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Week of 05/01/2016–05/07/2016

Join the New Museum and its curatorial team for the VIP Preview of the Museum’s spring shows. This May, the Museum will present solo exhibitions of work by five women artists: “Nicole Eisenman: Al-ugh-ories,”… Premium Members & Above Membership VIP Preview for the Spring Exhibitions Tuesday 05/03/2016 7PM-8PM

Week of 04/24/2016–04/30/2016

Please note this event is being postponed due to inclement weather. To celebrate Lower East Side History Month this May, volunteers are encouraged to chalk drawings, stories, and historical accounts… Chalk Day Sunday 05/01/2016 11AM-2PM
This event is free and open to the public. Under the leadership of IDEAS CITY Director Joseph Grima, the Detroit event will kick off the 2016–17 series of programs for IDEAS CITY. IDEAS CITY Detroit… Conversations IDEAS CITY Detroit: Public Conference Saturday 04/30/2016 11AM-7PM
The New Museum is taking its signature IDEAS CITY initiative to Detroit this year, and we are planning a trip for our supporters to see the public-facing part of the conference on Saturday, April 30. Join… Producers Council Members & Above Membership Art Study Trip to Detroit Friday 04/29/2016 2:30PM
This month’s New Perspectives tour will focus on the exhibition “Beatriz Santiago Muñoz: Song, Strategy, Sign.” Santiago Muñoz’s films capture the aspirations and imagined futures of those who… Tours New Perspectives Tour: “Beatriz Santiago Muñoz: Song, Strategy,… Wednesday 04/27/2016 3PM

Week of 04/17/2016–04/23/2016

Join us for a conversation between artist Beatriz Santiago Muñoz and psychoanalyst Patricia Gherovici on feminist utopias, the possibility of developing new languages to describe ourselves, and psychoanalysis’s… Conversations Beatriz Santiago Muñoz in Conversation with Patricia Gherovici Thursday 04/21/2016 7PM
Join fellow Producers Council Members; Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director; and Margot Norton, Associate Curator; at the home of collector Dr. Dana Ardi for a conversation with artist Dana Schutz.… Producers Council Members & Above Membership Annual State of the Art Discussion at the Home of Collector Dr.… Thursday 04/21/2016 6:30PM

Week of 04/10/2016–04/16/2016

Architecture tours are led by New Museum docents and focus on the Museum’s building, which was designed by the architectural firm SANAA. Architecture tours are free with Museum admission. No pre-registration… Tours Architecture Tour Sunday 04/17/2016 3PM
On Friday, April 15, explore contemporary art at the New Museum during our annual Teen Night, a special evening exclusively for teens! Grab your friends, and come to the Museum for live music and teen-led… Teen Night Friday 04/15/2016 6:30PM-8:30PM
Anri Sala’s early work questions the role that spoken language and syntax played in creating and supporting some of the most dangerous ideologies of the twentieth century and was influenced by his childhood… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Language Games Wednesday 04/13/2016 3PM
Join Natalie Bell, Assistant Curator, for a visit to artist Andra Ursuta’s Long Island City studio. “Andra Ursuta: Alps,” the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in New York, will open weeks… Deluxe Members & Above Membership Studio Visit: Andra Ursuta Monday 04/11/2016 6:30PM

Week of 04/03/2016–04/09/2016

Join a New Museum docent and an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for a tour of our current exhibitions. Students of ASL are welcome. ASL tours are free with Museum admission. Due to limited capacity,… Tours American Sign Language (ASL) Tour Sunday 04/10/2016 3PM
As the culmination of Cheryl Donegan’s four-month residency and exhibition at the New Museum, presented through the Department of Education and Public Engagement’s R&D Season: LEGACY, the artist will… Performances Cheryl Donegan: “EXTRA LAYER” Fashion Show, produced in cooperation… Thursday 04/07/2016 7PM
Outside the Box talks are free with paid gallery admission. Join Christoph Cox, philosopher, curator, and theorist of contemporary art and music, for an Outside the Box lecture on “Anri Sala: Answer… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Christoph Cox on “Anri Sala:… Thursday 04/07/2016 3:30PM
Anri Sala’s early work questions the role that spoken language and syntax played in creating and supporting some of the most dangerous ideologies of the twentieth century and was influenced by his childhood… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Language Games Wednesday 04/06/2016 3PM
Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Anri Sala’s Intervista (Finding the Words) (1998) and Nocturnes (1999) will be screened in the New Museum Theater in conjunction with “Anri Sala: Answer Me.” Intervista… Screenings “Anri Sala: Answer Me” Related Screenings Wednesday 04/06/2016 11AM-6PM

