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PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
Neue Galerie New York is committed to offering a range of public programs and events that complement the museum’s collection and special exhibitions. We aim to be a place of discovery, and welcome you to engage with us through a variety of activities.
To ensure the ongoing vitality of our institution, this summer we are undertaking enhancements to our historic building to promote sustainability and improve the visitor experience on every level. To accommodate this necessary work, the Neue Galerie – including the galleries, shops and cafés – are closed through August 31. Our on-site programming will return in the fall, and in the meantime we hope you will stay connected with us through a range of digital offerings, featured below.
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MUSEUM MILE FESTIVAL 2023
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 6-9 p.m.
This year marks the 45th Annual Museum Mile Festival! Rain or shine, 23 city blocks along Fifth Avenue will be closed to traffic and lined with live bands, art and entertainment. Stop by the Neue Galerie on 86th Street to visit our outdoor pop-up, featuring activities and information about our collection and historic building. Please note that there will be no entry to the Neue Galerie, as we are closed through August 31. To ensure the ongoing vitality of our institution, this summer we are undertaking enhancements to our historic building to promote sustainability and improve the visitor experience on every level.
The festival is co-organized with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Neue Galerie New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, The Jewish Museum, Museum of the City of New York, El Museo del Barrio, and The Africa Center. Fifth Avenue is closed to traffic and lined with live bands, art and entertainment. Please check each partner museum’s website for information about programming.
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THE RONALD S. LAUDER COLLECTION
Ronald S. Lauder brings you inside his home with personal insights on his passion for art and collecting. Neue Galerie New York culminated its twentieth anniversary season with "The Ronald S. Lauder Collection”, - a major exhibition featuring approximately 500 works from the collection of the museum’s co-founder and President; - many of which have never been on public display. The exhibition provides unique insight into one of the finest private collections in the world and introduces visitors to the mindset of a passionate lifelong connoisseur of art, whose forward-thinking vision laid the groundwork for the museum. It was presented at the Neue Galerie from November 11, 2022 through April 17, 2023.
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RONALD S. LAUDER AND RENÉE PRICE IN CONVERSATION
Neue Galerie New York, which first opened in November 2001, has become a beloved place, earning praise from visitors, critics, and colleagues in equal measure. In this online program, Ronald S. Lauder, the Neue Galerie’s founding President, and Renée Price, the museum’s Director, discuss the beginnings of the institution and bring you behind the scenes of “Modern Worlds: Austrian and German Art, 1890–1940,” a special exhibition organized to mark the twentieth anniversary of the museum’s founding. The exhibition was presented at the Neue Galerie from November 11, 2021 through May 13, 2022.
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POETRY IN TRANSLATION | SELECTIONS FROM GEORG TRAKL
Austrian poet Georg Trakl made his mark with simple, measured language that powerfully evokes his experience of living. Join Renée Price, Director, and Scott Gutterman, Deputy Director of Neue Galerie New York for “Poetry in Translation: Selections from Georg Trakl,” a bilingual reading in German and English.
A prominent theme in Trakl’s poetry is silence, in particular the silence of the dead. Out of these dark preoccupations, he created works of great beauty. Featured poems in this reading include Trakl’s Die Sonne, In Venedig, Sebastian im Traum, and Sommer.
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MAKERS OF NEUE NOW: FRANCES PALMER
Join us for “Makers of Neue Now: Frances Palmer,” a Q&A featuring Frances Palmer, a masterful ceramist, gardener, and photographer based in Connecticut.
To step into potter Palmer’s world is to be surrounded by the trappings of a life that has been intentionally—and painstakingly—built to maximize creativity. She makes her pottery in a light-filled, airy studio, and keeps a corner at the ready for her daily photo shoots. Cutting gardens overflow with flowers waiting to be snipped as inspiration strikes. Shelves of cookbooks are regularly perused as she plans the menu of her next dinner party, and museum catalogues and art books are also at her fingertips to pore over when it’s time to imagine a new vessel.
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POETRY IN TRANSLATION | RAINER MARIA RILKE’S DUINO ELEGIES
Join Renée Price, Director, and Scott Gutterman, Deputy Director of the Neue Galerie for a bilingual poetry reading of Rainer Maria Rilke’s “First Elegy” of The Duino Elegies. The Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist is known for his lyricism and vivid use of language. We are presenting the “First Elegy” in the original German and in translation so that listeners may experience the sound of this great work. The Duino Elegies have an intense spiritual quality, right from the first sentence, which is a kind of agonized appeal to the heavens: “Who, if I cried, would hear me…”
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LECTURE | “PATRONS OF WIENER WERKSTÄTTE JEWELRY” BY JANIS STAGGS
The Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), an artists and craftsmen collective, was launched in 1903. At its outset, the firm focused on metalwork, including jewelry. The group was initially comprised of two designers—Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser—and three artisans. The Wiener Werkstätte inaugurated its own fashion department in 1910, which quickly proved to be one of the most profitable divisions within the firm. It catered to a well-heeled clientele and offered artistic clothing, hats, shoes, and other accessories. This lecture will highlight some of the ways that modern Viennese art and design are inextricably linked by examining select patrons of Gustav Klimt who also favored Wiener Werkstätte jewelry.
