- MOMA Hosts Party for 2009 Armory Show -
Featuring music from Gang Gang Dance and DJ set by Justin Miller (DFA)


New York, February 18, 2009 - The Museum of Modern Art is hosting a party for The Armory Show 2009. Attendees will have the rare opportunity to dance at one of the world's best museums to a DJ set by Justin Miller of DFA Records and to experience a live concert by Manhattan experimental rock phenomenon Gang Gang Dance.

The New York Times recently raved that "Gang Gang Dance Goes from Cult Figures to a Band of the Moment," and the group is well known in art circles, having participated in the 2008 Whitney Biennial. Justin Miller is a key figure in DFA Records, seminal purveyors of the Williamsburg Disco Punk sound.

Tickets begin at $100 and the party benefits the exhibition programming for MoMA and PS1. The party will be held at the museum on March 4, 2009, from 8:30 - 11:30 pm. A shuttle will be available from The Armory Show to MoMA from 6:00 to 8:30 pm.

The relationship between The Armory Show and MoMA stems back to 2001, the year in which the fair dedicated its opening day to the museum and in which the Pat Hearn Acquisition Fund at The Museum of Modern Art was founded.

Please visit www.moma.org/armoryshow2009 for more information and to purchase tickets, or contact MoMA's Department of Special Programming and Events at 212.708.9680 or e-mail specialevents@moma.org.

THE ARMORY SHOW 2009 DATES
Invitation-only Preview: Wednesday, March 4
Public Hours: Thursday, March 5 through Sunday, March 8

ABOUT THE ARMORY SHOW
The Armory Show is America's leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its eleven years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.

ABOUT THE MMPI ART GROUP
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. manages a growing network of international art shows. Through the acquisition of The Armory Show in New York and Volta in Basel, Switzerland, MMPI is committed to the continued development and enhancement of its participation in the art world by bringing together some of the top minds in art fairs under one partnership.