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Week of 04/15/2018–04/21/2018

Watch a live stream of this event beginning at 7 p.m. Join author and musician Claire L. Evans for a conversation about her recently published book Broad Band: The Untold History of the Women Who Made… Conversations Broad Band: The Untold History of the Women Who Made the Internet Thursday 04/19/2018 7PM-8:30PM
Join Margot Norton, Curator, in the New Museum’s Sky Room for a lively conversation between artists Lynda Benglis and Kaari Upson. The discussion will focus on their respective practices and intuitive… Producers Council Members & Above Membership Annual State of the Art Conversation Tuesday 04/17/2018 6:30PM

Week of 04/08/2018–04/14/2018

Join us for a screening and discussion with artist Sara Magenheimer and curator Margot Norton. This program is held in conjunction with Magenheimer’s video installation “NOON,” on view in the Storefront… Conversations Sara Magenheimer Screening and Conversation with Curator Margot… Sunday 04/15/2018 3PM
As part of Anna Craycroft’s exhibition and residency “Motion into Being,” presented during the Department of Education and Public Engagement’s Spring 2018 R&D Season: ANIMATION, artist Will Rawls… Screenings Persona Non Granted by Will Rawls Saturday 04/14/2018 5PM
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 04/13/2018 12:30PM

Week of 04/01/2018–04/07/2018

Join us for Family Day presented in conjunction with 2018 Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage,” on view at the New Museum through April 27, 2018. Families will explore the work of Wilmer Wilson IV, in which… First Saturdays for Families: Pattern Play Saturday 04/07/2018 10AM-12PM
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 04/06/2018 12:30PM

Week of 03/25/2018–03/31/2018

Please join us for a New Perspectives tour of the fourth New Museum Triennial, “Songs for Sabotage.” On this tour, we will examine how selected artists employ various media, including archival footage… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 03/30/2018 12:30PM
Bringing together leading scholars and cultural critics, this panel discussion will consider the legal and ethical implications of expanded definitions of personhood. Participants will explore issues tied… Conversations Beyond Human: Frameworks for Fundamental Rights Thursday 03/29/2018 7PM

Week of 03/18/2018–03/24/2018

The dramatic rise in the public’s use of the web and social media to document events presents tremendous opportunities to transform the practice of social memory. Web archives can serve as witness… Conversations National Forum on Ethics and Archiving the Web, Day 3 Saturday 03/24/2018 10AM-3:45PM
Please join us for a New Perspectives tour of the fourth New Museum Triennial, “Songs for Sabotage.” On this tour, we will examine how selected artists employ various media, including archival footage… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 03/23/2018 12:30PM
The dramatic rise in the public’s use of the web and social media to document events presents tremendous opportunities to transform the practice of social memory. Web archives can serve as witness… Conversations National Forum on Ethics and Archiving the Web, Day 2 Friday 03/23/2018 9:45AM-5:45PM
The dramatic rise in the public’s use of the web and social media to document events presents tremendous opportunities to transform the practice of social memory. Web archives can serve as witness… Conversations National Forum on Ethics and Archiving the Web, Day 1 Thursday 03/22/2018 11AM-9PM

Week of 03/11/2018–03/17/2018

Please join us for a New Perspectives tour of the fourth New Museum Triennial, “Songs for Sabotage.” On this tour, we will examine how selected artists employ various media, including archival footage… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 03/16/2018 12:30PM
Join us for a presentation by author, theorist, and artist Evan Calder Williams. Williams’s contribution to the 2018 Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage” exhibition catalogue, an essay titled “The Kitten… Conversations Evan Calder Williams: A Theory of Sabotage Thursday 03/15/2018 7PM
Kraus Family Curator Gary Carrion-Murayari will lead a private after-hours tour of the 2018 Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage.” RSVP by March 7 to membership@newmuseum.org or 212.219.1222 ×234. Premium Members & Above Membership Private Curatorial Tour: 2018 Triennial Wednesday 03/14/2018 6:30PM-8PM
On March 12 and 13, 2018, the New Museum organized four workshops on sexual harassment for cultural workers. Read some of the takeaways. In light of recent, widespread allegations of sexual misconduct… Sexual Harassment in the Cultural Sector: Changing the Balance… Tuesday 03/13/2018 7:30PM
On March 12 and 13, 2018, the New Museum organized four workshops on sexual harassment for cultural workers. Read some of the takeaways. In light of recent, widespread allegations of sexual misconduct… Sexual Harassment in the Cultural Sector: Dealing with Transgressions… Tuesday 03/13/2018 6:30PM
*On March 12 and 13, 2018, the New Museum organized four workshops on sexual harassment for cultural workers. Read some of the takeaways. * In light of recent, widespread allegations of sexual misconduct… Sexual Harassment in the Cultural Sector: Defining and Upholding… Monday 03/12/2018 7:30PM
On March 12 and 13, 2018, the New Museum organized four workshops on sexual harassment for cultural workers. Read some of the takeaways. In light of recent, widespread allegations of sexual misconduct… Sexual Harassment in the Cultural Sector: Drawing the Line Monday 03/12/2018 6:30PM

