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Week of 12/04/2022–12/10/2022

On December 10, 3pm EST at the New Museum, Rhizome will host a CyberPowWow panel discussion featuring artist Skawennati of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC), scholar Mikhel Proulx, and Rhizome… Convening Rhizome Presents: CyberPowWow and Panel Discussion Saturday 12/10/2022 3PM-4:30PM
In celebration of “Theaster Gates: Young Lord and Their Traces,” musician Shedrick Mitchell will activate the organ featured in A Heavenly Chord (2022) on select Saturdays and Sundays, 1–4 p.m. For… Performances “A Heavenly Chord”—Organ Activations with Shedrick Mitchell… Saturday 12/10/2022 1PM-4PM
“I always feel like the margins tell you more than the center of the page ever could.” —Marcia Tucker, Museum Founder Out of Bounds is a new series of gallery-based talks, readings, performances,… Gallery Talk Out of Bounds: Nick Podgurski on “Vivian Caccuri and Miles… Saturday 12/10/2022 12PM

Week of 11/27/2022–12/03/2022

As part of the exhibition “Screens Series: Zahy Guajajara,” the New Museum will present the artist’s film Karaiw a’e wà (The Civilized) (2022) in the New Museum Theater on select Sundays. Screenings… Screenings Screening: Karaiw a’e wà (The Civilized) Sunday 12/04/2022 12PM-5PM
In celebration of “Theaster Gates: Young Lord and Their Traces,” musician Shedrick Mitchell will activate the organ featured in A Heavenly Chord (2022) on select Saturdays and Sundays, 1–4 p.m. For… Performances “A Heavenly Chord”—Organ Activations with Shedrick Mitchell… Saturday 12/03/2022 1PM-4PM
We’re excited to welcome neighbors and friends with FREE admission for a December edition of Community Day at the New Museum! Activities will be led by NEW INC member Cara Michell and Think!Chinatown… Workshops Community Day Saturday 12/03/2022 12PM-5PM
The New Museum is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2022 by presenting “Being & Belonging,” a program of seven short videos highlighting under-told stories of HIV and AIDS… Screenings Day With(out) Art 2022: Being & Belonging Thursday 12/01/2022 3PM-9PM

Week of 11/20/2022–11/26/2022

As part of the exhibition “Screens Series: Zahy Guajajara,” the New Museum will present the artist’s film Karaiw a’e wà (The Civilized) (2022) in the New Museum Theater on select Sundays. Screenings… Screenings Screening: Karaiw a’e wà (The Civilized) Sunday 11/27/2022 12PM-5PM
In celebration of “Theaster Gates: Young Lord and Their Traces,” musician Shedrick Mitchell will activate the organ featured in A Heavenly Chord (2022) on select Saturdays and Sundays, 1–4 p.m. For… Performances “A Heavenly Chord”—Organ Activations with Shedrick Mitchell… Saturday 11/26/2022 1PM-4PM

Week of 11/13/2022–11/19/2022

As part of the exhibition “Screens Series: Zahy Guajajara,” the New Museum will present the artist’s film Karaiw a’e wà (The Civilized) (2022) in the New Museum Theater on select Sundays. Screenings… Screenings Screening: Karaiw a’e wà (The Civilized) Sunday 11/20/2022 12PM-5PM
Bring your family to the New Museum on Saturday, November 19 to experience the radical thinkers, archival collections, and personal histories of “Theaster Gates: Young Lords and Their Traces.” Connect… Workshops Family Day Saturday 11/19/2022 10AM-12PM
The New Museum and Lehmann Maupin invite you to a book launch and conversation on the occasion of the publication of Liza Lou (Rizzoli Electa, 2022). Join artist Liza Lou and Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan… Conversations Book Launch: “Liza Lou” Wednesday 11/16/2022 7PM
Come together with fellow visitors for close looking and conversation focused on “Theaster Gates: Young Lords and Their Traces.” During this live, forty-five-minute Zoom tour led by Teaching Fellow… Tours Live Virtual Tour: “Theaster Gates: Young Lords and Their… Tuesday 11/15/2022 2PM
Coat Drive November 15–December 31, 2022 The New Museum is excited to once again participate in an annual coat drive benefiting our neighbors at The Bowery Mission. Bring your new or gently-worn… Bowery Mission Winter Coat Drive Tuesday 11/15/2022 11AM
Cyberfeminism Index is published by Inventory Press and is available for preorder. On November 14 at 7 p.m., Rhizome will host the book launch for designer and editor Mindy Seu’s Cyberfeminism Index… Conversations Book Launch: “Cyberfeminism Index” Monday 11/14/2022 7PM

