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Week of 02/10–02/16

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 preregistration… Tours Architecture Tour Sunday 02/17/2019 3PM (Additional Dates)

Week of 02/17–02/23

Join us for a New Perspectives tour that explores New York City’s many glowing appearances in the artwork of Nari Ward. Based in Harlem, Ward often incorporates found or salvaged objects that speak to… Tours New Perspectives Tour: The Performing City Wednesday 02/20/2019 12:30PM (Additional Dates)
Activating the collection of garments artist Jeffrey Gibson produced for his residency and exhibition “The Anthropophagic Effect,” this intimate event will feature a live set by DJ Kookum, as well… Performances The Spirits Refuse Without a Body Thursday 02/21/2019 7PM

Week of 02/24–03/02

Join us for a New Perspectives tour that explores New York City’s many glowing appearances in the artwork of Nari Ward. Based in Harlem, Ward often incorporates found or salvaged objects that speak to… Tours New Perspectives Tour: The Performing City Wednesday 02/27/2019 12:30PM (Additional Dates)
In the premiere of this performance-lecture, commissioned and presented by New Museum affiliate Rhizome, artist Morehshin Allahyari illuminates her concept of digital colonialism in relation to the technology… Performances Physical Tactics for Digital Colonialism Thursday 02/28/2019 7PM
Please join us for the annual gathering of our Producers Council Members with Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, and Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director. The Luncheon will take place… Producers Council Members & Above Membership Producers Council Annual Luncheon Friday 03/01/2019 12:30PM
Join us for a Family Day drawing inspiration from the exhibition “Jeffrey Gibson: The Anthropophagic Effect” on view at the New Museum from February 13 to June 19, 2019. Using Indigenous handcraft… Teen and Family Programs First Saturdays for Families: Intertwined Forms Saturday 03/02/2019 10AM-12PM
Join us for a special in-gallery conversation between artist Mariana Castillo Deball and Fordham University Professor Barbara Mundy on “Finding Oneself Outside,” Castillo Deball’s first solo exhibition… Conversations Mariana Castillo Deball in Conversation with Barbara Mundy Sunday 03/03/2019 3PM

Week of 03/03–03/09

See VOLTA before anyone else! Join us for an exclusive preview tour of VOLTA’s highlights ahead of their VIP opening, with an introduction by the fair’s Artistic Director Amanda Coulson during a relaxing… Premium Members & Above Membership VOLTA VIP Tour Wednesday 03/06/2019 11AM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour that explores New York City’s many glowing appearances in the artwork of Nari Ward. Based in Harlem, Ward often incorporates found or salvaged objects that speak to… Tours New Perspectives Tour: The Performing City Wednesday 03/06/2019 12:30PM (Additional Dates)
Join a New Museum docent and an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for a tour of our current exhibitions. Following the tour, participants are invited to join us for light refreshments. The tour… Tours American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreted Tour Sunday 03/10/2019 3PM (Additional Dates)

Week of 03/10–03/16

Please join Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, and members of our curatorial staff for a special collection visit hosted by Lisa Roumell and Mark Rosenthal at their home. Their beautifully curated… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Spring Collection Visit Tuesday 03/12/2019 6:30PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour that explores New York City’s many glowing appearances in the artwork of Nari Ward. Based in Harlem, Ward often incorporates found or salvaged objects that speak to… Tours New Perspectives Tour: The Performing City Wednesday 03/13/2019 12:30PM (Additional Dates)
Join us for a special conversation between artist Nari Ward and Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director of the New Museum, on the occasion of Ward’s New Museum exhibition, “We the People.”… Conversations Nari Ward in Conversation with Massimiliano Gioni Thursday 03/14/2019 7PM
This conversation between curator and writer Glenn Adamson and art historian Julia Bryan-Wilson will situate the indigenous craft techniques that Jeffrey Gibson employs in his residency and exhibition… Conversations Glenn Adamson and Julia Bryan-Wilson in Conversation Saturday 03/16/2019 3PM
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 preregistration… Tours Architecture Tour Sunday 03/17/2019 3PM (Additional Dates)

Week of 03/17–03/23

Join us for a New Perspectives tour that explores New York City’s many glowing appearances in the artwork of Nari Ward. Based in Harlem, Ward often incorporates found or salvaged objects that speak to… Tours New Perspectives Tour: The Performing City Wednesday 03/20/2019 12:30PM (Additional Dates)
Join Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, for an after-hours tour of our exhibition “Nari Ward: We the People.” Ward’s work is known for its creative recycling and for illuminating connections… Premium Members & Above Membership Private Curatorial Tour: “Nari Ward: We the People” Wednesday 03/20/2019 6:30PM
Before the launch of the first commercial ISP in the US, before the invention of the web, and before the term “net art” entered the lexicon, a rich history of artistic involvement with the internet… Performances Let’s Talk Net Art Thursday 03/21/2019 7PM

Week of 03/24–03/30

Join art historian Abbe Schriber for a special gallery talk on the exhibition “Nari Ward: We the People.” Outside the Box offers gallery-based talks given by a variety of guest speakers over the… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Abbe Schriber on “Nari Ward:… Thursday 03/28/2019 3PM

