The Peggy Society hosted a private tour of The Noguchi Museum with PGC Alumna and museum educator Gabriella Kula. Gabriella led a special tour of the museum focused on Isamu Noguchi's oeuvre, as well as the temporary exhibition Akari: Sculpture by Other Means.

The Peggy Society celebrated the holidays with a tour of Ahmed Mater: Mecca Journeys at The Brooklyn Museum, led by PGC alumna Daphne Taranto

Private Tour of Magazzino led by Director, Vittorio Calabrese.

Ai Weiwei in Conversation with Nicholas Baume
Presented By the Public Art Fund
Thursday, October 12, at 6:30pm

Presented by Public Art Fund and Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, we are please invite you to a one-on-one conversation between Ai Weiwei and Nicholas Baume, Director & Chief Curator of the Public Art Fund

Please note this is a public event and tickets are limited and selling quickly!
 

Thursday, October 12 at 6:30 - 8pm
 

Cooper Union
The Great Hall
7 East 7th Street
New York, NY 10003

TIMOTHY TAYLOR

invites the Peggy Society to a private tour of

Alex Katz: Subway Drawings

RSVP HERE

Please join the Peggy Society for a private tour of Timothy Taylor's new exhibition, Alex Katz: Subway Drawings.

Hosted by PGC alumna Sonya Tamaddon (2015).
 

Timothy Taylor
515 W 19th Street
New York, NY 10011

Alex Katz: Subway Drawings is a historic solo exhibition by Alex Katz, of the artist’s notebook drawings from the 1940s, presented in collaboration with Gavin Brown’s enterprise. This is the first time these works have been brought together in an exhibition. 

Coming of age as an artist in the 1940s in New York, Katz developed his unique approach to contemporary representational painting in reaction to the dominance of Abstract Expressionism, prior to the emergence of Pop Art. Subway Drawings exemplifies the artist’s life-long pursuit to capture the present tense, through a highly accomplished but sparse line that has endured throughout his prolific career. Drawing serves as a crucial facet of the artist’s practice – a tool of immediacy that articulates Katz’s most essential images, across all the processes in which he engages.

The Peggy Society Invites You to a Tour and Reception at

The Chaim Gross Foundation

Thursday, June 1, 6:30 - 8pm

RSVP HERE

Please join the Peggy Society for a private tour of the

Chaim Gross Foundation

Led by Sasha Davis (Interim Director & Curator of Collections) and hosted by PGC alumna Lauren Shadford Breismeister. 

The tour of the studio and residence will be followed by a reception with drinks and light snacks.
 

526 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012

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Excerpts From The Chaim Gross Foundation Website:

"Chaim Gross (1904-1991) was a modern American sculptor who worked in New York City from 1921 until his death in 1991. Studying at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (1922-25), Gross began exhibiting his works in 1922 at the Alliance and at the Art Students League in 1926, with sculptor Robert Laurent. Starting in 1928, he exhibited at the Whitney Studio Club at 10 West 8th Street (the precursor to the Whitney Museum of American Art), showing a watercolor "Circus" in their 13th Annual Exhibition of Paintings. In the 1950s Gross began to make bronze sculptures alongside his wood and stone pieces. In 1959, a survey of Gross's sculpture in wood, stone, and bronze was featured in the exhibit Four American Expressionists curated by Lloyd Goodrich at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1963, Gross and his family moved from their longtime residence at 30 W. 105th Street to Greenwich Village, following the purchase of a four-story historic townhouse at 526 LaGuardia Place, which is now the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation. 
First established in 1974 with donations from over two dozen close friends and supporters of Gross."

"Opening its doors to the public in 1994, The Foundation stewards an extensive collection of over 10,000 objects that includes Gross's sculptures, drawings, and prints; a photographic archive; and Gross's large personal collection of African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, American, and European art that remains installed in the townhouse as Gross had it during his lifetime. Since 2009 the Foundation has organized original exhibitions both onsite and at local and national venues on Chaim Gross and the history of American art."

FRIEZE NEW YORK
Invites the Peggy Society to a VIP Event 

Conversations on Collecting Young Art

Saturday May 6

Meet at 3:40pm Panel discussion 4 - 5pm
Deutsche Bank Lounge

RSVP HERE

LIMITED SPACE!

Please join the Peggy Society for a special VIP panel discussion at Frieze New York.

