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Grey Art Museum The Grey Art Museum is NYU's fine arts museum. Located at 18 Cooper Square since March 2024. Eating or drinking is not permitted inside the museum.

COVID-19 Protocols:

All visitors must present proof of vaccination and photo identification upon entering the museum. Documentation must show proof that the visitor has received an FDA-authorized or WHO-listed vaccine and is up to date on their vaccinations (including booster, if eligible). Everyone must wear a mask that covers both the mouth and nose at all times. We ask that you postpone your visit to the museum, regardless of vaccination status, if:
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*You’ve tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 14 days.
*You’ve had close contact with anyone who is confirmed or suspected of having COVID-19. You and everyone in your group, including children, must comply with the protocols described above. Noncompliance may result in removal from the building. Thank you for your cooperation.

Looking back on an enriching program exploring the connections between visual abstraction and musical expression, presen...
10/08/2026

Looking back on an enriching program exploring the connections between visual abstraction and musical expression, presented alongside our current exhibition, “Making Music: Helen Frankenthaler Prints from the NYU Art Collection.”

Thank you to composer Kenneth Fuchs (Professor of Composition, University of Connecticut) and Dr. Douglas Dreishpoon (Director, Catalogue Raisonné Project, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation) for an inspiring discussion on how both artist and composer give form to feeling through poetic means.

Special thanks to the NYU Steinhardt student brass ensemble (Official NYU Brass Studies) for their performance of Fuchs’s “Fire, Ice, and Summer Bronze” (1986), inspired by Frankenthaler’s works on paper.

Performers: Joshua Condori (trumpet), Molly Weisberg (trumpet), Taylor Krause (French horn), Ethan Clark (trombone), David Horn (tuba). Coached by Prof. Javian Brabham (Director of Brass Studies, NYU Steinhardt).

“Making Music” is on view at NYU’s Grey Art Museum through July 3, 2027. FREE and open to all.

Co-sponsored by The Center for Ballet+the Arts and NYU Steinhardt MPAP.

The exhibition and program are supported by the Frankenthaler Prints Initiative (Helen Frankenthaler Foundation).

Special thanks to the NYU Steinhardt student brass ensemble (Official NYU Brass Studies) for their performance of Fuchs’s “Fire, Ice, and Summer Bronze” (1986), inspired by Frankenthaler’s works on paper.

Performers: Joshua Condori (trumpet), Molly Weisberg (trumpet), Taylor Krause (French horn), Ethan Clark (trombone), David Horn (tuba). Coached by Prof. Javian Brabham (Director of Brass Studies, NYU Steinhardt).

Special thanks to the NYU Steinhardt student brass ensemble (Official NYU Brass Studies) for their performance of Fuchs’s “Fire, Ice, and Summer Bronze” (1986), inspired by Frankenthaler’s works on paper.

Performers: Joshua Condori (trumpet), Molly Weisberg (trumpet), Taylor Krause (French horn), Ethan Clark (trombone), David Horn (tuba). Coached by Prof. Javian Brabham (Director of Brass Studies, NYU Steinhardt).

Thank you to composer Kenneth Fuchs (Professor of Composition, University of Connecticut) and Dr. Douglas Dreishpoon (Director, Catalogue Raisonné Project,

10/07/2026

Meet the 36-foot giant in NYU’s Silver Towers plaza: “Bust of Sylvette” (1968). Designed by Pablo Picasso and sandblasted into concrete by Carl Nesjar, this monumental sculpture scales up a small folded-metal artwork Picasso created in 1954. But who was the girl behind the iconic high ponytail?

Known in the art world as “The girl with the ponytail,” her name was Sylvette David, a 19-year-old who was the subject of over 60 Picasso works, and became a public figure and artist in her own right. In 1970 she changed her name to Lydia Corbett and made a career for herself as an internationally exhibited painter and ceramicist. Today, her likeness is found on our campus, captured at the same age as the students who walk past her every day.

📍 NYU Silver Towers Plaza (off Bleecker St.)

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It’s been an exciting first month of “by Alison Knowles” at the Grey! Knowles’s work invites us to explore daily life th...
10/06/2026

It’s been an exciting first month of “by Alison Knowles” at the Grey! Knowles’s work invites us to explore daily life through simple actions that activate sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. We’re thrilled to offer a window into her world through the exhibition and our related programs.

View highlights from our recent panel discussion, curator tour, and two live event score activations.

📍 "by Alison Knowles: A Retrospective (1960–2022)" is on view through January 30. FREE and open to the public.

Join us for a workshop inspired by Alison Knowles’s “The House of Dust,” one of the earliest computer-generated poems, c...
09/30/2026

Join us for a workshop inspired by Alison Knowles’s “The House of Dust,” one of the earliest computer-generated poems, coded in FORTRAN. Participants will execute their own infinite poems, experimenting with the materiality of written words and different printing technologies—including dot matrix, thermal, and inkjet—exploring how the meaning of a poem shifts dramatically depending on how it is made.

Bring your laptop and experience the surprisingly liberating potential of printers in poetry!
(No prior creative writing or coding experience is necessary.)

Led by computational poet Prof. Allison Parrish and artist Prof. Blair Simmons (ITP/IMA, NYU Tisch).

Wednesday, October 7, 6:00–7:30 PM
20 Cooper Square, Room 101, New York, NY

Link in bio to register!

