Lectures

Tuesday Evenings at the Modern Lecture Series

Select Tuesdays, 6 pm 

This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public. Lectures begin at 6 pm in the Modern’s auditorium. Seating is at 5:30 pm. 

A limited number of tickets (limit two per person) will be available for purchase online ($5) from 10 am until 3 pm the day of the lecture. Free admission tickets (limit two per person) are available at the Modern’s information desk beginning at 4 pm on the day of the lecture. 

On Tuesday nights during the lecture series, the galleries and the Modern Shop are open until 6 pm. Enjoy happy hour at Café Modern beginning at 4 pm, with $5 select wines by the glass and $2 off well drinks and beer. Modern members receive half off the evening's artist-inspired specialty cocktail.

Lectures will not be broadcast into the café or live streamed this season.

Podcasts of these lectures are available here, two weeks after the presentation date.

Video recordings of the lectures are available on the Modern's YouTube channel.

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