Week of 03/27/2016–04/02/2016

On Sunday, April 3 from 2 to 4 p.m., the public is invited to participate in an exchange event in conjunction with Pia Camil’s exhibition for the New Museum, “A Pot for a Latch.” On this day, New… “Pia Camil: A Pot for a Latch” Exchange Day Sunday 04/03/2016 2PM
Join us for a family workshop offered in conjunction with “Pia Camil: A Pot for a Latch,” on view through April 17, 2016. For the exhibition, Camil has invited the public to participate in the ongoing… First Saturday for Families Saturday 04/02/2016 10AM-12PM
Anri Sala’s early work questions the role that spoken language and syntax played in creating and supporting some of the most dangerous ideologies of the twentieth century and was influenced by his childhood… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Language Games Friday 04/01/2016 3PM
For this program, artist and producer SOPHIE will present Pupture, an event exploring synthesis in art. SOPHIE will be joined by multidisciplinary artists Gerry Bibby, Travis Boyer, Hayden Dunham, FlucT,… Performances First Look: SOPHIE Presents Pupture Thursday 03/31/2016 7PM
Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Anri Sala’s Intervista (Finding the Words) (1998) and Nocturnes (1999) will be screened in the New Museum Theater in conjunction with “Anri Sala: Answer Me.” Intervista… Screenings “Anri Sala: Answer Me” Related Screenings Wednesday 03/30/2016 11AM-6PM

Week of 03/20/2016–03/26/2016

“Between Dog and Wolf: On Sight and Sound in Space” will plumb questions concerning visual and aural perception, taking its cue from the synesthetic facets prevalent in the work of Anri Sala. By bringing… Conversations “Anri Sala: Answer Me” Panel: Between Dog and Wolf: On Sight… Thursday 03/24/2016 7PM
Cheryl Donegan has described her 2000 video Whoa Whoa Studio (for Courbet) as a “capstone” work that examines questions of the indexical mark, the body, figuration, and the legacy of the readymade—themes… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Studio Legacy Wednesday 03/23/2016 3PM
Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Anri Sala’s Intervista (Finding the Words) (1998) and Nocturnes (1999) will be screened in the New Museum Theater in conjunction with “Anri Sala: Answer Me.” Intervista… Screenings “Anri Sala: Answer Me” Related Screenings Wednesday 03/23/2016 11AM-6PM

Week of 03/13/2016–03/19/2016

Architecture tours are led by New Museum docents and focus on the Museum’s building, which was designed by the architectural firm SANAA. Architecture tours are free with Museum admission. No pre-registration… Tours Architecture Tour Sunday 03/20/2016 3PM
On Sunday, March 20 from 2 to 4 p.m., the public is invited to participate in an exchange event in conjunction with Pia Camil’s exhibition for the New Museum, “A Pot for a Latch.” On this day,… “Pia Camil: A Pot for a Latch” Exchange Day Sunday 03/20/2016 2PM
Click here for a livestream of tonight’s event ⟶ “My name is Mouchette. I live in Amsterdam. I am nearly 13 years old.” This event will feature presentations of three works of digital art… Conversations First Look: Hypertext Characters Thursday 03/17/2016 7PM
Outside the Box talks are free with paid gallery admission. Join artist Valerie Tevere for an Outside the Box lecture on “Anri Sala: Answer Me.” Tevere will focus on acoustics and architecture… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Valerie Tevere on “Anri Sala:… Thursday 03/17/2016 3:30PM
Join Helga Christoffersen, Assistant Curator, for a visit to the Brooklyn studio of painter Nicole Eisenman. Eisenman will present a solo exhibition at the New Museum, which will open on May 4, 2016. She… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Studio Visit: Nicole Eisenman Wednesday 03/16/2016 6:30PM
Cheryl Donegan has described her 2000 video Whoa Whoa Studio (for Courbet) as a “capstone” work that examines questions of the indexical mark, the body, figuration, and the legacy of the readymade—themes… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Studio Legacy Wednesday 03/16/2016 3PM
Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Anri Sala’s Intervista (Finding the Words) (1998) and Nocturnes (1999) will be screened in the New Museum Theater in conjunction with “Anri Sala: Answer Me.” Intervista… Screenings “Anri Sala: Answer Me” Related Screenings Wednesday 03/16/2016 11AM-6PM

Week of 03/06/2016–03/12/2016

Join a New Museum docent and an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for a tour of our current exhibitions. Students of ASL are welcome. ASL tours are free with Museum admission. Due to limited capacity,… Tours American Sign Language (ASL) Tour Sunday 03/13/2016 3PM
Experimental filmmaker Marjorie Keller produced a rich body of work that constructed lyrical meditations on female experience through radically nonlinear editing. In 1994, at the time of her tragic death… Conversations Cheryl Donegan: Screening and Panel: Marjorie Keller’s Daughters… Friday 03/11/2016 7PM
Join Charles Renfro, Partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Karen Wong, Deputy Director of the New Museum, for an inside look at the design studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The studio integrates architecture,… Deluxe Members & Above Membership InsideDesign: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Wednesday 03/09/2016 7PM
Cheryl Donegan has described her 2000 video Whoa Whoa Studio (for Courbet) as a “capstone” work that examines questions of the indexical mark, the body, figuration, and the legacy of the readymade—themes… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Studio Legacy Wednesday 03/09/2016 3PM
Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Anri Sala’s Intervista (Finding the Words) (1998) and Nocturnes (1999) will be screened in the New Museum Theater in conjunction with “Anri Sala: Answer Me.” Intervista… Screenings “Anri Sala: Answer Me” Related Screenings Wednesday 03/09/2016 11AM-6PM