Janis Staggs, Director of Curatorial and Manager of Publications at Neue Galerie New York, has been with the museum since 2000. She has organized numerous exhibitions during her tenure at the museum, including “Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry” (2008) and “Gustav Klimt and Adele Bloch-Bauer: The Woman in Gold” (2015), and co-curated “Wiener Werkstätte, 1903–1932: The Luxury of Beauty” (2017) and “Ernst Ludwig Kirchner” (2019), among others. She has written extensively on the intersection between the fine and decorative arts in Vienna 1900.
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LECTURE | “1048 FIFTH AVENUE: FROM MANSION TO MUSEUM” BY ANDREW DOLKART
Andrew S. Dolkart has been active in historic preservation in New York City for over thirty years in his capacity as a staff member at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, as a freelance consultant, and as a teacher. He has written extensively about the architecture and development of New York City, focusing in particular on the city’s vernacular building types and how they influenced the character of neighborhoods. His books include Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development and 1048 Fifth Avenue: From Mansion to Museum.
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VIRTUAL TOUR | “MADAME D’ORA”
Dr. Monika Faber, curator of the Neue Galerie’s critically acclaimed “Madame d’Ora” exhibition, welcomes you into the world of this pioneering woman. Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), better known as Madame d’Ora, had a spectacular career as one of the leading photographic portraitists of the early 20th century. This exhibition, the largest museum retrospective on the Austrian photographer to date in the United States, presented the different periods of her life, from her early upbringing as the daughter of Jewish intellectuals in Vienna, to her days as a premier society photographer, through her survival during the Holocaust. “Madame d’Ora” was scheduled to run from February 20 to June 8, 2020. Due to COVID-19, it closed on March 12, 2020.
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VIRTUAL TOUR | “ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER”
In this virtual tour, co-curators Jill Lloyd and Janis Staggs bring you inside Neue Galerie New York’s special exhibition, “Ernst Ludwig Kirchner,” which was on view from October 3, 2019 through January 13, 2020. Kirchner was one of the greatest German artists of the early twentieth century. This exhibition paid tribute to Kirchner’s inventive genius with a focus on his highly individual approach to color, which he viewed as the fundamental building block to his paintings. Yet Kirchner was a multi-talented figure and his work encompassed various media—painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, and even the decorative arts. Rather than accepting the traditional hierarchy that placed fine art solely at the pinnacle of an artist’s achievement, Kirchner compared his activity in these different fields to “a tightly woven, organic fabric, in which process and completion go hand in hand and one aspect drives the other on.”
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VIRTUAL TOUR | “THE SELF-PORTRAIT, FROM SCHIELE TO BECKMANN”
In this virtual tour, curator Tobias G. Natter walks you through “The Self-Portrait, from Schiele to Beckmann.” Presented at the Neue Galerie from February 28, 2019 through June 24, 2019, “The Self-Portrait, from Schiele to Beckmann” was an unprecedented exhibition that examined works primarily from Austria and Germany made between 1900 and 1945. This groundbreaking show was unique in its examination and focus on works of this period. Approximately 70 self-portraits by more than 30 artists—both well-known figures and others who deserve greater recognition—were united in the presentation, which was comprised of loans from public and private collections worldwide.
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VIRTUAL TOUR | “FRANZ MARC AND AUGUST MACKE: 1909–1914”
Curator Vivian Endicott Barnett brings you inside the world of “Franz Marc and August Macke: 1909–1914.” This exhibition was presented at the Neue Galerie from October 4, 2018 through January 21, 2019. It explored the life and work of two German artists and the power of their friendship. In the four years prior to Macke’s death in 1914 (Marc himself died in 1916), they exchanged scores of letters, visited each other’s homes, traveled together, and often discussed the development of their work. They shared ideas about art, and through their innovations helped create the movement known as Expressionism in early twentieth-century Germany. The exhibition focused on Marc and Macke’s artistic relationship, how their lives intersected, and how their art was developed and received during their lifetimes.
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PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM PRESENTS | WORKS IN PROGRESS
This “Works in Progress” recital reflects the spirit of spring, the season of renewal, with works composed by A. Andersen, Bach, Chopin, Ravel, and Ysaye. With this virtual format, we are delighted to feature performers from near and far: Anne-Sophie Andersen (Aarhus, Denmark), Will Chow (Pittsburgh, PA), Julia Jones (New York, NY), Eliana Yang (Philadelphia, PA), and Ilana Zaks (New Haven, CT).
