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13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World, Basim Magdy, 2011
Basim Magdy, portraitBasim MagdyEgyptian, 1977

13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World

2011 · Video

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Not on view at present

Where is “13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.

The Museum of Modern Art

New York, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Accession number
1774.2015

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Contemporary art21st century

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My Father Looks For An Honest City, Basim Magdy, 2010

My Father Looks For An Honest City

2010 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Time Laughs Back at You Like a Sunken Ship, Basim Magdy, 2012

Time Laughs Back at You Like a Sunken Ship

2012 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

A 240 Second Analysis of Failure and Hopefulness (With Coke, Vinegar and Other Tear Gas Remedies), Basim Magdy, 2012

A 240 Second Analysis of Failure and Hopefulness (With Coke, Vinegar and Other Tear Gas Remedies)

2012 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

The Hollow Desire to Populate Imaginary Cities, Basim Magdy, 2014

The Hollow Desire to Populate Imaginary Cities

2014 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

On view at The Museum of Modern Art

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Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, Ansel Adams, c. 1931

Ansel Adams

Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, c. 1931

The Olive Trees, Vincent van Gogh, Saint Rémy, June-July 1889

Vincent van Gogh

The Olive Trees, Saint Rémy, June-July 1889

The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

The Starry Night, 1889

Goat Skull and Bottle, Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, 1951 (cast 1954)

Pablo Picasso

Goat Skull and Bottle, Vallauris, 1951 (cast 1954)

She-Goat, Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, 1950 (cast 1952)

Pablo Picasso

She-Goat, Vallauris, 1950 (cast 1952)

Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu, Pablo Picasso, 1949, published 1950

Pablo Picasso

Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu, Pablo Picasso, 1949, published 1950

Pablo Picasso

Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950

"Présence" (chapter title, page 13) from Corps perdu, Pablo Picasso, 1949, published 1950

Pablo Picasso

"Présence" (chapter title, page 13) from Corps perdu, 1949, published 1950