Uniqlo NYC Nights and Ernest Cole’s House of Bondage at The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art will be hosting its next Uniqlo NYC Night with the opening of a focused exhibition of work by Ernest Cole at The Museum of Modern Art opening May 5th.

With a new gallery opening on the first Friday of every month—when the Museum stays open to all until 8:00 p.m. and offers free admission to New Yorkers for UNIQLO NYC Nights—these exhibitions will invite audiences to continue to explore MoMA’s dynamic collection and connect with art and ideas from more geographies and perspectives than ever before. Enjoy music by DJs from The Lot Radio, along with beer, cocktails, and more at our pop-up bar. Explore in the galleries, get creative with drop-in drawing sessions, and see a film in the theaters. Our stores and café will be open, too, so you can grab a bite in Cafe 2, get drinks at The Modern, or shop for unique design objects from MoMA Design Store.

First published in 1967, Ernest Cole’s photobook House of Bondage exposed viewers around the world to the myriad forms of violence embedded in everyday life under South Africa’s apartheid system. Cole traversed the country for seven years to make the book—furtively photographing its trains, mines, hospitals, and schools—in a methodical deconstruction of racialized life in South Africa. Featuring a recently acquired collection of Cole’s prints, on view at MoMA for the first time, the exhibition will bring together photographs, books, and magazines presenting images from his landmark publication, as well as works by related photographers.