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Week of 12/02/2018–12/08/2018

This event is currently at capacity, please tune in for the livestream at 7pm EST: www.compusa.live This event is presented alongside an online exhibition of Comp USA Live as part of the series First… Performances Comp USA Live: Season 2 Premiere Thursday 12/06/2018 7PM
Join artist Jessi Reaves for a special gallery talk on the exhibition “Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel.” Outside the Box offers gallery-based talks given by a variety of guest speakers over the course of… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Jessi Reaves on “Sarah Lucas:… Thursday 12/06/2018 3PM
Join conceptual comedy duo Talk Hole (Eric Schwartau and Steven Phillips-Horst) at the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center, a spectacular space designed by renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava,… Performances OFFSITE: Talk Hole Presents GAPE: Gift Activating Public Experience Wednesday 12/05/2018 7:30PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour considering works of contemporary art that reimagine, reconfigure, and revise canonical and traditional histories. In radically different modes, artists Aslı Çavuşoğlu,… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 12/05/2018 12:30PM

Week of 11/25/2018–12/01/2018

On December 1st, the annual Day Without Art—a national day of action in response to the AIDS crisis—the Department of Education and Public Engagement will present “Stonewall is Not Here Yet,” an… Performances Stonewall Is Not Here Yet Saturday 12/01/2018 3PM
New Museum is proud to partner with Visual AIDS on World AIDS Day for a theater presentation of ALTERNATE ENDINGS, ACTIVIST RISINGS, Visual AIDS’s twenty-ninth annual Day With(out) Art project. Commissioned… Screenings ALTERNATE ENDINGS, ACTIVIST RISINGS Saturday 12/01/2018 11AM-6PM
Join us for a Family Day drawing inspiration from the exhibition “MOTHA and Chris E. Vargas: Consciousness Razing,” on view at the New Museum from September 26 to February 3, 2019. Families may visit… First Saturdays for Families: Monumental Landscapes Saturday 12/01/2018 10AM-12PM
Join New Museum Curator Margot Norton for a private after-hours tour of “Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel.” RSVP by November 20 to membership@newmuseum.org or 212.219.1222 ×234. Premium Members & Above Membership Private Curatorial Tour Wednesday 11/28/2018 6:30PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour considering works of contemporary art that reimagine, reconfigure, and revise canonical and traditional histories. In radically different modes, artists Aslı Çavuşoğlu,… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 11/28/2018 12:30PM

Week of 11/18/2018–11/24/2018

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 Sunday 11/25/2018 11AM-6PM
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 Friday 11/23/2018 10AM-6PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour considering works of contemporary art that reimagine, reconfigure, and revise canonical and traditional histories. In radically different modes, artists Aslı Çavuşoğlu,… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 11/21/2018 12:30PM
Rhizome, the New Museum, and the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) present Seven on Seven Beijing, the first China-based edition of the celebrated platform that pairs visionaries from the fields of art… Conversations Seven on Seven Beijing Tuesday 11/20/2018 10AM

Week of 11/11/2018–11/17/2018

Join us for a New Perspectives tour considering works of contemporary art that reimagine, reconfigure, and revise canonical and traditional histories. In radically different modes, artists Aslı Çavuşoğlu,… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 11/14/2018 12:30PM

Week of 11/04/2018–11/10/2018

Join us for a special excursion to the newly expanded Glenstone Museum. Founded by Emily and Mitchell Rales, Glenstone has become a destination for experiencing their extensive personal collection, which… Producers Council Members & Above Membership Producers Council Day Trip: Washington DC and Glenstone Saturday 11/10/2018 8AM
The word monument derives from the Latin word monere, which means “to warn.” As monstrum, a noun form derived from this infinitive, the word designates a bad omen—the words monster and premonition… Conversations Imperfect Models: Memory, Monuments, and Memorialization Thursday 11/08/2018 7PM
Join psychoanalyst and cultural critic Jamieson Webster for a special gallery talk on the exhibition “Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel.” Outside the Box offers gallery-based talks given by a variety of guest… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Jamieson Webster on “Sarah Lucas:… Thursday 11/08/2018 3PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour considering works of contemporary art that reimagine, reconfigure, and revise canonical and traditional histories. In radically different modes, artists Aslı Çavuşoğlu,… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 11/07/2018 12:30PM
As the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots nears, this Professional Development Workshop for Educators will consider how monuments may, or may not, reflect one’s experiences or understandings of… Professional Development Workshop for Educators Tuesday 11/06/2018 9:30AM-3PM

