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Week of 06/28/2015–07/04/2015

Join us for our annual summer fête when the Museum is filled with revelers clad in white. Invitations will arrive by mail to individuals with active Museum Memberships at the time of the White Party.… Standard Members & Above Membership Annual White Party Wednesday 07/01/2015 8PM

Week of 06/21/2015–06/27/2015

Enjoy a walkthrough of the exhibitions while the Museum is closed to the public. RSVP to membership@newmuseum.org or 212.219.1222 ×234. Premium Members & Above Membership “Private Curatorial Tour of “Albert Oehlen: Home and Garden”… Wednesday 06/24/2015 6:30PM

Week of 06/14/2015–06/20/2015

Presented as part of “Chelsea Knight: Fall to Earth,” a project of the R&D Season: SPECULATION. “This chapter depicts and performs an active oscillation between different conceptions of silence.… Performances Chelsea Knight: Fall to Earth, Chapter 5 — “Silence”… Saturday 06/20/2015 1PM-3PM
The New Museum is pleased to offer its Council Members VIP passes to Art Basel in Switzerland. Art Basel is the world’s premier international art show for modern and contemporary work and features nearly… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Art Basel VIP Passes Thursday 06/18/2015 11AM

Week of 06/07/2015–06/13/2015

On Sunday June 14, the participants of New Museum Seminars: (Temporary) Collections of Ideas will host a public program featuring media theorist Orit Halpern, writer and designer Edward Keller, and the… Performances New Museum Seminars: (Temporary) Collections of Ideas around… Sunday 06/14/2015 1PM-3PM
Join Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, for a special visit to the much-anticipated 2015 Venice Biennale, “All the World’s Futures,” curated by Okwui Enwezor. Other highlights will include… Producers Council Members & Above Membership 2015 Art Study Tour to Venice Wednesday 06/10/2015 1PM
See the exhibition before it opens to the public. By invitation only. Deluxe Members & Above Opening Reception of “Albert Oehlen: Home and Garden”… Monday 06/08/2015 8PM
See the exhibition before it opens to the public. By invitation only. Premium Members & Above Membership VIP Preview of “Albert Oehlen: Home and Garden” Monday 06/08/2015 7PM

Week of 05/31/2015–06/06/2015

Presented as part of “Chelsea Knight: Fall to Earth,” a project of the R&D Season: SPECULATION. “Two singers perform a duet…[their voices] oscillating between conflict and harmony. Microtonal… Performances Chelsea Knight: Fall to Earth, Chapter 4 — “Violence”… Sunday 06/07/2015 1PM-3PM
Join the New Museum at the “Science Fair” for an interactive family showcase and demonstration of projects from NEW INC, the New Museum’s incubator for practices at the intersection of science, art,… First Saturday for Families: Science Fair Saturday 06/06/2015 10AM-12PM
Join artist Constantina Zavitsanos and New Museum staff on Thursday June 4 for a professional development seminar for high school teachers that will address topics broached during Zavitsanos’s Research… Professional Development for Teachers Thursday 06/04/2015 9:30AM

Week of 05/24/2015–05/30/2015

The third and final day of the Festival will transform the streetscape into a temporary city of ideas, redefining public space and architecture. One hundred cultural and community groups will come together… IDEAS CITY: Saturday Schedule Saturday 05/30/2015 9AM
Guests are welcome to come and go at any time. Tickets and seating are available on a first-come, first-served basis, as capacity allows. Start times are approximate. There will be three intermissions.… A Performative Conference in Nine Acts Friday 05/29/2015 7:30PM-3AM
The second day of the Festival will animate a basilica and a gym with dance battles, poetry slams, urban-design pitches, sound and video environments, hot-air balloons, games, and mobile art spaces. It’ll… Performances IDEAS CITY: Friday Schedule Friday 05/29/2015 10AM-3AM
The Honorable Julián Castro Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development As three-term mayor of San Antonio, Julián Castro was known for innovative governance. His “Decade of… Conversations The Honorable Julián Castro: IDEAS CITY Keynote Friday 05/29/2015 10AM-11AM
Part of the IDEAS CITY Conference Pass Watch the event on the New Museum’s Livestream. Can policymaking be a form of design? The mayors of Houston, Ithaca, and San Juan (Puerto Rico) will debate… Conversations Svante Myrick, Kurt Andersen, and others: Mayoral Panel: Finding… Thursday 05/28/2015 6:15PM
The first day of the Festival will comprise a series of talks, panels, and discussions at Cooper Union. Speakers will include some of the world’s most forward-thinking visionaries who, together, will… IDEAS CITY: Thursday Schedule Thursday 05/28/2015 9:30AM-7:30PM
This year’s IDEAS CITY Festival will take place May 28–30 and centers on the theme of The Invisible City. Dozens of artists, one hundred organizations, and tens of thousands of visitors will come together… Conversations IDEAS CITY Conference Thursday 05/28/2015 9:30AM-7:30PM

