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Week of 08/30/2015–09/05/2015

Organized by Rhizome’s Artistic Director, Michael Connor, Brushes convenes artists Laura Brothers and Andrej Ujhazy, art historian Alex Bacon, and others to explore digital painting as a practice for… Conversations First Look: Brushes Thursday 09/03/2015 7PM
The New Museum presents the world premiere screening of Chelsea Knight’s Fall to Earth, a new work for video produced as part of the Spring 2015 New Museum R&D Season: SPECULATION. Chelsea Knight works… Performances Chelsea Knight: Fall to Earth (World Premiere Screening) Wednesday 09/02/2015 7PM
Join us for a special last-chance private-viewing hour of “Albert Oehlen: Home and Garden” and “Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld” before the exhibitions close in mid-September. RSVP by August 31… Standard Members & Above Membership Members Evening Hour Wednesday 09/02/2015 6PM

Week of 08/09/2015–08/15/2015

Organized in conjunction with “Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld.” Outside the Box offers a roster of gallery-based talks given by a variety of guest speakers over the course of a season. In this series,… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: James Welling on “Sarah Charlesworth:… Thursday 08/13/2015 3:30PM

Week of 08/02/2015–08/08/2015

DELQA is open to the public August 6–9, 2015. Throughout history, from Bach to Björk, musicians have sought out technology as a means of adding new dimensions to their performances. Today, technology… Performances DELQA Thursday 08/06/2015 11AM

Week of 07/26/2015–08/01/2015

Join us for a family workshop offered in conjunction with the exhibition “Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld,” the first major survey in New York of the artist’s work to date. How many photographs… First Saturday for Families: Doubleworld Saturday 08/01/2015 10AM-12PM
Joel Holmberg’s work includes sculpture, performance, and sound- and web-based projects. He often explores consumer access points set up by corporations—such as customer-service call centers and Yahoo!… Conversations Joel Holmberg and Lam Pham: PowerzALL Information Session Friday 07/31/2015 7PM
The New Museum’s Spring 2015 R&D (Research and Development) Season is focused on the theme of SPECULATION, considering, among other things, speculation’s volatile relationship to faith and its evocation… Conversations Speculative Tense: A Dialogue on Futures Thursday 07/30/2015 7PM
Organized in conjunction with “Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld.” Outside the Box offers a roster of gallery-based talks given by a variety of guest speakers over the course of a season. In this series,… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Liz Deschenes on “Sarah Charlesworth:… Thursday 07/30/2015 3:30PM

Week of 07/19/2015–07/25/2015

PANEL 1: Contemporary Abstraction Panelists: Josh Smith, Mika Tajima, and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung Moderator: Maria Lind PANEL 2: Digital Abstraction Panelists: Kerstin Brätsch, Florian Meisenberg, and… Conversations “Albert Oehlen: Home and Garden,” Contemporary Painting Symposium Saturday 07/25/2015 1PM-6PM

Week of 07/12/2015–07/18/2015

Organized in conjunction with “Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld.” Outside the Box offers a roster of gallery-based talks given by a variety of guest speakers over the course of a season. In this series,… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Matthew C. Lange on “Sarah Charlesworth:… Thursday 07/16/2015 3:30PM

Week of 07/05/2015–07/11/2015

On view at Red Bull Studios New York 220 West 18th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues July 10–30, 2015 Wednesday–Sunday from 12 to 7 p.m. What happens when creativity meets technology? The unusual… Performances NEW INC Showcase 2015 Friday 07/10/2015 12PM-7PM
Organized in conjunction with “Albert Oehlen: Home and Garden.” In the early to mid-1980s, Albert Oehlen worked on two main series: self-portraits and interiors with mirrors embedded in them. In… Conversations “Albert Oehlen: Man in the Mirror,” Keynote Lecture by Mark… Thursday 07/09/2015 7PM-9PM

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

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