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Week of 05/12/2019–05/18/2019

“Surf the Classic Way, From Amazon to Pirate Bay” The Trail Blazers web-surfing competition pits contestants against one another to navigate a trail from one website to another only by clicking links—no… Performances Trail Blazers #9: A Live Web-Surfing Competition Saturday 05/18/2019 1PM-5PM
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
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
Join us for a New Perspective tour that explores ideas about borders through Nari Ward’s eclectic sculptural meditations on Harlem. Together, we will consider distinction, inclusion, and exclusion as… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Inside/Outside Wednesday 05/15/2019 12:30PM

Week of 05/05/2019–05/11/2019

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 us for a New Perspective tour that explores ideas about borders through Nari Ward’s eclectic sculptural meditations on Harlem. Together, we will consider distinction, inclusion, and exclusion as… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Inside/Outside Wednesday 05/08/2019 12:30PM

Week of 04/28/2019–05/04/2019

For the past twenty-five years, Ward’s sculptures have highlighted the material textures of Harlem. In his more recent work, he has turned to language and architecture as ways to reflect on memory and… First Saturdays for Families: Signs of the Times Saturday 05/04/2019 10AM-12PM
Join us for a New Perspective tour that explores ideas about borders through Nari Ward’s eclectic sculptural meditations on Harlem. Together, we will consider distinction, inclusion, and exclusion as… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Inside/Outside Wednesday 05/01/2019 12:30PM

Week of 04/21/2019–04/27/2019

Watch the livestream, here. Seven on Seven brings together leaders in art and technology for a one-day creative collaboration with a simple challenge: “Make something.” On Saturday, April 27, seven… Conversations Seven on Seven 2019 Saturday 04/27/2019 1PM-6:30PM
This program is currently at capacity. A standby list will begin at 6 p.m. the day of the event. Sign-up for the standby list will be in person only, and we will admit as many people as capacity allows. Join… Performances Princess Presents New York Premiere of Out There Thursday 04/25/2019 7PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour considering select works by Nari Ward, Mariana Castillo Deball, and Adelita Husni-Bey that construct and represent structures of resilience, escape, and fugitivity.… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Fugitive Structures Wednesday 04/24/2019 12:30PM

Week of 04/14/2019–04/20/2019

IdeasCity New Orleans, a five-day residency program for emerging practitioners, culminates with a free public festival on April 20, 2019 featuring conversations, prototypes, and demos by an array of acclaimed… IdeasCity New Orleans Saturday 04/20/2019 12PM-8PM
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
Join us for a New Perspectives tour considering select works by Nari Ward, Mariana Castillo Deball, and Adelita Husni-Bey that construct and represent structures of resilience, escape, and fugitivity.… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Fugitive Structures Wednesday 04/17/2019 12:30PM

Week of 04/07/2019–04/13/2019

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… Scamming the Patriarchy: A Youth Summit Saturday 04/13/2019 2PM-8PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour considering select works by Nari Ward, Mariana Castillo Deball, and Adelita Husni-Bey that construct and represent structures of resilience, escape, and fugitivity.… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Fugitive Structures Wednesday 04/10/2019 12:30PM
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

Week of 03/31/2019–04/06/2019

Join us for a Family Day drawing inspiration from the exhibition “Nari Ward: We the People” on view at the New Museum from February 13 to May 26, 2019. Characterized by the use of found materials,… First Saturdays for Families: Transformers and Transitions Saturday 04/06/2019 10AM-12PM
Join us for a special in-gallery talk featuring artist Adelita Husni-Bey in conversation with New York University professor Michelle Castañeda. Taking their cues from Husni-Bey’s first New York solo… Conversations Adelita Husni-Bey in Conversation with Michelle Castañeda Thursday 04/04/2019 3PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour considering select works by Nari Ward, Mariana Castillo Deball, and Adelita Husni-Bey that construct and represent structures of resilience, escape, and fugitivity.… Tours New Perspectives Tour: Fugitive Structures Wednesday 04/03/2019 12:30PM

Week of 03/24/2019–03/30/2019

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 03/17/2019–03/23/2019

A livestream of the conversation will be available here. 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,… Performances Let’s Talk Net Art Thursday 03/21/2019 7PM
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
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

