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Name: Queens Museum
Address: New York City Building Flushing Meadows Corona Park, New York, NY, 11368, US
Telephone: +17185929700
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The Queens Museum is a home for the production and presentation of great art, intimately connected to

e appreciation and enjoyment of art, support the creative efforts of artists, and enhance the quality of life through interpreting, collecting, and exhibiting art, architecture, and design. The Queens Museum presents artistic and educational programs and exhibitions that directly relate to the contemporary urban life of its constituents, while maintaining the highest standards of professional, intellectual, and ethical responsibility.

07/23/2024

On Saturday 7/27, experience an opportunity for tea and conversation with artist Nsenga Knight and special guest Sibok Shahid Najee-ullah, Head Instructor at the renowned SWAM Dojo in Jamaica, Queens.

Join Nsenga in conversation with Sibok Shahid about the legacy and tradition he upholds as one of the most honored students of Sijo Abdul Mutakabbir, the Dojo’s founder.

RSVP is encouraged for the 7/27 event.

Learn more and RSVP: https://bit.ly/toknowoneanotherjuly

Image: Installation view, "Nsenga Knight: Close to Home." (May 19, 2024 - January 19, 2025) Photo by Hai Zhang.

07/17/2024

On this week's , we're highlighting the Pavilion at the 1939-40 World's Fair. 🇻🇪

According to the official guidebook from the fair, The Venezuela Pavilion was a jewel-like square building with glass walls and no doors. The theme of the exhibit was the modern, progressive life, industry, and art of Venezuela. The displays centered about two main products of the country-orchids and oil.

A huge mural on the ceiling depicted scenic beauties, and products. Another feature was the outdoor orchid gems. This consisted of an exhibit of orchids placed upon trees, executed by the native sculptor, Francesco Narváez. 🌸

The supply of orchids was replenished continually, coming directly from Venezuela by air mail. The mural on the ceiling was intersected by serpentine walls, which were fronted by five large sculpted figures representing Venezuelan products – Coffee, cocoa, fruits, oil, and pearls. Nearby in the tropical garden, native coffee, cocoa and Hallacas (a native dish) were served.

Learn more about the 1939-40 World's Fair by visiting our collection IRL! 🌐

Images: (1) Venezuela Pavilion, vintage silver gelatin print. Donated by Melvin Roland, 1987. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York.

07/16/2024

Cameron Granger’s “Hollowfolk #2- Black Herman Covers the World” is an piece that connects to the legacy of Black Herman (1892-1934), and how his work in the mystical and spiritual was integral to Black communities.

On Saturday 7/20, Join Cameron and as they delve into topics about Black belief systems explored in the exhibition “Cameron A. Granger: 9999.”

Granger and Chireau will explore invisible institutions, the transition of conjuring practices from plantation communities in the Reconstruction Era, the development of urban magic and spiritual merchants, and the blurred lines between religion and stage magic. RSVP is required.

🔗: https://bit.ly/camerongrangerinconversation

Explore “Hollowfolk #2- Black Herman Covers the World” in 60 seconds and discover the rest of “9999” on your next visit!

07/14/2024

A close-up of the icon of the World's Borough, the .

Learn more about the Unisphere by visiting our Collection!

Plan your visit at the 🔗 in our bio.

📷: The Unisphere, c. 1964. Color photograph. Gift of Samuel Ziegler, 1988.

07/13/2024

Appropriating illustrations from The Flying Gauchito in "Los Tres Caballeros" and its unfinished sequel "The Laughing Gauchito", Catalina Schliebener Muñoz employs mirror symmetry to draw attention to overlooked moments and to disrupt repressive hierarchies in "Aves Raras".

In the story, a young Uruguayan gaucho discovers a flying donkey while hunting Andean condors. He attempts to capture the unusual winged creature in the hopes of becoming rich, but the donkey repeatedly liberates itself from the trap. Later, the pair develop a tender friendship and collaboration, entering and winning a horse race before flying off together.

Schliebener Muñoz renders these two characters in doubles and triples, where the fluid outlines of their interspecies forms are entangled with gauchito’s dangling hunting boleadoras that spill out from the wall.

Disrupting the social norms enforced in the gauchito’s coming-of-age tale, Schliebener Muñoz interrogates the machismo and anti-establishment attitude of gaucho culture to blur the lines between what is considered ethical and subversive, childish and mature, subject and object.

