7–9 pm Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor Join fashion pioneer Aurora James for a conversation in celebration of her new memoir, Wildflower. Named one of Harper’s Bazaar’s most anticipated books of 2023, Wildflower follows James’s journey from her tumultuous young womanhood to eventually creating her own...
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor Explore the practices of three artists featured in A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration in this conversation with Akea Brionne, Leslie Hewitt, Robert Pruitt, and exhibition curator Kimberli Gant. Akea Brionne is an interdisciplinary researcher...
Heralded by no less than Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda as “the next big thing,” the Mexican composer-director Jaime Lozano has quickly become recognized as a major force in contemporary musical theater. Broadway en Spanglish is a collaborative, multi-lingual musical cabaret review performed with his talented wife and creative partner, the...
This tour, led by an NYBG Tour Guide and accompanied by an American Sign Language interpreter, gives visitors an enhanced experience through the Garden landscape to learn more about Japanese maples, Tanyosho pines, and other trees native to Asia at The New York Botanical Garden....
Explore large-scale photographic portraits featured in the exhibition Richard Avedon: MURALS together with teaching artists Debra Cole and Hollie Ecker. Then, go behind-the-scenes with Eileen Travell, Senior Photographer in The Met’s Imaging Department—and Avedon’s former student—to learn about her work, and to create your own photographic portrait. For...
2–3:30 pm Online Individuals with memory loss and their care partners are invited to experience our collection together in this interactive tour with Museum staff. Each program offers an opportunity to gather online and enjoy conversation, works of art, and one another’s company. This month, unpack...
Celebrate the 2023 National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 honorees, alongside their selectors, at a first-ever public ceremony, featuring readings from the writers’ debut works and a conversation with the authors. In 2006, the National Book Foundation established the 5 Under 35 prize to recognize...
Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby catapulted to international acclaim with their 2018 comedy special Nanette. In conjunction with the opening of our special exhibition It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby, organized on the fiftieth anniversary of Picasso’s death, Gadbsy addresses the iconic painter again—and the long-entrenched myths...
Sunday, June 4, 2023 3 – 4:30 pm EDT Exhibition Galleries Participants in the ASL Teen community are invited to explore the exhibition After “The Wild”: Contemporary Art from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Collection and create art inspired by the works on view. Voice interpretations...
In celebration of our new exhibition Africa Fashion, explore the influence of African culture and style through this conversation with three visionaries who are championing creativity on the continent. Reni Folawiyo is a cultural entrepreneur from Lagos, Nigeria, known for her role in shaping and defining...
