Two New York Times Interactive Stories Will Be Featured at The Museum of Modern Art

Two interactive reports by The New York Times have been acquired by The Museum of Modern Art and will be featured in the exhibition "Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design," from Sept. 27 to June 13, 2027.

The first piece, " Why Notre-Dame Was a Tinderbox ," by Larry Buchanan, James Glanz, Evan Grothjan, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Allison McCann, Karthik Patanjali, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Jeremy White and Graham Roberts , is a 3-D exploration of how the 2019 fire broke out and why it spread through the Paris cathedral so quickly.

The second, " What the Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed ," by Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Anjali Singhvi, Audra D.S. Burch, Troy Griggs, Mika Gröndahl, Lingdong Huang, Tim Wallace, Jeremy White and Josh Williams , uses a combination of photographs, graphics and 3-D models to recreate the bustling neighborhood of Greenwood, 100 years after the horrific Oklahoma massacre in 1921.

Added to MoMA's collection in 2025, these pieces provide new reporting on moments of tragedy and historical injustice through high-level, data-driven visual journalism.

The Times pieces will be displayed digitally and interactively at the exhibition space. Visitors will navigate the article by scrolling up and down, simulating the experience of viewing it within the Times app. The Times articles will be displayed in a section of the exhibition focused on investigative design, alongside works from designers and collectives such as Forensic Architecture, Laura Kurgan and Chow and Lin. This grouping highlights how investigative work and design can be combined in the service of public accountability and fact-finding.

The exhibition is the first at the museum devoted entirely to information design, recognizing its role as a critical practice in the 20th and 21st centuries. It will explore the many ways in which humans visualize information and how designers, operating in an increasingly complex digital world, can facilitate and shape our understanding.