Explore "Aves Raras" and the rest of "Buenos Vecinos" IRL on your next visit!

Image: Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, detail view, "Aves Raras", 2024. Vinyl, paint, leather and stone hunting bolas (boleadoras). Courtesy the artist. Photo: Hai Zhang.

07/12/2024

07/11/2024

Spots are still open for our Middle School Summer Camp! 📣

This program is free of charge and aims to engage youth from the community, providing them with a unique opportunity to connect with the museum, other teens, and the world of art. Registration will close when the program has reached capacity.

From 7.29 to 08.04, middle school-aged children (11-14) can spend their Summer at the Museum learning more about all the things you could possibly make with paper, the infinite art-making processes this simple yet incredibly versatile material lends itself to.

Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/middleschoolworkshop24

Image: Kuo-Heng Huang.

07/09/2024

On Saturday 7/20, "Spirit that can’t be broken, rooted forever in your survival" will have In Situ Fellow Cameron A. Granger and come together in conversation as they delve into topics about Black belief systems explored in the exhibition "Cameron A. Granger: 9999."

Granger and Chireau will explore invisible institutions, the transition of conjuring practices from plantation communities in the Reconstruction Era, the development of urban magic and spiritual merchants, and the blurred lines between religion and stage magic. 🔮

RSVP is required. Learn more: https://bit.ly/camerongrangerinconversation

Image: Detail of Cameron A. Granger, "Hollowfolk #2 - Black Herman Covers The World," 2024, Screenprint and inkjet prints. Photo: Hai Zhang.

07/08/2024

In Lyle Ashton Harris “Our first and last love”, “Untitled (Cape Coast)” plays in Gallery two, on pigment-printed silk organza that reminds the viewer of soft breezes by the ocean. It also has footage of people walking on the coast and the town that was taken by Harris.

Explore “Untitled (Cape Coast)” and the rest of “Our first and last love” on your next visit!

📹: Lyle Ashton Harris, “Untitled (Cape Coast)”, 2008. Installation with video projection on pigment-printed silk organza. Editions 3 of 3, 1AP. 8 min 45 sec. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; gift of the artist and CRG Gallery.

07/07/2024

It's the ! 🎸

We're sharing this to 2016, where the Museum celebrated The Ramones in "Hey! Ho! Let's Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk."

In partnership with the GRAMMY Museum, the Museum explored the Ramones through a new lens: their roots in and revealed their ascendancy in both music and visual culture, demonstrating their remarkable influence on music, fashion, fine art, comics, and film. The Grammy Museum exhibition contextualized the band in the larger pantheon of music history and pop culture.

What's your favorite track? 🎸

Images: (1) Danny Fields, Ramones with Chrissie Hynde and Captain Sensible ,1976. Photograph courtesy the photographer. (2) Installation view, "Hey! Ho! Let's Go!: Ramones and the Birth of Punk" (April 10, 2016 – July 31, 2016) Photo credit: Hai Zhang.

07/06/2024

In "Purity, Enlightenment, and Rebirth," Nsenga Knight resituates the archival in the domestic space. For her, the family dwelling is where history is shaped through a way of life, and the notion of community and nationhood is nurtured.

Fashioned as a family wall, this installation interweaves the artist’s own family photos with historical images. The familial photographs include Knight’s recent trip to Guyana, marking her mother’s first return since immigrating to the United States in the 1960s, and the artist’s first visit.

Interspersed between are found images that build a visual history of 1960s Black-
Arab-Muslim nationhood, including portraits of Malcolm X in his Queens home and Muhammad Ali’s Muslim family life from Ebony and Jet Magazine. Knight sourced plates that bear images of the 1964–1965 ’s African Pavilions and the Fair’s theme “Peace Through Understanding.”

The custom-made wallpaper’s lotus flowers reference the popular plant motif in ancient Egyptian and Islamic art, a symbol of creation and rebirth. From the intimately personal to the historic and iconic public domain, Knight celebrates the 1960s independence of African and Caribbean nations, and the re-emergence of Islamic identity in the global African diaspora.

Explore "Purity, Enlightenment, and Rebirth," and the rest of "Close to Home" IRL on your next visit!

