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This fall, MoMA PS1 will present a major exhibition of Vaginal Davis, spanning five decades of her practice as a performer, visual artist, author, filmmaker, musician, educator, self-proclaimed “Blacktress,” and countercultural icon. Originating at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product makes its US debut at PS1, opening October 9, 2025. Organized thematically, the exhibition includes major installations, video, paintings, zines, audio works, sculptures, and cross-disciplinary collaborations, as well as extensive archival materials. The presentation spotlights Ms. Davis’s role as an underground trailblazer in the overlapping realms of art, music, performance, and queer politics—as well as her uncompromising glamour.
The exhibition is organized by Hendrik Folkerts, Curator of International Contemporary Art and Head of Exhibitions, Moderna Museet, Stockholm. The chapters at partner institutions were organized in collaboration with Eva-Lena Bergström (Nationalmuseum), Anna Efraimsson (MDT), Richard Julin and Therese Kellner (Accelerator), Marti Manen and Isabella Tjäder (Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation), and Cecilia Widenheim (Tensta Konsthall).
The presentation at MoMA PS1 is organized by Jody Graf, Associate Curator, and Sheldon Gooch, Curatorial Assistant.
Support is provided by Philip Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons.
Learn more about the exhibition on our website.
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Vaginal Davis and Jonathan Berger. Naked on my Ozgoad: Fausthaus — Anal Deep Throat. 2024–ongoing. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Installation view of Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 9, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Vaginal Davis. Middle Sex. 2024. Installation view of Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 9, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Vaginal Davis. Sucking Her Unborn Cock – Archivist Headache Wall. 1970s–present. Mixed media.The photographs on the wall have been shot by various photographers, including Rick Castro, Michael Childers, Hector Martinez, Frank Rodriguez, Bibbe Hanson, Ann Summa, John Aes-Nihil, Paul Ashley, Albert Sanchez, Jeffreyland Hilbert, Steve Lafreniere, Ted Soqui, Lawrence Elbert, Katja Perry, Julie Fowles, Sean Carrillo, and Annette Frick. Courtesy the artist, Hector Martinez, and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin. Installation view of Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 9, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio.
Installation view of Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 9, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Vaginal Davis. Sucking Her Unborn Cock – Archivist Headache Wall (detail). 1970s–present. Mixed media with photographs by various photographers. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio.
Installation view of Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 9, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Vaginal Davis. HAG — small, contemporary, haggard (detail). 2012. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio.
Installation view of Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 9, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio.
Vaginal Davis. The Wicked Pavilion: Tween Bedroom. 2021. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio.
Vaginal Davis. The Wicked Pavilion: Tween Bedroom. 2021. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio.
Vaginal Davis. The Wicked Pavilion: The Fantasia Library. 2021. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Vaginal Davis. The Wicked Pavilion: The Fantasia Library. 2021. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Vaginal Davis. Hofpfisterei. 2024/2025. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Vaginal Davis. Hofpfisterei (detail). 2024/2025. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Installation view of CHEAP: Choose Mutation with photographs by Annette Frick. 2024/2025. Presented as part of Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 9, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Installation view of CHEAP: Choose Mutation with photographs by Annette Frick. 2024/2025. Presented as part of Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 9, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Installation view of Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product, on view at MoMA PS1 from October 9, 2025 through March 2, 2026. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Portrait of Vaginal Davis. 1993. Courtesy the artist and Reena Spaulings Fine Art NY/LA. Photo: Reynaldo Rivera
Vaginal Davis. The White to be Angry. 1999. Film still. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin.
Vaginal Davis. Memorabilia and ephemera as part of The Wicked Pavilion. 2021. Installation view, Vaginal Davis, The Wicked Pavilion, Eden Eden, Berlin, 2021. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin. © Vaginal Davis. Photo: GRAYSC