Talks
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Archives Deep Dive: Isamu Noguchi’s Proposals for the 1939 World’s Fair
1 pm-2 pm
Alex Ross, Managing Editor, The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, will lead a talk on recent research into Isamu Noguchi’s designs for the New York World’s Fair of 1939.
America/New_York
04/08/2021 01:00 PM
04/08/2021 02:00 PM
Archives Deep Dive: Isamu Noguchi’s Proposals for the 1939 World’s Fair
Alex Ross, Managing Editor, The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, presents a talk on recent research into Isamu Noguchi’s designs for the New York World’s Fair of 1939. While Noguchi’s iconic Chassis…
The Noguchi Museum
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Archives Deep Dive: Isamu Noguchi’s History Mexico
1 pm-2 pm
Alex Ross, Managing Editor, The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, will lead a talk exploring the creation of Isamu Noguchi’s monumental sculptural frieze, History Mexico (1936).
America/New_York
03/17/2021 01:00 PM
03/17/2021 02:00 PM
Archives Deep Dive: Isamu Noguchi’s History Mexico
Alex Ross, Managing Editor, The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, presents a talk exploring the creation of Isamu Noguchi’s monumental sculptural frieze, History Mexico (1936). Located on an upper landing…
The Noguchi Museum
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Archives Deep Dive: How Noguchi Used Architecture
1 pm-2 pm
Naomi Frangos, independent architect and educator, will present a talk exploring Isamu Noguchi’s cross-disciplinary practice with special attention to the theoretical and functional implications of his unrealized proposals for large-scale environmental works.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Archives Deep Dive: Léonie Gilmour, A Fiercely Independent Life
1 pm-2 pm
Lisa Yin Zhang, former Curatorial Intern, will present new research on the life, work, and intellectual world of writer and translator Léonie Gilmour (1873–1933), Isamu Noguchi’s mother.
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Archives Deep Dive: Noguchi’s Personal Collection
1 pm-2 pm
Kate Wiener, Assistant Curator, will lead a presentation on selected objects from Isamu Noguchi’s collectibles — his personal collection of objects ranging from musical instruments to ancient artifacts from around the world.
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Archives Deep Dive: Noguchi’s Bollingen Journey, 1949-50
1 pm-2 pm
Matthew Kirsch, Curator of Research and Digital Content, will present Isamu Noguchi’s photographs from his travels throughout Europe and Asia in 1949–50.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné: Public Competitions in the 1930s
1 pm-2 pm
Alex Ross, Managing Editor, The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, will lead a discussion on the public art competitions that Isamu Noguchi participated in during the 1930s.
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Archives Deep Dive: ‘A New Nature’: Noguchi’s Galvanized Steel Editions for Gemini G.E.L.
1 pm-2 pm
Dakin Hart, Senior Curator, will lead an in-depth look at the 26 galvanized steel editions that Isamu Noguchi made for Gemini G.E.L. in the early 1980s — one of Noguchi’s largest and least understood bodies of work.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Archives Deep Dive: Noguchi in Harlem
8 pm-9 pm
In his mid-twenties, Isamu Noguchi was a regular patron at Harlem clubs and speakeasies where he mingled with prominent African American artists and performers. A portrait bust of Gladys Bentley, a female drag performer (1929), and a sculpture titled Black Boy (c. 1934) were among Noguchi’s works created during this period. Join a Noguchi Museum Educator in an interactive virtual learning program exploring these early works, and consider questions of cultural appreciation and appropriation.