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Past Events

Week of 07/29/2018–08/04/2018

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 08/04/2018 11AM-1PM
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 08/03/2018 3PM
Join us for an in-gallery talk with Marcia Tucker Senior Research Fellow Maggie Mustard on the occasion of the exhibition “Hiwa K: Blind as the Mother Tongue.” Drawing on vernacular forms and collaborative… Conversations Gallery Talk: Maggie Mustard on “Hiwa K: Blind as the Mother… Thursday 08/02/2018 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 08/01/2018 12:30PM

Week of 07/22/2018–07/28/2018

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 07/28/2018 11AM-1PM
The New Museum inaugurates an annual convening of activists, artists, and educators to exchange knowledge and methods for generating critical discussion and structural change, while promoting safer and… Convening for Contemporary Art, Education, and Social Justice Saturday 07/28/2018 9:30AM-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 07/27/2018 3PM
The New Museum inaugurates an annual convening of activists, artists, and educators to exchange knowledge and methods for generating critical discussion and structural change, while promoting safer and… Convening for Contemporary Art, Education, and Social Justice Friday 07/27/2018 9:30AM-4:30PM
Watch a live stream of this event beginning at 7 p.m. Architect and historian Mabel O. Wilson joins New Museum artists-in-residence the Black School and Kameelah Janan Rasheed for a panel discussion… Conversations Space for Learning: Within and Beyond Walls Thursday 07/26/2018 7PM
The New Museum inaugurates an annual convening of activists, artists, and educators to exchange knowledge and methods for generating critical discussion and structural change, while promoting safer and… Convening for Contemporary Art, Education, and Social Justice Thursday 07/26/2018 6PM-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 07/25/2018 12:30PM

Week of 07/15/2018–07/21/2018

Yardy, a platform founded by DeVonn Francis, engages with food production within queer and migrant communities. A play on the Jamaican Patois word “yaadie”—a term that Jamaican locals and expats… Conversations Yardy Presents: Post-Freedom Cookout Sunday 07/22/2018 4PM
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 Saturday 07/21/2018 3PM-5PM
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 07/20/2018 3PM
Watch a live stream of this event beginning at 7 p.m. Bringing together a new generation of artists interested in Thomas Bayrle’s legacy, this panel will look at how younger voices take up questions… Conversations Social Fabric: Thomas Bayrle’s Expanded Network Thursday 07/19/2018 7PM
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 07/18/2018 12:30PM

Week of 07/08/2018–07/14/2018

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 07/13/2018 3PM
In 1983, Black Audio Film Collective emerged in the British art scene with their first slide-tape films, Expeditions 1: Signs of Empire and Expeditions 2: Images of Nationality, which traced the formation… Conversations Collective Imaginings: Legacies of the Black Audio Film Collective Thursday 07/12/2018 7PM
Taught by artist and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed, this series of workshops restages a publishing center from her elementary school at the New Museum to examine black traditions of self-publishing,… Publishing Center Thursday 07/12/2018 6:30PM-8:30PM
Join Helga Christofferson, Associate Curator, for a private after-hours tour of “John Akomfrah: Signs of Empire” and “Thomas Bayrle: Playtime.” RSVP by July 2 to membership@newmuseum.org or 212.219.1222… Premium Members & Above Membership Private Curatorial Tour: “John Akomfrah: Signs of Empire”… Wednesday 07/11/2018 6:30PM

Week of 06/24/2018–06/30/2018

Join Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, for a tour of Claudia Martínez Garay’s solo exhibition at the Bowery location of GRIMM Gallery. The Peruvian-born, Netherlands-based artist is one of… Deluxe Members & Above Membership GRIMM Gallery Tour Friday 06/29/2018 6:30PM
Taught by artist and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed, this series of workshops restages a publishing center from her elementary school at the New Museum to examine black traditions of self-publishing,… Publishing Center Thursday 06/28/2018 6:30PM-8:30PM
Toast the arrival of summer from the New Museum’s Sky Room terrace at this annual party for Members. In addition to private viewings of the New Museum’s summer exhibitions, the evening will include… Standard Members & Above Membership “Hell, Yes!” Annual Summer Party Wednesday 06/27/2018 7PM-10PM

Week of 06/17/2018–06/23/2018

Bringing together a group of scholars, cultural critics, and writers, this panel will explore Thomas Bayrle’s long-standing inquiry into the relationship between mass media, political spectacle, and… Conversations Mass Appeals: Thomas Bayrle’s Objects of Desire Saturday 06/23/2018 3PM
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 Saturday 06/23/2018 3PM-5PM
Taught by artist and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed, this series of workshops restages a publishing center from her elementary school at the New Museum to examine black traditions of self-publishing,… Publishing Center Thursday 06/21/2018 6:30PM-8:30PM
Join us for a conversation between John Akomfrah and Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, on the occasion of “John Akomfrah: Signs of Empire,” the first American survey exhibition of the work… Conversations John Akomfrah in Conversation with Gary Carrion-Murayari Wednesday 06/20/2018 7:30PM
Join us for a conversation between Thomas Bayrle and Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director, on the occasion of “Thomas Bayrle: Playtime,” the first major New York museum survey of work… Conversations Thomas Bayrle in Conversation with Massimiliano Gioni Wednesday 06/20/2018 6:30PM

