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 livestream broadcast of the lecture will be available here.

A limited number of tickets (limit two per person) will be available for purchase ($5) from 10 am until 3 pm the day of the lecture online. 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 shop are open until 6 pm and Café Modern’s bar is open with special signature cocktails(no food service available.) Lectures will not be broadcast into the café this season.

New! Enjoy happy hour at Café Modern prior to all Tuesday Evening Lectures, beginning at 4 pm! $5 select wines by the glass, $2 off well drinks and beer. Modern members receive half off the evening's artist-inspired specialty cocktail.

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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