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🎨 LET’S GO — GUGGENHEIM POP: 1960 TO NOW!
Sat, Sep 26, 5:00 PM# 🎨 LET’S GO — GUGGENHEIM POP: 1960 TO NOW! ## A SPECIAL PRIVATE GUIDED TOUR + THE BRAND-NEW TARYN SIMON EXHIBITION 🗓 **Saturday\, September 26\, 2026 \| 1:00 PM** 📍 **Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum** 1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 👥 **LIMITED PRIVATE GROUP EVENT** 💵 **SPECIAL SOCIAL CLUB PRICE: ONLY $25 PER PERSON** **Includes Museum Admission AND our Private One-Hour Guided Tour!** *** ## ✨ A VERY SPECIAL AFTERNOON AT THE GUGGENHEIM Join us for a wonderful Saturday afternoon at one of New York City's most iconic cultural institutions as our Social Club returns to the **Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum** for a completely new experience! And this time, we're doing something special. I have arranged a **private one-hour guided tour exclusively for our Social Club**, led by one of the Guggenheim's Museum Educators, focusing on the exciting exhibition: # 🎨 GUGGENHEIM POP: 1960 TO NOW Following our private guided experience, our afternoon will continue with a **self-guided exploration of the Guggenheim's brand-new Taryn Simon exhibition**, which will have opened only eight days before our visit! So this is essentially **two completely different museum experiences in one afternoon**. This is Pop Art—but not simply a retrospective. *Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now* traces the explosive emergence of Pop in the early 1960s and follows its influence all the way into contemporary art. Advertising. Comic strips. Consumer products. Movies. Mass media. Celebrity. Everyday objects. Artists took imagery that surrounded ordinary people and completely transformed the boundaries between popular culture and fine art. And we're talking about some **very recognizable names**: 🎨 **Andy Warhol** 🎨 **Roy Lichtenstein** 🎨 **Yayoi Kusama** 🎨 **Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen** 🎨 **Richard Hamilton** 🎨 **Jim Dine** ...alongside contemporary artists who continue to reinterpret Pop's influence today. The exhibition also tells an important Guggenheim story. In 1963, curator Lawrence Alloway organized *Six Painters and the Object* at the Guggenheim—the **first museum presentation of Pop Art in New York**. More than six decades later, this exhibition looks at where Pop began and what became of its legacy. *** ## ⭐ SOME VERY SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS There are several works here that make this exhibition particularly interesting. 🍌 **Maurizio Cattelan's *Comedian*** — yes, THAT artwork: the banana attached to the wall. 🏸 **Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's *Soft Shuttlecock*** — being shown in New York for the first time in 25 years. ✨ And **Yayoi Kusama's *INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – DANCING LIGHTS THAT FLEW UP TO THE UNIVERSE***, a major loan to the exhibition. Having a Guggenheim Museum Educator guide us through this for an hour should make an enormous difference. Rather than simply looking at the works, we'll be able to understand **why they mattered, what the artists were responding to, and how Pop changed modern art.** # 🌀 AND THEN — SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW! ## TARYN SIMON — A BRAND-NEW GUGGENHEIM EXHIBITION After our private Pop tour concludes, we're not finished! We'll continue on our own through the Guggenheim's **brand-new major exhibition by Taryn Simon**, opening September 18—just eight days before we arrive. And this one sounds fascinating. Simon is known for using photography and storytelling to examine the hidden systems, unseen forces and narratives that shape the world around us. For this major Guggenheim exhibition, she has created an entirely **new body of work** incorporating: 📷 Never-before-seen photographs 🎥 Video 📝 Text 🗿 Sculpture 🌀 Interactive installation And here's what makes it particularly appropriate for the Guggenheim: **The exhibition fills the entire Rotunda.