Co-sponsored by ITP/IMA, NYU Tisch and the Creative Writing Program, NYU Arts & Sciences

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Image:
Detail of “Live computer printout of The House of Dust poem”, 1971/2022. Software, vintage computer and printer, fanfold continuous paper. Courtesy Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen

“Alison Knowles’ most famous work is made of salad — lots and lots of salad. Sliced, washed and ready to eat, the verdur...
09/22/2026

“Alison Knowles’ most famous work is made of salad — lots and lots of salad. Sliced, washed and ready to eat, the verdure plops from a great height on to a tarp below, followed by cascades of oil and vinegar. Volunteers at ground level toss the whole mess with sticks or rakes, then divide it up among the viewers/diners as a multisensory delight.”

“Make a Salad” plays a starring role in “by Alison Knowles,” an improbably vivid retrospective at the Grey Art Museum spanning more than six decades of the late artist’s career. “ — Ariella Budick

Click the link in our bio to read the full review in the Financial Times! “by Alison Knowles: A Retrospective (1960–2022)” is on view at the Grey Art Museum through January 30, 2027.

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Image: Alison Knowles and participants performing “Make a Salad (Plein air version)” at the Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, 2018 © Seth Beckton. Courtesy Aspen Art Museum

“Knowles’s capacity to absorb, translate, and communicate her surroundings proved pivotal in introducing the interdiscip...
09/22/2026

“Knowles’s capacity to absorb, translate, and communicate her surroundings proved pivotal in introducing the interdisciplinary, avant-garde, and performance-based tenets of Fluxus (meaning “to flow”) to American art in the early 1960s. Indeed, the exhibition’s first section introduces Knowles not only as a distinct artist, but also as an influential part of the larger movement invested in collaboration and ephemerality.” — Leah Triplett Harrington

Thank you for the thoughtful review, Hyperallergic! “by Alison Knowles: A Retrospective (1960–2022)” is on view at the Grey Art Museum through January 30, 2027.

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Image: Students gather at “The House of Dust,” California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, 1971. Courtesy California Institute of the Arts, Institute Archives

“I did not expect to take my shoes off at the Grey Art Museum, and I definitely did not expect to walk barefoot through ...
09/16/2026

“I did not expect to take my shoes off at the Grey Art Museum, and I definitely did not expect to walk barefoot through a pile of beans — but playing it safe doesn’t seem to be Alison Knowles’ approach to art.”
—Rhea Kohli, Fine Arts Editor

Thank you Washington Square News for the great review!

“by Alison Knowles: A Retrospective (1960–2022)” spans six decades of the artist’s career, bringing together some 200 works across performance, printmaking, sound, and artist’s books.

On view at the Grey through January 30, 2027. Free and open to the public.

Full article link in our bio!

Head over to Printed Matter, Inc. this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 6–8 PM, for the launch of Nicole L. Woods’s new book, “Perfo...
09/14/2026

Head over to Printed Matter, Inc. this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 6–8 PM, for the launch of Nicole L. Woods’s new book, “Performing Chance: The Art of Alison Knowles In/Out of Fluxus,” the first monographic study on the artist.

Woods, a scholar and contributor to the “by Alison Knowles” exhibition catalogue, will read an excerpt and lead a Q&A on contemporary art criticism and the role of the monograph, in conversation with Saisha Grayson.

“by Alison Knowles: A Retrospective (1960–2022)” is on view at the Grey Art Museum, NYU through Jan. 30, 2027.
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Nicole Woods, PhD .woods Saisha Grayson-Knoth University of Chicago Press Alison Knowles

Image: Book cover for “Performing Chance”

On this 25th anniversary of September 11, we honor the lives lost and the communities impacted by that day.These prints ...
09/11/2026

On this 25th anniversary of September 11, we honor the lives lost and the communities impacted by that day.

These prints from Elena del Rivero’s portfolio, [Swi:t] Home (2002–2003), pair floor plans of her damaged home and studio—located a block away from the towers—with photographs of debris from Ground Zero. A recent gift to the NYU Art Collection, these poignant images ground us in both the intimate and historic dimensions of the tragedy.

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Images:
Elena del Rivero, Printer: Ann Q. McKeown, “the bed” (from [Swi:t Home] portfolio), 2002-2003. Photo etching with line embossing on paper. Grey Art Museum, New York University, Gift of the Artist.

Elena del Rivero, Printer: Ann Q. McKeown, “the street” (from [Swi:t Home] portfolio), 2002-2003. Photo etching with line embossing on paper. Grey Art Museum, New York University, Gift of the Artist.

“Celebrating every red thing!” 🔴 Thank you to everyone who helped activate Alison Knowles’s event score, “Celebration Re...
09/10/2026

“Celebrating every red thing!” 🔴 Thank you to everyone who helped activate Alison Knowles’s event score, “Celebration Red” during the opening reception.

We enjoyed watching the interactive installation evolve throughout the evening, shaped by the red objects you brought and the red attire you wore.

In “Celebration Red,” Knowles extends her exploration of scores, live action, and everyday materials into the shared space of a gallery. Structured by a simple grid and activated by communal participation, the work unfolds as a living composition shaped entirely by attention, chance, and community.

“by Alison Knowles: A Retrospective (1960–2022)” is on view now at New York University’s Grey Art Museum.
Visit us through January 30 to experience the exhibition in person.

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Images: Installation view of “Celebration Red” from the exhibition “by Alison Knowles” at the Grey Art Museum, NYU, 2026. Photos 1-7: Mikhail Mishin (MISHIN)

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