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Gilbert Baker: Rainbow Flag
Gilbert Baker, Rainbow Flag, 1978
© Photograph by Peter Butler. Photos courtesy of the Gilbert Baker Foundation
Gilbert Baker (1951–2017)
Rainbow Flag 1978
Nylon
Original fabricators: Lynn Segerblom (born 1956) and James McNamara (1950–1999)
Gift of the designer, 2015
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Rainbow Flag, now known as a global icon of the LGBTQ+ movement, was conceived in its current form in July 1978 at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade. A group led by artist and activist Gilbert Baker wanted to expand the movement’s symbolism beyond the “pink triangle,” which had often been used as a symbol of the movement but was associated with Nazi persecution. The Rainbow flag would be a positive symbol, “something beautiful, something from us.” Baker decided to use the form of a flag after noting the striking presence of U.S. flags during the 200th anniversary of the United States. In 2015, the original artwork was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art and exhibited for the first time in June of that year. Here, the Rainbow Flag is on view here as a loan from MoMA.
A special presentation of the Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin as part of the We the People programme initiative of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Rainbow Flag 1978
Nylon
Original fabricators: Lynn Segerblom (born 1956) and James McNamara (1950–1999)
Gift of the designer, 2015
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Rainbow Flag, now known as a global icon of the LGBTQ+ movement, was conceived in its current form in July 1978 at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade. A group led by artist and activist Gilbert Baker wanted to expand the movement’s symbolism beyond the “pink triangle,” which had often been used as a symbol of the movement but was associated with Nazi persecution. The Rainbow flag would be a positive symbol, “something beautiful, something from us.” Baker decided to use the form of a flag after noting the striking presence of U.S. flags during the 200th anniversary of the United States. In 2015, the original artwork was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art and exhibited for the first time in June of that year. Here, the Rainbow Flag is on view here as a loan from MoMA.
A special presentation of the Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin as part of the We the People programme initiative of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Runtime: Sat, 04/07/2026 to Sun, 06/09/2026
Price info: Museum Ticket Neue Nationalgalerie
Valid for all exhibitions
Express ticket, priority admission to all exhibitions: 35,00 €
Kulturforum all exhibitions: 22,00 €
Price: €20.00
Reduced price: €10.00
Reduced price info: Kulturforum all exhibitions: 11,00 €
Children and young people up to the age of 18 are admitted free of charge.
Valid for all exhibitions
Express ticket, priority admission to all exhibitions: 35,00 €
Kulturforum all exhibitions: 22,00 €
Price: €20.00
Reduced price: €10.00
Reduced price info: Kulturforum all exhibitions: 11,00 €
Children and young people up to the age of 18 are admitted free of charge.
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