** Rather than following one predetermined route, visitors will be able to choose their own pathways through a huge constellation of imagery and ideas spiraling through Frank Lloyd Wright's extraordinary building. It should be a completely different experience from the Pop exhibition—and because it will have opened only days earlier, **we'll be among its earliest visitors.** *** ## 🏛️ AND, OF COURSE...THIS IS THE GUGGENHEIM The art is only part of the experience. Frank Lloyd Wright's extraordinary spiral building is itself one of the great works of 20th-century architecture and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Even walking through the Guggenheim is unlike visiting virtually any other museum. And for anyone who wants to remain after our two featured exhibitions, your admission provides an opportunity to continue exploring the Museum—including the ongoing **Thannhauser Collection**, with Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and modern French masterpieces including works by **Degas, Manet and Van Gogh**. *** # ⏰ OUR AFTERNOON **12:45 PM — Please arrive by no later than 12:45pm.** **1:00 PM — Our Private Guggenheim Museum Educator Tour Begins** 🎨 *Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now* Approximately **1 hour** **Approximately 2:00 PM — Taryn Simon** 🌀 We'll continue together into the newly opened exhibition for a self-guided exploration. Afterward, members are welcome to remain at the Guggenheim and continue exploring the Museum at their own pace. *** # 💵 AN EXCEPTIONAL SOCIAL CLUB PRICE — ONLY $25! I am especially pleased with the pricing I was able to arrange for our group. Our special Social Club price is: ## **ONLY $25 PER PERSON** And that includes: **✓ Guggenheim Museum admission** **✓ Our exclusive private one-hour guided tour** **✓ Museum Educator** **✓ Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now** **✓ Taryn Simon exhibition afterward** **✓ Access to the Museum's other available galleries** This is an outstanding value for a private guided experience at the Guggenheim. *** # 🌟 THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT ONE! **Warhol. Lichtenstein. Kusama. Pop Art.** A **private one-hour Guggenheim tour exclusively for our Social Club.** Then an entirely different experience inside a **brand-new exhibition filling Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Rotunda.** And all of it for **only $25 per member.** I think we have the makings of a really special Saturday afternoon. **Space will be limited, so please RSVP early!** I look forward to seeing everyone at the Guggenheim! 🎨🌀😊
Jean-Michel Basquiat Exhibit
Sat, Sep 26, 5:30 PMJoin us as we view a free exhibit featuring the early work of Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Bishop Gallery in Brooklyn. [https://thebishopgallery.com/our-friend-jean-barc/](https://thebishopgallery.com/our-friend-jean-barc/) After viewing the artwork, we can grab coffee at a local cafe called 'The Concrete Jungle'. If you have questions or need to get in contact, my # is 917-769-2168.
Mana Contemporary Free Exhibition 🖼️
Fri, Sep 11, 8:00 PMMana Contemporary Presents: Kota Onouchi — Before Identity Takes Form I will be attending this free event on Fri, Sept 11, from 4-6 pm. Please rsvp at the link below if interested! https://www.manacontemporary.com/event/mana-contemporary-presents-kota-onouchi-before-identity-takes-form/ Description on website: Please join us at Mana Contemporary as we celebrate the opening of Before Identity Takes Form, a solo exhibition by Mana Contemporary Studio Artist Kota Onouchi. Before identity takes form, names, definitions, and meanings remain open, unfixed, and undefined. The moment we attempt to describe something through language, it begins to take on a particular meaning. Onouchi’s work explores this space before definition: the moment before identity takes form and interpretation becomes fixed. Through painting and printmaking, he seeks to make visible what exists before language, what has not yet been named, defined, or fixed. Mana Contemporary is proud to participate in JC Fridays: Friday, September 11, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM This event is part of JC Fridays, a free city-wide visual & performing arts festival. JC Fridays is a program of Art House Productions.
