The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York responded to when President Donald Trump ordered ban on citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States by installing a dozen works by artists from those countries. The displayed artwork, according to Art News, includes work by “the late Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid, the Sudanese master Ibrahim El-Salahi, and the young Iranian painter Tala Madani,” in the galleries devoted to MoMA’s permanent collection. Pictured above is El-Salahi’s 1964 piece The Mosque, which went on display. Alongside each artwork, MoMA placed a placard reading: “This work is by an artist from a nation whose citizens are being denied entry into the United States, according to a presidential executive order issued on January 27, 2017. This is one of several such artworks from the Museum’s collection installed throughout the fifth-floor galleries to affirm the ideals of welcome and freedom as vital to this Museum, as they are to the United States.” Art News says “acting quickly and wisely, MoMA has managed a feat that is far too rare in the museum world: it has made its collection a living, breathing thing, responsive to current events, and ready to educate and challenge visitors. Artworks have unique powers—the ability to transmit complex ideas instantaneously, to highlight unseen histories, and to question the status quo. MoMA is letting those powers get to work.”