{"title": "No Ordinary Light: Akari at 75", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2027-09-05T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/sculpture"], "description": "No Ordinary Light: Akari at 75 is an exhibition at The Noguchi Museum marking the 75th anniversary of Akari, Isamu Noguchi's light sculptures. It explores the enduring significance of these works, which Noguchi began creating in 1951 after a visit to Gifu inspired him to reimagine traditional Japanese chochin lanterns using paper, bamboo, electric bulbs, and modern wire bases. Over three decades Noguchi made more than 200 models of these \"luminous sculptures,\" which he named Akari, the Japanese word for light, evoking illumination and weightlessness. The exhibition traces how Noguchi presented Akari throughout his career, placing them in dialogue with sculptures in stone, metal, and clay, in settings from domestic interiors to monumental installations.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/no-ordinary-light-akari-at-75-124722/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3dde94b8e87a2a6783615435ceecca8394da4dd615823a1f8bb3cbb27527d651-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2027-09-05T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Open Studio: Play with Paper", "start": "2026-11-15T11:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["art/crafts/paper-crafts"], "description": "Open Studio: Play with Paper is a drop-in art-making workshop for families with children of all ages, held in the Education Studio on Level C. Families explore the museum's galleries and then work together on a related activity, this month looking at Isamu Noguchi's Akari light sculptures and playing with paper to create their own experimental containers for light. The program takes place at The Noguchi Museum and is free with admission, with no advance registration required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/open-studio-play-with-paper-56815/", "official_url": "https://www.noguchi.org/museum/calendar/event/2026-11-15-1100-open-studio-play-with-paper/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f9bed104f8ef99679636e0892c8524fac47c70738ea06b9d182e70f8691ef534-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Light and Stone: Revisiting Noguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2027-05-09T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/sculpture"], "description": "'Light and Stone: Revisiting Noguchi’s 1986 Venice Biennale' is a single-gallery archival presentation at The Noguchi Museum, on view in Area 5 of the first floor from May 6, 2026 to May 9, 2027. Marking the fortieth anniversary of Isamu Noguchi’s U.S. Pavilion at the 1986 Venice Biennale, it examines his exhibition 'What Is Sculpture?' through materials from the Museum’s collection and archive. The show revisits Noguchi’s practice through archival photographs, architectural sketches, a model for the monumental marble spiral slide Slide Mantra, and Akari light sculptures. It is organized to coincide with the 2026 Venice Biennale, where the Museum partners with The Japan Foundation on selected works in an audience participatory exhibition by Japanese American artist Ei Arakawa-Nash.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/light-and-stone-revisiting-noguchis-1986-venice-biennale-56808/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dfe27c4cb4ad0fe5359fd96c66655635bbcd88d931f538e06cde1deadf3a182b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Gallery Kit", "start": "2026-11-06T14:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/sculpture"], "description": "Gallery Kit is a drop-in art-making session held in the museum's galleries. Visitors of all ages and experience levels explore Isamu Noguchi's work and current exhibitions, with each session starting from a motivating question that guides a creative exploration of materials and ideas. The event is hosted by The Noguchi Museum and admission is free all day for Free First Friday; no advance registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/gallery-kit-56813/", "official_url": "https://www.noguchi.org/museum/calendar/event/2026-11-06-1430-gallery-kit/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b6db5c02662028fc8948a82c1e9997a06064117189a2aa14a83cf1c9eeec60e7-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Noguchi Talks: Alanna Heiss and Martin Puryear – Two American Sculptors in the Venice Biennale", "start": "2026-11-18T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "Free; Reservation required (space is limited)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/sculpture"], "description": "A free public conversation at The Noguchi Museum marking the 40th anniversary of Isamu Noguchi's 1986 presentation in the United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. It brings together Alanna Heiss, who commissioned Noguchi's exhibition What Is Sculpture?, and sculptor Martin Puryear, who represented the United States at the 2019 Venice Biennale with Liberty/Libertà. Moderated by Hitomi Iwasaki, the discussion considers what it means to represent America on an international stage and how artists' cultural backgrounds, racial identities, and personal histories inform that question. It is presented alongside the museum's exhibitions Light and Stone: Revisiting Noguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale and No Ordinary Light: Akari at 75; space is limited and reservations are required by email.