Upcoming Programs
Unless otherwise noted, programs are free of charge, no reservations, capacity limited. All are subject to change. Photo ID required for entrance to NYU buildings.
Reception
Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s
Join us for the opening reception of Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s.
Past Programs
Exhibition Walkthrough with Conversation
Exhibition walkthrough with Talinn Grigor, Professor of Art History, Contemporary Global Architecture and Art Critical and (post)Colonial Theory, University of California, Davis.
Lecture
Forgotten Geographies of Artistic Diplomacy: Abby Grey and U.S.-Middle East Exchanges
In this talk, Sarah-Neel Smith, Assistant Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, Maryland Institute College of Art, will discuss Turkey’s art world of the 1960s through the lens of Abby Weed Grey’s collecting activities, focusing on the intersection of art and international discourses about democracy in the wake of World War II.
Rose-Marie Lewent Conference
Persepolis, Then and Now
This symposium organized by Matthew S. Santirocco, Professor of Classics and Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies (NYU), will bring together a panel of speakers to explore the history and archaeology of ancient Persepolis—along with its revival in the modern era, in the visual imaginations of artists such as Parviz Tanavoli and others. Free and open to the public, RSVP required.