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Week of 10/23/2016–10/29/2016

Livestream for this event will be available here -> On October 27, Rhizome will launch a major new initiative, Net Art Anthology, with a presentation and panel discussion bringing together a group of… Conversations The Art Happens Here: Net Art Anthology Launch Thursday 10/27/2016 7PM
Join Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, for a unique opportunity to explore the highlights of Colombia’s vibrant contemporary art scene. Taking place from Wednesday, October 26, through Tuesday,… Producers Council Members & Above Membership New Museum Art Study Tour: Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia Wednesday 10/26/2016 9AM
Join the New Museum and its curatorial team in celebrating the opening of “Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest.” Rist has achieved international renown as a pioneer of video art and multimedia installations,… Deluxe Members & Above Membership Opening Reception for “Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest” Tuesday 10/25/2016 8PM-10PM
Join the New Museum and its curatorial team in celebrating of the opening of “Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest.” Rist has achieved international renown as a pioneer of video art and multimedia installations,… Premium Members & Above Membership VIP Preview for “Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest” Tuesday 10/25/2016 7PM-8PM

Week of 10/16/2016–10/22/2016

PoLAAT Intro: Post-Paradise is the first of two culminating performances of the Post-Living Ante-Action Theater (PoLAAT), a project initiated by My Barbarian at the New Museum in 2008. The “Post-Paradise”… Performances My Barbarian: PoLAAT Intro: Post-Paradise Friday 10/21/2016 7PM
PoLAAT Intro: Post-Paradise is the first of two culminating performances of the Post-Living Ante-Action Theater (PoLAAT), a project initiated by My Barbarian at the New Museum in 2008. The “Post-Paradise”… Performances My Barbarian: PoLAAT Intro: Post-Paradise Thursday 10/20/2016 7PM
Join Richard Flood, Director of Special Projects and Curator at Large, for a private visit to the Brooklyn studio of artist Amie Siegel. Siegel works variously between film, video, photography, performance,… Deluxe Members & Above Membership Studio Visit: Amie Siegel Wednesday 10/19/2016 7PM

Week of 10/09/2016–10/15/2016

Architecture tours are led by New Museum docents and focus on the Museum’s building, which was designed by the architectural firm SANAA. Architecture tours are complimentary with paid Museum admission.… Tours Architecture Tour Sunday 10/16/2016 3PM
Join Richard Flood, Director of Special Projects and Curator at Large, and Sara O’Keeffe, Assistant Curator, for a day trip to the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia. We will enjoy a special tour of… Producers Council Members & Above Membership Producers Council Day: Day Trip to Philadelphia and Surroundings Saturday 10/15/2016 11AM
Members will enjoy a special discount of 20 percent at the New Museum Store on September 21, October 13, November 25, and December 10. Certain exclusions apply. A distinctive downtown shopping destination,… Standard Members & Above Membership Members Shopping Day Thursday 10/13/2016 11AM-9PM

Week of 10/02/2016–10/08/2016

Join a New Museum docent and an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for a tour of our current exhibitions. Students of ASL are welcome. The tour is complimentary with Museum admission. Due to limited… Tours American Sign Language (ASL) Tour Sunday 10/09/2016 3PM
In 2010, the New Museum hosted a residency with choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones to support the reconstruction of THEM, a seminal work of experimental performance examining intimacies and violence between… Conversations Readings from Lost & Found: A Preview of Danspace Project’s… Thursday 10/06/2016 7PM

Week of 09/25/2016–10/01/2016

Join us for a family workshop offered in conjunction with the exhibition “The Keeper,” on view at the New Museum through September 25, 2016. With over 4,000 works on view, “The Keeper” tells the… First Saturday for Families: Pocket-size Planets Saturday 10/01/2016 10AM-12PM
For this month’s New Perspectives tour of “The Keeper,” we will investigate how the act of collecting and preserving objects or images could be considered an act of transformation, rather than an… Tours New Perspectives Tour of “The Keeper”: Keeping to Change Friday 09/30/2016 12:30PM
A livestream of this event will be available here ⟶ Join us for a conversation between preeminent writer and Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director, on the… Conversations Orhan Pamuk in Conversation with Massimiliano Gioni Thursday 09/29/2016 7PM
Raconteur, essayist, and critic Fran Lebowitz will be featured as this year’s Visionary speaker. The Stuart Regen Visionaries Series at the New Museum honors forward-thinking front-runners in the fields… Conversations Visionaries Series: Fran Lebowitz Tuesday 09/27/2016 7PM

