MoMA Talks: Performances and Readings

Friday, June 28, 2013, 3:00 p.m.

Kenneth Goldsmith reads from his recent book Seven American Deaths and Disasters in front of Andy Warhol's Orange Car Crash Fourteen Times.

As part of Kenneth Goldsmith's Poet Laureate program, he invites renowned writers to choose works in MoMA's collection, develop a response, and then select a space in the Museum galleries where they will perform the resulting readings and texts on Wednesdays. On selected Fridays, Goldsmith himself will contribute readings in the galleries. Visitors can meet the writers directly in their selected gallery.

This program is a part of MoMA's Artists Experiment initiative.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 12:30 p.m.

Maria Mirabal reads recent poetry. Vito Acconci reads poems followed by design/architecture notes.

As part of Kenneth Goldsmith's Poet Laureate program, he invites renowned writers to choose works in MoMA's collection, develop a response, and then select a space in the Museum galleries where they will perform the resulting readings and texts on Wednesdays. On selected Fridays, Goldsmith himself will contribute readings in the galleries. Visitors can meet the writers directly in their selected gallery.

This program is a part of MoMA's Artists Experiment initiative.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 12:30 p.m.

As part of Kenneth Goldsmith's Poet Laureate program, he invites renowned writers to choose works in MoMA's collection, develop a response, and then select a space in the Museum galleries where they will perform the resulting readings and texts on Wednesdays. On selected Fridays, Goldsmith himself will contribute readings in the galleries. Visitors can meet the writers directly in their selected gallery.

This program is a part of MoMA's Artists Experiment initiative.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 1:30 p.m.

Christian Bok reads a selection of Futurist poetry and his own work.

As part of Kenneth Goldsmith's Poet Laureate program, he invites renowned writers to choose works in MoMA's collection, develop a response, and then select a space in the Museum galleries where they will perform the resulting readings and texts on Wednesdays. On selected Fridays, Goldsmith himself will contribute readings in the galleries. Visitors can meet the writers directly in their selected gallery.

This program is a part of MoMA's Artists Experiment initiative.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 1:30 p.m.

Vanessa Place does a reading of The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Gallery, floor 4.

As part of Kenneth Goldsmith's Poet Laureate program, he invites renowned writers to choose works in MoMA's collection, develop a response, and then select a space in the Museum galleries where they will perform the resulting readings and texts on Wednesdays. On selected Fridays, Goldsmith himself will contribute readings in the galleries. Visitors can meet the writers directly in their selected gallery.

This program is a part of MoMA's Artists Experiment initiative.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 12:30 p.m.

Stefan Sagmeister reads Jonathan Haidt's The Happiness Hypothesis in front of Henry Matisse's Dance (1) (1909), Gallery 6, floor 5.

As part of Kenneth Goldsmith's Poet Laureate program, he invites renowned writers to choose works in MoMA's collection, develop a response, and then select a space in the Museum galleries where they will perform the resulting readings and texts on Wednesdays. On selected Fridays, Goldsmith himself will contribute readings in the galleries. Visitors can meet the writers directly in their selected gallery.

This program is a part of MoMA's Artists Experiment initiative.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 12:30 p.m.

Stephen Burt reads in front of Meret Oppenheim's Red Head, Blue Body (gallery 12, floor 5). Burt reads new poems, including "Fundamental Attribution Error (Meret Oppenheim + Stephanie)," "1978 Stephanie," "Day and Night Stephanie," and poems from Belmont and Parallel Play.

As part of Kenneth Goldsmith's Poet Laureate program, he invites renowned writers to choose works in MoMA's collection, develop a response, and then select a space in the Museum galleries where they will perform the resulting readings and texts on Wednesdays. On selected Fridays, Goldsmith himself will contribute readings in the galleries. Visitors can meet the writers directly in their selected gallery.

This program is a part of MoMA's Artists Experiment initiative.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 12:30 p.m.

Maira Kalman reads small vignettes that she has written about her family in front of Joseph Beuys's Felt Suit (Filzanzug) (1970).

As part of Kenneth Goldsmith's Poet Laureate program, he invites renowned writers to choose works in MoMA's collection, develop a response, and then select a space in the Museum galleries where they will perform the resulting readings and texts on Wednesdays. On selected Fridays, Goldsmith himself will contribute readings in the galleries. Visitors can meet the writers directly in their selected gallery.

This program is a part of MoMA's Artists Experiment initiative.

Friday, April 5, 2013, 3:00 p.m.

Kenneth Goldsmith reads selections from Charles Reznikoff's Holocaust (1975) in front of Edvard Munch's The Scream (1895).

As part of Kenneth Goldsmith's Poet Laureate program, he invites renowned writers to choose works in MoMA's collection, develop a response, and then select a space in the Museum galleries where they will perform the resulting readings and texts on Wednesdays. On selected Fridays, Goldsmith himself will contribute readings in the galleries. Visitors can meet the writers directly in their selected gallery.

This program is a part of MoMA's Artists Experiment initiative.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 12:30 p.m.

Bernstein reads Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Gertrude Stein, Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven, the Russian Futurists, Marsden Hartley, Francis Picabia, Wasily Kandinsky, Kurt Schwitters, Guillaume Apollinaire, F.T. Marinetti, and his own work in the exhibition Inventing Abstraction: 1910–1925.

As part of Kenneth Goldsmith's Poet Laureate program, he invites renowned writers to choose works in MoMA's collection, develop a response, and then select a space in the Museum galleries where they will perform the resulting readings and texts on Wednesdays. On selected Fridays, Goldsmith himself will contribute readings in the galleries. Visitors can meet the writers directly in their selected gallery.

This program is a part of MoMA's Artists Experiment initiative.