Events - May 2010

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Saturday, May 1, 2010 | 10:00 AM

New Museum First Saturdays for Families: Tarek Atoui: Electro-Acoustic Music

Workshops, Music / Performance, Family Programs

Join us for an electro-acoustic music and movement workshop. Tarek Atoui is an electro-acoustic musician who initiates multidisciplinary interventions using new software, and specializes in transforming computer tools su... more >

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Saturday, May 1, 2010 | 3:00 PM

SkowheganTALKS: Judy Pfaff and Jessica Stockholder

Discussions

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Thursday, May 6, 2010 | 7:00 PM

Get Weird: Tarek Atoui: Un-drum 2/The Chinese Connection and Un-drum 3/Semantic Scanning Electron Microscope

Part of Get Weird
 
Music / Performance

Tarek Atoui’s Un-drum performances are a series of complex interactions between music composition, movement, performance, and computer and electronic engineering. In July 2009, Atoui performed the remarkable Un-drum 1/...... more >

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Sunday, May 9, 2010 | 4:00 PM

Independent Curators International and New Museum present The Curator’s Perspective: A Conversation with Bisi Silva

Discussions

ICI (Independent Curators International) has developed its first touring curatorial conversation in the U.S. with Bisi Silva, an independent curator and the founder/director of the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos, N... more >

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Thursday, May 13, 2010 | 6:30 PM

17th Annual New York African Film Festival at the New Museum: Awkward Conversations

Part of Special Engagement
 
Film / Video

The New Museum is excited to continue its partnership with African Film Festival, Inc. by participating in the 17th Annual New York African Film Festival. This co-presentation includes three days of film screenings, whic... more >

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Friday, May 14, 2010 | 7:00 PM

After all these introductions I wish to say something

Part of Exhibition Related, Museum as Hub

Organized and executed by Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri, this event is an open-ended “film” emerging out of various lines of inquiry and influences ranging from Situationist experiments, concepts of cinema verité, a... more >

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Saturday, May 15, 2010 | 2:00 PM

17th Annual New York African Film Festival at the New Museum: Digitally Speaking

Part of Special Engagement
 
Film / Video

The New Museum is excited to continue its partnership with African Film Festival, Inc. by participating in the 17th Annual New York African Film Festival. This co-presentation includes three days of film screenings, whic... more >

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Sunday, May 16, 2010 | 2:00 PM

17th Annual New York African Film Festival at the New Museum: One Small Step

Part of Special Engagement
 
Film / Video

The New Museum is excited to continue its partnership with African Film Festival, Inc. by participating in the 17th Annual New York African Film Festival. This co-presentation includes three days of film screenings, whic... more >

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 | 12:00 PM

Celebrate SANAA's Pritzker Prize with Free Admission and Architecture Tours

On Wednesday, May 19, from noon to 6 p.m., the New Museum will offer free general admission and tours in honor of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the Tokyo-based firm SANAA, architects of the New Museum on the Bowery... more >

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Friday, May 21, 2010 | 7:00 PM

A Proposition by Matthew Barney: Ancient Evenings Storyboards

Part of Propositions
 
Discussions

Matthew Barney’s proposition will consider his current project in development: Ancient Evenings. As part of this program, Barney will share the storyboards for the seven-act performance and video sequences from acts th... more >

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Saturday, May 22, 2010 | 12:00 PM

Guest Speakers Dr. Michael K. Bartalos & Gabe Bartalos: Part of a Proposition by Matthew Barney: Ancient Evenings Storyboards

Part of Propositions
 
Discussions

In conjunction with Matthew Barney’s proposition, Dr. Michael K. Bartalos, a physician, and his son Gabe Bartalos, a special-effects makeup artist, will discuss their work in relationship to death. Barney will consider... more >

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Saturday, May 29, 2010 | 3:00 PM

SkowheganTALKS: Judy Pfaff, Jessica Stockholder, and Cheryl Donegan

Discussions

SkowheganTALKS, a lecture series organized by the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, features conversations between some of the most influential visual artists working today. The third talk of the second season of... more >

Exhibitions - May 2010

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March 3, 2010 - June 20, 2010

Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection

Curated by Jeff Koons

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March 26, 2010 - July 25, 2010

Museum as Hub: In and Out of Context REDUX

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December 1, 2007 - November 12, 2010

Ugo Rondinone

Hell, Yes!