Week of 09/18/2016–09/24/2016

This event is free and open to the public. Click here to RSVP. IdeasCity Athens’s Public Conference will take place September 24, 2016 and will feature acclaimed speakers from the fields of art, architecture,… IdeasCity Athens: Public Conference Saturday 09/24/2016 11AM-7PM
Spend your Friday evening at the New Museum for a special last-chance private viewing of “The Keeper,” which closes on Sunday, September 25. The exhibition brings together a variety of imaginary museums,… Standard Members & Above Membership Members Evening Hours Friday 09/23/2016 6PM-8PM
For this month’s New Perspectives tour of “The Keeper,” we will investigate how the act of collecting and preserving objects or images could be considered an act of transformation, rather than an… Tours New Perspectives Tour of “The Keeper”: Keeping to Change Friday 09/23/2016 12:30PM
Members will enjoy a special discount of 20 percent at the New Museum Store on September 21, October 13, November 25, and December 10. Certain exclusions apply. A distinctive downtown shopping destination,… Standard Members & Above Membership Members Shopping Day Wednesday 09/21/2016 11AM-6PM

Week of 09/11/2016–09/17/2016

Led by Malik K. Bellamy, each twenty-minute massage session offered between 2 and 4 p.m. will consist of compression, tapotement, and a hand-and-foot massage incorporating gentle stretching. The goal of… Massage with Malik K. Bellamy Sunday 09/18/2016 1PM-4PM
Afrocentering is a movement philosophy created by Aimee Meredith Cox that focuses on mind–body connection and self-awareness. In this series of events, Cox will lead participants through movements that… Afrocentering with Aimee Meredith Cox Saturday 09/17/2016 11:30AM-12:30PM
As a response to recent violent events, the series of “Simone Leigh: The Waiting Room” care sessions has been expanded to include a weekly guided meditation in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.… Guided Meditation for Black Lives Matter Saturday 09/17/2016 10AM-11:30AM
For this month’s New Perspectives tour of “The Keeper,” we will investigate how the act of collecting and preserving objects or images could be considered an act of transformation, rather than an… Tours New Perspectives Tour of “The Keeper”: Keeping to Change Friday 09/16/2016 12:30PM
Council Members are invited to an evening of cocktails and conversation with the New Museum curatorial team at the home of top collectors Zöe and Joel Dictrow. Learn more about current and upcoming exhibitions… Contemporary Council Members & Above Membership Annual Fall Council Reception at the Home of Zöe and Joel Dictrow Thursday 09/15/2016 6:30PM-8PM
Join Karen Wong, Deputy Director, and Florian Idenburg, Principal at SO – IL, for an inside look at the award-winning architectural design firm SO – IL. Best known for their design of Frieze Art Fair… Deluxe Members & Above Membership InsideDesign: SO – IL Wednesday 09/14/2016 7PM

Week of 09/04/2016–09/10/2016

Join a New Museum docent and an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for a tour of our current exhibitions. Students of ASL are welcome. ASL tours are free with paid Museum admission. Due to limited… Tours American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreted Tour Sunday 09/11/2016 3PM
Community acupuncture is a growing approach to providing accessible, cost-effective treatment to groups of people in a soothing, shared environment. Participants will be separated by folding screens for… Community Acupuncture with Julia Bennett Saturday 09/10/2016 4PM-6PM
In this event, organized on the occasion of “Simone Leigh: The Waiting Room,” anthropologist Vanessa Agard-Jones will share research from her forthcoming book, Body Burdens: Toxic Endurance and Decolonial… Conversations Vanessa Agard-Jones: On Toxicity Saturday 09/10/2016 3PM
As a response to recent violent events, the series of “Simone Leigh: The Waiting Room” care sessions has been expanded to include a weekly guided meditation in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.… Guided Meditation for Black Lives Matter Saturday 09/10/2016 10AM-11:30AM
For this month’s New Perspectives tour of “The Keeper,” we will investigate how the act of collecting and preserving objects or images could be considered an act of transformation, rather than an… Tours New Perspectives Tour of “The Keeper”: Keeping to Change Friday 09/09/2016 12:30PM
Community acupuncture is a growing approach to providing accessible, cost-effective treatment to groups of people in a soothing, shared environment. Participants will be separated by folding screens for… Community Acupuncture with Julia Bennett Thursday 09/08/2016 6PM-9PM