Week of 11/06/2022–11/12/2022

As part of the exhibition “Screens Series: Zahy Guajajara,” the New Museum will present the artist’s film Karaiw a’e wà (The Civilized) (2022) in the New Museum Theater on select Sundays. Screenings… Screenings Screening: Karaiw a’e wà (The Civilized) Sunday 11/13/2022 12PM-5PM
In celebration of the opening weekend of “Theaster Gates: Young Lord and Their Traces,” daily activations of A Heavenly Chord (2022) will feature members of The Black Monks playing the organ on the… Performances “Young Lords and Their Traces” Organ Activations Saturday 11/12/2022 11AM-3PM
In celebration of the opening weekend of “Theaster Gates: Young Lord and Their Traces,” daily activations of A Heavenly Chord (2022) will feature members of The Black Monks playing the organ on the… Performances “Young Lords and Their Traces” Organ Activations Friday 11/11/2022 2PM-4PM
In celebration of the opening weekend of “Theaster Gates: Young Lord and Their Traces,” daily activations of A Heavenly Chord (2022) will feature members of The Black Monks playing the organ on the… Performances “Young Lords and Their Traces” Organ Activations Thursday 11/10/2022 7PM-9PM
In conjunction with the opening of “Theaster Gates: Young Lords and Their Traces”—the artist’s first survey exhibition in a New York museum—Theaster Gates will join Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis… Conversations Theaster Gates in Conversation with Massimiliano Gioni Thursday 11/10/2022 6:30PM

Week of 10/09/2022–10/15/2022

Join the New Museum for a conversation with artist Doreen Lynette Garner (also known as KING COBRA) and curator Vivian Crockett. Presented on the closing of the exhibition “Doreen Lynette Garner: REVOLTED,”… Conversations Black Dykes Contemplating Carnage: The Artist KING COBRA in Conversation… Sunday 10/16/2022 4PM
Join the New Museum for an activation of work on view in “Doreen Lynette Garner: REVOLTED.” Artist Doreen Lynette Garner (also known as KING COBRA) invites visitors who identify as Black femmes, those… Performances “Here Hangs the Skins of a Surgical Sadist!” An Assault… Sunday 10/16/2022 1PM-3PM
Join us for a special presentation of Mezzanine, a psychotronic office adventure game, presented as part of First Look, an ongoing series of digital projects co-presented by Rhizome and New Museum. Celebrate… Screenings Live Playthrough of “Mezzanine” with Inpatient Interactive Saturday 10/15/2022 4:30PM
The New Museum and The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation invite you to a book launch and celebratory conversation on An Incomplete Archive of Activist Art (The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, 2022).… Conversations Book Launch: “An Incomplete Archive of Activist Art”… Thursday 10/13/2022 6:30PM

Week of 10/02/2022–10/08/2022

Join artist Naomi Rincón Gallardo (b. 1979) for a performative screening of her film The Formaldehyde Trip (2017) in the New Museum Theater. A dynamic and experimental story-teller, Rincón Gallardo mixes… Performances Performative Screening of The Formaldehyde Trip Thursday 10/06/2022 7PM
Join educators from the New Museum and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art as we investigate one of Robert Colescott’s most well-known paintings, George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from… Tours A Close Look: “George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware:… Thursday 10/06/2022 3PM
Come together with fellow visitors for close looking and conversation focused on “Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca: Five Times Brazil.” During this live, forty-five-minute Zoom tour led by a… Tours Live Virtual Tour: “Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca:… Tuesday 10/04/2022 12PM

Week of 09/25/2022–10/01/2022

Join us for a conversation with artist Kapwani Kiwanga and Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director of the New Museum, presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Kapwani Kiwanga: Off-grid.” Tickets The… Conversations Kapwani Kiwanga in Conversation with Massimiliano Gioni Thursday 09/29/2022 6:30PM

Week of 09/18/2022–09/24/2022

The New Museum invites you to a book launch for El Anatsui: The Reinvention of Sculpture by Chika Okeke-Agulu and Okwui Enwezor (Damiani, 2022). Join Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director… Conversations Book Launch “El Anatsui: The Reinvention of Sculpture”… Thursday 09/22/2022 6:30PM

Week of 09/11/2022–09/17/2022

Come together with fellow visitors for close looking and conversation focused on “Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott.” During this live, forty-five-minute Zoom tour led by a Teaching… Tours Live Virtual Tour: “Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert… Wednesday 09/14/2022 2PM

Week of 09/04/2022–09/10/2022

Choreographer, artist, and educator Ilya Vidrin and the New Museum’s Department of Education and Public Engagement present the world premiere of More or Less, a meditative performance investigating social… Performances More or Less Saturday 09/10/2022 7PM
Choreographer, artist, and educator Ilya Vidrin and the New Museum’s Department of Education and Public Engagement present the world premiere of More or Less, a meditative performance investigating social… Performances More or Less Saturday 09/10/2022 4PM
Choreographer, artist, and educator Ilya Vidrin and the New Museum’s Department of Education and Public Engagement present the world premiere of More or Less, a meditative performance investigating social… Performances More or Less Friday 09/09/2022 7PM

Week of 08/28/2022–09/03/2022

As part of the exhibition “Screens Series: Naomi Rincon Gallardo,” the New Museum will present the artist’s film The Formaldehyde Trip (2017) in the New Museum Theater on select Sundays. Screenings… Screenings Screening: The Formaldehyde Trip Sunday 09/04/2022 12PM-5PM