Image: Installation view, "Nsenga Knight: Close to Home" (May 19, 2024 -
January 19, 2025). Photo credit: Hai Zhang.

07/05/2024

Celebrate "Prototyping Play" with artist Cas Holman as part of our July Family Day on 7.14! 🙌

"Prototyping Play" experiments with different modes of intuitive and child-directed free play in an art museum environment. Holman’s open-ended playthings and playspaces foster collaboration, inventive thinking, and interactivity, inviting artists of all ages to create, exchange, cooperate, and leave their mark.

Highlights:

🎨 1:00pm to 4:00pm: Drop-In Art Workshops
Led by one of our teaching artists, these hands-on art-making sessions are designed for the whole family to enjoy.

💬 3:00pm to 3:45pm: Exhibition walkthrough and demo with Cas Holman
Explore Prototyping Play with a guided tour and learn more about Cas Holman’s innovative playscape.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/celebratingprototypingplay

07/03/2024

On this week's , we're highlighting the Travelers Insurance Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair! 🌎

In this pavilion, which appeared to float on jets of water, the two-and-a-half-billion-year story of life on earth was portrayed, beginning with the earliest cell and culminating in modern man's leap into space. Under the red dome that symbolized the Travelers umbrella of protection, 13 dioramas used life-sized models, stage sets and sound and lighting effects to re-create the most crucial eras and events of the exhibit's theme, "The Triumph of Man."

Explore archival ephemera from the 1964-65 World's Fair on your next visit!

Images: "The Triumph of Man", vinyl jacket. Provenance research in progress. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1964–19465 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York.

07/02/2024

She's the legend, the icon and she is the moment ✨

Explore the history of the and how it came to be in to representing the World's Borough on your next visit to our collection! 🌐

Image: "How U.S. Steel innovated the largest earth model in history", booklet. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Weinstein, 1989. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1964–19465 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York.

07/01/2024

On Saturday 06/01, we celebrated the opening of the annual Queens Teens Institute exhibition and conclusion of the 2023-2024 Leadership Cohort. 🌐

Their exhibition "Instar: In Bloom" reflected on the emergence of social movements, the ways in which they adapt and evolve, and the relationship of the intrapersonal to collective change. "Instar" refers to the state between two successive molts or shedding processes. Working across painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and performance, these young artists consider their own instars and evolution into adulthood; the people, events, resources, and feelings that propel change; and what it means to come into being and bloom.

Swipe through to recap our opening, and thank you to Marshall for their swag bags filled with music goodies 🎧

Congratulations to the cohort for all of their accomplishments! 🎉

Images: Neil Constantine

06/30/2024

Explore all of NYC with the comfort of AC at the 🍎🌬️

📷 : The Panorama of the City of New York, photo by Max Touhey.

06/29/2024

It's ! 📸

During the 1939-1940 , the Eastman-Kodak Pavilion seeked to cover every known field of activity and every conceivable shade of visitors' interest in the vast realm of photography.

It showcased new innovations and technologies in photography, from color film in a 22 ft screen presentation to new imaging for the areas of medical and scientific imaging. The pavilion also housed a variety of exhibitions that explored the Kodak company, its employees, and the impact of Kodak technology nationally & internationally.

Scroll to explore the Kodak Pavilion and discover the rest of our World's Fair Collection on your next visit! 📷

Images: (1) "Model of a Kodak Supermatic shutter," in Kodak at the New York World's Fair, c. 1939. Book. Gift of Irene Feldman, 2006. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York. (2) "Display of various professional fields to utilize cameras," in Kodak at the New York World's Fair, c. 1939. Book. Gift of Irene Feldman, 2006. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York. (3) "Visitors viewing a display of every camera made by Kodak," in Kodak at the New York World's Fair, c. 1939. Book. Gift of Irene Feldman, 2006. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York. (4) "Fairgoers visit the photographic garden at the Kodak Pavilion," in Kodak at the New York World's Fair, c. 1939. Book. Gift of Irene Feldman, 2006. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York. (5) "View of the Eastman Kodak Pavilion at the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair," c. 1939. Silver gelatin print. Gift of Melvin Roland, 1989. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York.

