe-MoMA kubonisa imifanekiso yeembali zobugcisa ezinjengeNtombazana ngaphambi kwesipili nguPablo Picasso (ngasekhohlo) ngelixa ebonisa okungaziwayo, kunqabile ukuba kubonwe imisebenzi evela kwingqokelela yayo njengoDaphne nguRenée Sintenis (ngasekunene). Umzobo wobhedu womzobi wasetyhini waseJamani wafunyanwa yiMyuziyam ngo-1939 kwaye awuzange uboniswe ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-1940 kwaye ngoku ungafumaneka eGadini. | Ityala: UMariah Tyler
Imyuziyam ivula iingcango zayo ngoMvulo, Okthobha 21 emva kokuba ivaliwe ukusukela ngoJuni walo nyaka. Ichithe i-450 yezigidi zeedola kulungiso kunye nolwakhiwo olutsha olwandisa indawo yayo yegalari ngama-30 epesenti. Ukwandiswa kweenyawo ezili-165,000 zeenyawo kuya kulungiselela ingqokelela yokukhula yobugcisa kunye nomsebenzi wobugcisa ngabaculi abaninzi bemibala kunye nabasetyhini abavela kwihlabathi liphela. Iya kuba negumbi elongezelelekileyo lezigidi ezi-3 zonyaka zokuhamba kwemiyuziyam.
IMyuziyam yoBugcisa bemihla ngemihla, kwisiXeko saseNew York Umbono wofakelo lweDowntown New York (Igalari 202), eneJean-Michel Basquiat kunye noKeith Haring. | Ityala: UMariah Tyler
Eyasungulwa ngo-1929, i-MoMA ibhiyozela iminyaka engama-90 yokuzibophezela kwayo ekuncedeni ihlabathi ukuba liqonde kwaye linandipha ubugcisa bemihla ngemihla. Ukuvulwa kwakhona kubugcisa behlabathi kunye nezimvo kwiigalari ezisandula ukwenziwa ngokutsha. Ukwanda kuye kwavumela abagcini abavela kuwo onke amasebe emyuziyam ukuba baphinde baqwalasele imbali eyibonisayo. Zonke ii-intshi zesikwere sendawo eludongeni sitshintshiwe sabandakanya umxube omkhulu wobugcisa kwiigalari ngelixa ugcina ulungelelwaniso ngokulandelelana kwexesha ukusuka kumgangatho wesihlanu ukuya kowesibini. Uya kufumana imizobo, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo, kunye nokufota kwigumbi elinye elinikezela imibono eyahlukeneyo kwimixholo efanayo ukusuka kwangexesha elifanayo ukuze kuvuse incoko kunye nokukhuthaza ukufunda.
IMyuziyam yoBugcisa bemihla ngemihla, kwisiXeko saseNew York Umbono wofakelo lomsebenzi wobugcisa nguGustav Klimt, uEgon Schiele noWilhelm Lehmbruck. | Ityala: UMariah Tyler 
IMyuziyam yoBugcisa bemihla ngemihla, kwisiXeko saseNew York Umbono wokufakelwa kwigalari yeZinto zeSurrealist ezinomfanekiso ozimeleyo oneenwele ezityiweyo nguFrida Kahlo (1940) kunye nokuzalwa kwehlabathi nguJoan Miró (1925). | Ityala: UMariah Tyler 
IMyuziyam yoBugcisa bemihla ngemihla, kwisiXeko saseNew York Ukuqokelelwa kuka-Yayoi Kusama uNombolo 1, usihlalo othambileyo womfanekiso oqingqiweyo, uhleli egumbini elingqongwe ziingxilimbela zobugcisa ezifana noAndy Warhol. Aba babini babephila ngexesha elinye eNew York, ngamaxesha apho amagcisa angamadoda athatha izimvo zakhe ngaphandle kokubonisa impembelelo yakhe. | Ityala: UMariah Tyler
Imyuziyam izakutshintsha imiboniso qho kwiinyanga ezintandathu ukuya kwezisi-9, inika abaxhasi nesizathu esingakumbi sokundwendwela kwakhona. Uya kuhlala ukwazi ukubona ezakudala zePicasso kunye neVan Gogh's Ubusuku obuneenkwenkwezi , kodwa nawe uza kuphefumlelwa ukuba uchithe ixesha kunye namagcisa ongazange uve ngawo ngaphambili.
IMyuziyam yoBugcisa bemihla ngemihla, kwisiXeko saseNew York Umbono wofakelo lwe19th Century Innovators (igalari 501), iMyuziyam yobuGcisa bemihla ngemihla, eNew York. Eli gumbi linobugcisa obukhulu bukaVincent Van Gogh, uEdvard Munch noHenri Rousseau. | Ityala: UMariah Tyler 
IMyuziyam yoBugcisa bemihla ngemihla, kwisiXeko saseNew York Isitampu, iSavenge, ukuFakelwa koFakelo lweCanyon, uRobert Rauschenberg (1959) kunye noLee Bontecou ongenasihloko (1961). | Ityala: UMariah Tyler
Ukuba kwisithuba esitsha kwakungathi lutyelelo lwam lokuqala - ndithatha zonke iipeyinti, nditsho ngamehlo. Nditsho nentanda yam yakudala nguHenri Matisse waziva esitsha ecaleni kwesiqwenga esimibalabala sika-Alma Woodsey Thomas.
IMyuziyam yoBugcisa bemihla ngemihla, kwisiXeko saseNew York Umbono wofakelo lweRed Studio nguHenri Matisse kunye noMlilo weLanga nguAlma Woodsey Thomas. | Ityala: UMariah Tyler
Xa i-MoMA ivula iingcango zayo namhlanje, abakhenkethi baya kuqhubeka nokungena ngaphakathi, bekhangela iziqwenga ezidumileyo esele zineendonga. Ndiyathemba ukuba ngoku baya kushiya benolwazi olutsha, emva kokuba befumene amagcisa amatsha awathandayo. Lixesha elincomekayo ngokumangalisayo kwiMyuziyam yoBugcisa bale mihla, ngokuqinisekileyo umntu ongaphoswa lutyelelo lwakho olulandelayo kwisiXeko saseNew York. Kwaye kutyelelo olulungele uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali, unokujonga indawo yokuqala yegalari yasimahla ngaphandle kwethikithi yemyuziyam.