Week of 08/21/2022–08/27/2022

As part of the exhibition “Screens Series: Naomi Rincon Gallardo,” the New Museum will present the artist’s film The Formaldehyde Trip (2017) in the New Museum Theater on select Sundays. Screenings… Screenings Screening: The Formaldehyde Trip Sunday 08/28/2022 12PM-5PM

Week of 08/14/2022–08/20/2022

As part of the exhibition “Screens Series: Naomi Rincon Gallardo,” the New Museum will present the artist’s film The Formaldehyde Trip (2017) in the New Museum Theater on select Sundays. Screenings… Screenings Screening: The Formaldehyde Trip Sunday 08/21/2022 12PM-5PM
Come together with fellow visitors for close looking and conversation focused on “Kapwani Kiwanga: Off-Grid.”  During this live, forty-five-minute Zoom tour with a Teaching Artist, we will explore… Tours Live Virtual Tour of “Kapwani Kiwanga: Off-Grid” Tuesday 08/16/2022 3PM

Week of 08/07/2022–08/13/2022

As part of the exhibition “Screens Series: Naomi Rincon Gallardo,” the New Museum will present the artist’s film The Formaldehyde Trip (2017) in the New Museum Theater on select Sundays. Screenings… Screenings Screening: The Formaldehyde Trip Sunday 08/14/2022 12PM-5PM

Week of 07/24/2022–07/30/2022

As part of the exhibition “Screens Series: Naomi Rincon Gallardo,” the New Museum will present the artist’s film The Formaldehyde Trip (2017) in the New Museum Theater on select Sundays. Screenings… Screenings Screening: The Formaldehyde Trip Sunday 07/31/2022 12PM-5PM
We’re excited to welcome neighbors and friends to the New Museum with free admission on Community Day! Come experience the Museum, artmaking and educational activities, and our current exhibitions for… Community Day Saturday 07/30/2022 11AM

Week of 07/17/2022–07/23/2022

As part of the exhibition “Screens Series: Naomi Rincon Gallardo,” the New Museum will present the artist’s film The Formaldehyde Trip (2017) in the New Museum Theater on select Sundays. Screenings… Screenings Screening: The Formaldehyde Trip Sunday 07/24/2022 12PM-5PM
Join legendary curator and art historian Lowery Stokes Sims for a panel discussion featuring Mimi Roberts and artist Carrie Mae Weems. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Art and Race Matters:… Conversations Coming to Terms: Robert Colescott Thursday 07/21/2022 6:30PM
Come together with fellow visitors for close looking and conversation focused on “Doreen Lynette Garner: REVOLTED.” During this live, forty-five-minute Zoom tour led by a New Museum Teaching Artist,… Tours Live Virtual Tour of “Doreen Lynette Garner: REVOLTED” Wednesday 07/20/2022 12PM

Week of 07/10/2022–07/16/2022

Participants in this two-hour workshop will explore the roots of physical interaction through movement. Join New Museum artist-in-residence Ilya Vidrin for guided physical practice, shared reflection,… Workshops Somatic Partnering Workshop Friday 07/15/2022 2PM
Join Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director, and Andrew Westover, Keith Haring Director of Education and Public Engagement, for an Instagram Live tour of “Kapwani Kiwanga: Off-Grid.” This… Tours Instagram Live Tour with Massimiliano Gioni Monday 07/11/2022 2PM

Week of 07/03/2022–07/09/2022

Join Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Curator, and Andrew Westover, Keith Haring Director of Education and Public Engagement, for an Instagram Live conversation on “Art and Race Matters: The Career… Tours Instagram Live Tour with Gary Carrion-Murayari Thursday 07/07/2022 10AM

Week of 06/26/2022–07/02/2022

As part of the exhibition “Screens Series: Naomi Rincon Gallardo,” the New Museum will present the artist’s film The Formaldehyde Trip (2017) in the New Museum Theater on select Sundays. Screenings… Screenings Screening: The Formaldehyde Trip Sunday 07/03/2022 12PM-5PM
Artists Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca produce films and video installations that typically feature non-actor protagonists and explore forms of self-representation through voice, movement, and drama.… Conversations In conversation with artists Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de… Thursday 06/30/2022 6:30PM

Week of 06/05/2022–06/11/2022

Join New Museum artist-in-residence Ilya Vidrin and guest speakers for an exploration of Somatic Partnering, a bodily technique that brings deep attention to language, health, and care within and between… Conversations Feeling Beyond Touch: Language, Health, and Care in Partnering Thursday 06/09/2022 6:30PM

Week of 05/29/2022–06/04/2022

Expand your library with BlkBookSwap and the New Museum! BlkBookSwap is an inclusive, pop-up event where you can swap from or donate to a book pool that will intentionally consist of Black, Indigenous,… Convening BlkBookSwap Pop-Up Saturday 06/04/2022 11AM-3PM

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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