See New York through its windows at MoMA PS1
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Babylon Radio
Listen nowMasao Gozu found a way to photograph New York by looking up at its windows. His pictures of people at home and customers at a Bowery bar are now part of Windows and Bars at MoMA PS1, which opened on 5 November 2026 and runs until 15 March 2027.
The exhibition brings together photographs, sculpture and archival material by the Japanese-born, New York-based artist. For anyone learning to feel at home in a new city, it offers an inviting question: what do you notice when you are still looking at a place from the outside?
A city seen from the pavement
The museum describes this as Gozu’s first US museum exhibition. His subjects include people at apartment windows in immigrant neighbourhoods, from Chinatown and Little Italy to Bay Ridge and Crown Heights. The exhibition also includes photographs of Harry’s Bar on the Bowery, where he repeatedly photographed customers looking out through a window between 1976 and 1981.
More recent pictures return to locations he photographed decades earlier. Older and newer views appear together, making changes in the city part of the story.
Try looking at those pairings before reading the dates. What catches your eye first: the building, the person, or the space around them? It is a simple starting point if photography exhibitions sometimes leave you wondering where to begin.
MoMA PS1, May 2026. Photo: Anonymouscarrots / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped for display.
Plan your visit to MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 is at 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens. Admission is free for everyone, and tickets can be reserved through the museum’s visitor page. This is PS1 in Queens, rather than MoMA’s Manhattan location.
Normal opening hours are noon to 6pm, with an earlier 10am opening on Saturdays. The museum is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, as well as Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.
The museum is wheelchair accessible, with wheelchairs available at the entrance. This season’s exhibitions are presented in English and Spanish. Families can pick up a free activity guide in the lobby, and the museum’s free digital guide is available through Bloomberg Connects.
You do not need to turn this into a full day of sightseeing. Start with the windows, take your time with a few photographs, and see whether the exhibition changes what you notice on the way home.
Hero: MoMA PS1, May 2026. Photo: Sashimi-b / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped for display.