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Week of 04/26/2015–05/02/2015

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

Week of 04/05/2015–04/11/2015

Ever find yourself wondering what a MindClone is or who Bina48 is? If yes, The Island (Ken) (2015) by DIS has the answers. At this talk, part of a larger series organized by DIS, Bruce Duncan, Managing… Conversations DIS Whet Talks with Robot Bina48 and Bruce Duncan on Mindfiles,… Saturday 04/11/2015 4:30PM
Geo Wyeth is known for evocative, narrative songs and high-energy, empathic performances and video, which often center on the modulation and manipulation of voice and body. Dark, queer, and sharp-edged,… Performances If you wanna make the world a better place, premiere… Saturday 04/11/2015 3PM

Week of 03/29/2015–04/04/2015

Join us in the Sky Room on Saturday April 4 for a family workshop offered in conjunction with the 2015 Triennial: “Surround Audience,” on view from February 25 to May 24, 2015. A signature initiative… First Saturday for Families: Avatars Saturday 04/04/2015 10AM-12PM

Week of 03/22/2015–03/28/2015

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… Constantina Zavitsanos and Park McArthur: “Vanitas,… Sunday 03/29/2015 3PM
As part of a series of talks and performances that will take place at The Island (Ken)—an installation by artist-collective DIS—Sara Watson will present a talk titled “Data is the new____” that… Conversations DIS Whet Talks: Sara Watson on Data is the new ____ Saturday 03/28/2015 4:30PM
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 2 — “Blasphemy”… Saturday 03/28/2015 1PM-3PM
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… Constantina Zavitsanos and Park McArthur: “Still Life,… Thursday 03/26/2015 6:30PM
Celebrate the 2015 Triennial with fellow Museum supporters by sipping cocktails in the Sky Room and enjoying a private viewing of the exhibition. By invitation only. To learn more about Membership at… Standard Members & Above Membership 2015 Triennial Members Party Wednesday 03/25/2015 8PM-10PM

Week of 03/15/2015–03/21/2015

Join us for a professional development workshop to share and create strategies for teaching about power, privilege, and racial justice through the arts. The third gathering in a series initiated by the… G:Class Professional Development for Educators Teaching Art Today:… Thursday 03/19/2015 6PM-8PM
Join Sara O’Keeffe, Assistant Curator, for a private tour of the 2015 Triennial while the Museum is closed to the public. RSVP to membership@newmuseum.org or 212.219.1222 ×234. Premium Members & Above Membership Tour of the 2015 Triennial Wednesday 03/18/2015 6:30PM

Week of 03/08/2015–03/14/2015

Join Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, for a visit to the studio of artist Fred Tomaselli. Tomaselli explores reality dislocation and the broken dreams of utopianism in colorful, complex works… Deluxe Members & Above Membership Studio Visit: Fred Tomaselli Wednesday 03/11/2015 7PM-8PM
Join Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, and Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, as we explore Bogotá and Cartagena. Over the course of this trip, we will have the opportunity to visit… Producers Council Members & Above Membership 2015 Art Study Tour to Colombia Monday 03/09/2015 2PM

Week of 03/01/2015–03/07/2015

For Fitness Guide (2011), featured in the Triennial, Geumhyung Jeong modified a series of exercise machines, readjusting key parts and activating them in a durational performance. The performance begins… Performances Fitness Guide Performance by Geumhyung Jeong Sunday 03/08/2015 3PM
For Fitness Guide (2011), featured in the Triennial, Geumhyung Jeong modified a series of exercise machines, readjusting key parts and activating them in a durational performance. The performance begins… Performances Fitness Guide Performance by Geumhyung Jeong Saturday 03/07/2015 7PM
As part of a series of talks and performances that will take place at The Island (Ken) (2015)—an installation by the artist collective DIS—Chus Martínez, curator and Head of the Institute of Art at… Performances DIS Whet Talks: Chus Martínez on the Metabolic Era Saturday 03/07/2015 4:30PM
This daylong symposium questions how the legacy of identity politics might be reconsidered in light of our present culture, where making oneself visible is de rigueur and yet can also carry threatening… Conversations Symposium: VISIBLE/INVISIBLE Saturday 03/07/2015 12PM
Join us from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Sky Room for a family workshop offered in conjunction with the 2015 Triennial: “Surround Audience,” on view from February 25 to May 24, 2015. A signature initiative… First Saturday for Families: Place and Space Saturday 03/07/2015 10AM-12PM
For Fitness Guide (2011), featured in the Triennial, Geumhyung Jeong modified a series of exercise machines, readjusting key parts and activating them in a durational performance. The performance begins… Performances Fitness Guide by Geumhyung Jeong Friday 03/06/2015 7PM
Brian Droitcour, editor of The Animated Reader, a poetry collection published as part of the Triennial, will discuss those ideas about digital media, identity, and translation in contemporary poetry that… Conversations Liquid Poetry with Brian Droitcour Thursday 03/05/2015 7PM

