Paintings conservator Anny Aviram reflects on the bucolic village life depicted in Marc Chagall’s "I and the Village," and is reminded of how her own family—like Chagall—found a new home in Mexico decades later. Explore our collection work by work as we release a new #UNIQLOArtSpeaks video each Friday, and experience "I and the Village" in Gallery 505: Circa 1913. UNIQLO USA is MoMA’s proud partner of #ArtForAll | MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Marc Chagall painted memory as color and emotion. Blending expressionism, symbolism, and folklore, his floating figures, lovers, animals, and villages transform personal history into poetic vision. Rooted in his Jewish heritage and shaped by exile, Chagall’s work refuses realism in favor of feeling. In his paintings, gravity dissolves and love becomes a language of its own. #MarcChagall #Expressionism #ModernArt #ArtHistory #ArtistSpotlight | Irene Noren