The Beat

Season highlights include a major exhibition of Sienese art from the early Italian Renaissance (opening October 13), an examination of Black artists and other cultural figures’ engagement with ancient Egypt (opening November 17), and contemporary commissions by Lee Bul, for The Met’s facade, and Tong Yang-Tze, for the Great Hall (opening September 12 and November 21, respectively).

New York, NY (September 4, 2024) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today its schedule of exhibitions through December 2024.

“Only at the Met does the fall exhibition program feature not just a handful of major exhibitions, but more than a dozen, showcasing art, ideas, and themes from around the world and across history,” said Max Hollein, The Met’s Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer. “This dynamic exhibition season features a compelling range of perspectives, offering visitors the chance to reflect on the vibrant cultures and narratives that shape our times.”…

Farmingdale, NY (Sept. 4, 2024) – American Airpower Museum, Long Island’s only flying military aviation museum, will hold its FIRST EVER Annual Flight Line Flea Market, Saturday, September 21, 2024, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at Republic Airport, Hangar 3, 1230 New Highway, Farmingdale.

Osceola, N.Y. – Adger Williams will make his debut performance at the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame (HOF) and Museum on Sunday, September 1.  Adger’s performance at the Museum, 1121 Comins Road in Osceola, will be presented in the Fiddlers’ Pavilion from 2:00-5:00 PM.

This year’s weekend focuses on the traditional process of natural dyeing of fibers.

Visitors will find weaving, spinning, knitting, quilting, and other textile related activities.

Cooperstown, NY —  Fiber Arts Weekend returns to The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown on Saturday and Sunday, August 24 & 25 from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  Visitors will find a variety of exhibits, vendors, and hands-on activities featuring wool carding, spinning, weaving, quilting, knitting, “cranking” (sock machine demos), and other textile-related activities. This year’s weekend focuses on the traditional process of natural dyeing of fibers.

Auburn, NY (Aug. 13, 2024) – Schweinfurth Art Center has lined up several multi-day fiber workshops this fall that focus on surface design, recycling clothes, and felting. One 5-day workshop is online, and the rest are in person at the art center, 205 Genesee St., Auburn, NY.

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 6:30pm

New York, N.Y. -- South Street Seaport Museum announces Trivia Aboard a Tall Ship on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 6:30pm. Tickets are $20 and registration is required. seaportmuseum.org/trivia

Come aboard the 1885 tall ship Wavertree to enjoy a delightful evening of New York City trivia with the Seaport Museum and the Guides Association of New York City (GANYC). Prepare to immerse yourself in an enthralling exploration of the city’s history as you engage in a friendly competition against professional tour guides and devoted trivia aficionados.

Auburn, NY (Aug. 7, 2024) – This fall, Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, NY, will display a nationally significant exhibit that highlights the practice of printing on textiles in the exhibit “Beyond the Surface: Contemporary Artists and Printed Textiles.”

It is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on printed textiles since the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery’s 1978 exhibition “Printed, Painted, and Dyed: The New Fabric Surface.” …

This is the first exhibition to feature Krimes’s two major installations, Purgatory (2009) and Apokaluptein:16389067 (2010–13), and they will be presented in dialogue with 19th-century photographs by the French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon

Exhibition Dates: October 28, 2024–July 13, 2025
Exhibition Location: The Met Fifth Avenue, Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography, Gallery 851

New York, NY (August 7, 2024) — This October, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will open the exhibition Jesse Krimes: Corrections that will explore the critical role photography has played in structuring systems of power in society, policing, prosecution, incarceration, and identification from the singular perspective of artist Jesse Krimes (American, born 1982).

Mumford, N.Y. - Genesee Country Village & Museum invites crowds to a rousing weekend of 19^th-century baseball during the national Silber Ball Tournament, hosted at the living history museum’s reproduction 1800s ball field Friday, August 9, through Sunday, August 11.  GCV&M boasts the nation's most comprehensive 19th-century baseball program, featuring games throughout the summer and culminating in the National Silver Ball Tournament.Vintage baseball teams don authentic woolen uniforms, wield double-knobbed bats, and play with brown balls in the country's first and finest replica 19th-century baseball park.

September 6–15, 2024

Astoria, NY — One of the most exciting and inspiring filmmakers to emerge so far this century, director and novelist Pema Tseden (1969–2023) revolutionized Tibetan representation in Chinese cinema, creating unprecedented films that combine standardized narrative forms with Tibetan culture and language. Museum of the Moving Image will celebrate Pema Tseden, who died last year in mid-career at age 53, with a complete retrospective of his films from September 6–15.