Week of 02/22/2015–02/28/2015

Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s talk, titled “Contra Diction: Speech Against Itself,” will address the ways in which our right to silence can be preserved in what the artist calls “today’s All-Hearing… Conversations Lawrence Abu Hamdan on Contra Diction: Speech Against Itself Sunday 03/01/2015 5PM
The collaborative Exterritory (Maayan Amir and Ruti Sela) was founded in 2009 in response to the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Employing the concept of “exterritoriality,” which… Screenings Exploring the Blind Spots of Secrecy, Censorship, and National… Sunday 03/01/2015 3PM
For this panel, participating artists Nadim Abbas, Josh Kline, and Daniel Steegmann Mangrané will discuss how their works address a topic that the Triennial takes as its metaphorical point of departure:… Panel: On Being Surrounded Sunday 03/01/2015 1PM
The work of poet Steve Roggenbuck explores, in his own words, “the new forms that poetry, humor, and spirituality might take on the internet.” Presenting and distributing his work almost exclusively… Performances Launch of Steve Roggenbuck’s New Collection Saturday 02/28/2015 6PM
For the first event in a series of talks and performances that will take place at The Island (Ken) (2015)—an installation by the artist collective DIS—artist and comedian Casey Jane Ellison will interview… Performances DIS Whet Talks: Casey Jane Ellison on Female-Focused Artist Interviews Saturday 02/28/2015 4:30PM
Basim Magdy’s work encompasses drawing, painting, installation, film, and slide projection, which dynamically pair a sobering critique of reality with imaginative speculation. He filters a preoccupation… Screenings Screening and Talk with Basim Magdy Saturday 02/28/2015 3:30PM
This event provides a broader view of the artistic practice of Shelly Nadashi. In the Triennial, Nadashi presents the installation A Good Bowl of Soup (2013), which features two puppets and a painting… Screenings Screening and Reading by Shelly Nadashi Saturday 02/28/2015 2PM
Writer Kimberly R. Drew will give a talk on the historical and theoretical background of niv Acosta’s new work DISCOTROPIC (2015). niv Acosta and his cast—Monstah Black, Alexandro Segade, and Andrew… Conversations Lecture by niv Acosta Saturday 02/28/2015 12PM
In his new performance DISCOTROPIC (2015), niv Acosta explores the relationship between science fiction, disco, astrophysics, and the black American experience. Reflecting the artist’s interest in the… Performances Premiere of DISCOTROPIC by niv Acosta Friday 02/27/2015 8:30PM
In his new performance DISCOTROPIC (2015), niv Acosta explores the relationship between science fiction, disco, astrophysics, and the black American experience. Reflecting the artist’s interest in the… Performances Premiere of DISCOTROPIC by niv Acosta Friday 02/27/2015 7:30PM
For this event, Onejoon CHE will present his new three-channel documentary Mansudae Master Class (2015), which continues the artist’s previous explorations of links between military and economic geopolitics… Screenings Premiere of Mansudae Master Class: Screening and Talk with Onejoon… Thursday 02/26/2015 7PM
See the exhibition before it opens to the public. By invitation only. Deluxe Members & Above Membership Opening Reception of the 2015 Triennial: “Surround Audience” Tuesday 02/24/2015 8:30PM
See the exhibition before it opens to the public. By invitation only. Premium Members & Above Membership VIP Preview of the 2015 Triennial: “Surround Audience” Tuesday 02/24/2015 7PM
See the exhibition before it opens to the public. By invitation only. Producers Council Members & Above Membership Curator-led Tour of the 2015 Triennial: “Surround Audience” Tuesday 02/24/2015 6PM-7PM

Week of 02/15/2015–02/21/2015

Join Johanna Burton, Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement, for a private visit to the studio of Marilyn Minter. In glossy, hyperrealistic paintings, photographs, and video… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Studio Visit: Marilyn Minter Tuesday 02/17/2015 6:30PM-8PM

Week of 02/08/2015–02/14/2015

Presented as part of “AUNTSforcamera” and R&D Season: CHOREOGRAPHY. An important interactive component of the installation of “AUNTSforcamera” at the New Museum includes a series of nine artist-devised… Performances “AUNTSforcamera” Artist-Devised Tour with Ben Van Buren (invited… Sunday 02/15/2015 5PM
As part of New Museum R&D Season: CHOREOGRAPHY, CLASSCLASSCLASS has organized PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE, a series of fifteen artist-led classes open to adult dancers and non-dancers from the general public.… Performances CLASSCLASSCLASS: PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE with Maria Bauman… Sunday 02/15/2015 1PM-5PM
Presented as part of “AUNTSforcamera” and R&D Season: CHOREOGRAPHY. An important interactive component of the installation of “AUNTSforcamera” at the New Museum includes a series of nine artist-devised… Performances “AUNTSforcamera” Artist-Devised Tour with Sable Elyse Smith Saturday 02/14/2015 5PM

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