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Week of 09/29/2013–10/05/2013

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Chris Burden’s Ghost Ship on the New Museum! Discover the artwork of one of the most important American artists to emerge since the 1970s in “Chris Burden:… First Saturdays for Families: Chris Burden: Building with a Boat Saturday 10/05/2013 10AM-12PM
Commissioned and presented by Rhizome Ann Hirsch’s Playground is a two-person performance loosely based on the cyber-sexual escapades of the artist’s adolescent self. Set in a fictionalized… Conversations Ann Hirsch: Playground Friday 10/04/2013 7PM
Join the artist and curators of the exhibition before it opens to the public. Deluxe Members & Above Membership Opening Reception: “Chris Burden: Extreme Measures” Tuesday 10/01/2013 8PM
Join the artists and curators of the exhibition before it opens to the public at a private reception and viewing. Premium Members & Above Membership VIP Preview of Chris Burden: Extreme Measures Tuesday 10/01/2013 7PM
Join the artists and curators of the exhibition before it opens to the public at a private reception and viewing. Producers Council Members & Above Membership Curatorial Walk-through of Chris Burden: Extreme Measures Tuesday 10/01/2013 6PM

Week of 09/22/2013–09/28/2013

Join Johanna Burton, Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement, for a daylong program of activities in and around New Haven, CT, including: a visit to the Scarsdale home of collectors… Producers Council Members & Above Membership Producers Council Day: Yale University, New Haven, and Beyond Saturday 09/28/2013 10AM
Click here to watch tonight’s event on the New Museum’s Livestream. Matthew Weiner, the series creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed drama Mad Men, will be featured as… Conversations Visionaries Series: Mad Men’s Matthew Weiner Friday 09/27/2013 7PM
Transparent Trap is the latest Dynasty Handbag performance in the form of a PowerPoint presentation. Professor Handbag reveals the details of selling her video short Eternal Quadrangle (which premiered… Performances Dirty Looks NYC and New Museum Present Dynasty Handbag: Transparent… Thursday 09/26/2013 7PM

Week of 09/15/2013–09/21/2013

This event is free, but seating is limited. “Please RSVP here: Conversations ACT NOW: Perspectives on Contemporary Performance and HIV/AIDS Thursday 09/19/2013 7PM
Join Gary Carrion-Murayari, Curator, for a visit to the Lower East Side studio of sculptor and conceptual artist B. Wurtz. Declared “a master of the unassuming, if not completely disguised, artwork”… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Studio Visit: B. Wurtz Wednesday 09/18/2013 6:30PM-8PM

Week of 09/08/2013–09/14/2013

Author and art historian Terry Smith will be in conversation with Paul O’Neill, author of The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture(s) (2012) and Director of the Graduate Program, Center… Conversations ICI Presents Terry Smith and Paul O’Neill Saturday 09/14/2013 3PM
Council Members are invited to cocktails and lively conversation with the New Museum curatorial team at the home of New Museum Trustee Catherine Orentreich. Learn more about current and upcoming exhibitions… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Annual Fall Council Cocktail Thursday 09/12/2013 7PM-9PM
In the spirit of New York Fashion Week, we present a Sky Room screening of Bill Cunningham New York, a 2010 documentary directed by Richard Press about the celebrated Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist… Standard Members & Above Membership Film Screening: Bill Cunningham New York Wednesday 09/11/2013 8PM
Join Margot Norton, Associate Curator, at the West Village studio of Barbara Nessim, whose work was featured in a retrospective at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London earlier this year. Nessim was one… Premium Members & Above Membership Studio Visit: Barbara Nessim Tuesday 09/10/2013 7PM

Week of 09/01/2013–09/07/2013

This panel brings together artists and leading figures in the digital preservation field for a discussion on the theory and practice of preserving the fragile cultural artifacts and artworks of the computer… Conversations Born Digital: Conservation in the Computer Age Saturday 09/07/2013 3PM
Beyond media specificity, what happens after videotape has been absorbed into a new medium—and what are the implications of these continuing shifts in format for how we understand access and preservation?… Conversations Always Already Obsolete: Considering the convergence of analog… Saturday 09/07/2013 1PM
What is an archive? Is it a collection? Is it an object? Or a place? Is it always made up of old stuff? Is it only important things? Who decides what goes into it? Discover the possibilities of what… First Saturdays for Families: What’s an archive? Saturday 09/07/2013 10AM-12PM
New York–based web and broadcast program E.S.P. TV will shoot an episode in “XFR STN” at the New Museum, Thursday September 5, 7:30–8:15 p.m. Special guest Diamond Terrifier will perform with live… Screenings XFR STN on E.S.P. TV Thursday 09/05/2013 7:30PM-8:15PM
Colab members Andrea Callard and Coleen Fitzgibbon will share clips from Potato Wolf, All Color News, and Red Curtain, as well as offer their perspective on what social television-making had to say at… Screenings Coleen Fitzgibbon & Andrea Callard, Colab TV Thursday 09/05/2013 7PM

