Events & Programs
October – December 2024
October 14
Mind’s Eye: Celebrating 65 Years of the Guggenheim
(Virtual Event)
The Guggenheim continues to celebrate the ideas, people, and art at the core of its mission by offering virtual and in-person Mind’s Eye programming for participants who are blind or have low vision. In celebration of 65 years since the museum opened in October 1959, join us this month for a program featuring insights into the building’s architecture and history.
This month’s Mind’s Eye programming will be led by educators Karen Bergman and Laura Sloan through verbal description and conversation. The virtual session will be accessible by web link or by dial-in phone number, depending on your preference.
Free, but space is limited. RSVP is required three days before the program. To RSVP, call 212 360 4355 or email access@guggenheim.org.
October 18
Poetry in Community: Celebrating 90 Years of the Academy of American Poets
SOLD OUT
November 6, 13, 20, 27
Online Course: Drawing
This series of drawing workshops led by artist and educator Stina Puotinen is designed to connect participants with their own creativity while engaging with the Guggenheim’s rich collection. Back by popular demand, this four-part class will explore a new range of techniques and approaches to drawing across methods and materials, using artworks from the museum’s permanent collection as inspiration. Works discussed will inspire art-making prompts for participants to tackle various aspects of drawing through close-looking, play, and experimentation. Students will have the opportunity to share their work and other resources with the class both during and between sessions—“homework” optional!
A list of materials needed for this course can be found below. This list includes all required art supplies for each session. All items can be purchased directly via Blick at this link or through your preferred retailer.
November 10
Works & Process Commission: To the Body by Nico Muhly
To the Body is an immersive soundscape created for the exhibition Yu Hong: Another One Bites the Dust, on view concurrently with the 60th Venice Biennale. It is a work in ten sections, played without pause and repeated without seam, in which fragments of Dietrich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri (1680) appear, but are themselves disembodied from their original context. A soprano sings a line drawn from the original cantata over a bed of electronically manipulated sounds, Renaissance and Baroque instruments, and other voices. The primary musical and emotional elements are memory, contortion, and recontextualization; these act hand in hand with Yu Hong’s work, as well as in counterpoint to them.
To the Body was commissioned by Works & Process with support from the American Academy in Rome and the Guggenheim’s Asian Art Circle.
Yu Hong: Another One Bites the Dust is organized by Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator at Large, Global Arts, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and is a program of the Guggenheim Museum’s Asian Art Initiative that is supported by the museum’s Asian Art Circle.
November 12
Close Looking with the Curator: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930
Join Guggenheim curators on a focused tour through our current rotunda exhibition, Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930. As the tour ascends the ramps, curators will trace the story of Orphism and explore the impact of dance, music, poetry, and modern life on art of the time.
This tour is free with museum admission. While registration is not required, timely arrival is encouraged as stools are limited.
November 18
Works & Process: Tango Essence with Pedro Giraudo’s Tango Quartet
Ticket purchase to Tango Essence with Pedro Giraudo’s Tango Quartet includes admission to the Rotunda Dance Party at 8 pm with NYCity Tango Collective, in partnership with Guggenheim Member Mondays.
Experience the soul of tango in an evening created by Mariana Parma with tango dancer Leonardo Sardella, Latin Grammy-award-winner Pedro Giraudo and his Tango Quartet featuring singer Sofia Tosello. Presented by Works & Process in conjunction with the Guggenheim Museum exhibition Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930, see the connection between works by Orphist artists, including Sonia Delaunay, and the circular forms, spirals, arching patterns and constellations of paired bodies moving with the synthesis and electric tension emblematic of tango. A social dance, tango enables people of different ages, cultures, and backgrounds to meet in an “embrace.” Originated in the 1880s along the Rio de la Plata between Argentina and Uruguay, the tango quickly spread to the rest of the world, including Paris, and intertwining with the artists of the Orphist movement. View the exhibition, see a one night only performance in the theater, and join in an interactive dance lesson and social dance for all in the rotunda.
December 6
Late Shift
Is “night at the museum” on your 2024 bingo card? Join us for Late Shift on December 2 to explore current exhibitions and the collection galleries after hours; participate in thoughtfully curated, interactive experiences; and enjoy refreshments with friends at a cash bar in Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic rotunda. Activities and interventions to be announced!
