Public Programs
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2026 Calendar
Jan
Series: Art in Advance
Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 6:00pm
Inside the 2026 Whitney Biennial
Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art; Drew Sawyer, Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art
Conservation Workshop
Friday, January 30, 2026, 9:30am-5:00pm
Nanocellulose Gels for Greener Cleaning of Heritage Objects
This workshop will be held at the Conservation Center
This workshop is co-sponsored by NYU's Tandon School of Engineering and the University of the Basque Country
Feb
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 6:00pm
Lại Diệu Hà, artist, Nhi Lê, artist, Lumi Tan, curator, moderated by Catherine Quan Damman
Gender, Autonomy, and Performance in Vietnam: An Evening with Lại Diệu Hà and Nhi Lê
Series: Roberta and Richard Huber Colloquium
Monday, February 9, 6:00pm
Lecture by Ignacio Szmulewicz, PhD Candidate, Architecture and Urban Studies at Catholic University
Three Pioneers of Latin American Art History in the United States: George Kubler, Pál Kelemen and Leopoldo Castedo
Series: Southeast Asia, Bosch series
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 6:30pm
Lecture by Jessica Rahardjo, Research Associate at the Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford
Logics of Localisation: Vernacular Islamic tombstone traditions of Sumatra
Mar
Kirk Varnedoe Memorial Lecture
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 6:00pm
Lecture by Patrick Flores, Chief Curator of the National Gallery Singapore
Series: Southeast Asia Initiative
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Lecture by Geok Yian Goh, Associate Professor of History, Nanyang Technological University
Series: Southeast Asia Initiative
Monday, March 30, 2026
Curatorial Workshop with Ho Tzu Nyen, Artist and Curator of the Gwangju Biennale
Series: Southeast Asia Initiative
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Lecture by Ho Tzu Nyen, Artist and Curator of the Gwangju Biennale
Apr
Series: Artists at the Institute
Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 6:00pm
Saodat Ismailova
A conversation with artist Saodat Ismailova in conjunction with her solo exhibition opening at the Swiss Institute on January 21, 2026 and continuing until April 12, 2026
Series: Silberberg Lecture
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 6:00pm
Lecture by Monica Bravo, Princeton University
Series: Southeast Asia Initiative
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Lecture by Eric Tagliacozzo, John Stambaugh Professor of History, Cornell University
Series: Close Reading: Authors at the IFA
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Lecture by Edward Sullivan
May
Series: Praska Lecture
Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 6:00pm
Lecture by Deborah Trupin
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