Week of 08/25/2013–08/31/2013

Members of the Naked Eye Cinema group will present a selection of their films from the MWF Video Club collection, including Corrective Measures (Peter Cramer, 1986), Nocturnes (Peter Cramer & Leslie Lowe,… Screenings Naked Eye Cinema Night Thursday 08/29/2013 7PM

Week of 08/18/2013–08/24/2013

Stanya Kahn is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in video, with a practice that includes performance, writing, sound design, drawing, animation, and digital media. Kahn’s hybrid practice… Conversations In Conversation: Stanya Kahn discusses the work of Llyn Foulkes Thursday 08/22/2013 7PM
Bill Di Paola and collective members from the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Spaces (MoRUS) will present selected videos and images from the squatting movement in the Lower East Side, including important period… Screenings MoRUS & the Lower East Side Squatting Movement Thursday 08/22/2013 7PM

Week of 08/11/2013–08/17/2013

Join Todd Shalom in this workshop on the participatory walk form. Shalom will reveal the underbelly of an Elastic City walk, leading attendees through various ways to read and respond to their surroundings… The Participatory Walk: Todd Shalom Saturday 08/17/2013 3PM
The MWF Video Club codirector will present a selection of videos from the Rivington Scene, a collection of artists and poets associated with the sculpture garden built on squatted vacant lots, and the… Screenings Michael Carter, Rivington Scene Thursday 08/15/2013 7PM

Week of 08/04/2013–08/10/2013

Short documentaries on art, performance, and popular struggle in the Lower East Side by Clayton Patterson and compiled by Elsa Rensaa, including an excerpt of Patterson’s video of the 1988 Tompkins… Screenings Clayton Patterson: From the Underground and Below Thursday 08/08/2013 7PM

Week of 07/28/2013–08/03/2013

Mitch Corber has dedicated his career to production for NYC public access cable TV, working closely with Colab TV and the MWF Video Club. Corber will present a selection of early work, as well as videos… Screenings Mitch Corber, the Original Wonder Thursday 08/01/2013 7PM

Week of 07/21/2013–07/27/2013

The weekly artist public access Communications Update, later renamed Cast Iron TV, ran continuously on Manhattan Cable’s Channel D from 1979 to 1991. Filmmakers Liza Béar and Milly Iatrou present… Screenings Liza Béar & Milly Iatrou, Communications Update Thursday 07/25/2013 7PM

Week of 07/14/2013–07/20/2013

Join the New Museum for the annual Block Party in Sara D. Roosevelt Park! Spend the afternoon participating in interactive projects and performances inspired by current exhibitions and Museum programs.… New Museum Block Party Saturday 07/20/2013 12PM-5PM
Nick Zedd’s commitment to DIY artists’ film distribution helped sustain the MWF Video Club project. He will present and speak about his film work with Michael Carter of MWF. The program will… Screenings Films of Nick Zedd Friday 07/19/2013 7PM
Pamela Seymour Smith Sharp screens a sampling of “The Willoughby Sharp Show,” a public access program produced by Willoughby Sharp and Susan Britton, which ran on Manhattan Neighborhood Network in… Screenings Willoughby Sharp and the MWF Video Club Friday 07/19/2013 3PM
An ersatz assembly of participants from the MWF Video Club and Colab TV projects includes opening remarks from Alan W. Moore, Andrea Callard, Michael Carter, Coleen Fitzgibbon, Nick Zedd, and members of… Conversations Moving Image Artists’ Distribution Then & Now Thursday 07/18/2013 6PM
The New Museum is offering private tours of our highly praised summer exhibitions “LLYN FOULKES” and “Ellen Gallagher: Don’t Axe Me,” while the Museum is closed to the public.… Membership Curator-led Tour of Summer Exhibitions Wednesday 07/17/2013 6:30PM

Week of 07/07/2013–07/13/2013

Desire Machine Collective (DMC) is a collaboration between artists Mriganka Madhukaillya and Sonal Jain that began in 2004. Taking their name from writing by philosopher Gilles Deleuze and psychoanalyst… Conversations A presentation by Desire Machine Collective Saturday 07/13/2013 3PM
Please note: the date of this event was recently changed. Enjoy breakfast in the Sky Room, an intimate introduction to the Museum, and a Q&A with select Museum staff. RSVP to membership@newmuseum.org. Standard Members & Above Membership Member Orientation Thursday 07/11/2013 10:30AM
Join Margot Norton, Assistant Curator, for a private tour of Llyn Foulkes and Ellen Gallagher. RSVP to membership@newmuseum.org. Deluxe Members & Above Membership Curator-led Tour Wednesday 07/10/2013 6:30PM