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CABARET | ERIC COMSTOCK AND BARBARA FASANO
This celebrated, award-winning duo will thrill audiences of all ages with their freewheeling mashup of songs ranging from Kurt Weill and Friedrich Hollaender to Joni Mitchell and Stephen Sondheim, from Broadway and Hollywood classics to rare gems you never knew you loved. The New York Times calls their shows “witty” and “exhilarating.” This swinging and soulful married couple, with their signature glamor and joie de vivre, make their audiences feel they’re at a party where the music and the stories are equally fabulous. Together they've won eight MAC Awards, five Bistro Awards, and the New York Nightlife Award. They've headlined everywhere from London to Lincoln Center, and Birdland Jazz Club to Carnegie Hall. Tune in to watch from the comfort of your home.
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FAMILY PROGRAM | LEARN AND CREATE: JEWELRY MAKING AT HOME
Style icon Debra Rapoport shares the perfect at-home, hands-on activity with you, providing instructions to repurpose and recycle household items to fashion fabulous cuffs inspired by some of the exquisite pieces of Wiener Werkstätte jewelry on display at the Neue Galerie.
Use everyday goods and a few craft supplies to embellish cardboard rolls to recreate the vivid colors and palette of works by legendary designers such as Carl Otto Czeschka, Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, and Dagobert Peche. Make your own magnificent jewelry and share your work with us!
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We want to make it easy! In addition to the activity video presented here, we share step-by-step instructions, which can be viewed on your device screen or printed out.
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PRESENTATION | TAROT READING FOR THE NEW YEAR BY TAD D'AGOSTINO
In this presentation, Tad D’Agostino discusses the history of the tarot deck, focusing on the design and philosophy of tarot. Learn about the intuitive approach to reading the cards, an instruction that will be useful for new and seasoned readers. D’Agostino will be using the Jugendstil Tarock, a deck designed by Edith (Ditha) Moser, first published by Albert Berger and Josef Glanz in 1906. Regarded as a highlight of Viennese graphic art, the deck is also a prime example of Jugendstil (Youth Style), an artistic movement favored in German-speaking countries with a preference for linear motifs and stylized geometric and naturalized forms.
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FAMILY PROGRAM | LEARN AND CREATE: MAKING GOLDEN PLAY DOUGH
With a simple recipe, make dazzling gold play dough at home! Gustav Klimt used gold leaf and paint to create one of the most extraordinary pictures ever made, the 1907 “golden style” portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Klimt's decorative background emulates precious jewels and underscores the wealth of the sitter. Explore shapes and patterns just like Klimt with your own resplendent pantry creation.
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We want to make it easy! In addition to the activity video presented here, we share step-by-step instructions, which can be viewed on your device screen or printed out.
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FAMILY PROGRAM | MAKING HATS: USE WHAT YOU HAVE
Style icon Debra Rapoport shares the perfect at-home, hands-on activity with you, providing instructions to repurpose and recycle household items to construct fantastic hats! Don’t throw it out if you can create something beautiful. We encourage you to look at the high fashion photography by "Madame d’Ora” and use recyclable goods to interpret works by legendary milliners of the mid-20th century. Make yourself a sustainable hat at home, and share your fashion portrait with us!
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IN THE KITCHEN | BAKING LINZER COOKIES: A RECIPE FROM CAFÉ SABARSKY
The Neue Galerie’s restaurant, Café Sabarsky, is beloved for its authentic Austrian cuisine. While Café Sabarsky remains closed, we hope that you enjoy baking our famous Linzer Cookie recipe at home.
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ON-SITE PROGRAMS RETURNING FALL 2023
MEMBERS’ THURSDAYS
The Neue Galerie is open late exclusively to members and their guests from 6 to 8 p.m. on select Thursdays.
FIRST FRIDAYS
The Neue Galerie is open late to the public free of charge on the first Friday of every month from 5 to 8 p.m.
LECTURES
In coordination with the museum’s special exhibitions each season, Neue Galerie New York is delighted to host a lecture series. Details to be announced.
FILMBAR
Join us on select Friday evenings for Filmbar, a newly imagined movie series hosted in Café Fledermaus. Enjoy a movie screening with drinks and snacks in a relaxed bar atmosphere reminiscent of early twentieth century Vienna.
CABARET AT CAFÉ SABARSKY
An ongoing tradition at the Neue Galerie, the cabaret series is a union of modern Austrian cuisine with classic European music and performance. Tickets include a prix-fixe dinner at 7 p.m. followed by the cabaret performance at 9 p.m.
PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM
The Perlman Music Program offers unparalleled musical training to young string players of rare and special talent. In partnership with the Perlman Music Program, Neue Galerie New York is pleased to present the Recital Series in Café Sabarsky.
GATHERINGS
We are pleased to introduce a range of gatherings at the Neue Galerie, for literary lovers, seniors with a passion for the arts, and more.
FAMILY MORNINGS
On select Sunday mornings, the Neue Galerie invites all members of the family to participate in gallery discussions. Open to children 6 years and above.
SCHOOL VISITS
Educational guided tours are tailored for students, to meet the needs and interests of each participating group, focused on the museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions.
PRIVATE TOURS
Make the most of your visit to Neue Galerie New York with a selection of tours. There are so many ways that one can enjoy the collection and special exhibitions, whether you prefer a quick visit or a deep dive.