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2014
Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture: Jeff Koons
Tues, Sept 30
7 PM
2014
Fall 2014 Course: Art in the Age of Koons
Thurs, Sept 18
2014
The Koons Effect Part 2
Fri, Sept 12
10 AM–4 PM
2014
The Koons Effect Part 1
Thurs, Sept 11
7 PM
2014
Fall 2014 Course: How to Look
Wed, Sept 10
2014
Scott Rothkopf and Rachel Kushner on Jeff Koons: A Retrospective
Sun, June 29
6:30 PM
2014
Seminars with Artists:
Amy Sillman
Thurs, May 22
6:30 PM
2014
Conversations on Art:
Dawoud Bey
Mon, May 19
7 PM
2014
Seminars with Artists:
Susan Howe
Wed, May 14
6:30 PM
2014
Biennial Curator Roundtable: Stuart Comer, Anthony Elms, and Michelle Grabner, with Jay Sanders
Wed, May 7
7:30 PM
2014
Julie Ault, James Benning, and William Least Heat-Moon: Histories of Place
Tues, May 6
7 PM
2014
Triple Canopy Presents: Media Replication Services
Sat, Apr 26
6:30 PM
2014
Kevin Beasley: Public Programs in Sonic Masses
Fri, Apr 18
7:30 PM
2014
Take Ecstasy With Me:
Organized by Alexandro Segade (of My Barbarian) and Miguel Gutierrez
Thurs, Apr 17
7 PM
2014
Teach-in: Fred Lonidier
Fri, Apr 11
7 PM
2014
Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst: You’ll Love It!
Fri, Apr 4
7 PM
2014
Lisa Anne Auerbach: Art in the Age of Aquarius
Fri, Mar 21
7 PM
2014
Seminars with Artists:
Zoe Leonard
Wed, Mar 19
6:30 PM
2014
Semiotext(e) Presents: Ariana Reines, Mark von Schlegell, and Henri Lefebvre
Sun, Mar 9
7 PM
2014
Conversations on Art: T. J. Wilcox, Anne Collier and Chrissie Iles
Thurs, Jan 23
7 PM
2014
Shared Spaces: Social Media and Museum Structures
Tues, Jan 14
6:30–9:30 PM
2013
The Chairs: Puppetry Performance and Demonstration with Theodora Skipitares
Fri, Dec 13, 2013
7 PM
2013
Robert Indiana in Context
Thurs, Nov 21, 2013
7 PM
2013
Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture: John Currin
Tues, Oct 29, 2013
7 PM
2013
Literary Icons: Robert Indiana and the American Dream
Fri, Oct 11, 2013
7 PM
2013
Brian O’Doherty: Hopper’s Windows
Thurs, Sept 26, 2013
7 PM
2013
Hopperesque: Edward Hopper and Contemporary Art
Thurs, Sept 12, 2013
7 PM
2013
Artist Talk and Screening: Dear Klaus and Minou
Wed, Aug 7, 2013
7 PM
2013
Robert Irwin in Conversation with Donna De Salvo
Thurs, July 25, 2013
6:30 PM
2013
Summer Film Series: A Hopper “Movie Binge”
Tues, July 23, 2013
7 PM
2013
Lawrence Weschler on Robert Irwin
Thurs, July 11, 2013
7 PM
2013
My Turn: Jennifer Tipton
Fri, June 28, 2013
7 PM
2013
Drawn from Hopper: An Evening of Poetry and Literature
Thurs, June 20, 2013
7 PM
2013
Nate Lowman: Homage to Jay DeFeo
Fri, May 17, 2013
6:30 PM
2013
Gallery Talk: Walead Beshty and Dana Miller on Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective
Thurs, May 9, 2013
7 PM
2013
Through the Lens of the Blues Aesthetic
Thurs, Apr 25, 2013
7 PM
2013
William Pope.L: Burying the Blues
Fri, Apr 19, 2013
7 PM
2013
Chancing the Ridiculous, Hoping for the Sublime: Re‑examining the work of Jay DeFeo
Wed, Apr 17, 2013
7 PM
2013
Speaking the Blues: An Evening of Poetry
Fri, Mar 29, 2013
6:30 PM
2013
Greil Marcus: Jay DeFeo and All That Jazz
Thurs, Mar 7, 2013
7 PM
2013
Bennett Simpson: Why Contemporary Art Gives Me the Blues
Wed, Mar 6, 2013
7 PM
2013
Eleanor Antin: Conversations with Stalin
Fri, Feb 1, 2013
6:30 PM
2013
Gallery Talk:
Adam McEwen and Donna De Salvo on Sinister Pop
Wed, Jan 23, 2013
7 PM
2012
Open Studio: Sinister Pop
Fri, Dec 7, 2012
6–8 PM
2012
Gallery Talk:
Wade Guyton and Scott Rothkopf on Wade Guyton OS
Wed, Nov 28, 2012
7 PM
2012
Gallery Talk:
John Yau and Jennifer Gross
Thurs, Nov 15, 2012
7:30 PM
2012
Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture: Sarah Sze
Mon, Nov 5, 2012
7 PM
2012
CANCELLED: Gallery Talk:
Adam McEwen and Jennifer Gross on Richard Artschwager!