Week of 03/04/2018–03/10/2018

Please join us for a New Perspectives tour of the fourth New Museum Triennial, “Songs for Sabotage.” On this tour, we will examine how selected artists employ various media, including archival footage… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 03/09/2018 12:30PM

Week of 02/25/2018–03/03/2018

Join us for Family Day presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Alexandra Pirici: Co-natural,” on view at the New Museum from February 6 to April 15, 2018. Pirici’s exhibition uses live performance… First Saturdays for Families: Memory, Movement, and Space Saturday 03/03/2018 10AM-12PM
Watch a live stream of this event beginning at 7 p.m. The New Museum and Badlands Unlimited invite you to a book launch and panel discussion on the occasion of Craig Owens: Portrait of a Young Critic… Conversations “Craig Owens: Portrait of a Young Critic”: Book Launch… Friday 03/02/2018 7PM
Please join us for a New Perspectives tour of the fourth New Museum Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage.” We will consider how artists use the forms and concepts of mapping to illuminate or subvert power.… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 03/02/2018 12:30PM
Join Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director; Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director; New Museum curators; and artist friends for a lively annual luncheon at the Midtown restaurant Michael’s.… Producers Council Members & Above Membership Producers Council Annual Luncheon Thursday 03/01/2018 12PM-2PM

Week of 02/18/2018–02/24/2018

Please join us for a New Perspectives tour of the fourth New Museum Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage.” We will consider how artists use the forms and concepts of mapping to illuminate or subvert power.… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 02/23/2018 12:30PM

Week of 02/11/2018–02/17/2018

The New Museum and Inhabitants with Margarida Mendes present Mining the Deep Sea Frontier, two back-to-back sessions taking as their premise that deep sea mining is an imminent threat to global ecosystems.… Conversations Mining the Deep Sea Frontier, organized by Inhabitants with Margarida… Saturday 02/17/2018 3PM
Please join us for a New Perspectives tour of the fourth New Museum Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage.” We will consider how artists use the forms and concepts of mapping to illuminate or subvert power.… Tours New Perspectives Tour Friday 02/16/2018 12:30PM
Watch a live stream of this event beginning at 7 p.m. Join us during the opening week of the New Museum’s 2018 Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage” for a special artist panel with Triennial artists… Conversations 2018 Triennial: “Songs for Sabotage” Artist Panel Discussion Thursday 02/15/2018 7PM
Join us for a conversation between artist Nathaniel Mellors and curator Margot Norton on the occasion of the exhibition “Nathaniel Mellors: Progressive Rocks.” In his fantastical and wryly comical… Conversations Nathaniel Mellors in Conversation with Curator Margot Norton Wednesday 02/14/2018 7PM

Week of 01/28/2018–02/03/2018

Join us for Family Day presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Anna Craycroft: Motion into Being,” on view at the New Museum from January 17 to May 13, 2018. Families will physically enter the… First Saturdays for Families: Tales of Animation Saturday 02/03/2018 10AM-12PM
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. Watch… Conversations Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of… Friday 02/02/2018 7PM
A live stream of this event will begin at 7:20 p.m. El Paquete Semanal [the Weekly Package] is a one-terabyte media collection that is aggregated weekly in Cuba and circulated across the country via in-person… Conversations Art for the Offline Internet Thursday 02/01/2018 7PM
Who, or what, qualifies as a person? How does one gain specific rights in our society? How are ideas of personhood moralized, debated, and questioned through visualization and storytelling? This daylong… Professional Development Workshop for Educators Monday 01/29/2018 9:30AM-3PM