Hosted by PGC alumni, Abby Bangser, Frieze Artistic Director (PGC 2004) and Kamal Zargar, Frieze VIP and Museum Relations Associate (PGC 2009)

A part of Frieze New York's Conversations on Collecting series, panel speakers Pavel Pys, Curator at the Walker Art Center, and Abigail Goodman, advisor with Goodman Taft, will discuss collecting emerging artists. 

 Transportation cost and access to fair included.
Directions to be sent with VIP pass.

*** If you have a VIP Card***
Please RSVP directly on Frieze's site and please let us know if you can join us.

Please join us for a private after hours tour of the acclaimed exhibition Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction led by MoMA Curatorial Assistant Talia Kwartler (PGC alumna 2011).

Thursday, March 9 at 6 pm
Please arrive by 5:45 as the tour will begin promptly

The Museum of Modern Art
Meet at the Lauder Lobby and Film entrance: 11 West 53rd Street

Ticketed Event: $30 per person, ticketed guests welcome

RSVP HERE

Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction, organized with the assistance of Talia Kwartler, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA, is the first comprehensive survey in the U.S. to present Picabia’s daring and influential oeuvre. Featuring over 200 works, Francis Picabia presents to audiences the artist’s far reaching career and long lasting legacy. Critically acclaimed and closing on March 19, we hope you can join us for this very special evening!

Image Caption: Francis Picabia. Volucelle [II]. 1923. Enamel paint on canvas, 6' 6 1/4 × 8' 2 1/2" (198.8 × 250.2 cm). Private collection. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP (Paris). Photo: Suzanne Nagy, courtesy Archives Comité Picabia

Please join us for a private walk through of After Image
 with exhibition artist Paul Kneale

Presented by Nico Epstein ('09), Director of ARTUNER
Saturday, March 4, 12—1pm

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A new exhibition curated by ARTUNER at Cassina Projects, Chelsea

Cassina Projects

508 West 24th Street, NY, NY 10011

The event will be followed by drinks and light bites

Curated by ARTUNER and presented at Cassina Projects, After Image presents new works Paul Kneale and Toby Ziegler that move between the realms of the physical and the digital. While their approaches are drastically different, they share a concern for how to critically continue the discourse of painting, embracing the revolutionary technological capabilities that have decisively altered the public reception of the medium.
 

Paul Kneale's work explores across multiple media. From paintings and sculpture to video installation and performance. Pushing discussions of form and surface through the contemporary existential and new technologies. He has also contributed theoretical articles to leading publications such as Frieze and Spike, and has recently explored the potential of leading artist-organised projects.

Toby Ziegler brings together motifs derived from a wide range of sources, including photographs of the Freud family, Spanish still-life paintings, Dutch Old Masters and Nineteenth Century landscape paintings. He uses the computer to generate new forms and pictorial spaces, playing with facetted structures for his sculptures and manipulating layers of pattern for his two dimensional works. The physical realization of these digital forms allows mistakes and idiosyncrasies to creep into the rigorous schematic process and to erase the clear distinction between figuration and abstraction. Toby Ziegler revels in the slippage between the virtual and the actual, and furthermore in the very physical acts of decomposing, distorting, and damaging the materials. While Ziegler provides the viewer with some access to follow his path he intentionally leaves room for personal interpretation.

ARTUNER was founded in London by Eugenio Re Rebaudengo in 2013. It has distinguished itself through its hybrid approach, displaying and selling works via both its online platform and curated exhibitions. Since its inception, ARTUNER has organized an acclaimed series of shows including projects in: London, Berlin, Paris, Turin and Greece. The ongoing collaboration with Cassina Projects marks its first appearance in New York City.
 

Cassina Projects is a new gallery headed by Italian sibling team Irene Cassina & Marco Cassina, based in Chelsea, New York.

The Peggy Society invites you to

A Conversation with Marcus Mucha

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
6:00pm – 8:00pm

Swann Auction Galleries
104 E. 25th St. Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10010

Alumna Ferry Foster (2010), Communications Assistant at Swann Auction Galleries, kindly invites Guggies to join this special event: a conversation with Marcus Mucha, the great-grandson of Alphonse Mucha and Nicholas D. Lowry. On view will be the upcoming auction, Alphonse Mucha & Masters of Art Nouveau: The Harry C. Meyerhoff Collection, the largest collection of works by the artist to come to market. The auction preview includes rare posters and original works of art from three major periods of Mucha’s life: his time in Prague, in Paris, and in New York in the late 19th through early 20th century. The collection sheds light on the Czech master’s process and personal life.

This event is free. Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be served.
Please RSVP here by January 20th.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Image: Alphonse Mucha, Princezna Hyacinta, 1911. Estimate $15,000 to $20,000. At auction January 26th, 2017. Courtesy Swann Auction Galleries.