Week of 05/17/2015–05/23/2015

Presented in conjunction with R&D Season: SPECULATION. Celebrate the launch of Realism Materialism Art, an anthology of essays and artist projects published by the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard… Conversations Realism Materialism Art Book Launch Thursday 05/21/2015 7PM
Join Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, for a tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and the exhibition “China: Through the Looking Glass” with the Met’s Andrew Bolton,… Premium Members & Above Membership Private Tour of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum… Wednesday 05/20/2015 9AM

Week of 05/10/2015–05/16/2015

Presented as part of “Constantina Zavitsanos: THIS COULD BE US,” a project of the R&D Season: SPECULATION. Constantina Zavitsanos’s residency “THIS COULD BE US” includes a series of research-driven… Screenings “Deferment & Late Arrivals”: Screening and Discussion with… Saturday 05/16/2015 3PM
Much has been written about how museums, galleries, and other traditional memory institutions can extend their reach online. But what can an institution become when it is organized with the network at… Conversations A Forum on the Born-Digital Art Institution Friday 05/15/2015 7PM
Join Cecilia Alemani, Curator of Frieze Projects, for a tour of the works commissioned as part of the Frieze Projects program for the prestigious art fair Frieze New York, held on Randall’s Island. Location… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Tour of Frieze Projects at Frieze New York Friday 05/15/2015 2PM
Join Margot Norton, Associate Curator, for a visit to the Brooklyn studio of Laurie Simmons. Since the mid-1970s, Simmons has staged scenes for her camera with dolls, ventriloquist dummies, and people… Premium Members & Above Membership Studio Visit: Laurie Simmons Monday 05/11/2015 7PM

Week of 05/03/2015–05/09/2015

“We All Hung Out” is a panel discussion with David Diao, Mary Heilmann, and Billy Sullivan, moderated by Ethan Swan, editor of the New Museum publication Bowery Artist Tribute. “Living in Chatham… Conversations “We All Hung Out”: Artists and Community on the Bowery Sunday 05/10/2015 2PM
In this talk, writer McKenzie Wark will explore “how a new kitchen or bathroom became the outer limits of imagining the good life.” He observes: “Once upon a time, people aspired to build, if not… Conversations DIS Whet Talks: McKenzie Wark on “Renotopia” Saturday 05/09/2015 4:30PM
Presented as part of “Chelsea Knight: Fall to Earth,” a project of the R&D Season: SPECULATION. Further elaborating her research as part of the R&D Season: SPECULATION, Chelsea Knight has organized… Screenings “Screening the Speculative” with Melika Bass, Jen Liu, and… Saturday 05/09/2015 3PM
At this performance, writer Alexander Provan will tell of a typical “expert listener” undergoing a test meant to refine the compression algorithms that underlie all digital media. He will place the… Conversations Alexander Provan presents Reality Formatting Friday 05/08/2015 7PM
Presented as part of “Constantina Zavitsanos: THIS COULD BE US,” a project of the R&D Season: SPECULATION. This event will be Livestreamed and amplified for online viewers to run speech-to-text dictation.… Conversations Speculative Planning Session with Denise Ferreira da Silva, Rizvana… Thursday 05/07/2015 7PM
Join Karen Wong, Deputy Director, at the new global headquarters of Kickstarter for a lively discussion about urbanism, sustainability and New York City with Joseph Grima, Director of the New Museum’s… Producers Council Members & Above Membership State of the Art Discussion: Architect Bjarke Ingels and Director… Tuesday 05/05/2015 6:30PM