Week of 01/21/2018–01/27/2018

Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, and Johanna Burton, Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement, will lead a tour of San Francisco and Los Angeles. The trip will begin… Producers Council Members & Above Membership 2018 Art Study Tour to the West Coast Monday 01/22/2018 12PM

Week of 01/14/2018–01/20/2018

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. Three… Performances Gregg Bordowitz: Some Styles of Masculinity, Pt. III Sunday 01/21/2018 7PM
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. Three… Performances Gregg Bordowitz: Some Styles of Masculinity, Pt. II Saturday 01/20/2018 7PM
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. Three… Performances Gregg Bordowitz: Some Styles of Masculinity, Pt. I Friday 01/19/2018 7PM
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. For… Screenings Triple X Feature Thursday 01/18/2018 7PM

Week of 01/07/2018–01/13/2018

Gnomen, a hybrid bear-bison that can change sex and gender, is the “fursona” of artist Nayland Blake. A fursona is an avatar in the furry community, where personal expression is bound up with nonhuman… Performances Nayland Blake: Crossing Object (inside Gnomen) Saturday 01/13/2018 1PM-5PM

Week of 12/31/2017–01/06/2018

Join us for a Family Day presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Petrit Halilaj: RU,” on view at the New Museum through January 7, 2018. In “RU,” Petrit Halilaj draws inspiration from the… Family Day: Alternative Migrations Saturday 01/06/2018 10AM-12PM

Week of 12/17/2017–12/23/2017

Once a month, behind the glass of the Museum’s Lobby window, a red carpet will frame a scene: a still life that, if watched closely, betrays slight movements. As a part of “Trigger: Gender as a Tool… Performances Justin Vivian Bond: My Model | My Self: I’ll Stand By You Thursday 12/21/2017 3PM

Week of 12/10/2017–12/16/2017

Morgan Bassichis adapts the underground classic The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions (1977)—an out-of-print book by Larry Mitchell, with lush illustrations by Ned Asta, that recounts a fable… Performances Morgan Bassichis: The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions… Sunday 12/17/2017 7:30PM
Gnomen, a hybrid bear-bison that can change sex and gender, is the “fursona” of artist Nayland Blake. A fursona is an avatar in the furry community, where personal expression is bound up with nonhuman… Performances Nayland Blake: Crossing Object (inside Gnomen) Saturday 12/16/2017 1PM-5PM
Members receive one complimentary guest pass per Membership to see our fall exhibitions. Additionally, Members enjoy a special 20 percent discount at the New Museum Store. A distinctive downtown shopping… Standard Members & Above Membership Members’ Day Saturday 12/16/2017 11AM-6PM
A live stream of this event will begin at 7 PM. As contentious debates surrounding political correctness, freedom of expression, and identity politics have come to dominate national discourse—conversations… Conversations What’s Wrong with Rights? Thursday 12/14/2017 7PM

Week of 12/03/2017–12/09/2017

Please join us for a special Sunday afternoon conversation with artists and filmmakers Kahlil Joseph and Arthur Jafa on the occasion of the exhibition “Kahlil Joseph: Shadow Play” in the New Museum’s… Conversations Kahlil Joseph and Arthur Jafa in Conversation Sunday 12/10/2017 3PM
The underground hit Room for Cream is back! Reuniting with new special guests, The Dyke Division of the Two-Headed Calf stages Season 4 of Room for Cream, a live performance serial that ran for three seasons… Performances The Dyke Division of the Two-Headed Calf: Room For Cream Saturday 12/09/2017 8PM
The underground hit Room for Cream is back! Reuniting with new special guests, The Dyke Division of the Two-Headed Calf stages Season 4 of Room for Cream, a live performance serial that ran for three seasons… Performances The Dyke Division of the Two-Headed Calf: Room For Cream Saturday 12/09/2017 6:30PM
Join us for Family Day presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon,” on view at the New Museum from September 27, 2017, to January 21, 2018. Several works throughout… Family Day: Weaving Together Saturday 12/09/2017 10AM-12PM

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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