Rewilding: Art, Nature & The Feminine Wild at MAD
Sun, Sep 13, 4:00 PMStep into a wildly imaginative world where art, nature, and the female form take on new life. Join us on **Sunday September 13th** for a private guided tour of[ ](https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/jessica-lichtenstein-rewilding?utm_source=luma)*[Jessica Lichtenstein: Rewilding](https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/jessica-lichtenstein-rewilding?utm_source=luma)* at the Museum of Arts and Design. Lichtenstein transforms the gallery into a lush, fantastical terrain of forests, ruins, and flowering canopies—all intricately composed from thousands of digitally rendered female figures. Vibrant, immersive, and richly layered, the exhibition brings together installation, painting, sculpture, and video to explore freedom, ecology, collectivity, and female autonomy. During our private tour, we’ll take a closer look at Lichtenstein’s dazzling materials, unexpected influences, and bold reimagining of the relationship between women and nature. **Why join us?** * Experience the exhibition through a private guided tour, with insights that bring its ideas, techniques, and hidden details to life. * Discover an immersive technicolor world featuring thousands of miniature female figures woven into spectacular landscapes. * [Art-full member](https://womenofculture.org/artfull-membership-nyc?utm_source=luma)s are invited to connect over brunch at the beautiful and plant-filled **[Jams Restaurant](https://www.1hotels.com/central-park/taste/jams?utm_source=luma)** * Continue to continue the conversation while absorbing the beautiful natural surroundings of the southwestern part of Central Park, stopping at the [Women’s Rights Pioneers ](https://www.centralparknyc.org/locations/womens-rights-pioneers-monument?utm_source=luma)Monument on the way toward Bethesda Terrace. *** **Schedule:** **12pm** \| Optional member’s brunch at **[Jams Restaurant](https://www.1hotels.com/central-park/taste/jams?utm_source=luma)** The 1 Hotel \| 1414 Sixth Avenue **2-3pm** \| Private guided tour Museum of Art & Design \| 2 Columbus Circle **3pm** \| Optional group walk & talk in Central Park Ending near Bethesda Terrace *** **Non-member tickets:** **Tour only:** $45 first release; $50 full price **Art-full member tickets\*:** **Tour only:** $40 first release; $45 full price **Full experience (including 1 brunch entree + tax/tip)**: $80 first release; $85 full price **Inclusions:** * All tickets include museum admission as well as the private guided tour. * Full experience tickets *also* include 1 brunch entree (up to $28) with tax/tip at Jams. Any additional food or drink will need to be paid separately. \*\*Premier members save an additional 10%. Learn more about membership below/[here](https://womenofculture.org/artfull-membership-nyc?utm_source=luma).\* *** **The Art-Full Membership** If you are not yet an [Art-full member](https://womenofculture.org/artfull-membership-nyc?utm_source=luma), we would love to have you join us for as little as $45/month for the basic membership, or $65/month for the upgraded premier membership. You can[ learn more about all membership levels and join here](https://womenofculture.org/artfull-membership?utm_source=luma) or reach out to alex@womenofculture.org with any questions. **The membership provides:** * Access to *member exclusive* events * Complimentary tickets to all online events, and select in-person events * Priority access to & discounts on ALL events * **Premier** members *also* get priority access to 'culture-tunities' including free VIP passes to exclusive after-hours events at cultural institutions all over the city All designed to help you live your best, most art-full and socially connected life! **Note about tickets/ RSVP's:** * RSVPs on Meetup do NOT count as official registrations for this event, and the RSVP count on Meetup may not reflect the actual number of attendees. To attend, you must purchase a ticket, which guarantees your spot, regardless of whether you RSVP here. * All paid and confirmed attendees will receive an email from [[alex@womenofculture.org](mailto:alex@womenofculture.org)]([mailto:alex@womenofculture.org](http://mailto:alex@womenofculture.org/))] 1–2 days before the event with further details, including a link to a WhatsApp group for important updates. If you do not receive this email (make sure to check your spam as well), it likely means you did not complete registration or payment.