06/28/2024

Lyle Ashton Harris “Blow Up” series (2004–2019) is a precursor to his “Shadow Works.” Like the Shadow constructions, the Blow Up
"Obsessão II" was made following Harris’ 2013 rediscovery of photographs from
his Ektachrome Archive in storage. These images feature friends, lovers, and cultural icons from the late 1980s and early ’90s, among them Renee Cox, bell hooks, Isaac Julien, Faith Ringgold, and Iké Udé, as well as individuals—including Essex Hemphill and Marlon Riggs—whose lives were cut short by AIDS.

A number of images from the archive are reproduced within this wall-mounted
collage, mixed alongside stills from Harris’ video works, documentation of his journals, scrawled sticky notes, news articles and headlines, and translucent segments of the colored photographic gels used in his studio practice. The repetition of certain elements, reproduced at different scales and using a variety of materials, map pathways across the works’ layered surface. Much like Harris’ “Shadow Works,” "Obsessão II" intertwines the very personal with the public: bearing witness to the losses of the past within the space of the present and giving shape to a narrative that is both intimate and collective.

Explore "Obsessão II" and the rest of "Our first and last love" on your next visit!

Image: Lyle Ashton Harris, "Obsessão II", 2017. Mixed media collage on panel. 11’ 1.5”H x 9’8”W. Courtesy of the artist.

06/27/2024

Explore a chromatic celebration of colors at "Tiffany's Lamps: Lighting Luxury" 🔆

Combining usefulness and beauty in an innovative way, they provide illumination while softening the brightness of early electric light bulbs, but their interplay of richly-colored glass and sculpted bronze transformed these useful household objects into works of art.

Experience our collection on your next visit!

Image: Installation view: "Tiffany's Lamps: Lighting Luxury", The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass.

06/26/2024

On this week's , we're spotlighting the -Cola Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair 🌐

The pavilion may be one of the more recognizable from the entire fair–the Walt animations and a ride created by the man himself saluting the children of the world through cemented "It's a Small World" into popular culture and still remains an permanent attraction at Disney Land and Disney World.

In the smaller pavilion outside the ride, UNICEF greeting cards, books, games and posters were on sale. A garden had photographic displays on the theme of every child's right to security, good health and education. From the Tower of the Four Winds dangled colorful shapes which twist and dance in the breeze.

Explore ephemera from the Pepsi-Cola Pavilion and the rest of the 1939-40 and 1964-65 Fairs on your next visit!

Images: (1) Animatronics from It’s a Small World ride at the Pepsi-Cola Pavilion, vintage silver gelatin print. Provenance research in progress. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1964–19465 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York. (2) Pepsi-Cola Pavilion, c. 1964-1965. Postcard. Gift of Anthony Opalka, 2014. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York.

06/25/2024

Nsenga Knight's "The Clinic" is an installation that offers a spiritual and philosophical connection to Knight's community, culture and the rest of her exhibition "Close to Home."

Explore "The Clinic" in 60 seconds and discover the rest of "Close to Home" on your next visit!

06/24/2024

Calling all middle schoolers! 📣

From Monday 07.29 to Friday 08.02, engage with our current season of exhibitions in a week of self-discovery, creativity, and collaboration as we celebrate paper as more than just a surface—it’s an active material full of boundless potential. From xerox art to printmaking, collage, zines, sculpture, and even button-making, discover how paper evolves into expressive mediums and a vehicle for sharing stories with communities. ✍️

Register online today and learn more about the workshop: https://bit.ly/middleschoolworkshop24

06/23/2024

To educate New Yorkers about the water supply system, the Department of Water Supply, Gas, and Electricity created the relief map now displayed at the Museum. A team of cartographers began work in 1938 with a depression-era budget of $100,000, roughly $1.5 million in today’s dollars. But at 540 square feet, the model was too big for the allotted space. Ten years later, it made its only public appearance in the City’s Golden Anniversary Exposition at Manhattan’s Grand Central Palace.

In 2008, after decades in storage, the 27-piece relief map was in desperate need of conservation. The model was sent to McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Lab in Oberlin, Ohio and restored to its original brilliance. In collaboration with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, it now remains in its originally intended home in the New York City Building.

Explore the Relief Map on your next visit! 🚰

Image: The Department of Environmental Protection, City Tunnel 3: Central Park Valve Chamber, 1984.