Week of 10/28/2018–11/03/2018

It goes without saying that corporate platforms increasingly structure our reality and, in turn, our social and political lives. On these platforms––and in the more remote nooks and crannies of the… Conversations True Lies, Deep Fakes: Platforms, Knowledge, and Alternative… Saturday 11/03/2018 4PM
Join us for Family Day presented in conjunction with the exhibition “MOTHA and Chris E. Vargas: Consciousness Razing,” on view at the New Museum from September 26 to February 3, 2019. Employing a scale… First Saturdays for Families: Monumental Materials Saturday 11/03/2018 10AM-12PM
Bringing together four visionary artists, this discussion will explore the display and production of racialized sexuality and gender. The conversation will feature panelists M. Lamar, Richard Fung, Tourmaline,… Conversations Exhibitionist Tendencies: The Past and Present of Sexuality,… Thursday 11/01/2018 7PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour investigating Sarah Lucas’s work and how she uses fragments of the body to question its composition. Together, we will critically examine our reactions to Lucas’s… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 10/31/2018 12:30PM
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. Rachel… Conversations Visionaries Series: Rachel Kushner Tuesday 10/30/2018 7PM

Week of 10/21/2018–10/27/2018

This panel will explore strands of Surrealism, psychoanalysis, sexuality, and abjection in Sarah Lucas’s recastings of the human form. Panelists will consider expressions of desire, disgust, violence,… Conversations Exquisite Corpse: Sarah Lucas and the Body in Pieces Thursday 10/25/2018 7PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour investigating Sarah Lucas’s work and how she uses fragments of the body to question its composition. Together, we will critically examine our reactions to Lucas’s… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 10/24/2018 12:30PM

Week of 10/14/2018–10/20/2018

Join artist Judith Bernstein for a special gallery talk on the exhibition “Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel.” Outside the Box offers gallery-based talks given by a variety of guest speakers over the course… Tours Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Judith Bernstein on “Sarah Lucas:… Thursday 10/18/2018 3PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour investigating Sarah Lucas’s work and how she uses fragments of the body to question its composition. Together, we will critically examine our reactions to Lucas’s… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 10/17/2018 12:30PM

Week of 10/07/2018–10/13/2018

Collector Raymond Learsy will generously host our annual gathering of New Museum Council members. This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know other supporters of the Museum, our curatorial staff, and… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Fall Council Cocktail Thursday 10/11/2018 6:30PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour investigating Sarah Lucas’s work and how she uses fragments of the body to question its composition. Together, we will critically examine our reactions to Lucas’s… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 10/10/2018 12:30PM

Week of 09/30/2018–10/06/2018

Join us for Family Day presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Asli Çavuşoğlu: The Place of Stone,” on view at the New Museum from September 18 to January 13, 2019. Interested in the origins… First Saturdays for Families: Color Me Blue Saturday 10/06/2018 10AM-12PM
“DIS: A Good Crisis” will be on view in October 2018 as part of the online exhibition series First Look: New Art Online, co-presented by Rhizome and the New Museum. In the aftermath of the Second… Screenings DIS: A Good Crisis Thursday 10/04/2018 7PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour investigating Sarah Lucas’s work and how she uses fragments of the body to question its composition. Together, we will critically examine our reactions to Lucas’s… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 10/03/2018 12:30PM

Week of 09/23/2018–09/29/2018

In a director’s address—chock full of puns and tongue-in-cheek asides—Chris E. Vargas introduces the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art (MOTHA), a semi-fictional institution that serves as… Conversations MOTHA Executive Director Address: Stones to the Wall Saturday 09/29/2018 3PM
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. A… Conversations Sarah Lucas in Conversation with Massimiliano Gioni Thursday 09/27/2018 7PM

