This Week at MoMA: November 3–9
We may have gained an hour yesterday, but we all know what Daylight Savings brings this time of year: total, utter darkness. The best way to combat the sinking feeling that the day is already over is to get out and do something, so here are some options at MoMA this week:
Attenberg. 2010. Greece. Written and directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. Photo © Despina Spyrou/HAOS FILM
• On Monday, November 3, don’t miss a one-night screening of Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg (a highlight of the New Directors/New Films festival in 2010). The screening is followed by a Modern Mondays event with Tsangari, who will show clips and discuss her work. Separate tickets are required for each event.
• On Wednesday, November 5, watch a live stream of the sold-out conversation between artist Robert Gober and curator Ann Temkin, about the exhibition Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor and the accompanying publication.
• Sketch from life! On select Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00–3:30 p.m., including Thursday, November 6, drop by the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition to participate in free, informal drawing sessions. All materials will be provided.
Original animation drawing for Gertie the Dinosaur. USA. 1914. Directed by Winsor McCay. Courtesy John Canemaker
• Join animation historian and Academy Award–winning filmmaker John Canemaker on Friday, November 7, for Gertie the Dinosaur Is 100 Years Young: John Canemaker Presents Animated Masterworks by Winsor McCay, a special illustrated presentation including four groundbreaking animated films by Winsor McCay, as part of To Save and Project.
• Stop by the MoMA Store in Soho on Saturday, November 8 (2:00–6:00 p.m.), and Sunday, November 9 (11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.), to meet paper artist Elsa Mora, one of this year’s MoMA holiday card designers. Mora will demonstrate her amazing paper-cutting techniques, which will be used to decorate MoMA’s retail shop windows.
• Stay late! On Saturday, November 8, join us for a very special celebratory evening to kick off the holiday season. MoMA will remain open until 10:00 p.m., with open galleries, a set by DJ Diggy Lloyd, a cash bar, lectures, and much more. Regular Museum admission applies, and timed tickets are required for Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs.
Sturtevant. Warhol Diptych. 1973/2004. Synthetic polymer screenprint and acrylic on canvas, 6′ 11 7/8″ × 10′ 6 3/4″ (213 × 322 cm). Pinault Collection. Photo: Axel Schneider, Frankfurt am Main. © Estate Sturtevant, Paris
• Sturtevant: Double Trouble, the first comprehensive retrospective in America of the artist’s work, opens on Sunday, November 9, bringing together over 50 key artworks from all periods and in almost every medium in which she worked.