You Are cordially invited to the Peggy Society 3rd Annual Holiday Party

Hosted at

Light Iron New York

Friday, Dec. 16, 7 - 10pm

580 Broadway, 8th Floor, SoHo

Please join us for drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and a film screening about Peggy Guggenheim with fellow Guggies to celebrate the holiday season and the Peggy Society's 2-year anniversary!

Advance donations $25. Door donation $30 via cash or Venmo.

Guests Welcome!

RSVP HERE

Please join us for a private tour of the

Metropolitan Museum’s galleries for Islamic Art
lead by Courtney Stewart ('06) and Marcie Muscat ('05)

RSVP here

November 4, 2016, 6:30–8 pm

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028

The tour will be followed by drinks at the cash bar in the Great Hall.
Suggested donation of $10. Cash or Venmo accepted.

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Join Courtney Stewart and Marcie Muscat for a walk through the Metropolitan Museum’s galleries for Islamic Art. Presented in a newly restored and inventively re-imagined wing of the Museum, this dazzling collection of sculpture and painting, textiles and ceramics, metalwork, jewelry, calligraphy, and glass reveals the full breadth of artistic achievement across the Arab lands, Turkey, Iran, and Central and South Asia.
 
Courtney will offer insights into her collection research and exhibition work within the Islamic department, while Marcie will discuss her collaborations with curators and conservators to produce collection and exhibition catalogues for the Museum.
 
After the tour, guests are welcome to continue their visit to other Met galleries or to join Courtney and Marcie for a drink at the Balcony Bar.

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Clockwise from top left: The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp (New York: Metropolitan Museum, 2014); the Moroccan Court (gallery 456); Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700 (New York: Metropolitan Museum, 2015); The Seley Carpet. Iran, late 16th century. Silk cotton, and wool, L. 280 in. Presented in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Gift of Louis E., Theresa S., Hervey, and Elliot Jay Seley, and Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick and Fletcher Funds, 1978 (1978.550); Astrolabe. Iran, 1654–55. Brass and steel, H. 8 1/2 in. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1963 (63.166a–j); Folio from the "Blue Qur'an." Tunisia, probably Qairawan, 9th–10th century. Gold and silver on indigo-dyed parchment, 11 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2004 (2004.88)

Join us for a private tour of Giorgio de Chirico - Giulio Paolini at Center of Italian Modern Art
 

RSVP HERE

When: October 24, 2016, 6:30–8 pm

Where: Center for Italian Modern Art

421 Broome Street, 4th Floor, New York NY 10013

www.italianmodernart.org

A tour of the exhibition will be preceded by drinks and snacks.
Tickets are $15. Cash or Venmo accepted at the door.
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Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), founder of Metaphysical painting,

and leading conceptual artist Giulio Paolini (b. 1940)
are presented together for the first time, with rarely seen masterpieces
and new works created specifically for CIMA.

The exhibition focuses on three themes fundamental to the
practice of both artists: the self-portrait and the idea of the double;
the enigma; and the manipulation of subjects from antiquity. 
It also invites fresh perspectives on de Chirico – an artist
typically seen as a precursor of surrealism – revealing,
through the juxtaposition with Paolini's work,
his importance to conceptual artists as well. 

Please join The Peggy Society to toast the end of summer and kick off the fall at Sel Rrose for spritz and to catch up with fellow Guggies!

When: Thursday September 8, 6:30 -8:30 pm
Where: Sel Rrose, 1 Delancey Street

$20 advance tickets, $25 at the door; each ticket includes antipasti and one drink

Friends and partners are very welcome and we hope to see you on September 8!

Please RSVP and purchase tickets here.

The Peggy Society is pleased to invite you to the Museum of the City of New York to discover New York stories through current exhibitions Roz Chast Cartoon Memoirs, In the South Bronx of America: Photographs by Mel Rosenthal, and Picturing Prestige: New York Portraits, 1700-1860  with a private tour led by alumna Maggie Bordonaro (2010), the Courses for Kids Coordinator at MCNY. 
 

Additionally, please join the Museum of the City of New York and El Museo del Barrio for their third annual Uptown Bounce series of summer block parties! Come to the Museum of the City of New York for the final event of the summer  - 80's Dance Party .  The event is open to the public and features sample distinctive New York DJs with music and dancing (including dance lessons), art workshops, summer drinks, and local food.

