To cite a museum exhibit, follow the MLA format template. Include the name of the exhibition as the title of your source, followed by the opening and closing dates of the exhibition and the museum and city as the location: Unrelated: Narrative Art of the Plains. - 2016, National Museum of the American Indian, New York. If the. ~ To cite graphic art, indicate the name of the artist, the date of creation, the title of the work in italics, the medium and the place where the work is preserved or published. For graphic art in a publication, include the author, publication title, publisher, publication date, and page number or URL. Example: artist's last name, first initial. Note: This article covers content from the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. For up-to-date guidance, see the Ninth Edition of the MLA Handbook. Cite video game covers the same way you would cite book or magazine covers. Filed under: use of sources, list of works cited. MLA Style Center, the only authorized website on MLA, stylizes the artwork name in roman without ation marks, following the style convention of ancient artwork names. As always, enter your in-text citation on the first item in the works cited list, which will likely be the name of the artwork, as the creators of ancient artworks are usually unknown. Filed under. The MLA Handbook shows how to create a works cited list entry for a work of art seen firsthand in a museum. Include the name of the artist, the title of the work, the date of composition and the name of the museum as well as the city in which the museum is located: Bearden, Romare. The train. 1975, Museum of Moderns,