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Virtual Tour of “Taking Shape”
Watch a virtual tour of the exhibition "Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s."
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Highlights from the NYU Grey Art Gallery’s Collection of Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Art
Original program date: May 11, 2020. NYU Grey Art Gallery’s Lynn Gumpert, Director, and Michèle Wong (Steinhardt ’80), Associate Director | Head of Exhibitions and Collections, discuss the highlights of NYU’s unparalleled and unique Abby Weed Grey Collection of Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Art.
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Alt-Text as Poetry
An Online Workshop
Original program date: May 7, 2020. This online webinar reframes alt-text as a type of poetry, using language that is pared-down, yet expressive. Writers Amelia Bande, Candystore, and Kimberly Drew will describe artworks and event documentation images—those most often found on institutional websites—and have their texts workshopped, learning from one another’s strategy and techniques. Alt-text as Poetry creates an opportunity to rethink accessible visual content, inspiring thought, care, and playfulness.
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“The Picture Is the Window”: Lynn Gumpert and Lisa Corrin on Abby Grey and intrepid art collecting
Original program date: March 4, 2020. In conjunction with the exhibition Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection, Lynn Gumpert, Director of the Grey Art Gallery at NYU and Lisa Corrin, Director of the Block Museum of Art, held a conversation on this intrepid woman collector and the way that her legacy might inform global directions for contemporary collectors.
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“Taking Shape” reception at the Grey Art Gallery, NYU, on January 30, 2020
Opening Reception of Taking Shape at Grey Art Gallery, NYU | January 30, 2020 Film by Maxim Rowan The exhibition Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s-1980s held its opening reception at the Grey Art Gallery at New York University on January 30, 2020. Film by Maxim Rowan, courtesy Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE.