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Nationhood, belonging, memory
Yael Bartana: And Europe Will Be Stunned
Opens September 21
Blurring fact and fiction, artist Yael Bartana reimagines historical narratives to spur a dialogue about urgent social and geopolitical issues of our time. Her provocative film trilogy chronicles the radical vision of the fictional Jewish Renaissance Movement in Poland.
Join us for the Opening Celebration on Thursday, September 20, and see the exhibition before it opens to the public.
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A ringside view
Larry Fink: The Boxing Photographs
Through January 1
Larry Fink’s powerful, unsentimental photographs reveal the heart of close-knit communities. Here, he takes us inside what he calls “the deep fraternity” of the boxing gym, its intimacy and its grit, captured in more than seventy-five luminous gelatin-silver prints.
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Maverick American painter
Between Nature and Abstraction: Edwin Dickinson and Friends
Through January 2019
Edwin Dickinson’s inventive work sets him apart from any other American painter of the twentieth century. Drawing from nature, heroes like El Greco and Cézanne, and the many styles of modernism, Dickinson worked with a singular independence.
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Modern art
The Duchamp Family
Through August 2019
Marcel Duchamp was one of the twentieth century’s most original artists, but he wasn’t the only Duchamp to make history. Learn how he and his siblings—painters, sculptors, printmakers—made their mark on modern art.
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Art of counterculture
Design in Revolution: A 1960s Odyssey
Through September 9
From Pop Art and psychedelia to the civil rights and anti-war movements, see how designers, artists, and architects responded to the tumultuous period that still looms large in the American imagination.
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Subtle studies of perception
Agnes Martin: The Untroubled Mind
Through October 14
Visionary and idiosyncratic, Agnes Martin aimed to express universal emotional states in her precise, minimalist compositions. This installation explores the ideas that shaped her work.
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Strike a pose
Face to Face: Portraits of Artists
Through October 14
Billie Holiday and her pit bull. Jacob Lawrence in his Coast Guard uniform. Georgia O’Keeffe with her Model A Ford. See how photographers helped craft the public personas of their creative subjects.
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Additional tickets added
The Museum Workout
Sept. 12–17
Deep knee bends in front of Renaissance armor? Jumping jacks with Picasso? Grab your sneakers for the Museum Workout. Join Monica Bill Barnes & Company and perform choreographed exercises in the galleries. Enjoy a recorded narration by author/artist Maira Kalman as well as high-energy songs ranging from disco to Motown. This brisk, 45-minute workout includes stairs. Exercise attire required.
Additional tickets have been added, but space is limited, so get your tickets before they sell out.
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Rachel Rose
In the Artist’s Voice
Sept. 8, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Artist Rachel Rose talks with Erica Battle, our John Alchin and Hal Marryatt Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, about how history and storytelling inspired the making of her new video installation Wil-o-Wisp.
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Yael Bartana
Bury Our Weapons,
Not Our Bodies!
Sept. 22, begins at 2:00 p.m.
Forming a “living monument” to the end of violence, this public performance aims to challenge systems of violence and displacement through a symbolic burial and a call to action.
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Final Fridays
LMAO
Sept. 28, 5:00–8:45 p.m.
Stand-up and improv comics take over the galleries, and absurdist soul outfit Johnny Showcase & The Mystic Ticket tear it up on the dance floor. Final Fridays are free after Museum admission.
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See a full calendar of What's On this season.
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Private tour
Face to Face
Sept. 18, 9:30 a.m.
Enjoy an early-morning tour of Face to Face with the exhibition's curator and get an up-close look at some of your favorite artists, writers, and musicians, like "The First Lady of Song" Ella Fitzgerald, above. Members $25. Space is limited, reservations required.
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Members-Only Tour
Art of Spain and Latin America
September and October
Explore the rich visual traditions of Spain and Latin America from the medieval period through today, including Joan Miró's symbolic painting shown above. Available on select dates; reservations required.
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Members' Previews
Fabulous Fashion: From Dior's New Look to Now
October 12–14
Experience the drama and glamour of some of the most creative feminine fashions ever designed, from romantic ball gowns to audacious contemporary ensembles, and everything in between. Free for members; guests $10 each.
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Explore more member events and benefits, and join the Museum today.
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