$15 general, $10 students, free for members as part of Member Mondays. Access to the Late Shift is also free for attendees of the Make Easy, a new art-making experience at the Guggenheim.
Support for this program was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.
December 2
The Make Easy
Unleash your inner artist, bond with friends over visionary ideas, and delve into a world of expressive possibilities at the Make Easy. Tucked away in the museum’s Wright Restaurant, each Make Easy reservation serves up carefully designed activities alongside a host of unique materials for creative and sensory exploration. Pull inspiration from our exhibitions through complimentary access to our after-hour program, Late Shift, or grab a drink from the cash bar to enjoy while you create.
Per person pricing: $35 general, $30 students, $20 members. Please register your entire party under one reservation so we can ensure your group is seated together!
December 4, 11, 18
Online Course: Color Theory
This series of art-making workshops led by artist and educator Stina Puotinen is designed to connect participants with their own creativity while engaging with the Guggenheim’s collection and exhibitions. Back by popular demand, this three-part class will explore a range of techniques and approaches to looking at and working with color, with a special focus on artists featured in the exhibition Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930, including Robert Delaunay, Vasily Kandinsky, and František Kupka. Through conversation, observation, and playful prompts, participants will explore different aspects of color theory using various artistic methods, such as collage, painting, and drawing. Students will have the opportunity to share their work and other resources with the class both during and between sessions—“homework” optional!
A list of materials needed for this course can be found below. This list includes all required art supplies for each session. All items can be purchased directly via Blick at this link or through your preferred retailer.
December 6 – 8
Works & Process: Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi
Isaac Mizrahi narrates and directs Sergei Prokofiev’s charming children’s classic, Peter & the Wolf, accompanied by Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, conducted by Michael P. Atkinson. The cast, wearing costumes by Mizrahi, performs choreography by John Heginbotham, bringing the thirty-minute story to life for the young and young at heart.
No matter how tall or small, everyone needs a ticket.
December 10
Close Looking with the Curator: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930
Join Guggenheim curators on a focused tour through our current rotunda exhibition, Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930. As the tour ascends the ramps, curators will trace the story of Orphism and explore the impact of dance, music, poetry, and modern life on art of the time.
This tour is free with museum admission. While registration is not required, timely arrival is encouraged as stools are limited.
December 11
Sound/Off: An Evening of Poetry
This special evening program celebrates the artistry of poetry: written, spoken, and signed. In Sound/Off, Deaf and hard-of-hearing poets writing in English join Deaf and hard-of-hearing poets making poems in American Sign Language on stage in the Guggenheim’s iconic rotunda to honor the richness and malleability of language in different hands and on different tongues. Conceived of by the Guggenheim’s 2024 Poet-in-Residence Meg Day, readers will be announced later this fall. This program will be fully interpreted in both spoken English and American Sign Language.
$10 general admission. The event (approx. 40 minutes) is designed to be experienced from various vantage points, including the museum ramps, which are standing room only. Limited seating will be reserved for those who require it. If you require seating, please contact publicprograms@guggenheim.org after purchasing your ticket.
Presented by the Guggenheim Poet-in-Residence in association with the Academy of American Poets.
December 14
Works & Process Commission: Third Bird by Isaac Mizrahi and Nico Muhly
Since 2007, Works & Process has produced sold-out performances of Sergei Prokofiev’s charming children’s classic Peter & the Wolf, directed and narrated by Isaac Mizrahi. After over one hundred performances, Mizrahi was inspired to create an homage to this iconic work, and during the COVID-19 pandemic Works & Process commissioned Third Bird. Highlighting a cast of eight—including a flying bluebird, a swimming duck, and a running ostrich—danced by Dance Heginbotham, accompanied by Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, and conducted by Michael P. Atkinson, Third Bird celebrates each individual’s unique strengths.
No matter how tall or small, everyone needs a ticket.
December 15
Works & Process: Rotunda Holiday Concert: Charles Turner & Uptown Swing with Jasmine Rice LaBeija
Celebrate the season with festive music rooted in the tradition of jazz, swing, and the blues. For this evening, Charles Turner & Uptown Swing, along with Asian drag artist and Juilliard-trained tenor Jasmine Rice LaBeija, will fill the museum’s iconic Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda with the joyous sound of holiday music as part of a beloved annual tradition.