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/noguchi-talks-alanna-heiss-and-martin-puryear-two-american-s-108000/", "official_url": "https://www.noguchi.org/museum/calendar/event/2026-11-18-1800-noguchi-talksalanna-heiss-and-martin-puryeartwo-american-sculptors-in-the-venice-biennale/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ee96e8d41fed77dd593df824574ab9c0ca11e351a8cc32d4c2b17ca8e73cd4bc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Tour Público Museum Tour in Spanish", "start": "2026-11-06T13:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/sculpture"], "description": "Tour Público is a public museum tour given in Spanish. It takes place monthly on select Fridays and Sundays at The Noguchi Museum. The conversational tour explores selected works from the Museum's collection while introducing the vision of the artist Isamu Noguchi. In keeping with Noguchi's interest in each visitor's personal experience, participants are encouraged to share their observations and interpretations throughout the tour.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/tour-publico-museum-tour-in-spanish-56812/", "official_url": "https://www.noguchi.org/museum/calendar/event/2026-11-06-1300-tour-publico-museum-tour-in-spanish/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f074dcefa5ccab30e602e0587b12bf5ec46442f751d3eb9591220e9b7e026a36-1200.webp"}, {"title": "中文公眾導覽 Museum Tour in Mandarin Chinese", "start": "2026-11-15T15:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "free with admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/sculpture"], "description": "中文公眾導覽 Museum Tour in Mandarin Chinese is a guided museum tour offered at The Noguchi Museum. It takes place monthly on select Sundays and lasts about one hour, exploring works in the museum's collection and exhibitions in a conversational way while introducing the life and vision of Isamu Noguchi. Free with admission, no advance registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/museum-tour-in-mandarin-chinese-56817/", "official_url": "https://www.noguchi.org/museum/calendar/event/2026-11-15-1500-%e4%b8%ad%e6%96%87%e5%85%ac%e7%9c%be%e5%b0%8e%e8%a6%bd-museum-tour-in-mandarin-chinese/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e5957be50dfb51809d5d771d875256f51e104a1e41af8da48fd22ec9fb755ce0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "PROPS from Barakei: Eikoh Hosoe and Jason Wee", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2027-03-14T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art", "address": "Wooster Street 26, 10013 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "society/queer"], "description": "An exhibition at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art pairing photographs with a new sculptural installation and performance. It centers on Jason Wee's commissioned work, created in response to Eikoh Hosoe's series Barakei (Ordeal by Roses), which staged images of novelist Yukio Mishima in Tokyo in 1961–62. Wee's installation focuses on the props from those photographs—a garden hose, a mallet, a candle, a painterly backdrop—mounted within a spiral of rope encoded with a lecture script audible on headphones. The show also traces Hosoe's photographs across three editions of the landmark 1963 photobook, curated by Yasufumi Nakamori.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/props-from-barakei-eikoh-hosoe-and-jason-wee-53559/", "official_url": "https://leslielohman.org/exhibitions/props-two-works-with-jason-wee-and-eikoh-hosoe", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d6d92b08a35aae46099bbf25ea743fe65a9acd7d20edc6e9ac719fe7f5d0d2a5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Drawing from a Distance", "start": "2026-11-16T19:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "Drawing from a Distance is a free online drawing workshop held monthly on Mondays, where participants sketch together from home. The Noguchi Museum runs the program, which explores Isamu Noguchi's work through art-making and reflective discussion on art, space, and time. Participants practice introductory drawing techniques and create a long sketch of a fixed-perspective film of a museum gallery, with no previous drawing experience needed. Registrants receive a Zoom link and bring their own drawing tools and paper.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/drawing-from-a-distance-71889/", "official_url": "https://www.noguchi.org/museum/calendar/event/2026-11-16-1930-drawing-from-a-distance/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cfcc455f8f8c8139a62320559bb373c9a62c09b35fa5f08177587b574a414623-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Opening: PROPS from Barakei: Eikoh Hosoe and Jason Wee", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art", "address": "Wooster Street 26, 10013 New York", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art holds the opening of the exhibition 'PROPS from Barakei: Eikoh Hosoe and Jason Wee', curated by Yasufumi Nakamori. The show centers on Jason Wee's new commissioned sculptural installation and performance, made in response to Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe's series Barakei (Ordeal by Roses), which staged images of novelist Yukio Mishima in Tokyo between 1961 and 1962. Wee's work focuses on the props from those photographs—a garden hose, a mallet, a candle, a painterly backdrop—presented as metal and fabric prints within a spiral of rope encoded from a lecture script audible on headphones. The exhibition also traces Hosoe's photographs across three editions of the 1963 photobook Barakei, designed by Kohei Sugiura, Tadanori Yokoo, and Kiyoshi Awazu.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/opening-props-from-barakei-eikoh-hosoe-and-jason-wee-53565/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d6d92b08a35aae46099bbf25ea743fe65a9acd7d20edc6e9ac719fe7f5d0d2a5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Mindfulness in the Galleries: Ikebana", "start": "2026-11-14T10:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "$36 general / $20 for members, Cool Culture, SNAP/EBT", "price_from": "36.00", "price_to": "36.