Guggenheim Presents Public Programs and Film Series

The Sackler Center for Arts Education at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents the following public programs and film series in conjunction with the exhibitions Tales of Our Time and Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim. MORE >

Gallery Reading: Ken Liu

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 12 PM

Author Ken Liu (The Grace of Kings and The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories) reads from his commissioned short story in the Tales of Our Time exhibition catalogue and other texts inspired by works on view.

Film Premiere and Director Q&A: The Swim, directed by He Xiangyu

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1 PM

The Guggenheim hosts the U.S. premiere of The Swim, an art film with documentary characteristics. To create the film, artist He Xiangyu returned three times to his hometown in Kuandian-a poor county located by the Yalu River on the China-North Korea border. Through interviews with Korean War veterans, defectors from North Korea, and their families, The Swim unveils the cruel reality hidden behind the beautiful scenery of Kuandian and presents the utopian fantasy projected on individuals. The event concludes with a Q&A with He Xiangyu and Xiaoyu Weng, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Associate Curator of Chinese Art.

Hypnotic Show

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 7 AND 9:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 7 AND 9:30 PM

An exhibition that takes place in the mind-individual and collective-this intimate experiment in cognitive exhibition making through art and hypnosis was conceived by Raimundas Malašauskas and Marcos Lutyens. It explores how the image and concept of place can be depicted through alternative modes of narrative and serves as an imaginary ending to the exhibition.

Unwritten Rules Cannot Be Broken: Tea Gatherings

WEDNESDAYS, THROUGH MARCH 8, 1:30-5:45 PM

Since 2002 Yangjiang Group has been inviting neighbors in Yangjiang, its small hometown on the southern coast of China, to drink tea, play soccer, practice calligraphy, and enjoy communal dinners. As part of Unwritten Rules Cannot Be Broken, their newly commissioned work for Tales of Our Time, visitors are invited to converse and contemplate calligraphy over a cup of tea prepared and served by local tea brewers. Visitors are also encouraged to measure their blood pressure and heart rate before and after experiencing this installation-a humorous ploy designed to calculate the purported relaxing effects of a tea gathering.

Tales of Our Time Tours in Mandarin

SATURDAYS, 12-1 PM

Join a conversational tour of Tales of Our Time in Mandarin facilitated by an educator trained in art history and gallery teaching.

Tales of Our Time Film Program

FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, THROUGH FEBRUARY 25, 1 PM

These documentary and narrative films explore topics shared with the exhibition, investigating concepts such as boundaries, territory, migration, and place. Screenings take place in the New Media Theater, Lower Level, and are free with museum admission. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/filmscreenings.

February 3-4: Traces of an Invisible City, directed by Bo Wang and Pan Lu; The Wangs, directed by Bo Wang (Both screenings include a Q&A session with the director.)
February 10-11: Life after Life, directed by Zhang Hanyi
February 17-18: Terra Nullius or: How to Be a Nationalist, directed by James T. Hong (Both screenings include a Q&A session with the director.)
February 24-25: The Swim, directed by He Xiangyu (February 25 screening includes a Q&A session with the director.)

Long-Look Wednesdays

WEDNESDAYS, FEBRUARY-AUGUST

Each Wednesday during the run of Visionaries, museum visitors have the opportunity to explore the Guggenheim collection, including one-hour focused experiences with a single work, in specialist-led learning experiences.

Free with museum admission. Some events have limited capacity. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/calendar.

Eye to Eye: Artist-Led Tours

TUESDAYS, APRIL 11 AND MAY 23, 6:30 PM

Guggenheim collection artists lead intimate after-hours tours through Visionaries, offering their unique perspectives on the works and reflections on such topics as abstraction, mediums, and materials. Each program includes a reception in the Guggenheim rotunda.

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, MARCH 3-25, 1 PM

On the occasion of Women's History Month, the Guggenheim hosts weekly screenings of Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland. The film focuses on a key figure in the Guggenheim's institutional history as she moved through the cultural upheaval of the 20th century to build one of the most important collections of modern art today.

Screenings take place in the New Media Theater, Lower Level, and are free with admission. For the full schedule, visit guggenheim.org/filmscreenings.

John Giorno and Ugo Rondinone

APRIL 25, 6:30 PM

Poet John Giorno and artist Ugo Rondinone met at a reading in 1997 and have since become life partners and each other's muses. For the Seventh Annual Robert Rosenblum Lecture, Giorno and Rondinone discuss and reflect on their respective creative practices in a conversation moderated by Laura Hoptman, Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art. The program concludes with a reception in the Guggenheim's iconic rotunda.
Free with RSVP. To RSVP or for more information, visit guggenheim.org/calendar.

SELECT MONDAYS, 6:30 PM, AND SELECT WEDNESDAYS, 2 PM

For visitors who are blind or have low vision, these tours and workshops are presented through verbal description, conversation, sensory experiences, and creative practice. Free, RSVP required. For more information, visit guggenheim.org/mindseye.

FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 9 PM-MIDNIGHT; EXCLUSIVE MEMBERS' HOUR: 8-9 PM

An after-hours private viewing of current exhibitions, including Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim and Tales of Our Time, featuring a cash bar and live musical entertainment.