Week of 04/26/2015–05/02/2015

Titled Timeless Alex (2015), Eduardo Navarro’s newly commissioned work for the 2015 Triennial: “Surround Audience” departs from the conditions of experience determined by the human body to consider… Performances Eduardo Navarro Sunday 05/03/2015 4PM-6PM
Join Carlos Motta to celebrate the launch of “Gender Talents,” a web-based project by Motta that engages movements and discourses for gender self-determination within trans and intersex communities… Conversations “Gender Talents” launch with Carlos Motta and guests Sunday 05/03/2015 3PM
In his new performance DISCOTROPIC (2015), niv Acosta explores the relationship between science fiction, disco, astrophysics, and the black American experience. Conceived as a “living graphic novel,… Performances DISCOTROPIC: Ep. 3 Sonic Sunday 05/03/2015 2:30PM
In his new performance DISCOTROPIC (2015), niv Acosta explores the relationship between science fiction, disco, astrophysics, and the black American experience. Conceived as a “living graphic novel,… Performances DISCOTROPIC: Ep. 3 Sonic Sunday 05/03/2015 2PM
In his new performance DISCOTROPIC (2015), niv Acosta explores the relationship between science fiction, disco, astrophysics, and the black American experience. Conceived as a “living graphic novel,… Performances DISCOTROPIC: Ep. 2 Rhythmic Decay Sunday 05/03/2015 1:30PM
In his new performance DISCOTROPIC (2015), niv Acosta explores the relationship between science fiction, disco, astrophysics, and the black American experience. Conceived as a “living graphic novel,… Performances DISCOTROPIC: Ep. 2 Rhythmic Decay Saturday 05/02/2015 2:30PM
In his new performance DISCOTROPIC (2015), niv Acosta explores the relationship between science fiction, disco, astrophysics, and the black American experience. Conceived as a “living graphic novel,… Performances DISCOTROPIC: Ep. 2 Rhythmic Decay Saturday 05/02/2015 2PM
Presented by Rhizome, the Seven on Seven conference pairs seven leading artists with seven luminary technologists, and challenges them to make something new together—be it an application, an artwork,… Conversations Rhizome’s Seven on Seven Conference Saturday 05/02/2015 12PM-6PM
Join New Museum educators on May 2 for a special First Saturdays for Families leading up to the 2015 IDEAS CITY Festival, which will take place the weekend of May 28–30. This biennial initiative considers… First Saturdays For Families: Talking Streets Saturday 05/02/2015 10AM-12PM
Join Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, for a visit with artist Jack Early at his Brooklyn studio. Early is known for exploring American identity, working with a Pop vocabulary and combining… Deluxe Members & Above Membership Studio Visit: Jack Early Tuesday 04/28/2015 7PM

Week of 04/19/2015–04/25/2015

Presented as part of “Chelsea Knight: Fall to Earth,” a project of the R&D Season: SPECULATION. “We want to tell you our two stories: latent and manifest. This is our hysterical story (hysterical… Performances Chelsea Knight: Knight + Knight Latencies, with Autumn… Sunday 04/26/2015 3PM
Social shopping sites like Pinterest promise users consumerism without consumption, transferring the utility of goods to the mood that their images evoke. In this talk—part of a series of talks and performances… Conversations DIS Whet Talks: Rob Horning on the Acquisitive Gaze Saturday 04/25/2015 4:30PM
Presented as part of “Constantina Zavitsanos: THIS COULD BE US,” a project of the R&D Season: SPECULATION. This event will be Livestreamed and amplified for online viewers to run speech-to-text dictation.… Conversations Constantina Zavitsanos: Speculative Planning Session with Fred… Saturday 04/25/2015 1PM
On Friday April 24, explore contemporary art at the New Museum during an evening exclusively for teens! Grab your friends, and come for live music and teen-led gallery experiences. Investigate the 2015… Teen Night Friday 04/24/2015 6:30PM-8:30PM
A Special Performance and Presentation, Directed by Damian Woetzel Copresented by the New Museum and the Aspen Institute Arts Program Advance tickets for this event have sold out. Additional tickets… A Conversation Between Lil Buck and Keith Haring Thursday 04/23/2015 6:30PM

Week of 04/12/2015–04/18/2015

In conjunction with the Triennial, the New Museum and McNally Jackson copublished The Animated Reader: Poetry of Surround Audience, an anthology of poetry edited by writer Brian Droitcour. Featuring works,… Conversations Launch of The Animated Reader: Poetry of Surround Audience… Sunday 04/19/2015 6PM
Presented as part of “Chelsea Knight: Fall to Earth,” a project of the R&D Season: SPECULATION. Please note: Entry to this event is permitted during breaks between intervals of shooting. Each interval… Performances Chelsea Knight: Fall to Earth, Chapter 3 — “Resistance”… Saturday 04/18/2015 1PM-3PM
Join us for breakfast and a private tour of UOVO, real-estate magnate Steven Guttman’s new $70 million, 280,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art storage facility in Long Island City. Have an exclusive look… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Private Tour of UOVO Saturday 04/18/2015 10AM
This event marks the launch of a new online restoration of three pioneering feminist video games. In the mid-1990s, Theresa Duncan created Chop Suey (1995), Smarty (1996), and Zero Zero (1997), three… Conversations The Theresa Duncan CD-ROMs Thursday 04/16/2015 7PM
Join us in the Sky Room for croissants, coffee, and a Q&A session with a Museum staff member to learn about behind-the-scenes happenings and receive an overview of your Member benefits. Afterward, enjoy… Standard Members & Above Membership Membership Orientation Wednesday 04/15/2015 10:30AM

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