Guggenheim February & March Programs: Jeffrey Deitch, Experimental Opera & Online Discussions

FEBRUARY & MARCH PROGRAMSJoin us for upcoming programs, including the next Guggenheim Forum, contemporary art lectures, curator-led tours, film screenings, and more. Don't miss Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, on view now through April 28, and Tino Sehgal, through March 10. GUGGENHEIM FORUM Beyond Material WorthMon, Feb 22–Fri, Feb 26 Live Chat: Thu, Feb 25, 2 pm EST Join thinkers from a variety of fields to discuss issues of sustainability and contemporary art inspired by Tino Sehgal. Visitors from around the world are invited to share their thoughts and participate online in a live chat session with panelists. Learn more:guggenheim.org/forum. HOW TO DO THINGS WITH ART Dorothea von Hantelmann Wed, Feb 24, 6:30 pm This Berlin-based author links the work of four unlikely artists—Daniel Buren, James Coleman, Jeff Koons, and Tino Sehgal—to argue for an art form that simultaneously critiques and reinvents reality. A book signing and reception with the author will follow this program. $10, $7 members, FREE for students For tickets, please call the Box Office at 212 423 3587 INAUGURAL ROBERT ROSENBLUM LECTURE "To Be with Art is All We Ask" Wed, Mar 3, 6:30 pm Launching the Annual Robert Rosenblum Lecture Series, curator and writer Sir Norman Rosenthal joins newly appointed MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch, in lively conversation. This program draws its inspiration from the wide-ranging career of former Guggenheim Swid Curator of 20th-Century Art and Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Robert Rosenblum (1927-2006) whose celebrated work included projects on Francis Picabia, Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol, and the depiction of dogs in art. A reception follows. “To be with art is all we ask” is a quote from Gilbert and George, whom Robert knew well. This is the inaugural program in a series facilitated by the Robert Rosenblum Fund. David Meitus, John Richardson, Jane Rosenblum, Sir Norman Rosenthal, Angela Westwater, and the donors to the Robert Rosenblum Fund are gratefully acknowledged for their generosity. $10, $7 members, FREE for students For tickets, please call the Box Office at 212 423 3587 WORKS & PROCESS Hypermusic: Ascension Thu, Mar 11, 8:30 pm Harvard physicist Lisa Randall, Spanish composer Hèctor Parra, and artist Matthew Ritchie collaborate on a new site-specific monodrama in the rotunda, which inverts and renovates the genre of opera with an experimental score suggesting the expanding reality of a fifth dimension. $30, $25 members, $10 students For tickets, please call the Box Office at 212 423 3587   TOURS & GALLERY PROGRAMS Curator's Eye  Fri, Feb 19 and Mar 12, 2 pm Join Assistant Curator Megan Fontanella (Feb 19) and Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Tracey Bashkoff (Mar 12) for a tour of Paris and the Avant-Garde: Modern Masters from the Guggenheim Collection. Curator's Eye  Fri, Mar 26, 2 pm Join Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design David van der Leer for a tour ofContemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum. FREE with museum admission Tours meet at the entrance of the Thannhauser Collection FILM SCREENINGS Art, Architecture, and Innovation: Celebrating the Guggenheim Museum Fri, Feb 26, Mar 5, Mar 19, 11 am–4 pm (every half hour) Fri, Mar 12 and 26, 12:30–4 pm (every half hour) This 50th Anniversary film combines archival with contemporary footage featuring artists, art historians, architects, architectural historians, and curators. Nonobjective Films, 1920s-1960sFri, Mar 12, and Mar 26 11 am (16 mm) and 11:30 am (35 mm) A program of artists supported by Hilla Rebay. Learn more. Organized by the Center for Visual Music. FREE with museum admission Films are shown in the New Media Theater (lower level) CONNECT ONLINE WITH THE GUGGENHEIM Check out the public programs photo collection on Flickr including "Detour: Art, Architecture, Cities, and Landscapes" and "The Universe Resounds: Kandinsky, Synesthesia, and Art." For museum updates, discussion, and special offers interact as a fan on Facebook or follow @Guggenheim on Twitter.