April 12–25: Performances in the rotunda, new online courses, and an artist-led GFA

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Engage with the Guggenheim Museum’s iconic art and architecture no matter where you are. Mother’s day is around the corner, so take a look at gifts from the Guggenheim Store, and consider a private virtual tour. 

Tickets are now available to book through May 31. Make sure to visit In-Between Days: Video from the Guggenheim Collections before it closes April 19. Plan your visit with timed ticketing and enhanced safety measures.

See what’s happening this week.

Member Event
Join to attend

Members’ #event: Artwork Anthology: In the Vanilla Grove, Man and Horse (1891) by Paul Gauguin
   Thursday, April 22
   5 pm ET

Join us for a conversation between #mailearvin, Assistant Professor of History and Gender Studies at the University of Utah, and Vivien Greene, Senior Curator, 19th- and Early 20th-Century Art. The two will take a critical look at Paul Gauguin’s 1891 painting In the Vanilla Grove, Man and Horse, analyzing the artist’s colonial gaze and depiction of Indigenous bodies in the work.

For Teens
Plan for summer and apply now for a paid course intensive

Teen Course: Art Detectives
   Application deadline: April 23

This July, discover how to apply your interest in art and science to a future career path through Art Detectives while getting paid! This summer course for teens is presented by the Guggenheim Museum and Bard Graduate Center.

Creative Activities for Kids and Families

Guggenheim for All: Art for Families with Children on the Autism Spectrum
   Sunday, April 25, 11 am ET
   For participants ages 5–12

   Sunday, April 25, 12 pm ET
   For participants ages 13 and up

In this free virtual program designed for individuals on the autism spectrum and their caregivers, explore works of art from the Guggenheim Museum and create your own art at home. To celebrate Autism Acceptance Month, we have a special artist-led program featuring #myasiadowdell, whose work is pictured above. Dowdell is a neurodiverse artist whose paintings of celebrities, animals, and fantastic creations are widely collected.

At-Home Art Classes with the Guggenheim
   Mondays, 4 pm ET
   For grades 6–8

   Tuesdays, 4 pm ET
   For grades K–2

   Wednesdays, 11 am ET
   For grades Pre-K–K

   Thursdays, 4 pm ET
   For grades 3–5

Are you looking for a virtual space to create and connect? Explore images of the museum’s architecture, collection, and special exhibitions through guided dialogue and art-making prompts.

Discover More Online

Sketch with Jeff
   Saturdays, 3 pm

Guggenheim teaching artist #jeffhopkins shares stories through drawing, followed by a prompt to create sketches of your own at home.

Online Artist Talk: Tomashi Jackson

Painter #tomashijackson joins #ashleyjames, Associate Curator, #contemporaryart, for an engaging conversation about Jackson's artistic practice and her inclusion in Off the Record.

H.O.R.I.Z.O.N. (Habitat One: Regenerative Interactive Zone of Nurture)
By the Institute of Queer Ecology (IQECO)

Download the H.O.R.I.Z.O.N. digital commune game and become an inhabitant of a remote wilderness populated by ambitious architectures. The game is an intentional digital space that aims to assemble a playbook for an #online and offline world more attuned to the intelligence of ecology, queerness, and sovereign living.

Works & Process

Dance Heginbotham
   Sunday, April 18
   8–8:30 pm ET

Culminating Dance Heginbotham’s Works & Process Bubble Residency, cast members will perform choreographer John Heginbotham’s Villa, set to music by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Peanut, with music by Igor Stravinsky; and, just for this performance, a new work set to Nico Muhly’s MOVE for solo piano. Tickets go on sale 72 hours before the performance.

Jamar Roberts and David Watson
Digital Premiere
   Sunday, April 18
   7:30 pm ET

Works & Process at Lincoln Center is back! Watch the premiere of A Chronicle of a Pivot at a Point in Time by Jamar Roberts and David Watson, filmed by Nic Petry of Dancing Camera.

Pop-Up Performances in the Rotunda
   Through April 19

Works & Process presents a succession of pop-up daytime performances at the Guggenheim. Taking place in the museum’s rotunda, these events offer visitors the opportunity to safely experience a joyful live performance. This week’s performers include Brandon Collwes, Limón Dance Company, Mark Morris Dance Group, New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and Paul Taylor Dance Company.

Looking Ahead

Pat Steir in conversation with Mickalene Thomas
   Wednesday, April 28
   7 pm ET

In honor of Robert Rosenblum (1927–2006), former Stephen and Nan Swid Curator of Twentieth-Century Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Henry Ittleson, Jr., Professor of Modern European Art at New York University, the Guggenheim is honored to host artist #patsteir in conversation with fellow artist #mickalenethomas, as its Tenth Annual Robert Rosenblum Lecture.

This program is free and will be livestreamed to the Guggenheim’s YouTube channel. Register to receive a reminder before the program goes live.

Online Course: Pictures and Process
   Thursdays, May 6–27
   5–6 pm ET

Through conversation and observation, this four-part class will cover a range of artists working in photography, including artists such as #deanalawson and #robertmapplethorpe. Participants will consider artistic approaches to everyday photography and examine the impact of an artist’s technical and creative choices in conveying ideas around identity, archive, and personal narrative. In addition, registrants will play and experiment with framing, cropping, composition, and lighting through short in-class exercises, and will be encouraged to take their own photographs between sessions.

Online Course: Women of the 20th Century Art World
   Tuesdays, May 4–25
   6–7:30 pm ET

Join educator Joseph Field for a four-part course highlighting the powerful influence and creative achievements of women in the art world. Explore the Guggenheim’s collection and history, both of which feature and celebrate a number of artists, collectors, and curators who made immense contributions to art of the 20th century, despite gender discrimination. This course will challenge long-established narratives and critically rethink one of the most important centuries in art history. Over four sessions, participants will learn about some of the lesser-known but crucial figures of the period, including Hilla Rebay, Anni Albers, and Lucia Moholy, who greatly influenced, or even had their work stolen by, their male counterparts.