📚 LET’S GO TO — THE GROLIER CLUB PRIVATE GROUP TOUR
Mon, Sep 14, 3:00 PM## **Private Docent-Led Tour of Two Special Exhibitions** 🗓 **Monday\, September 14\, 2026 \| 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM** 📍 **The Grolier Club** 47 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022 👥 **Limited to 20 Members** 💵 **Admission and Tour: Free** ## ✨ A Rare Visit to One of New York City’s Most Distinguished Cultural Institutions Join us for a very special private group visit to **The Grolier Club**, one of New York City’s most fascinating institutions devoted to books, printing, illustration, collecting, and the graphic arts. Although located in the heart of Manhattan, the Grolier Club remains unfamiliar to many New Yorkers. Its thoughtfully curated exhibitions explore the history, artistry, cultural importance, and enduring influence of books and printed materials. For our visit, the Club has graciously arranged a **private docent-led tour of both exhibitions currently on view**. ## 📖 Our Private Docent-Led Tour Our group will be led by a knowledgeable Grolier Club docent who will guide us through both exhibitions and explain their major themes, featured objects, historical background, and cultural significance. The guided portion of our visit will last approximately one hour. Afterward, members will have additional time to return to the displays, examine favorite objects more closely, read the exhibition materials, and continue exploring independently. ## 🖼️ Two Exhibitions in One Visit Our private tour will include both exhibitions presented within the Grolier Club’s galleries. The individual exhibition titles and complete details will be added as soon as they are formally confirmed by the Club. Members can expect a richly presented experience involving rare books, manuscripts, illustrations, printed works, historical documents, and other exceptional objects connected with the art and history of the book. ## ⏰ Event Schedule **10:45 AM** — Meet outside or near the entrance **11:00 AM – 12:00 PM** — Private docent-led tour of both exhibitions **12:00 PM – 1:00 PM** — Additional independent viewing time Members may continue exploring until they are ready to leave. ## 💵 Cost **There is no charge for this event.** The Grolier Club is generously providing our group with complimentary admission and a private docent-led tour. ## 👥 Attendance Limit This event is strictly limited to **20 members**. Because the Club is arranging a docent specifically for us, please RSVP only if you are reasonably certain that you can attend. ## 🌟 Why This Event Is Special This is an opportunity to visit a remarkable New York institution that many people have never experienced, while enjoying expert guidance through two specially curated exhibitions. The event combines art, literature, history, design, collecting, and visual culture in an elegant and intimate setting. Join us for a fascinating morning of discovery at one of New York City’s true hidden cultural treasures.
Paint In Central Park (Bucket List Event)
Sun, Aug 30, 5:00 PM**\*TO ATTEND GET TICKETS AT:** [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paint-in-the-park-tickets-1984990444855](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paint-in-the-park-tickets-1984990444855) *(This is a prepay event and only way to attend is to get ticket in advance at link above. Our events are co-organized by multiple groups so don't pay attention to the RSVPs. These events are consistently well attended.)* CELEBRATE SPRING AT ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR MEETUPS - A PICNIC 'N PAINT IN CENTRAL PARK! Come join us in a relaxed, creative and social setting. No experience necessary. So grab your picnic basket and enjoy wonderful paint event in Central Park! Included: a pre-sketched canvas, unlimited painting materials (brushes, acrylic paints etc.) and a take home bag. No smocks so please dress appropriately. Please bring something to sit on. What to expect: **• Step-by-step, group-oriented painting instruction, which is designed to simultaneously entertain and enlighten our members.** **• We'll have a professional artist guide you through a featured painting that is yours to keep and proudly display. And don’t worry — no experience is necessary.** **• 2 hour course lead that teaches you the art of mixing colors, blending and painting techniques.** **• All supplies provided - 12x16 pre-sketched canvas, unlimited acrylic paint (water based), brushes, and aprons.** DIRECTIONS TO FIND GROUP: We are located in a cul-de-sac at PINETUM EAST. We will be behind this row of benches (right under the trees). If you are coming from the east side you can find us by entering Central Park on East 84th street. Walk up the ramp, cross over the road and head west. If you are traveling from the west side we are east of the basketball courts. FAQs: What if it rains? We will email attendees a rain date. Can I still attend If I don't know how to paint? Yes, there's no experience necessary. Can I come alone? Yes, about 80% come on their own. Is this age specific? No, all are welcome. Cost? $35-$45, price goes up as the event date gets closer. This event will sell out. Can't purchase at the door. For more fun events follow: [https://www.eventbrite.com/o/new-york-city-social-events-10797526283](https://www.eventbrite.com/o/new-york-city-social-events-10797526283)
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