Week of 04/07–04/13

Join Margot Norton, Curator, for a tour of artist Genesis Belanger’s Brooklyn studio on the occasion of her exhibition “Holding Pattern” in the Museum’s Storefront Window at 231 Bowery. RSVP by… Premium Members & Above Membership Studio Visit: Genesis Belanger Monday 04/08/2019 7PM
Curator Kathleen Ash-Milby will discuss the history of the American Indian Community House Gallery in New York City, where she served as curator and codirector from 2000–2005. The gallery presented many… Conversations Gallery Talk: Kathleen Ash-Milby on “Jeffrey Gibson: The Anthropophagic… Thursday 04/11/2019 3PM
As part of the Department of Education and Public Engagement’s ongoing programs engaging art and social justice, the New Museum hosts its third Youth Summit, a day of workshops and celebration organized… Teen and Family Programs Youth Summit Saturday 04/13/2019 2PM-8PM
Join a New Museum docent and an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for a tour of our current exhibitions. Following the tour, participants are invited to join us for light refreshments. The tour… Tours American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreted Tour Sunday 04/14/2019 3PM (Additional Dates)

Week of 04/14–04/20

Join artist Eric N. Mack for a special gallery talk on the exhibition “Nari Ward: We the People.” Outside the Box offers gallery-based talks given by a variety of guest speakers over the course of… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Eric N. Mack on “Nari Ward:… Thursday 04/18/2019 3PM
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 preregistration… Tours Architecture Tour Sunday 04/21/2019 3PM (Additional Dates)

Week of 04/21–04/27

Join us for the New York premiere of Out There, a concept video album and live performance by the band Princess that explores the roles men play and those they ought to be playing during the current cultural… Performances Princess Presents New York Premiere of Out There Thursday 04/25/2019 7PM

Week of 05/05–05/11

Nari Ward is known for transforming everyday objects, often gathered from the environment around his studio, to produce his site-specific installations. Ward’s selection of objects or materials—baby… Conversations Alchemy: Found Material in Contemporary African-American Art Thursday 05/09/2019 7PM
Join a New Museum docent and an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for a tour of our current exhibitions. Following the tour, participants are invited to join us for light refreshments. The tour… Tours American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreted Tour Sunday 05/12/2019 3PM (Additional Dates)

Week of 05/12–05/18

Join poet Ishion Hutchinson for a special gallery talk on the exhibition “Nari Ward: We the People.” Outside the Box offers gallery-based talks given by a variety of guest speakers over the course… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Ishion Hutchinson on “Nari Ward:… Thursday 05/16/2019 3PM
Founded in 2014 by Cory Arcangel, Arcangel Surfware is a “multinational software & merchandise publisher” based in Brooklyn, NY, and Stavanger, Norway. Existing in parallel with Arcangel’s artistic… Performances Arcangel Surfware @ Rhizome x New Museum Saturday 05/18/2019 11AM-6PM
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 preregistration… Tours Architecture Tour Sunday 05/19/2019 3PM (Additional Dates)

Week of 05/26–06/01

This conversation between legendary fashion historian Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and artist Jeffrey Gibson will explore relationships… Conversations Valerie Steele and Jeffrey Gibson in Conversation Thursday 05/30/2019 7PM

Week of 06/02–06/08

In a special closing performance for Jeffrey Gibson’s residency and exhibition “The Anthropophagic Effect,” fifty performers will be brought together for a drumming event to give names to our current… Performances To Name An Other Saturday 06/08/2019 3PM
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2019

Join us for a special screening of never-before-seen archival footage on the occasion of “Nari Ward: We the People.” The footage, shot by artist Marcel Odenbach, documents the creation of the 1996… “3 Legged Race”: Harlem, Art, and Community Saturday 02/16/2019 3PM
A livestream of the conversation will be available here. Returning to Sharon Hayes’s legendary performance The Lesbian, staged outside the New Museum in 1998, this panel discussion with Julia Bryan-Wilson,… Lesbian is dead! Long live lesbian! Friday 02/15/2019 7PM
Join us for a Family Day drawing inspiration from the exhibition “Mariana Castillo Deball: Finding Oneself Outside,” on view at the New Museum from January 22 to April 14, 2019. Often drawing from… First Saturdays for Families: Mapping the Outside Saturday 02/02/2019 10AM-12PM
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Current exhibitions

Exhibition Nari Ward: We the People
 02/13 through 05/26
Exhibition Mariana Castillo Deball: Finding Oneself Outside
 01/22 through 04/14
Exhibition Jeffrey Gibson: The Anthropophagic Effect
 02/13 through 06/09
Exhibition The Art Happens Here: Net Art’s Archival Poetics
 01/22 through 05/26
Exhibition Adelita Husni-Bey: Chiron
 01/22 through 04/14
Exhibition Genesis Belanger: Holding Pattern
 01/22 through 04/14
Exhibition Screens Series: Virginia Lee Montgomery
 01/08 through 03/03
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