Summer 2017
1071 5th Ave
New York, NY 10128
USA
In celebration of the summer season, the Guggenheim will be open late until 9pm on Tuesday evenings from June 20 through August 29. Plan a visit during these special extended hours for an expanded museum experience that includes open galleries, a rotunda bar, films, performance, and lively discussions. Included in the price of admission is The Summer of Know, a special series of conversations in the museum café bringing together artists, activists, and thinkers to address pertinent political and social issues.
An Evening with Anicka Yi
Tuesday, June 27, 6:30pm
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Artist Anicka Yi joins art historian Caroline Jones and esteemed author Jeff VanderMeer to reflect on topics of shared interest, including “bio-fiction,” technology, and politics, in an interdisciplinary discussion that amplifies Yi’s work on view in the exhibition The Hugo Boss Prize 2016: Anicka Yi, Life Is Cheap.
Lucy Raven: Subterrestrial Cinema
Tuesday, July 18, 6:30pm
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Presented in the museum’s Lower Level, this new live work by artist Lucy Raven is a journey into a truly underground cinema that weaves animations and materials from the museum’s archives together with new text, films, and sound. Creating an alternate prehistory of cinema, the piece links science fiction, effects technology, and nonobjective film. Presented in conjunction with Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim.
The Summer of Know
Tuesdays, June 20–August 22 (except July 4), 6:30pm
Free with museum admission
Co-organized by Nancy Spector, Artistic Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator at the Guggenheim, and Brian Tate, The Tate Group, this series of conversations brings together contemporary artists who think deeply about today’s most urgent social, political, environmental, or legal challenges, with individuals who tackle those issues outside of the cultural sphere.
The Future That Is Upon Us
Tuesdays, August 1–22, 3pm and 6pm
Free with museum admission
This film series, which includes shorts, artist films, animations, and feature-length presentations explores how the techniques and ideas used by artists whose work is on view in Visionaries are still at play on contemporary screens. Full lineup to be announced in July, visit guggenheim.org/films then for more information.
Credits:
The Sackler Center for Arts Education is a gift of the Mortimer D. Sackler Family. Endowment funding is provided by The Engelberg Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, The Elaine Terner Cooper Foundation, and the Esther Simon Charitable Trust. Educational activities and/or public programs are made possible in part by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, The Hilla von Rebay Foundation, and The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation. Funding is also provided by The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; the Windgate Charitable Foundation; the Sidney E. Frank Foundation; Guggenheim Partners, LLC; the Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust; Dorothy and Elihu Modlin; and The Barker Welfare Foundation. Additional support from Con Edison; the Gap Foundation; Katherine and Peter Kend; the Jane A. Lehman and Alan G. Lehman Foundation; the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.; Jamie Johnson and William S. Dutterer; The Robert & Toni Bader Charitable Foundation; the Henry E. Niles Foundation, Inc.; and the Metzger-Price Fund, Inc. is gratefully acknowledged. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation thanks the members of the Education Committee for their support.
Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim is made possible by Lavazza. Major support is provided by Bank of America. The Leadership Committee for Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim is gratefully acknowledged for its generosity, with special thanks to Trustee Chairs Denise Saul and John Wilmerding, Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, Bill and Donna Acquavella, Rowland Weinstein, Arnhold Foundation, Peter B. Brandt, Dorothy and Sidney Kohl, Mnuchin Gallery, Elizabeth R. Rea in honor of Michael M. Rea, Lyn M. Ross, Elliot and Nancy Wolk, and those who wish to remain anonymous. Funding is also provided by the William Talbott Hillman Foundation.
The Hugo Boss Prize 2016 is made possible by Hugo Boss.