Wednesday, August 17
Tour 6:30 – 7:15
Uptown Bounce, drinks and dancing 7:15-9 pm

Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street)
*Please meet on the first floor Rotunda just inside the main entrance, then we will be on the third floor.

RSVP
*Limited space available and the first 15  guests will receive free drink vouchers

The Peggy Society invites you to a private tour of

BLACKNESS IN ABSTRACTION

Thursday July 28, 7pm
Pace Gallery
510 West 25th Street

Alumni Mina Juhn and Alex Brown (2011), Sales Assistants at Pace Gallery, will lead a private tour of the exhibition Blackness in Abstraction, an exhibition curated by Adrienne Edwards tracing the persistent presence of the color black in art, with a particular emphasis on monochromes, from the 1940s to today. Featuring works by an international and inter-generational group of artists, the exhibition explores blackness as a highly evocative and animating force in various approaches to abstract art.

Please RSVP below by July 26th.

We look forward to seeing you there!
You're welcome to bring a guest.



Photo credit: Installation view of the exhibition, Blackness in Abstraction, Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York, NY, June 24, 2016 - August 19, 2016. Photograph by Kerry Ryan McFate, courtesy Pace Gallery. 

The Peggy Society invites you to a private tour of
THE LANGUAGE OF THINGS

Presented by the Public Art Fund

Alumna Emma Enderby (2009), Associate Curator at the Public Art Fund, will lead a private tour of the newly opened exhibition The Language of Things. This show explores the nature of language and communication that extends beyond spoken and written word and features sculptures, situational work, sound pieces and poems by a diverse international group of seven artists: Carol Bove, Tino Sehgal, Claudia Comte, Michael Dean, Adam Pendleton, Chris Watson and Hannah Weiner.

The tour will conclude with Tino Sehgal's This You (2006), the only live work of the exhibition and the only outdoor piece in this seminal artist’s oeuvre.

Please RSVP by July 13th.

RSVP

We look forward to seeing you there!
You're welcome to bring a guest.
For directions click here.

Photo: Claudia Comte, The Italian Bunnies, 2016

The Peggy Society and Abby Bangser (PGC 2004), Frieze Artistic Director for the Americas and Asia, are pleased to invite you to:

The Peggy Society invites you to

SPRING SPRITZ

Please join us for an evening of Venetian aperitivo. Spritz, wine, beer and antipasti will be served to celebrate the spring!

$25 advance, $30 at the door*
Guggies are welcome to bring a guest.

Margherita NYC
197 Grand Street

Have you ever wondered about Silverpoint? Have you ever even heard of this antiquated medium?
 
Silverpoint is a centuries old form of drawing popularized by Early Renaissance masters such as Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo Da Vinci. The medium is similar to that of graphite but produces a much more controlled, long-lasting, and fine line. So how can Silverpoint look so beautifully delicate and yet be so meticulous? Come by for an afternoon of drawing and discussion to find out!

Who: The Peggy Society. This session is led by alumna Suzy Storr (2011).
What: A brief history of Silverpoint followed by a chance to make your very own Silverpoint still-life drawing.
When: Sunday March 20 at 1 PM (Duration: 2 hours)
Where: Alvarez Fine Art Services Inc., 29 W 36th Street, #1102.              
 

$15 per person. All materials included. Get your tickets here.

Spaces are limited so please RSVP at your earliest convenience.

A presto!

Please join us for a group tour through the Armory Show at Piers 92/94 with contemporary art advisor Tracy Kinnally ('11). She will be highlighting a few artists at different points of their career, discussing how the larger workings of the fair play out in the market, and the considerations often highlighted by young collectors.  Your discount ticket includes entry into both piers of the art fair and a private tour, during and after which we hope you meet and connect with other Peggy alumni! 

For more details and to purchase your tickets, please click here .

VoCA Journal Launch Party
Wednesday February 17, 6-8pm
with 6:30pm remarks from

Robin Clark, Editor
Ronnie Landfield & James McElhinney,
Contributitors

Stux + Haller Gallery
24 W 57th St, New York

Lauren Shadford (PGC 2002), VoCA's Executive Director, kindly invites guggies to celebrate the launch of VoCA's Journal Winter Issue!

VoCA (Voices in Contemporary Art) is a non-profit organization that generates critical dialogue and collaborative programming around the presentation, preservation, and documentation of contemporary art.

We hope to see you there! Please RSVP at your earliest convenience.

Image: Ronnie Landfield, Blue Wall, detail, 1970, Acrylic on Canvas, 82 x 103 in. Courtesy Stux + Haller Gallery