06/21/2024

"Harris has used self-image, directly or indirectly–as a tool of personal and political investigation." – Holland Cotter

"Harris possesses a sensitivity to and an understanding of African Art and culture that enriches his work immensely...it's not a matter of "authenticity"; it's about depth, flair and a sense of cultural continuity." – Vince Aletti

"I always think of you as the living godfather of gender, race, and sexuality. I think about some of those early works that you made and I feel like everyone in my generation or the generation below me is doing that now." – Ryan McGinley

Read about " Lyle Ashton Harris: Our first and last love" in The New York Times, The New Yorker and Interview Magazine. Explore the exhibition IRL on your next visit!

06/20/2024

🌞✨ Calling all young artists and adventurers!
Spots are still open for the Queens Museum Summer Camp! 🎨🏛️

Join us for an unforgettable summer filled with creativity, exploration, and fun. Our camp offers a unique opportunity to dive into the world of art, learn new skills, and make lasting friendships. From hands-on workshops to exciting museum tours, there's something for everyone!

Don't miss out on this incredible experience—secure your spot today and let the summer adventures begin! 🌟

Image: Kuo-Heng Huang.

06/18/2024

Celebrate the longest day of the year and the official start of Summer weekend at the Queens Museum! ☀️

RSVP to our upcoming events this weekend:

Friday 06.21: Celebrating Pride in our Community with Colectivo Intercultural Transgrediendo 🏳️‍🌈

Saturday 06.22: Honoring Indigenous Lifeways: Summer Roundtable and Culture Share 🔅

Sunday 06.23: On Place and Process: In Situ Artist Fellows in the Studio 🎨

Learn more: https://queensmuseum.org/whats-on/

06/15/2024

Join us for with Colectivo Intercultural Transgrediendo on 06/21! It will be a vibrant event dedicated to celebrating diversity, inclusion, and the resilience of the Trans and Gender Non-Binary (TransGNB) community.

Highlights of the Event:
🎤 Inspiring speeches from community leaders and activists
✨ Honoring leaders and collaborators
💃 Performances by talented TransGNB artists
🙌 Celebration of our collective progress and resilience

🏳️‍⚧️Your presence at this celebration will not only honor the spirit of Pride but also support our ongoing efforts to advocate for the rights and inclusion of TransGNB people. Together, we can create a future where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

RSVP is required, learn more: https://bit.ly/celebratingprideincommunity

📸 : Kuo-Heng Huang.

06/14/2024

Celebrate the on Saturday 06/22 with Honoring Indigenous Lifeways, a Summer Roundtable and Culture Share as part of our ! 🌞

The afternoon will be filled with outdoor events centering Indigenous practices for connecting with the land on the occasion of the Summer Solstice:

💬 A roundtable discussion with Tsering Choedron, Fabian Muenala, Yaritza Saavedra, and Aiyana Smith, moderated by Tecumseh Ceaser to discuss the importance of reclaiming and sustaining Indigenous ceremonies across local Native and diasporic Indigenous traditions.

🎤 A culture share with Calpulli Tletl Papalotzin, Shane Weeks, and Tsering Lodoe, including storytelling, land blessing, music and movement practices that foster exchange across Indigenous lifeways, notions of kinship, languages, and forms of knowledge.

This is a cross-language event, with English – Spanish simultaneous interpretation available.

RSVP is required: https://bit.ly/honoringindigenouslifeways

This program is part of The Indigenous Practice Studio (IPS), an initiative that is currently in development at the Queens Museum in partnership with artist and cultural consultant Tecumseh Ceaser. The Indigenous Practice Studio is an experimental program consisting of long-term research, continued learning, programming, and consultation and relationship building with local Native and diasporic Indigenous communities. The Queens Museum acknowledges its occupancy of unceded Indigenous lands and builds towards restorative and non-extractive ways of working with Indigenous artists and communities. IPS reflects the Queens Museum’s ongoing commitment to self-interrogation and recognizes its work as unfinished, with this effort as a starting point.

Image: Summer Solstice Ceremony by Danza Azteca Calpulli Tletl Papalotzin, presented as part of Summer Solstice Celebration: Ceremonies for Connecting with the Land, June 24, 2023. Photo: Catherine Grau.

