Events - May 2012

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Thursday, May 3, 2012 | 7:00 PM

Screening and Discussion with Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg

Part of Exhibition Related
 
Discussions, Film / Video

Presented in conjunction with “The Parade: Nathalie Djurberg with Music by Hans Berg.” Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg join New Museum Curator Gary Carrion-Murayari for a screening of select works from the ar... more >

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May 4 – 5, 2012

We Who Feel Differently:
A Symposium

Part of Museum as Hub

Friday May 4, 4–8 p.m. Saturday May 5, 12–3:45 p.m. “We Who Feel Differently: A Symposium” asks both what is at stake and what is made possible by embracing difference as a queer strategy within contemp... more >

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Saturday, May 5, 2012 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

New Museum First Saturdays for Families: All about paper

Part of New Museum First Saturdays for Families
 
Family Programs

A single sheet of paper has endless creative possibilities, but like all things it falls apart. It can be transformed into a calendar, a book, a puppet, a box, a dollar bill, a drawing—there is unimaginable potenti... more >

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Thursday, May 10, 2012 | 7:00 PM

Artist Talk with Ellen Altfest

Part of Exhibition Related
 
Discussions

Ellen Altfest joins curator Jenny Moore in conversation. Altfest is a figurative painter whose intimately scaled works convey a distinct approach to realism and a sustained commitment to looking. Her painstaking depicti... more >

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Saturday, May 12, 2012 | 3:00 PM

The Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism by Hamid Dabashi: Reading and Book Launch

Part of Special Engagement

This event marks the release of The Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism by renowned scholar and cultural critic Hamid Dabashi, published by Zed Books. Dr. Dabashi will read from the book and discuss recent developmen... more >

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Thursday, May 17, 2012 | 7:00 PM

A Proposition by LaToya Ruby Frazier: FRAMEWORK: Activism, Memory, and the Social Landscape

Part of Propositions
 
Multimedia available  

LaToya Ruby Frazier's Proposition will address her concern for preserving the stories and lives of residents in her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania. Starting this summer, Frazier will be an artist in residence at the ... more >

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Friday, May 18, 2012 | 7:00 PM

Dynasty Handbag:
Eternal Quadrangle (world premiere screening)

Part of New Museum Presents
 
Film / Video

The New Museum presents the world premiere of a new video work by Jibz Cameron, starring her alter ego Dynasty Handbag. A very special postmodern, post-performance performance of a Q&A and Awards Ceremony follows. Et...... more >

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Saturday, May 19, 2012 | 3:00 PM

Special Guest Sharon Zukin:
Part of a Proposition by LaToya Ruby Frazier: FRAMEWORK: Activism, Memory, and the Social Landscape

Part of Propositions

LaToya Ruby Frazier's Proposition will address her concern for preserving the stories and lives of residents in her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania. Starting this summer, Frazier will be an artist in residence at the ... more >

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Thursday, May 24, 2012 | 7:00 PM

Constant Dullaart: Premiere of Terms of Service

Part of New Silent

During this event, Constant Dullaart (b. 1979, the Netherlands) will release a new series of works as a response to new Terms of Service conditions of several internet services. Publicly interacting with manipulated ver... more >

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012 | 7:00 PM

Visionaries Series: Maya Lin

Part of Visionaries Series
 
Discussions

Maya Lin has been selected as this year’s featured Visionary. The VisionariesSeries at the New Museum, supported by the Stuart Regen Visionaries Fund,honors leading international thinkers in the fields of art, architec... more >

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May 31, 2012 – September 6, 2012

“Carlos Motta: We Who Feel Differently”: Thursday Night Programs

Part of Museum as Hub

May 31: “Todd Shalom and Juan Betancurth: Sketchy Walk” June 7: “Jeannine Tang and Reina Gossett: Love Revolution, Not State Collusion” June 21: “Against Equality: Don’t Ask to Fight Their ... ... more >

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Thursday, May 31, 2012 | 10:00 PM

Todd Shalom and Juan Betancurth: Sketchy Walk

Part of Museum as Hub

Part of “Carlos Motta: We Who Feel Differently”: Thursday Night Programs For “Sketchy Walk” participants will meet at a historic and still-active cruising point on the Bowery. They will singly exp... more >

Exhibitions - May 2012

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April 25, 2012 - May 20, 2012

ACT UP (Gran Fury)
SILENCE=DEATH

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May 2, 2012 - June 24, 2012

Phyllida Barlow: siege

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May 6, 2012 - June 24, 2012

Ellen Altfest: Head and Plant

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May 6, 2012 - July 1, 2012

Tacita Dean: Five Americans

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May 6, 2012 - July 1, 2012

Klara Lidén: Bodies of Society

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April 20, 2012 - July 1, 2012

Dani Gal: Nacht und Nebel

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May 4, 2012 - July 1, 2012

Stanya Kahn

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November 13, 2010 - July 31, 2012

Isa Genzken

Rose II

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May 2, 2012 - August 26, 2012

The Parade: Nathalie Djurberg with Music by Hans Berg

Studio 231

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May 16, 2012 - September 9, 2012

Museum as Hub: Carlos Motta: We Who Feel Differently