Contemporary

The Department of Contemporary Art features the very best in international contemporary art. One of the most comprehensive contemporary art collections in any general museum in the world, it includes nearly 1,000 works. It encompasses almost every significant art movement from 1950 to the present and includes painting, sculpture, installation art, and new-media work. Some of its most notable holdings are works by Eva Hesse, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Bruce Nauman, and Gerhard Richter.