Week of 06/10/2018–06/16/2018

Taught by artist and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed, this series of workshops restages a publishing center from her elementary school at the New Museum to examine black traditions of self-publishing,… Publishing Center Thursday 06/14/2018 6:30PM-8:30PM
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 06/13/2018 7PM

Week of 06/03/2018–06/09/2018

In conjunction with “Aaron Fowler: Bigger Than Me,” on view in the Storefront Window of the New Museum’s 231 Bowery building, Fowler has paired with Lex Brown for a new collaborative performance,… Performances Lex Brown and Aaron Fowler: C.E. Saturday 06/09/2018 4PM
Taught by artist and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed, this series of workshops restages a publishing center from her elementary school at the New Museum to examine black traditions of self-publishing,… Publishing Center Thursday 06/07/2018 6:30PM-8:30PM

Week of 05/27/2018–06/02/2018

Join Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, and Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, for an insider’s view of the best exhibitions, artists’ studios (including those of artists featured… Producers Council Members & Above Membership 2018 Art Study Tour to Portugal Saturday 06/02/2018 1PM
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 05/31/2018 7PM-8:30PM

Week of 05/20/2018–05/26/2018

Join us for a New Perspectives Tour of the New Museum Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage,” where we will consider artwork that focuses on the human body, particularly when it appears fragmented or unformed.… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 05/25/2018 12:30PM
Hear Andrea Fraser speak about her new book, 2016 in Museums, Money, and Politics, copublished by Westreich / Wagner Publications, CCA Wattis Institute, and MIT Press (2018). The event will be followed… Conversations 2016 in Museums, Money, and Politics by Andrea Fraser Thursday 05/24/2018 7PM
Avoid the crowds while you mix and mingle with other New Museum Members during an after-hours reception and private viewing of the 2018 Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage.” The Members Reception is open… Standard Members & Above Membership Triennial Members Reception Tuesday 05/22/2018 6PM-8PM

Week of 05/13/2018–05/19/2018

Rhizome and the New Museum present Seven on Seven, the flagship art-meets-tech event that pairs seven leading artists with seven visionary technologists and asks them to “make something”: an artwork,… Conversations Seven on Seven 2018 Saturday 05/19/2018 12PM
Join us for a New Perspectives Tour of the New Museum Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage,” where we will consider artwork that focuses on the human body, particularly when it appears fragmented or unformed.… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 05/18/2018 12:30PM

Week of 05/06/2018–05/12/2018

Join us for a New Perspectives Tour of the New Museum Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage,” where we will consider artwork that focuses on the human body, particularly when it appears fragmented or unformed.… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 05/11/2018 12:30PM
Join us for the world premiere of Anna Craycroft’s stop-motion animation film, which the artist constructed by shooting new footage weekly in her exhibition “Motion into Being.” Craycroft is the… Conversations Toward an Ethics of Animation Thursday 05/10/2018 7PM
Join New Museum Deputy Director Karen Wong for a visit to the Museum of Sex for a behind the scenes look at the immersive room scale VR installation Celestial Bodies: The Couples VR Experience. The tour… Deluxe Members & Above Membership InsideDesign: Museum of Sex Wednesday 05/09/2018 6:30PM

Week of 04/29/2018–05/05/2018

Join us at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for an exclusive tour of the fourth edition of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, the leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Private Tour of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Saturday 05/05/2018 4PM-5PM
On Saturday, May 5, celebrate Lower East Side History Month with the New Museum by commemorating the Bowery Artist Tribute, the Museum’s digital archive of artists who have lived and worked on or near… First Saturdays for Families: Lower East Side Stories Saturday 05/05/2018 10AM-12PM
Join us for an in-gallery discussion with Hiwa K, led by Associate Curator Natalie Bell, on the occasion of his exhibition “Blind as the Mother Tongue.” Drawing on vernacular forms and collaborative… Conversations Hiwa K in Conversation with Natalie Bell Friday 05/04/2018 3PM
Join us for a New Perspectives Tour of the New Museum Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage,” where we will consider artwork that focuses on the human body, particularly when it appears fragmented or unformed.… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 05/04/2018 12:30PM

Week of 04/22/2018–04/28/2018

On Friday, April 27, explore contemporary art at the New Museum during our annual Teen Night! Grab your friends and enjoy a special evening exclusively for teens, featuring art-making and teen-led gallery… Teen Night Friday 04/27/2018 6:30PM-8:30PM
Please join us for a New Perspectives tour of the 2018 Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage,” where we will examine artists’ uses of the visual language of monuments, memorials, and propaganda. Keeping… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 04/27/2018 12:30PM
Join Richard Flood, Director of Special Projects & Curator at Large, for visit to the Bowery studio of artist Jimmy Wright, a pioneer of Chicago’s Imagist movement. Wright is known for paintings that… Premium Members & Above Membership Jimmy Wright Studio Visit Thursday 04/26/2018 6:30PM

Week of 04/15/2018–04/21/2018

Please join us for a New Perspectives tour of the 2018 Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage,” where we will examine artists’ uses of the visual language of monuments, memorials, and propaganda. Keeping… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 04/20/2018 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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