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Next 7 Days, May 20 - 26, 211 Arts Events

  • Monday May 20
  • May 20
    Mon 5:00 PM
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    20 Mon

    Making Magic: An Evening with Magic Wand

    5:00 PM at Museum of Sex - 233 5th Ave

    In celebration of Magic Wand Day on May 20th, the iconic sex toy brand is giving an exclusive sneak peek to New Yorkers of Making Magic, a new limited audio series which explores the history of the Magic Wand and its cultural impact over the past 55+... read more

  • May 20
    Mon 8:00 PM
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    20 Mon

    (holy) BLOOD

    8:00 PM at MITU580

    (holy) BLOODMay 16th - May 25th(FOR 10 PERFORMANCES ONLY)This piece is about obsession.Our guilty obsession with a 1989, cult, B-horror film.Our gory obsession with fake blood pyrotechnics.Our sonic obsession with experimental electronic music.Our ho... read more

    Occurs 5 more times through May 25
  • May 20
    Mon 8:00 PM
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    Butterboy Comedy at Littlefield

    8:00 PM at Littlefield - 635 Sackett St

    You, your friends and a host of other chuckle monsters descend on Littlefield every Monday at 8pm, taking in the freshest comics and best jokers this city has to offer! Josh Gondelman (Last Week Tonight) and Alison Leiby (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) combi... read more

    Occurs 1 more times through May 27
  • Tuesday May 21
  • May 21
    Tue 9:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection

    9:30 AM at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - 1071 Fifth Avenue

    One of the most prominent features of art from the late eighteenth century onwards, particularly after World War II, is artists’ tendency to evolve traditional artmaking methods outside the studio’s boundaries. This exhibition will examine the ways i... read more

    Occurs 113 more times through Sep 11
  • May 21
    Tue 10:00 AM
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    21 Tue

    Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery

    10:00 AM at Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) - 1000 Fifth Avenue

    Pueblo Indian pottery embodies four main natural elements: earth, water, air, and fire. It is an art form literally of land and place, and is one of America’s ancient Indigenous creative expressions.Foregrounding Pueblo voices and aesthetics, Grounde... read more

    Occurs 19 more times through Jun 09
  • May 21
    Tue 10:00 AM
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    21 Tue

    Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting

    10:00 AM at Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) - 1000 Fifth Avenue

    Over the course of sixty years, British artist Howard Hodgkin (British, London 1932–2017 London) formed a collection of Indian paintings and drawings that is recognized as one of the finest of its kind. A highly regarded painter and printmaker, Hodgk... read more

    Occurs 19 more times through Jun 09
  • May 21
    Tue 10:00 AM
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    21 Tue

    The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism

    10:00 AM at Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) - 1000 Fifth Avenue

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art present wthe groundbreaking exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism. Through some 160 works of painting, sculpture, photography, film, and ephemera, it will explore the comprehensive and far-reachi... read more

    Occurs 68 more times through Jul 28
  • May 21
    Tue 10:00 AM
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    21 Tue

    Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance

    10:00 AM at Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) - 1000 Fifth Avenue

    This exhibition is the first to examine an intriguing but largely unknown side—in the literal sense—of Renaissance painting: multisided portraits in which the sitter’s likeness was concealed by a hinged or sliding cover, within a box, or by a dual-fa... read more

    Occurs 47 more times through Jul 07
  • May 21
    Tue 10:00 AM
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    21 Tue

    Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion

    10:00 AM at Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) - 1000 Fifth Avenue

    The Costume Institute’s spring 2024 exhibition, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, will reactivate the sensory capacities of masterworks in the Museum’s collection through first-hand research, conservation analysis, and diverse technologies—from... read more

    Occurs 104 more times through Sep 02
  • May 21
    Tue 10:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour

    10:30 AM at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - 11 West 53rd Street

    In Lessons of the Hour (2019), Sir Isaac Julien presents an immersive portrait of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who obtained freedom from chattel slavery in 1838 and became one of the most important orators, writers, and statespersons of the 19th ... read more