06/12/2024

On this week's , we're highlighting the Pavilion at the 1964-65 🇮🇳

The striking pavilion, whose first floor had cascades of water falling into a lotus pond, reflected the industrial and social progress that India had made in the last decade and a half as an independent nation. An exhibition of art works, ancient and modern, showcased the diversity of India's cultures. A shop sold rare art objects, saris, baskets and stoneware and a restaurant in a separate building served the delicacies of the land.

This postcard reads "The India Pavilion entrance hall with the Sarnath Buddha from the 5th Century and the Hindu temple Bronzes from the 12th and 13th Centuries"

Explore archival ephemera from the 64-65 Fair by visiting our collection!

Image: "India Pavilion", postcard. Printed by ColourPicture Publishers Inc., Boston, MA. Gift of Sophie Minkoff, 1989. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York.

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hollowfolk

Cameron Granger’s “Hollowfolk #2- Black Herman Covers the World” is an piece that connects to the legacy of Black Herman (1892-1934), and how his work in the mystical and spiritual was integral to Black communities. On Saturday 7/20, Join Cameron and #YvonneChireau as they delve into topics about Black belief systems explored in the exhibition “Cameron A. Granger: 9999.” Granger and Chireau will explore invisible institutions, the transition of conjuring practices from plantation communities in the Reconstruction Era, the development of urban magic and spiritual merchants, and the blurred lines between religion and stage magic. RSVP is required. 🔗: https://bit.ly/camerongrangerinconversation Explore “Hollowfolk #2- Black Herman Covers the World” in 60 seconds and discover the rest of “9999” on your next visit!

Family Day

Celebrate "Prototyping Play" with artist Cas Holman as part of our July Family Day on 7.14! 🙌 "Prototyping Play" experiments with different modes of intuitive and child-directed free play in an art museum environment. Holman’s open-ended playthings and playspaces foster collaboration, inventive thinking, and interactivity, inviting artists of all ages to create, exchange, cooperate, and leave their mark. Explore the full schedule and learn more: https://bit.ly/celebratingprototypingplay Family Day is supported by Maspeth Federal Savings. #QueensMuseum #FlushingMeadowsCulture #PrototypingPlay #ForKids

Cape Coast

In Lyle Ashton Harris “Our first and last love”, “Untitled (Cape Coast)” plays in Gallery two, on pigment-printed silk organza that reminds the viewer of soft breezes by the ocean. It also has footage of people walking on the coast and the town that was taken by Harris. Explore “Untitled (Cape Coast)” and the rest of “Our first and last love” on your next visit! 📹: Lyle Ashton Harris, “Untitled (Cape Coast)”, 2008. Installation with video projection on pigment-printed silk organza. Editions 3 of 3, 1AP. 8 min 45 sec. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; gift of the artist and CRG Gallery.

The Clinic

Nsenga Knight's "The Clinic" is an installation that offers a spiritual and philosophical connection to Knight's community, culture and the rest of her exhibition "Close to Home." Explore "The Clinic" in 60 seconds and discover the rest of "Close to Home" on your next visit!

Buenos Vecinos

A little bird told us it was #NationalDonaldDuckDay! 🦆 We caught up with In Situ Fellow Catalina Schliebener Muñoz to discuss how the iconic #Disney character is part of their exhibition, "Buenos Vecinos", but not in the ways you would expect. While their mural of the fictional gift given to Donald gestures to diplomacy and friendly relations between North and South America during the Good Neighbor Policy, the backside of the installation reveals a more complex reality. Explore "Buenos Vecinos" on your next visit!

In Situ

On Saturday 06/23, join us for "On Place and Process: In Situ Artist Fellows in the Studio" a special conversation between Cameron A. Granger, Nsenga Knight, and Catalina Schliebener Muñoz. The three In Situ Artist Fellows will discuss their fellowship and process in preparing for the solo exhibitions currently on view in the galleries: "Cameron A Granger: 9999" "Nsenga Knight: Close To Home" "Catalina Schliebener Muñoz: Buenos Vecinos" Attendees are also invited to join the artists in their studios for informal conversation and a behind-the-scenes look at the research, materials, and ideas that have influenced their work over the past two years. RSVP is required, learn more: https://bit.ly/insitutalk

