Events - May 2008

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Saturday, May 3, 2008 | 10:00 AM

Target First Saturdays for Families: In Shadow and Light

Part of Target First Saturdays for Families

10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Dark and light, shadows and silhouettes, tell a story in the exhibition “Paul Chan: The 7 Lights.” Explore the show with your family, and then create playful silhouettes and experiment with light t... More Info

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Saturday, May 3, 2008 | 3:00 PM

Robert King Wilkerson and Rigo 23: The Righteous Voice

Robert King Wilkerson, a member of the Black Panther Party who spent thirty-two years in Angola Prison, twenty-nine of them in solitary confinement, will discuss the use of speech and the voice under the pressure of comp... More Info

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Thursday, May 8, 2008 | 7:30 PM

Museum as Hub: Artist Talk and Discussion, “Dongducheon: A Walk to Remember, A Walk to Envision”

Insa Art Space curator Heejin Kim moderates a conversation with Sangdon Kim, Koh Seung Wook, Rho Jae Oon, and siren eun youg jung, the four artists commissioned for the Museum as Hub presentation “Dongducheon: A Walk t... More Info

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Friday, May 9, 2008 | 7:30 PM

Blank Spots on a Map: State Secrecy and the Limits of the Visible

Part of New Silent

Geographer and artist Trevor Paglen takes us on a road trip through the world of hidden budgets, state secrets, on covert military bases, and more, guiding us through a landscape that military and intelligence insiders c... More Info

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Saturday, May 10, 2008 | 3:00 PM

Museum as Hub: Theodore Hughes, “Everyday Life, Violence, and the State of Exception”

As a “camptown” (kijich’on), Dongducheon enters a constellation of narratives figuring South Korea-US relations as marked by neocolonialism, militarism, Cold War developmentalism, sex work, and commodity fetishism.... More Info

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | 4:00 PM

Professional Development for Teachers
Part II, “What’s It to Me?”

New Museum Education Department staff Cathleen Lewis, Marc Mayer, and Cris Scorza will lead a session exploring visual inquiry and object-based learning in the New Museum’s galleries, and developing lesson plans around... More Info

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Thursday, May 15, 2008 | 7:30 PM

Get Weird: Andrew WK

Part of Get Weird

Experimental party starter Andrew WK makes a special solo appearance for May’s Get Weird event. On the heels of his explosive post-frat live shows across the globe, WK has been, of late, handling production duties for ... More Info

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Friday, May 16, 2008 | 7:30 PM

Paul Chan: Tin Drum Trilogy followed by a Q&A with the artist

The New Museum presents the New York premiere of Paul Chan’s Tin Drum Trilogy: RE:THE_OPERATION (2002), BAGHDAD IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER (2003), and NOW PROMISE NOW THREAT (2005), followed by a Q&A with the artist. A... More Info

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Saturday, May 17, 2008 | 3:00 PM

A Discussion About Abstraction with Thomas Nozkowski and Dana Schutz

In conjunction with the current exhibition by Tomma Abts, Kraus Family Senior Curator Laura Hoptman will moderate a discussion on abstraction as a method and idea with artists Thomas Nozkowski and Dana Schutz.  Thom... More Info

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 | 7:30 PM

Rhizome Commissions 08
Conversation with eteam, Steve Lambert, Evan Roth, and Rafael Rozendaal

Part of New Silent

The Rhizome Commissions Program was founded in 2001 to provide support to emerging artists working with new technologies. The forty-four works commissioned to date represent some of the most innovative, pioneering effort... More Info

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Thursday, May 29, 2008 | 7:30 PM

Please note, there will be no Thursday night Night School this month

Part of Night School

Please note, there will be no Thursday night Night School this month.... More Info

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Friday, May 30, 2008 | 7:30 PM

Night School Public Seminar 5: Okwui Enwezor

Part of Night School

Okwui Enwezor is Dean of Academic Affairs and Senior Vice President at San Francisco Art Institute. He is Adjunct Curator at International Center of Photography, New York and previously Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Ar... More Info

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Saturday, May 31, 2008 | 3:00 PM

Night School Public Seminar 5: Okwui Enwezor

Part of Night School

Okwui Enwezor is Dean of Academic Affairs and Senior Vice President at San Francisco Art Institute. He is Adjunct Curator at International Center of Photography, New York and previously Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Ar... More Info

Exhibitions - May 2008

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February 27, 2008 - May 4, 2008

Tlatelolco and the localized negotiation of future imaginaries

Guest curators Tobias Ostrander and Jorge Munguía

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March 28, 2008 - June 15, 2008

SANAA: Works
1998-2008

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April 9, 2008 - June 29, 2008

Tomma Abts

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April 9, 2008 - June 29, 2008

Paul Chan: The 7 Lights

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April 23, 2008 - July 6, 2008

Double Album: Daniel Guzmán and Steven Shearer

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May 8, 2008 - July 6, 2008

Dongducheon: A Walk to Remember, A Walk to Envision

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December 1, 2007 - November 9, 2008

Jeffrey Inaba

Donor Hall

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