This Week at MoMA: December 1–7
• Join design innovators all week (Monday, December 1, through Friday, December 5) at the MoMA Stores for tech demos of their products. Explore these great gadgets and get some holiday shopping done. Can’t make it in person? Shop online and receive 20% off purchases of $100 or more.
Ken Okiishi. gesture/data. 2014. Oil and Chroma Key Video Paint on flat-screen televisions, VHS and HD video transferred to .mp4 (color, sound). Left screen: 12:21 min. loop Right screen: 75:13 min. loop. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the Generosity of Jill and Peter Kraus. © 2014 Ken Okiishi
• Tonight, December 1, Modern Mondays presents An Evening with Ken Okiishi (whose work is in the current exhibition Cut to Swipe), with a screening of a selection of his films and a discussion with the artist. The event also celebrates the new publication The Very Quick of the Word: Congestion and Porosity in the Work of Ken Okiishi? (Sternberg Press).
• Sketch from life! Drop by the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition to participate in free, informal drawing sessions on select Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00–3:30 p.m., including Tuesday, December 2. All materials will be provided.
The Delinquents. 1957. USA. Directed by Robert Altman. Courtesy MGM Studios/Park Circus
• A comprehensive career retrospective of the maverick film and television director Robert Altman (1925–2006) begins on Wednesday, December 3, with the 1950s teensploitation flick The Delinquents. See the full schedule for details about the 50 upcoming programs in this film exhibition including favorites like MASH and Nashville, rarely seen music videos, and documentary and television work.
• On Thursday, December 4, as part of MoMA Studio: Beyond the Cut-Out, artist Arturo Herrera gives a talk, followed by a QA, about his work and its relationship to Henri Matisse’s legacy.
Regarding Susan Sontag. 2014. USA. Directed by Nancy Kates. Photo: New York Times Co./Archive Photos/Getty/Courtesy of HBO
• On Friday, December 5, and Saturday, December 6, MoMA presents a special preview of the new HBO documentary Regarding Susan Sontag, which explores Sontag’s life through evocative images, archival materials, personal accounts, and her own words.
• Enjoy a Family Films program for ages five and up—What in the World? Marvelous Mysteries—on Saturday, December 6. Short film screenings are accompanied by a discussion and art activity.
William Wegman and Topper. Photo courtesy Penguin
• Join artist William Wegman at the MoMA Design Store Soho on Sunday, December 7 at 2:00 p.m., for a reading and signing of his book Flo Wendell Explore. Topper, one of Wegman’s iconic dogs, is also rumored to be making a special appearance!