9999

Cameron A. Granger weaves together speculative fiction, documentary, and eyewitness accounts to explore his concept of “black holes” as wounds left by segregative urban design. "Here & there along the echo" follows a filmmaker and his friends as they make sense of the black holes that have become a ubiquitous part of Bad City. In their journey, they realize they are not the first to try to solve why the holes keep appearing and what messages seem to be emerging from them. Through this film, Granger imagines alternative pathways to ending the generational curse, suggesting the black holes as portals for knowledge-sharing. 🕳️ View a short clip of "Here & there along the echo"and watch the full film as part of the exhibition "9999" IRL on your next visit! #QueensMuseum #9999 #FlushingMeadowsCulture #Film

Mother's Day

Happy #MothersDay from the Queens Museum! 💐 Today, we celebrate all the amazing moms who inspire us with their love, strength, and kindness. Thank you for everything you do, today and every day. ❤️ Enjoy these #Throwback mom/daughter moments at the 1964-65 #WorldsFair 🌐 📹: 1964-1965 New York World's Fair home movie. c. 1964; Queens, NY: 2019. Digitized film. Gift of Mayla Favor, 2018. Courtesy Queens Museum, 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair Collection, New York. #MothersDay #QueensMuseum

Spring 2024 group

🎉 Celebrate the opening of our Spring 2024 exhibitions on Sunday 05/19 from 1:00pm-5:00pm! Lyle Ashton Harris “Our First and Last Love” Cameron Granger “9999” Nsenga Knight “Close to Home” Catalina Schliebener Muñoz “Buenos Vecinos” Cas Holman “Prototyping Play” The afternoon celebration will feature drop-in art making workshops with our teaching artists and teens from the Queens Teens Institute leadership cohort as part of Family Day, artist led exhibition walkthroughs, and a reception at The Unisphere Cafe by The August Tree! Check out the full schedule and RSVP: https://bit.ly/springexhibitionsopening24

Gala 24

Celebrate with us in the World's Borough at the Queens Museum’s biggest event of the year! 🌐 At the 2024 Queens Museum Gala, we’ll be honoring Lyle Ashton Harris and herald the opening of his exhibition "Our first and last love" at the Museum. 🎉 We will also be celebrating Maspeth Federal Savings as the recipient of the Community Champion Award! This is your chance to celebrate, connect in community, and experience a night of wonder and inspiration. The Gala promises to be a unforgettable evening, featuring a cocktail party by Lil Deb’s Oasis, inspiring speeches and an afterparty to remember with DonChristian Jones and 063N13 with drinks provided by Ten to One Rum and San Bartolo Mezcal.🎉 Don’t forget to use the hashtags #QueensMuseumGala and #YouAtQM to share your excitement and join the conversation!

CC Award

✨ Join us in celebrating extraordinary dedication and community spirit! 🏆 We're thrilled to announce Maspeth Federal Savings as the recipient of the Community Champion Award at our 2024 Annual Gala, honoring Lyle Ashton Harris. Their commitment and generous support have played an instrumental role in empowering the Queens Museum's Family Programs. Buy your Gala and Afterparty tickets on our website. Image: Kuo-Heng Huang

39 WF

#OnThisDay in 1939, #FlushingMeadowsCoronaPark turned into the "World of Tomorrow" at the 1939-1940 New York #WorldsFair 🌎 The two most iconic structures of the Fair were the Trylon and Perisphere, the symbols of opportunity and possibilities for the future ahead. Learn about these structures in 60 seconds, and explore ephemera from the 1939-40 Fair IRL by visiting our World's Fair Collection!

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it's #CherryBlossoms Season! Explore #FlushingMeadowsCoronaPark during #Spring on your next visit to the museum! 🌸

SPRING 24

Opening Soon! 🖼️ We’re excited to share our Upcoming Spring 2024 Exhibitions: Lyle Ashton Harris (@lyleashtonharris) “Our First and Last Love” Cameron Granger (@realtayediggs) “9999” Catalina Schliebener Muñoz (@catalina_schliebener) “Buenos Vecinos” Nsenga Knight (@nsengaknight) “Close to Home” Cas Holman “Prototyping Play” Learn more information about our upcoming exhibitions and RSVP to our opening weekend: https://bit.ly/springexhibitionsopening24

