Collection

Works by Casey Reas, five Magnum photographers, and Vera Molnár, in collaboration with Martin Grasser. Each entry presents the work, its artist, and its acquisition history.

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13 works

These works have been accepted and accessioned into the permanent Collection.

Dark blue-charcoal circular field with cream semicircles, diagonal fragments, and conspicuous vertical slice divisions. — CENTURY #31Casey ReasGift of punk6529; Casey REAS; CENTURY #31; 6529 Network Museum, 6529NM.2026.001.01. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Open rust and cream field with broad dark partitions. — CENTURY #724Casey ReasGift of punk6529; Casey REAS; CENTURY #724; 6529 Network Museum, 6529NM.2026.001.02. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Grayscale field with black bands, gray planes, and intersecting white lines. — CENTURY #401Casey ReasGift of punk6529; Casey REAS; CENTURY #401; 6529 Network Museum, 6529NM.2026.001.03. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Rows of circular masses, repeated axes, and translucent sweeps and overlaps. — Pre-Process #63Casey ReasGift of punk6529; Casey REAS; Pre-Process #63; 6529 Network Museum, 6529NM.2026.001.04. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Blue-gray central and lower knot with trajectories rising and dispersing. — Phototaxis #308Casey ReasGift of punk6529; Casey REAS; Phototaxis #308; 6529 Network Museum, 6529NM.2026.001.05. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Bright green and dark room-like perspectival field. — 923 EMPTY ROOMS #713Casey ReasGift of punk6529; Casey REAS; 923 EMPTY ROOMS #713; 6529 Network Museum, 6529NM.2026.001.06. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Black field with granular white lines and unstable polygonal and dodecahedral suggestions. — Ex Nihilo (Cosmos) #248Casey ReasGift of punk6529; Casey REAS; Ex Nihilo (Cosmos) #248; 6529 Network Museum, 6529NM.2026.001.07. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Vertical black-and-white photograph of a back-facing armed figure and rifle overlooking a canvas shelter in a rocky desert valley. — Patrolling the border between the Negev Desert and JordanDavid SeymourDavid Seymour, Negev, 1952. © David Seymour/Magnum Photos 2022.

Black-and-white photograph of two armed soldiers standing symmetrically inside a church beneath a large crucifix. — Government soldiers in a church, Suchitoto, El SalvadorLarry TowellLarry Towell, Suchitoto, El Salvador, 1986. © Larry Towell/Magnum Photos 2022.

Black-and-white photograph of a person running through smoke at the Western Wall, with a canister in the air and a metal menorah barrier in the foreground. — Demonstration, Western Wall, JerusalemMicha Bar-AmMicha Bar-Am, Jerusalem, 1989. © Micha Bar-Am/Magnum Photos 2022.

Black-and-white photograph of an apparently young person standing with head lowered before a white wall marked by many dark spots, beneath a caged lamp. — Tripoli, LibyaMoisés SamanMoisés Saman, Tripoli, Libya, 2011. © Moisés Saman/Magnum Photos 2022.

Color photograph of a soldier holding a helmet to his face while seated among pale rubble and standing columns at Palmyra under a clear blue sky. — Palmyra, SyriaLorenzo MeloniLorenzo Meloni, Palmyra, Syria, 2016. © Lorenzo Meloni/Magnum Photos 2022.

A square generative composition in dark cobalt blue and warm white. Large blue fields occupy the upper right and lower left. White T forms descend through the lower-left field, with a small white F at the left edge. The lower-right area combines a thin horizontal rule, vertical lines, an offset blue block, and a dense rectangular pattern. — Themes and Variations #210Vera Molnár, in collaboration with Martin GrasserVera Molnár, in collaboration with Martin Grasser, Themes and Variations #210, 2023. Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Selected works

Acquisitions in progress

Keys and Gates has completed selection through a Meme Card-funded acquisition program. Minting, acquisition, custody, and accession remain in progress.

A lone figure stands before a tall blue patterned gate as sunlight casts long geometric shadows across a stone hall. — Take the Key!GulYildizSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedGulYildiz — Take the Key!; Keys and Gates presentation record

An elevated view shows blurred buses and traffic around a sharply defined person seated in a small blue tub or boat on the roadway. — the Artist in the Open SeaHugoFazSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedHugoFaz — the Artist in the Open Sea; Keys and Gates presentation record

A rider on a rearing white horse rises above a herd of brown horses on a wide plain beneath hazy mountains. — Managed FreedomnasimghanizadehSelected through an acquisition program; unmintednasimghanizadeh — Managed Freedom; Keys and Gates presentation record

Two silhouetted figures walk toward daylight at the end of a rough stone passage. — No Key, Only LightintrepidSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedintrepid — No Key, Only Light; Keys and Gates presentation record

A long weathered concrete barrier with faded graffiti divides a pale sky from a dark foreground. — Residual BarrierikertjeSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedikertje — Residual Barrier; Keys and Gates presentation record

A shirtless person opens a refrigerator covered in colorful magnets in a kitchen. — The Hostile GateGIANTSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedGIANT — The Hostile Gate; Keys and Gates presentation record

A turquoise mountain lake is bordered by evergreen forest and a jagged, snow-dusted mountain range. — the cost of openpriyankaSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedpriyanka — the cost of open; Keys and Gates presentation record

A vertical aerial view shows dense residential roofs meeting an ordered palm plantation along a sharp boundary. — Dichotomy.RakeshSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedRakesh — Dichotomy.; Keys and Gates presentation record

Black-and-white industrial buildings sit beneath a cloudy sky, with the words NOW IS OUR TIME painted on a wall. — Now Is Our TimepandelicSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedpandelic — Now Is Our Time; Keys and Gates presentation record

A bare torso emerges from folds of black fabric against a nearly black background. — CheckpointMinalisaSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedMinalisa — Checkpoint; Keys and Gates presentation record

A nude figure reclines on an ornate gold chair, wearing bright sandals, with one hand lowering a small dark booklet or document toward the floor; no text is readable on it. — Sina Beizavi in BrazilHugoFazSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedHugoFaz — Sina Beizavi in Brazil; Keys and Gates presentation record

A person stands framed by successive arched doorways inside a heavily damaged building. — RustedTeyhuSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedTeyhu — Rusted; Keys and Gates presentation record

Black keyboard keys spell NO / WHERE / TU on a white surface, while the Esc key sits apart below beside a small ant. — Nowhere To Esc.arsonicSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedarsonic — Nowhere To Esc.; Keys and Gates presentation record

The camera looks upward through a dark, fluted circular structure toward a small opening of sky. — Morning GloryZokuSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedZoku — Morning Glory; Keys and Gates presentation record

Two people lean from the windows of a weathered teal train; one wears a bright orange head covering. — মুক্তিযুদ্ধ - Fight for FreedomshamsprantoSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedshamspranto — মুক্তিযুদ্ধ - Fight for Freedom; Keys and Gates presentation record

A small white house with a red roof stands on a hill beneath a starry sky, beyond a lit gate with a posted sign and a silhouetted figure. — No AccessVeerendraSelected through an acquisition program; unmintedVeerendra — No Access; Keys and Gates presentation record

Accession history

The acquisitions behind these holdings

The Collection currently comprises 13 works received through 3 completed gifts.

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