Thurs, Nov 1, 2012
7 PM
2012
Obsess, Create, and Repeat: Obsession and the Creative Process
Thurs, Sept 13, 2012
7 PM
2012
Julianne Swartz: Tactile Sound Accumulation
Fri, July 27, 2012
7 PM
2012
Werner Herzog
Thurs, May 17, 2012
12 PM
2012
LaToya Ruby Frazier: Demystifying the Myth of the “Urban Pioneer”
Fri, May 11, 2012
7:30 PM
2012
Lucy Raven: Standard Evaluation Materials
Fri, Apr 27, 2012
7:30 PM
2012
Laura Poitras: Surveillance Teach-In
Fri, Apr 20, 2012
7:30 PM
2012
Expanding on Jay DeFeo’s “Visual Vocabulary”
Thurs, Apr 19, 2012
7 PM
2012
Joanna Malinowska: Fieldwork
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
7:30 PM
2012
Nicole Eisenman:
Figure Drawing Atelier
Fri, Mar 16, 2012
7:30 PM
2012
Gallery Talk: Andrea Geyer and Johanna Burton on SHERRIE LEVINE: MAYHEM
Thurs, Jan 12, 2012
7 PM
2012
Gallery Talk:
Charles Ray and Michael Fried on David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy
Thurs, Jan 5, 2012
7 PM
2011
Artist, Critic, Canon: Critical Approaches to Art History, After Levine
Thurs, Dec 15, 2011
7 PM
2011
Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture: Claes Oldenburg
Tues, Nov 1, 2011
7 PM
2011
Gallery Talk:
James Casebere and Barbara Haskell on Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World
Wed, Oct 12, 2011
7 PM
2011
Artist Talk and Screening: Kevin Jerome Everson
Thurs, Sept 8, 2011
7 PM
2011
Title TK Meets Danny Goldberg
Wed, Aug 10, 2011
7 PM
2011
The Fine Art of Comics, with Gary Panter, Art Spiegelman, and Chris Ware
Wed, July 20, 2011
7 PM
2011
Weekend at Bernie’s
Thurs, June 30, 2011
8 PM
2011
Whitney Museum Groundbreaking Party with CHERYL
Sat, May 21, 2011–Sun, May 22, 2011
7 PM–12 AM
2011
From Mollusks to Meat Hooks to Moschino with Lize Mogel
Sat, May 21, 2011
3–4 PM
2011
Culture Is Burning, with Douglas Crimp, Catherine Lord, Linda Nicholson, and Tricia Rose
Thurs, Apr 28, 2011
7 PM
2011
Reflections on the Midcareer Retrospective, with Glenn Ligon, Scott Rothkopf, and Huey Copeland
Thurs, Apr 21, 2011
7 PM
2011
Trade School at the Whitney: Coincidence of Wants
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
6 PM
2011
On The Death of Tom, with Glenn Ligon, Jason Moran, and Terrance McKnight
Wed, Mar 23, 2011
8 PM
2011
My Turn: Everyday Monuments with Jean Shin
Fri, Feb 4, 2011
7 PM
2011
Gallery Talk:
Rachel Harrison and Elisabeth Sussman on the Legacy of Paul Thek
Thurs, Jan 6, 2011
7 PM
2010
Inside Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time
Wed, Dec 1, 2010
10–11:30 AM
2010
Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture: Susan Rothenberg
Wed, Nov 3, 2010
7 PM
2010