WHM

In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, we're highlighting all of the ways women were involved at the 1964-65 #WorldsFair 🌐 From the women-only Clairol Pavilion to the women of the Bell Pavilion, the World's Fair represented women in new ways, allowing them to educate fairgoers about the wonders of telecommunication. It also contributed to the marginalization of women of color and the limited representation in the beauty industry, an issue that still exists today. Learn about these pavilions in 90 seconds, and explore our World's Fair Collection, which houses ephemera from both the 39-40 and 64-65 Fairs on your next visit!

swoop sounder

sonia louise davis created new experimental instruments titled "sounders" for her exhibition, "to reverberate tenderly." For sonia, her sounders level the playing field towards a new kind of improvisation: if you create a never-before-seen instrument, then no one is an expert. Experience sonia playing one of these "sounders", titled "swoop sounder." The three custom steel works are scaled to a performer’s body and have an abstract design that can be played in unexpected ways. There are strings to be plucked or bowed; a conical bell shape that amplifies the voice; and several resonators or percussion components, such as hollow tubing, rattles, and cymbal-like discs. Explore "sounders" and the rest of "to reverberate tenderly" IRL before it closes on 04.07.

The Queens Museum is pleased to announce an #OpenCall for three Queens-based collaborators interested in learning about our collection of art and the local context of #Queens. This project recognizes and uplifts diverse narratives, lived experiences, and forms of expertise that look specifically at the art collection at the Queens Museum. 🌐 These three collaborators will be selected for a four-month engagement (May-August 2024) within the Exhibitions department, working closely with the Archives and Collections team and curators. Over three days per week, these individuals will do significant work researching and cataloging in the art collection, and are required to commit to being on-site for all three days over this four-month period. ✍️ This project will be the first of its kind at the Museum: a participatory process of interpretation that considers narratives of American art and how the Museum’s collection can engage audiences in an imaginative way. An information session is scheduled for 03.26 via Zoom. Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/qmarchiveproject Applications close on 04.05. This project, tentatively titled "About Us: A Community Reinstallation of the Collection at the Queens Museum", is generously supported by the Terra Foundation.

PIAFT

Is it just us or this video is 10 hours long.. 🥃 In "Past in a future tense", #AkiSasamoto puts an unexpected twist on subjects that she pulls from her everyday life such as breakups, doing laundry, and craving. In this bar-style installation, a shot of air is served as a “drink” that puts a whiskey glass into spinning motion. The artist learned the unpredictable laws governing this air-driven mechanism while skillfully crafting and calibrating these glass sculptures to perform the spinning. The rapid spinning can slow to a complete stillness, only to resume spinning without a discernible pattern of the cycle, as if echoing the complex tension between the desire for control (both of science and of humans) and the untamable human nature. Explore "Past in a future tense" and the rest of "Point Reflection" on your next visit! 🐌 #QueensMuseum #PointReflection

Closing Soon Animation

It's almost time to say goodbye to our current exhibitions. Don't miss out on this last opportunity to view: Aki Sasamoto "Point Reflection" sonia louise davis "to reverberate tenderly" Emilie L. Gossiaux "Other-Worlding" Join us for our closing programs on the weekend of April 6 for talks, artist tours, and more!

2024 Gala Invite

📣 The Queens Museum’s 2024 Gala is coming soon and you’re invited 🎉 Join us for a night of celebration, art, and community on May 16, 2024 as we honor artist Lyle Ashton Harris and herald the opening of his exhibition "Our first and last love." Don’t wait, buy your ticket now and secure your spot to this unforgettable night. Learn more on our website! 💫 Photo: Ryan Rusiecki (@ryanrusiecki)

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The Queens Museum is dedicated to presenting the highest quality visual arts and educational programming for people in the New York metropolitan area, and particularly for the residents of Queens, a uniquely diverse, ethnic, cultural, and international community. The Museum fulfills its mission by designing and providing art exhibitions, public programs and educational experiences that promote the appreciation and enjoyment of art, support the creative efforts of artists, and enhance the quality of life through interpreting, collecting, and exhibiting art, architecture, and design. The Queens Museum presents artistic and educational programs and exhibitions that directly relate to the contemporary urban life of its constituents, while maintaining the highest standards of professional, intellectual, and ethical responsibility.