The New Museum announces its fall 2018 season of public programming. Highlights of the season include gallery talks and thematic programs related to exhibitions Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel and Aslı Çavuşoğlu: The Place of Stone; a panel discussion on monuments and memorialization on the occasion of the Department of Education and Public Engagement’s residency and exhibition MOTHA and Chris E. Vargas: Consciousness Razing—The Stonewall Re-Memorialization Project; and the annual Stuart Regen Visionary Lecture featuring writer Rachel Kushner in conversation with poet and novelist Ben Lerner. Additional fall events include programs on internet art and online communities presented by Rhizome and IdeasCity Toronto.
All programs take place at the New Museum unless otherwise noted.
IdeasCity Toronto
*Off-site: The Bentway, Toronto
Saturday September 15, 12–10pm
The New Museum and The Bentway present IdeasCity Toronto, a daylong program exploring the cultural forces that connect and shape the communities of Toronto.
Aslı Çavuşoğlu in Conversation with Natalie Bell
Thursday September 20, 3pm
Associate Curator Natalie Bell and artist Aslı Çavuşoğlu come together for an in-gallery talk on the occasion of Çavuşoğlu’s exhibition The Place of Stone.
Sarah Lucas in Conversation with Massimiliano Gioni
Thursday September 27, 7pm
The New Museum presents a special conversation between artist Sarah Lucas and Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director, on the occasion of Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel, the first American survey of Lucas’s work.
MOTHA Executive Director Address: Stones to the Wall
Saturday September 29, 3pm
In a director’s address, Chris E. Vargas introduces the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art (MOTHA), a semi-fictional institution that serves as a malleable platform for exhibiting transgender art and hirstory. This program is presented on the occasion of Vargas’s exhibition and residency, MOTHA and Chris E. Vargas: Consciousness Razing—The Stonewall Re-Memorialization Project.
DIS: A Good Crisis
Thursday October 4, 7pm
Rhizome and the New Museum present a preview of DIS’s new series of political advertisements that considers the legacy of the 2008 financial crisis. DIS: A Good Crisis will be on view in October 2018 as part of the online exhibition series First Look: New Art Online.
Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Judith Bernstein on Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel
Thursday October 18, 3pm
Artist Judith Bernstein presents a gallery talk on the exhibition Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel.
Exquisite Corpse: Sarah Lucas and the Body in Pieces
Thursday October 25, 7pm
Bringing together scholars, writers, and artists on the occasion of Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel, this panel will explore strands of Surrealism, psychoanalysis, sexuality, and abjection in Lucas’s recastings of the human form.
Visionaries Series: Rachel Kushner
Tuesday October 30, 7pm
Writer Rachel Kushner will be this year’s Visionary speaker. This year marks the 10th Anniversary of The Stuart Regen Visionaries Series, an annual program honoring individuals who have made major contributions to art and culture and are actively imagining a better future. Kushner will be in conversation with poet and novelist Ben Lerner.
True Lies, Deep Fakes: Platforms, Knowledge, and Alternative Communities
Saturday November 3, 3pm
In a time when the search for truth online seems futile, this conversation brings together artists, writers, and practitioners who explore platforms, the social dynamics they engender, and alternative models for community building and artistic production. This conversation is organized by Rhizome as a supplement to their fall program, which can be followed at rhizome.org.
Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Jamieson Webster on Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel
Thursday November 8, 3pm
Psychoanalyst and cultural critic Jamieson Webster presents a gallery talk on the exhibition Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel.
Imperfect Models: Memory, Monuments, and Memorialization
Thursday November 8, 7pm
Bringing together scholars, cultural critics, and artists, this panel will consider the histories and futures of monuments in the United States with a particular focus on the possibilities and challenges of memorializing queer and trans histories. This program is presented on the occasion of the exhibition and residency, MOTHA and Chris E. Vargas: Consciousness Razing—The Stonewall Re-Memorialization Project.
Outside the Box Gallery Talks: Jessi Reaves on Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel
Thursday December 6, 3pm
Artist Jessi Reaves presents a gallery talk on the exhibition Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel.
Comp USA Live: Season 2 Premiere
Thursday December 6, 7pm
The “original live desktop theater internet television show” comes to the New Museum for a one-night engagement. This event is presented alongside an online exhibition of Comp USA Live as part of the series First Look: New Art Online, co-presented by Rhizome and the New Museum.
No Excuses: Maggie Nelson on Sarah Lucas
Thursday December 13, 7pm
Renowned writer and scholar Maggie Nelson responds to Sarah Lucas’s work and the exhibition Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel, Lucas’s first American survey. Her talk will plumb the provocations, humor, and critical shape-shifting in Lucas’s practice and will reflect on the stakes of the artist’s embrace of pleasure and perversion.
Speculative Monuments: Show and Pray Tell with MOTHA’s Commissioned Artists
Thursday January 17, 7pm
The Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art (MOTHA), presents an evening with artists commissioned by MOTHA to propose new monuments reimagining Christopher Park, a national monument designated by President Obama in 2016 to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots. This program is presented on the occasion of Vargas’s exhibition and residency, MOTHA and Chris E. Vargas: Consciousness Razing—The Stonewall Re-Memorialization Project.