Week of 03/10/2019–03/16/2019

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
Tonight’s program is currently at capacity. A standby list will begin at 6 p.m. this evening, sign-up in person only. Video recording from this conversation is available here. Join us for a special… Conversations Nari Ward in Conversation with Massimiliano Gioni Thursday 03/14/2019 7PM
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
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

Week of 03/03/2019–03/09/2019

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
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

Week of 02/24/2019–03/02/2019

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
Join us for a Family Day inspired by the exhibition “Jeffrey Gibson: The Anthropophagic Effect,” on view at the New Museum from February 13 to June 9, 2019. Using Indigenous handcraft techniques learned… First Saturdays for Families: Intertwined Forms Saturday 03/02/2019 10AM-12PM
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
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
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

Week of 02/17/2019–02/23/2019

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
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

Week of 02/10/2019–02/16/2019

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… Conversations “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,… Conversations Lesbian is dead! Long live lesbian! Friday 02/15/2019 7PM

Week of 02/03/2019–02/09/2019

New Museum will host the premiere of Gogo Graham’s FW19 collection, “Eternal Peep Show,” presented against the view of the city from the museum’s Sky Room. The collection is a story about a aspiring… Performances Gogo Graham: Eternal Peep Show Sunday 02/10/2019 4PM

Week of 01/27/2019–02/02/2019

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
Join Rhizome to celebrate the launch of The Art Happens Here: Net Art Anthology. This richly illustrated volume retells the history of net art from the 1980s to the present through thematic essays, interviews,… Performances All Our Visited Links Thursday 01/31/2019 7PM
Artist Tiril Hasselknippe, whose work was featured in the 2018 Triennial, will host us for a visit to her Brooklyn studio. Originally from Norway, Hasselknippe creates sculptures in steel, concrete, fiberglass,… Premium Members & Above Membership Studio Visit: Tiril Hasselknippe Wednesday 01/30/2019 6:30PM
“Nari Ward: We the People” presents the first New York museum survey of the work of Nari Ward (b. 1963, St. Andrew, Jamaica). The exhibition, occupying the second, third, and fourth floors of the New… Professional Development Workshop for Educators Monday 01/28/2019 9:30AM-3PM

Week of 01/13/2019–01/19/2019

A livestream of the conversation will be available here. Join the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art (MOTHA) for a special evening with Chris E. Vargas and a selection of the artists commissioned by… Conversations Speculative Monuments: Show and Pray Tell with MOTHA’s Commissioned… Thursday 01/17/2019 7PM

Week of 12/30/2018–01/05/2019

Join us for a Family Day drawing inspiration from the exhibition “Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel,” on view at the New Museum from September 26 to January 20, 2019. Often drawing inspiration from found and… First Saturdays for Families: Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral Saturday 01/05/2019 10AM-12PM

Week of 12/16/2018–12/22/2018

Members enjoy a special discount of 20 percent at the New Museum Store and the New Museum Store online on these dates. (Certain exclusions apply.) A distinctive downtown shopping destination, the New Museum… Standard Members & Above Membership Members Shopping Day Thursday 12/20/2018 11AM-9PM

Week of 12/09/2018–12/15/2018

This event is currently at capacity, but a standby list will begin at 11 a.m. the day of the event. Sign-up for the standby list will be in person only, and we will admit as many people as capacity allows.… Conversations No Excuses: Maggie Nelson on Sarah Lucas Thursday 12/13/2018 7PM
Get into the holiday spirit with this Members-only party! Enjoy drinks in the Sky Room and experience our exhibitions after hours while mingling with the Museum’s community of supporters. Those eligible… Standard Members & Above Membership Holiday Party for Members Tuesday 12/11/2018 7PM
Members enjoy a special discount of 20 percent at the New Museum Store and the New Museum Store online on these dates. (Certain exclusions apply.) A distinctive downtown shopping destination, the New Museum… Standard Members & Above Membership Members Shopping Day Tuesday 12/11/2018 11AM-6PM

Upcoming Events

Event Downtown Artists: Neighborhood Tour 11/16 11AM
Event Downtown Artists: Neighborhood Tour 11/23 11AM
Event Open Studios | NEW INC Workshares 11/21 7PM
Event Live Virtual Workshop: Reflections on Aging, Waiting, and Embodiment 11/19 3PM
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