PLAYING WITH FIRE: AN ECOSEXUAL EMERGENCY
Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens close their ecosexual climate trilogy with a film about fire, narrated partly by a white peacock, and they open each show with a performative "Ecosex 101."
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VIKA KIRCHENBAUER PGM 1
Six experimental shorts by Vika Kirchenbauer, from a seductive address out of a black void to a work on tickling, with memory, state power and invisibility in between. She attends in person.
Panel Discussion: Photography Education
Four people who run photography programs talk about who gets to tell the story: Shahidul Alam of Pathshala, Helen Alonzo Hurtado of Las Fotos Project, Gary Knight of VII, and Michael Kamber.
Exhibition Tour: The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
A guided walk through the Minnie Evans exhibition, with the Whitney's own guide helping you read the work up close. A good way to see her art with some context rather than wandering alone.
Siena’s Bronze Renaissance
A lecture on the molten-metal side of a city known for painting: furnaces, bells, and monuments, with Donatello, Vecchietta, and Francesco di Giorgio among the makers.
VIKA KIRCHENBAUER PGM 2
Four short films by Vika Kirchenbauer take on the art economy, from diversity as cultural currency to the colonial money behind early public exhibitions. The filmmaker attends in person.
WOMEN IN ANIMATION PGM 2: ON BEING A WOMAN
Nine animated shorts by women, from a 1930s Lotte Reiniger film to Signe Baumane's Birth, with Faith Hubley and Caroline Leaf in between, all on the subject of being a woman.
Noguchi Museum × Ikenobo: 40 Years in New York — A Living Tradition of Flowers and Space
The Ikenobo Ikebana Society's New York chapter marks four decades with an exhibition in the museum's Education Studio, treating flowers as sculpture shaped by time, place, and close looking.
OFFSITE: Jeffrey Zeigler’s – “We Were Fridays” at Weeksville Heritage Center
A day-long gathering with VisionIntoArt that mixes performance, creative workshops, and community conversations on cultural memory, Gullah Geechee heritage, and intergenerational storytelling.
Photobook Talk: Paula Bronstein — Witnessing Life
Photographer Paula Bronstein presents her photobook Witnessing Life and talks about it herself, in a small room run by a documentary-focused organization with a clear point of view.
The Downtown Festival: ART/New York & 3 Downtown Artists + Q&A
Puts Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Nan Goldin together on one bill with ART/New York, and a Q&A rounds it out. A screening for anyone drawn to downtown art.
Behind the Scenes: Collections Care and Tour of Staten Island Making History
Collections manager Audrey Malachowsky explains how art and history objects are cared for and prepared for display, then Jean Marques leads a tour of the museum's newest exhibition.
Nature Is My Co-Curator
Guest curator Stephanie Acosta frames nature as sci-fi, not a crunchy walk. Video projection by Dakota Gearhart, live sound from Kerosene Jones and Julia Santoli, and a listening session with visuals.
Death's Bouquet: The Language of Flowers in Cemeteries and Mourning with Cemetery Scholar Allison C. Meier
Cemetery scholar Allison C. Meier decodes the hidden messages of love, mortality, and remembrance in mourning flowers, with memorial hairwork installed in the space alongside.
Exhibition Walkthrough of "by Alison Knowles" at the Grey Art Museum
A guided walk through the Alison Knowles exhibition, a chance to take in the work at a slower, more informed pace. Space is limited, so registration is required.
ISAW Gallery Tour: Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World
A guided walk through the institute's current exhibition on magic and curses in the ancient world, led in the gallery itself. An hour with the objects and someone who can explain them.
Studio Salon: Primary: After and With Alma Thomas
A conversation and reading built around Primary: After and With Alma Thomas, a book on the painter. It's part of the museum's own Studio Salon series, held on The Stoop.
Exhibition Tour: “Untitled” (America)
A guided walk through the exhibition "Untitled" (America) at the Whitney Museum of American Art. A sensible way to see the show with someone talking you through the galleries.
Book talk for Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings
A book launch for Multiple Offerings, a new volume devoted to the artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, hosted by Artists Space, an independent art institution. A focused evening around one artist's work.
Exhibition Tour: Whitney Biennial 2026
A guided walk through the Whitney Biennial, the museum's survey of new American art. A tour is a good way to get oriented and hear how the show's pieces fit together.