Week of 08/28/2016–09/03/2016

Led by Malik K. Bellamy, each twenty-minute massage session offered between 2 and 4 p.m. will consist of compression, tapotement, and a hand-and-foot massage incorporating gentle stretching. The goal of… Massage with Malik K. Bellamy Sunday 09/04/2016 1PM-4PM
Join us for a family workshop offered in conjunction with the exhibition “The Keeper,” on view at the New Museum through September 25, 2016. With over 4,000 works on view, “The Keeper” tells the… First Saturday for Families: The Teddy Bear Project Saturday 09/03/2016 10AM-12PM
As a response to recent violent events, the series of “Simone Leigh: The Waiting Room” care sessions has been expanded to include a weekly guided meditation in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.… Guided Meditation for Black Lives Matter Saturday 09/03/2016 10AM-11:30AM
On Sunday, July 10, over one hundred black women artists gathered to form a collective force underground, known as Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter (BWA for BLM). Simone Leigh, the current artist… Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter Thursday 09/01/2016 4:30PM-8:30PM
Join Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Professor of English and Director of the Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the George Washington University, for a gallery-based talk in conjunction with “The… Conversations Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Jeffrey Jerome Cohen on “The… Thursday 09/01/2016 3:30PM

Week of 08/21/2016–08/27/2016

Afrocentering is a movement philosophy created by Aimee Meredith Cox that focuses on mind–body connection and self-awareness. In this series of events, Cox will lead participants through movements that… Afrocentering with Aimee Meredith Cox Saturday 08/27/2016 11:30AM-12:30PM
As a response to recent violent events, the series of “Simone Leigh: The Waiting Room” care sessions has been expanded to include a weekly guided meditation in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.… Guided Meditation for Black Lives Matter Saturday 08/27/2016 10AM-11:30AM
Many of the objects featured in “The Keeper” implicitly circle around the idea of preservation as a form of memento mori—a reminder of death. While this expression has historically been associated… Tours New Perspectives Tour of “The Keeper”: Memento Mori Friday 08/26/2016 12:30PM
Afrocentering is a movement philosophy created by Aimee Meredith Cox that focuses on mind–body connection and self-awareness. In this series of events, Cox will lead participants through movements that… Afrocentering with Aimee Meredith Cox Thursday 08/25/2016 7PM-8:30PM

Week of 08/14/2016–08/20/2016

Free architecture tours are led by New Museum docents and focus on the Museum’s building, which was designed by the architectural firm SANAA. Architecture tours are free with Museum admission. No preregistration… Tours Architecture Tour Sunday 08/21/2016 3PM
As a response to recent violent events, the series of “Simone Leigh: The Waiting Room” care sessions has been expanded to include a weekly guided meditation in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.… Guided Meditation for Black Lives Matter Saturday 08/20/2016 10AM-11:30AM
Many of the objects featured in “The Keeper” implicitly circle around the idea of preservation as a form of memento mori—a reminder of death. While this expression has historically been associated… Tours New Perspectives Tour of “The Keeper”: Memento Mori Friday 08/19/2016 12:30PM
Afrocentering is a movement philosophy created by Aimee Meredith Cox that focuses on mind–body connection and self-awareness. In this series of events, Cox will lead participants through movements that… Afrocentering with Aimee Meredith Cox Thursday 08/18/2016 7PM-8:30PM

Week of 08/07/2016–08/13/2016

Join a New Museum docent and an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for a tour of our current exhibitions. Students of ASL are welcome. ASL tours are free with paid Museum admission. Due to limited… Tours American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreted Tour Sunday 08/14/2016 3PM
Community acupuncture is a growing approach to providing accessible, cost-effective treatment to groups of people in a soothing, shared environment. Participants will be separated by folding screens for… Community Acupuncture with Julia Bennett Saturday 08/13/2016 4PM-6PM
Children respond best to herbal medicine! In this class, participants will learn about the herbs that support wellness, prevent disease, and treat common childhood illnesses (ear infections, fevers, colds,… Learning How to Heal Yourself with Plants: Herbs for Children… Saturday 08/13/2016 2PM-3PM
As a response to recent violent events, the series of “Simone Leigh: The Waiting Room” care sessions has been expanded to include a weekly guided meditation in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.… Guided Meditation for Black Lives Matter Saturday 08/13/2016 10AM-11:30AM
Many of the objects featured in “The Keeper” implicitly circle around the idea of preservation as a form of memento mori—a reminder of death. While this expression has historically been associated… Tours New Perspectives Tour of “The Keeper”: Memento Mori Friday 08/12/2016 12:30PM

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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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