Check out the incredible line-up of art, history, and design talks happening in New York and other museums. Most events are free, but registration is often required. Consider making a donation to keep the programming coming! (All times EST except where noted.)
Wednesday, May 18
10:00am – Art – Metropolitan Museum of Art
Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present—Crafting Luxury: Mediation, Translation, and Aesthetic Exchange in Architecture and Decorative Arts – Free
1:00pm – Photography – International Center for Photography
The Rules are Broken: Memory and Materiality in Photography – Handle with Care: Publishing Photobooks – $5
2:00pm – Art – Metropolitan Museum of Art
Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present—Contemporary Dialogues in the Arts from Africa – Free
6:00pm – Design – Bard Graduate Center
MacArthur x BGC: What is Conservation? – Free
6:30pm – History – New-York Historical Society
Race and Freedom of Expression – $38
7:00pm – Music – NYPL Performing Arts
NYPL 33 1/3: Author Talk – Duran Duran “Rio” with Journalist Annie Zaleski – Free
Thursday, May 19
10:00am – Art – Metropolitan Museum of Art
Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present—Conservation and Material Science: Recent Innovations and Technological Investigations – Free
12:00pm – Art – Whitney Museum of American Art
Virtual Tour: Whitney Bienniel – Quiet As It’s Kept – Free
In association with the exhibition, Whitney Biennial – Quiet As It’s Kept
12:00pm – History – New-York Historical Society
NYC Landmarks50+ Alliance | Spring Convening – Free
1:00pm – Photograph – International Center for Photography
The Rules are Broken: Memory and Materiality in Photography – From the Frontlines to Your Screen – $5
2:00pm – Art – Metropolitan Museum of Art
Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present—Interrogating and Reframing Photographic Records in The Met Collection – Free
6:00pm – Art & Cocktails – NY Transit Museum
Virtual Drink and Draw with Sarah Nisbett – Free
6:00pm – Performance – NYPL Performing Arts
Theater in Quarantine (In Person and Livestream) – Free
6:30pm – History – Fraunces Tavern
Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution – Free
Friday, May 20
5:00pm – Photography & History – New-York Historical Society
Picturing the Self: Black Women Photographers and the Art of Visibility – Free
Monday, May 23
10:00am – Art – Metropolitan Museum of Art
Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present—Negotiating Identity through Difference: Representing Race, Faith, Ethnicity, and Space – Free
2:00pm – Art – Metropolitan Museum of Art
Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present—To Be Determined: Objects, Archives, and Memory – Free
6:30pm – Society – New York Public Library
Civic Education and Democracy in Crisis: A Conversation in Memory of Judge Robert A. Katzmann – Free
Tuesday, May 24
6:30pm – History – New York Public Library
New Yorker Treasures: John Hersey & Hiroshima – Free
In association with the exhibition, Treasures