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Sat, Jan 2, 2010
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Lobby Gallery and Seventh-Floor Sky Room (directions)

New Museum First Saturdays for Families: Nikhil Chopra: Drawing Memories

Part of Exhibition Related, New Museum First Saturdays for Families
 
Family Programs

Please note: During this exhibition strollers will not be permitted in the galleries.
 
Nikhil Chopra combines theater, portraiture, landscape drawing, photography, art actions, and installation to chronicle the world through live performance. In character as a Victorian draughtsman Yog Raj Chitrakar, Chopra will visit several locations in Manhattan in early November to create large-scale drawings to form a panoramic view of the city. Inspired by his artistic process, discover the seventh-floor Sky Room’s panoramic view of lower Manhattan and create a large-scale drawing that preserves an image of our city.

New Museum First Saturdays for Families are free of charge. This program is designed and recommended for families with children four to fifteen years old, and includes free New Museum admission for up to two adults per family. Children under eighteen are always admitted free. No preregistration is required. Tickets are given out on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information about New Museum First Saturdays for Families, e-mail familyprograms@newmuseum.org.

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“Yog Raj Chitrakar: Memory Drawing IX” is made possible by the Toby Devan Lewis Emerging Artists Exhibitions Fund.

Major support for New Museum First Saturdays for Families is provided by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Endowment support is provided by The Keith Haring Foundation School and Youth Programs Fund and the Skadden, Arps Education Programs Fund. Additional endowment support provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs at the New Museum.

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Nikhil Chopra

Nikhil Chopra’s work has been included in “Indian Highway” at the Serpentine Gallery (2008–09), “Making Worlds” at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009), and “Marina Abramovic Presents,” the Manchester International Festival (2009). He lives and works in Mumbai, India.