    Occurs 110 more times through Sep 08
  • May 21
    Tue 10:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    Crafting Modernity Design in Latin America, 1940–1980

    10:30 AM at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - 11 West 53rd Street

    “There is design in everything,” wrote Clara Porset, the innovative Cuban-Mexican designer. She believed that craft and industry could inspire each other, forging an alternative path for modern design. Not all of Porset’s colleagues agreed with her c... read more

    Occurs 106 more times through Sep 04
  • May 21
    Tue 10:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    Joan Jonas: Good Night Good Morning

    10:30 AM at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - 11 West 53rd Street

    "I didn’t see a major difference between a poem, a sculpture, a film, or a dance,” Joan Jonas has said. For more than five decades, Jonas’s multidisciplinary work has bridged and redefined boundaries between performance, video, drawing, sculpture, an... read more

    Occurs 60 more times through Jul 20
  • May 21
    Tue 10:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    Käthe Kollwitz

    10:30 AM at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - 11 West 53rd Street

    In the early decades of the 20th century, when many artists were experimenting with abstraction, Käthe Kollwitz remained committed to an art of social purpose. Focusing on themes of motherhood, grief, and resistance, she brought visibility to the wor... read more

    Occurs 60 more times through Jul 20
  • May 21
    Tue 10:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    Jenny Holzer: Light Line

    10:30 AM at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - 1071 Fifth Avenue

    This exhibition will present a reimagination of Jenny Holzer’s landmark 1989 installation at the Guggenheim. Climbing all six ramps of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda to the building’s apex, the new manifestation of Holzer’s electronic sign e... read more

    Occurs 131 more times through Sep 29
  • May 21
    Tue 10:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    Before Technicolor: Early Color on Film

    10:30 AM at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - 11 West 53rd Street

    The earliest color films were made around 1895, when new, synthetically produced dyes transformed the nature of color in mediums such as postcards, magic lantern slides, and fabrics. For moviegoers and critics of the period, color added to films shot... read more

    Occurs 61 more times through Jul 21
  • May 21
    Tue 10:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design

    10:30 AM at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - 11 West 53rd Street

    Any act of good design must also be an act of empathy, respect, and responsibility toward all living organisms and ecosystems—as well as future generations. By translating scientific, technological, and social revolutions into objects and behaviors, ... read more

    Occurs 47 more times through Jul 07
  • May 21
    Tue 10:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930

    10:30 AM at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - 1071 Fifth Avenue

    Featuring around 100 artworks to be presented in the museum’s iconic rotunda, this major exhibition will examine the vibrant abstract art of Orphism. It will explore the transnational movement’s developments in Paris, addressing the impact dance, mus... read more

    Occurs 117 more times through Sep 15
  • May 21
    Tue 10:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio

    10:30 AM at Morgan Library and Museum - 225 Madison Ave

    American artist Walton Ford (b. 1960) established his reputation in the 1990s with his monumental watercolor paintings of wild animals inspired by true or legendary stories of dramatic encounters between humankind and nature. Fascinated by the percep... read more

    Occurs 121 more times through Oct 09
  • May 21
    Tue 10:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    Seen Together: Acquisitions in Photography

    10:30 AM at Morgan Library and Museum - 225 Madison Ave

    Seen Together showcases over forty previously unexhibited works acquired by the Morgan’s Department of Photography since its founding in 2012. The pieces selected, and their thematic arrangements, reflect the department’s two highest priorities: firs... read more

    Occurs 4 more times through May 26
  • May 21
    Tue 10:30 AM
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    21 Tue

    Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature

    10:30 AM at Morgan Library and Museum - 225 Madison Ave

    Creator of unforgettable animal characters like Peter Rabbit, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, the beloved children’s book author and illustrator Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) rooted her fiction in the natural world. Childhood summers spent in ... read more

    Occurs 17 more times through Jun 09
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