My Turn: Thek’s Teaching Notes With Jean Shin and Harrell Fletcher
Fri, Oct 29, 2010
7 PM
2010
Will Work for Art
Tues, Sept 28, 2010
7 PM
2010
Conversations on Art: Marclay’s Performance Work
Tues, Sept 21, 2010
7 PM
2010
Artist Talk: Guy Klucevsek
Fri, Sept 17, 2010
2:30 PM
2010
Conversations on Art: Robert Gober and Donna De Salvo on Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield
Wed, Sept 15, 2010
7 PM
2010
Artist Talk:
Butch Morris
Fri, Sept 10, 2010
3 PM
2010
Artist Talk: Marina Rosenfeld
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
3 PM
2010
Artist Talk: David Moss
Fri, Aug 20, 2010
3 PM
2010
Artist Talk: Elliott Sharp
Fri, Aug 13, 2010
4 PM
2010
Artist Talk: Mary Halvorson
Fri, Aug 6, 2010
3 PM
2010
Artist Talk: Sylvie Courvoisier
Fri, July 23, 2010
6:30 PM
2010
Artist Talk: Zeena Parkins
Fri, July 23, 2010
3 PM
2010
Open Studio: Joan La Barbara on Manga Scroll
Fri, July 16, 2010
8 PM
2010
Artist Talk: Joan La Barbara
Fri, July 16, 2010
3 PM
2010
Backyard Birds: An evening of prose and music celebrating Charles Burchfield
Fri, June 25, 2010
7 PM
2010
This Picnic Stinks!
Sat, June 5, 2010
12–3 PM
2010
My Turn: Nina Berman
Fri, May 28, 2010
7:30 PM
2010
My Turn: Kerry Tribe
Fri, May 7, 2010
7:30 PM
2010
My Turn: Emily Roysdon
Fri, Apr 30, 2010
7:30 PM
2010
My Turn: Aki Sasamoto and Culture Push
Fri, Apr 16, 2010
7:30 PM
2010
My Turn: Martin Kersels
Fri, Apr 2, 2010
7:30 PM
2010
My Turn: Ari Marcopoulos
Fri, Mar 26, 2010
7:30 PM
2010
Landscape Talks Back
Sat, Jan 16, 2010
7 PM
2010
Gallery Talk: Sasha Nicholas on Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction
Wed, Jan 6, 2010
7 PM
2009
Northern Light/Southern Light
Fri, Dec 11, 2009
7 PM
2009
Film Evening Honoring the Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film and Television
Fri, Dec 4, 2009
7 PM
2009
Roni Horn in Conversation with Donna De Salvo
Wed, Nov 18, 2009
7 PM
2009
Woman with a Movie Camera: Alice Guy Blaché Symposium
Sat, Nov 14, 2009
9:30 AM–5 PM
2009
Cage a Swallow Can’t You But You Can’t Swallow A Cage Can You: A Sonnet Sequence for Roni Horn
Fri, Nov 6, 2009
8 PM
2009
Cage a Swallow Can’t You But You Can’t Swallow A Cage: A Sonnet Sequence for Roni Horn
Fri, Nov 6, 2009
7 PM
2009
Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture: Bill Viola
Tues, Oct 27, 2009
7 PM
2009
Beyond Dan Graham: Beyond
Thurs, Oct 1, 2009
7 PM
2009
Put Blood in the Music
Thurs, Sept 17, 2009
7 PM
2009
Dan Graham in Conversation with Glenn Branca
Sat, Sept 12, 2009
7 PM
2009
Acoustic Evening with The Feelies
Fri, June 26, 2009
7 PM
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