Week of 09/16/2018–09/22/2018

Join us for an in-gallery talk between Associate Curator Natalie Bell and artist Aslı Çavuşoğlu on the occasion of Çavuşoğlu’s exhibition “The Place of Stone.” In her research-driven practice,… Conversations Gallery Talk: Aslı Çavuşoğlu in Conversation with Natalie… Thursday 09/20/2018 3PM

Week of 09/09/2018–09/15/2018

On Saturday, September 15, 2018 The Bentway and the New Museum present IdeasCity Toronto. This day-long event will bring together cultural innovators and creative practitioners from Toronto and beyond… IdeasCity Toronto Saturday 09/15/2018 12PM-10PM
Inspired by the generative learning that occurs during meals in domestic, familial, and community settings, Kameelah Janan Rasheed invites artists, organizers, community members, and educators to two potluck… Family Meals: Sharing Histories, Sharing Futures Wednesday 09/12/2018 7PM

Week of 09/02/2018–09/08/2018

Kameelah Janan Rasheed shares materials from her personal archival collection of printed matter, including small press publications, magazine articles on independent black schools, textbooks and curriculum… Conversations Library Hours in the Resource Room with Kameelah Janan Rasheed Thursday 09/06/2018 7PM-8:30PM

Week of 08/26/2018–09/01/2018

Join us for Family Day presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Thomas Bayrle: Playtime,” on view at the New Museum from June 20 to September 2, 2018. Influenced by consumerism and advertising… First Saturdays for Families: Playtime Fun Saturday 09/01/2018 10AM-12PM
The songs on DonChristian’s new album Where There’s Smoke (2018) create urban dreamscapes that defy genre and quickly slip between moods, serving as visionary reflections of our contemporary moment.… Performances DonChristian: Where There’s Smoke Friday 08/31/2018 8PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour that focuses on intimacy in select works by Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Thomas Bayrle, and John Akomfrah. Together, we will examine how these artists evoke interior life… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 08/29/2018 12:30PM

Week of 08/19/2018–08/25/2018

Kameelah Janan Rasheed shares materials from her personal archival collection of printed matter, including small press publications, magazine articles on independent black schools, textbooks and curriculum… Conversations Library Hours in the Resource Room with Kameelah Janan Rasheed Thursday 08/23/2018 7PM-8:30PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour that focuses on intimacy in select works by Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Thomas Bayrle, and John Akomfrah. Together, we will examine how these artists evoke interior life… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 08/22/2018 12:30PM

Week of 08/12/2018–08/18/2018

The Black School will lead a tactic-specific session on arts activism for an intergenerational audience, culminating in a presentation at Black Love Festival NYC at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum… Black Love Committee Sunday 08/19/2018 12PM-4:30PM
Teens participating in the New Museum Teen Apprentice Program (TAP) will facilitate an art-making project for visitors and guide their use of the Black School’s The Black School Process Cards, a deck… Drop In Sessions with the Teen Apprentice Program Friday 08/17/2018 3PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour that focuses on intimacy in select works by Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Thomas Bayrle, and John Akomfrah. Together, we will examine how these artists evoke interior life… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 08/15/2018 12:30PM

Week of 08/05/2018–08/11/2018

The Black School will lead a tactic-specific session on arts activism for an intergenerational audience, culminating in a presentation at Black Love Festival NYC at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum… Black Love Committee Saturday 08/11/2018 1PM-3PM
Teens participating in the New Museum Teen Apprentice Program (TAP) will facilitate an art-making project for visitors and guide their use of the Black School’s The Black School Process Cards, a deck… Drop In Sessions with the Teen Apprentice Program Friday 08/10/2018 3PM
Join us for a New Perspectives tour that focuses on intimacy in select works by Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Thomas Bayrle, and John Akomfrah. Together, we will examine how these artists evoke interior life… Tours New Perspectives Tour Wednesday 08/08/2018 12:30PM

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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