Alexandra Farber presents Dance at the Modern: Women Painting Women
Alexandra Farber presents Dance at the Modern: Women Painting Women, with excerpts of her works The Way We Change and Inside Voices and the world premiere of Three Portraits.
The Great American Lie
The Great American Lie is a documentary film that examines what inequality looks like today and traces its roots to our long-revered promise of the American Dream. It's a story about how the ideas that are imbued in the Dream dominate our society and create and perpetuate inequality, deepening our social, economic, and political chasms. The film looks at what Americans are told - through all aspects of our culture - about who and what is valued, based on how we "gender" people and things.
Drawing from the Collection for Children
Every first Sunday of the month, Drawing from the Collection for Children session is led by an artist who takes participants through informal drawing exercises in relation to works in the Modern’s galleries. For ages 5-12
Artist Instructors
May - Nour Alkhatib
June - Kris Wright
July - Assistant Curator of Education Fernando Alvarez
Drawing from the Collection
Learn with local artists as they lead informal basic drawing classes in the galleries every first Sunday of the month.
Artist Instructors
May - Matthew Ryan Johnson
June - Gino Dal Cim
July - Assistant Curator of Education Sarah Theurer Hunt
This free class is open to adults at all skill levels. Materials are provided; personal sketchbooks are encouraged. Registration is not required, but participants should sign in at the information desk.
First Friday Spotlight Tour
This short, 20-minute tour is narrowly focused on a single theme and is the perfect break from the First Friday action of the Grand Lobby. The tour starts at the information desk. Gallery admission is free on Friday.
Special Exhibition Tour
A public tour focused specifically on current special exhibitions is available at 2 pm on the second Saturday of each month. This tour does not require prior arrangements and begins in the Museum lobby.
Special Exhibition Tour
A public tour focused specifically on current special exhibitions is available at 2 pm on the second Saturday of each month. This tour does not require prior arrangements and begins in the Museum lobby.
Architecture Tour
This tour focuses on the Modern’s renowned building, designed by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Tadao Ando. Learn the concepts behind Ando’s design and explore the variety of gallery spaces, the reflecting pond and grounds, the iconic concrete Y-columns, and many other aspects of what has been named one of the “World’s Most Beautiful Art Museums” by Travel + Leisure.
This tour occurs every first Saturday and is free with gallery admission. Meet by the information desk in the Grand Lobby.
First Friday Spotlight Tour
This short, 20-minute tour is narrowly focused on a single theme and is the perfect break from the First Friday action of the Grand Lobby. The tour starts at the information desk. Gallery admission is free on Friday.
Slow Art Tour
The aim of the Slow Art movement is to break with the often frenetic pace of modern life to simply enjoy works of art in a deliberate and unhurried fashion. Slow Art at the Modern invests in this pause with a 30-minute spotlight tour focusing on one work of art.
Slow Art Tours are every third Friday and are free with no registration required.