Week of 02/28/2016–03/05/2016

On Sunday, March 6 from 2 to 4 p.m., the public is invited to participate in an exchange event in conjunction with Pia Camil’s exhibition for the New Museum, “A Pot for a Latch.” On this day, New… “Pia Camil: A Pot for a Latch” Exchange Day Sunday 03/06/2016 2PM
Join us for a family workshop offered in conjunction with the exhibition “Cheryl Donegan: Scenes + Commercials,” on view through April 10, 2016. Working across video, painting, and performance, Cheryl… First Saturday for Families Saturday 03/05/2016 10AM-12PM
This event is sold out. A livestream will be available on the day of the event ⟶ Copresented by NEW INC, the New Museum’s incubator for art, design, and technology, and Kill Screen, a video game… Conversations Versions: The Creative Landscape of Virtual Reality Saturday 03/05/2016 10AM-6PM
Join Natalie Bell, Assistant Curator, for a private, behind-the-scenes tour of the fifth annual Independent, which will take place, for the first time, at Tribeca’s stunning new Spring Street Studios.… Producers Council Members & Above Membership Private Tour of Independent at Spring Studios with Director Laura… Friday 03/04/2016 1PM-2PM
Outside the Box talks are free with paid gallery admission. Join musician and writer David Grubbs for an Outside the Box lecture on “Anri Sala: Answer Me.” Grubbs will focus on Sala’s use of… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: David Grubbs on “Anri Sala:… Thursday 03/03/2016 3:30PM
The concept of “the gift” was a central source of inspiration for Pia Camil’s new installation in her exhibition: “A Pot for a Latch.” As described in Marcel Mauss’s anthropological… Tours New Perspectives Tour: The Gift Wednesday 03/02/2016 3PM
The New Museum is pleased to provide VIP passes to the Armory Show to Council Members upon request. The 2016 edition will be held March 3–6 with the preview day taking place on Wednesday, March 2. Each… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership VIP Passes to the Armory Show Wednesday 03/02/2016 12PM
Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Anri Sala’s Intervista (Finding the Words) (1998) and Nocturnes (1999) will be screened in the New Museum Theater in conjunction with “Anri Sala: Answer Me.” Intervista… Screenings “Anri Sala: Answer Me” Related Screenings Wednesday 03/02/2016 11AM-6PM
Join Lauren Cornell, Curator and Associate Director, Technology Initiatives, for a visit to the Tribeca home of collectors and New Museum Producers Council Members Carole Server and Oliver Frankel. Their… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Collection Visit: Carole Server and Oliver Frankel Monday 02/29/2016 6:30PM

Week of 02/21/2016–02/27/2016

Exploring slippages between tactile and virtual worlds, “Fold, Screen, Skin: Contemporary Space in Contemporary Art” brings together a panel of artists and curators who examine the compression of three-dimensional… Conversations Cheryl Donegan: Fold, Screen, Skin: Contemporary Space in Contemporary… Thursday 02/25/2016 7PM
The concept of “the gift” was a central source of inspiration for Pia Camil’s new installation in her exhibition “A Pot for a Latch.” As described in Marcel Mauss’s anthropological text… Tours New Perspectives Tour of “Pia Camil: A Pot for a Latch”:… Wednesday 02/24/2016 3PM
Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Anri Sala’s Intervista (Finding the Words) (1998) and Nocturnes (1999) will be screened in the New Museum Theater in conjunction with “Anri Sala: Answer Me.” Intervista… Screenings “Anri Sala: Answer Me” Related Screenings Wednesday 02/24/2016 11AM-6PM
Join Natalie Bell, Assistant Curator, for a private after-hours tour of the immersive presentation “Anri Sala: Answer Me.” This will be the first exhibition to consider how Sala integrates architecture,… Premium Members & Above Membership Private Curatorial Tour: “Anri Sala: Answer Me” Monday 02/22/2016 6:30PM

Week of 02/14/2016–02/20/2016

Architecture tours are led by New Museum docents and focus on the Museum’s building, which was designed by the architectural firm SANAA. Architecture tours are free with Museum admission. No pre-registration… Tours Architecture Tour Sunday 02/21/2016 3PM

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