Modern Mural: NinaChanel Abney’s LOVE NYC

At MoMA, *Modern Mural: Nina Chanel Abney’s LOVE NYC* situates Abney’s graphic language in the city that has long served as a testing ground for public image-making. Presented as a live museum event within the exhibitions program, the work draws on the mural’s civic role, translating street-scale urgency into an institutional frame. Abney’s scenes compress protest, pop signage, and communal feeling into bold, legible forms that read quickly and linger longer. The critical tension is the point: the museum preserves what the street keeps in motion.