Week of 06/23/2013–06/29/2013

To accompany the presentation by Johannesburg-based platform Center for Historical Reenactments (CHR) currently at the New Museum, CHR member Kemang Wa Lehulere presents a lecture performance that considers… Conversations A Performance by Kemang Wa Lehulere Saturday 06/29/2013 10:15AM
Presented as part of NEA 4 in Residence. Tim Miller and collaborators invite you to attend the world premiere of an ensemble-devised performance at the New Museum. As the culminating event in a weeklong… Tim Miller in Residence: Exhibit Q: Queer Bodies Public… Friday 06/28/2013 7PM-9PM
To accompany the presentation by Johannesburg-based platform Center for Historical Reenactments (CHR) currently at the New Museum, CHR member Kemang Wa Lehulere presents a lecture performance that considers… Conversations A Performance by Kemang Wa Lehulere Thursday 06/27/2013 5:30PM
Attend the annual White Party, the Museum’s summer soiree, and enjoy cocktails, dancing, and a crowd clad in white. Featuring Vacationer (DJ Set) & DJ Ghostdad New Museum Members, RSVP to membership@newmuseum.org. Not… Standard Members & Above Membership White Party Wednesday 06/26/2013 7PM-10PM
Presented as part of NEA 4 in Residence. Tim Miller leads a performance workshop during Gay Pride Week 2013 for students, performers, artists, scholars, and interested nonacademics, culminating in a… Tim Miller in Residence: Exhibit Q: Queer Bodies Performance… Monday 06/24/2013 11AM

Week of 06/16/2013–06/22/2013

During public Museum hours on Sunday June 23, Donna Kukama, artist and member of the Johannesburg-based platform Center for Historical Reenactments (CHR), will enact a series of performances that explore… Conversations If the past were to be postponed into the future, would this… Sunday 06/23/2013 11AM-6PM
Johannesburg has been described as an “elusive metropolis.” Yet for many of its current denizens, elusiveness has given way to “occupation”—the unauthorized use and habitation of spaces that… Conversations “Translation / translocation: Johannesburg and the Impossibility… Saturday 06/22/2013 3PM
Presented as part of NEA 4 in Residence. John Fleck’s Blessed Are All the Little Snowballs in Hell frankensteins together his infamously defunded work Blessed Are All the Little Fishes (1989) and its… John Fleck in Residence: Blessed Are All the Little Snowballs… Thursday 06/20/2013 7PM
Join the artists and curators of the exhibition before it opens to the public at a private reception and viewing. Deluxe Members & Above Membership Opening Reception for Llyn Foulkes and Ellen Gallagher Tuesday 06/18/2013 8PM-10PM
Join the artists and curators of the exhibition before it opens to the public at a private reception and viewing. Premium Members & Above Membership VIP Preview of Llyn Foulkes and Ellen Gallagher Tuesday 06/18/2013 7PM
Join the artists and curators of the exhibition before it opens to the public at a private reception and viewing. Producers Council Members & Above Membership Curatorial Walk-through of Llyn Foulkes and Ellen Gallagher Tuesday 06/18/2013 6PM

Week of 06/09/2013–06/15/2013

Presented as part of NEA 4 in Residence. For tickets to the workshop performance of A Snowball’s Chance in Hell click here. John Fleck’s A Snowball’s Chance in Hell (1992) was a response to the… Blessed Are All the Little Snowballs in Hell: Screening and Discussion… Saturday 06/15/2013 3PM
Celebrated West Coast rhyme-slayer Murs, legendary Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer, and ego trip founder Sacha Jenkins SHR are The White Mandingos. Their feverish, resolute songs are less a hybridization… Performances White Mandingos + Heems Friday 06/14/2013 7PM
On the occasion of his retrospective exhibition at the New Museum, the influential painter and musician Llyn Foulkes will speak about his life and work. Llyn Foulkes (b. 1934 Yakima, Washington) studied… Conversations Artist Talk with Llyn Foulkes Thursday 06/13/2013 7PM

Week of 06/02/2013–06/08/2013

Join New Museum Associate Curator Jenny Moore, and artist Erika Vogt on Thursday June 6, for a professional development seminar for high school teachers related to the exhibition “Erika Vogt: Stranger… G:Class Professional Development Seminar for Teachers Thursday 06/06/2013 10AM-3PM

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