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/flower-arranging/ikebana", "wellness/meditation"], "description": "Mindfulness in the Galleries: Ikebana is a workshop that explores ikebana, Japanese flower arrangement, as a practice of presence alongside the museum's artwork. It is led by mindful ikebana teacher Anjie Cho, who has studied ikebana since 2015 and holds the rank of Level 11 Kako Assistant Professor in the Ikenobo School of Ikebana. Participants begin with a guided meditation and conversation in the galleries, then explore form, shape, balance and emptiness and create simple ikebana arrangements with seasonal flowers and branches as a moving meditation. No previous experience is necessary, all materials are provided, and advance registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/mindfulness-in-the-galleries-ikebana-56814/", "official_url": "https://www.noguchi.org/museum/calendar/event/2026-11-14-1000-mindfulness-in-the-galleries-ikebana/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/39c8b9148ac7fa553cd9d0d159fd2cf95cee22d039ca89e996a208cec8af4230-1200.webp"}, {"title": "John Procario: Freeforms", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2027-04-04T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "Museum of Arts and Design", "address": "Columbus Circle 2, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design/furniture-design"], "description": "An exhibition of light sculptures and furniture by designer John Procario, titled John Procario: Freeforms, at the Museum of Arts and Design. Procario twists strips of ash wood into sinuous, ribbon-like forms, embedding LEDs discreetly to create the illusion of endless movement. His Sculpted Sofas designs follow the shape and direction of each freeform wood base. The works emerge from an organic, intuitive process honoring nature's natural curves.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/john-procario-freeforms-54043/", "official_url": "https://www.madmuseum.org/exhibition/john-procario-freeforms", "image": "https://noky.io/images/13f1228541b586abd282dd1f420ea793fe0ad5cceec06608e06017279d0580e3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Free First Friday", "start": "2026-11-06T10:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "Free Admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art"], "description": "Free First Friday is a day on which The Noguchi Museum admits visitors free of charge. On the first Friday of every month, Museum admission is free, and advance reservations are not required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/free-first-friday-56811/", "official_url": "https://www.noguchi.org/museum/calendar/event/2026-11-06-1000-free-first-friday/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b12561858f809377e4253cd82378c71ab0954e039dccad2af3b16c8a06a20971-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tam Ochiai TAPETUM LUCIDUM", "start": "2026-09-12T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Ulrik", "address": "175 Canal Street, New York, NY", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "The gallery Ulrik presents \"TAPETUM LUCIDUM\", an exhibition of works by the artist Tam Ochiai. The show brings together pieces made from the early 1990s to 2026, including acrylic works on shopping bags and vinyl, paintings with color pencil on canvas, reliefs of oil and vintage ashtrays on wood, and works in pencil, print, and monofilament. It runs from September 12 to October 31, 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/tam-ochiai-tapetum-lucidum-57166/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f81e7eadb3e8e7b6b275f7bcae520490bbf58d0d17f2240f43cccefe814376f5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series with Ishiuchi Miyako and Katayama Mari", "start": "2026-11-18T18:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "International Center of Photography", "address": "Ludlow Street 84, 10002 New York", "price": "Tickets Starting at 5.00", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "The Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series brings a talk by photographers Ishiuchi Miyako and Katayama Mari, moderated by curator Pauline Vermare. The two artists discuss the wide-ranging scope of their careers, including their work on view in the exhibition \"I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now\". Ishiuchi Miyako is a Japanese photographer whose honors include the Kimura Ihei Memorial Photographic Award and the Hasselblad Award, while Katayama Mari is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice begins with hand-sewn fabric objects featured in her photography, video, and activist projects. The program is offered both in person at ICP on NYC's Lower East Side and online.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-naomi-rosenblum-icp-talks-photographer-lecture-series-wi-75428/", "official_url": "https://www.icp.org/index%2ephp/events/naomi-rosenblum-icp-talks-photographer-lecture-series-ishiuchi-miyako-and-katayama-mari", "image": "https://noky.io/images/63395d28825d9d08bd066766d906ccaf17c8a7ca2e3aeecc86d72be1030d7d91-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Hands-On: Drawing", "start": "2026-11-15T15:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Noguchi Museum", "address": "33rd Road 9-01, 11106 Long Island City", "price": "$16 general / Free for members", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "Hands-On: Drawing is a bi-monthly sketching workshop held in the museum galleries, where participants draw from observation with inspiration from Isamu Noguchi's sculptures. Beginners are welcome, and all materials and drawing tools are provided. The program fee includes admission to the museum.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/hands-on-drawing-56816/", "official_url": "https://www.noguchi.org/museum/calendar/event/2026-11-15-1500-hands-on-drawing/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b93d514837ebde0a68d55b17db0d35fc4659079c937159efe3aac061a96ec4f4-1200.webp"}]}