Mar
18
10:00 AM10:00
May
4
7:00 PM19:00
92Y: Beeple in Conversation with Glenn Fuhrman
Every day for 14 and a half years, the artist Mike Winkelmann (A.K.A. Beeple) created a digital artwork and posted it online. The first 5,000 days of this project, collected together in a non-fungible token, or NFT, were the first purely digital artwork ever sold at Christie’s. On March 11, 2021, Christie’s sold “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” at auction for $69,346,250. The art world, astonished, rushed to process the significance of this sale. What did it mean for the future of art? What were NFTs and how did they work? Were they to be derided, or celebrated? Now, a year later, NFTs have shifted into the mainstream. To assess the significance of this new medium, Beeple joins investor and collector Glenn Fuhrman for a fascinating conversation on how digital tools, NFTs, the blockchain and crypto are influencing the way art is created — and sold
Mar
12
to Jun 4
Courage Before Expectation
The FLAG Art Foundation is pleased to present Courage Before Expectation, a group exhibition curated by former NFL linebacker turned art patron Keith Rivers, on view March 12-June 4, 2022, on the 9th floor. Inspired by quotes that intersect Rivers’s life in sports and his love of contemporary art, the exhibition explores the pursuit of dreams and unlikely trajectories, and includes Etel Adnan, Mark Bradford, Sonia Gomes, Philip Guston, Carmen Herrera, On Kawara, Kerry James Marshall, Thaddeus Mosley, and Laura Owens.
Mar
12
to Jun 4
Peter Uka
The FLAG Art Foundation is pleased to present Peter Uka: Remembrance, the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York, on view March 12-June 4, 2022, on the 10th floor. Born in 1975 in Nigeria’s Benue State and based in Cologne, Germany, Uka paints large-scale portraits and group scenes that draw inspiration from childhood memories, including 70s-era fashion and hairstyles, wallpaper patterns, and dance moves. Elucidating the richness and joyfulness in both the solitary and shared moments of Black life, the artist offers a counternarrative to outmoded perceptions of both his home country and non-Western culture at large. A text by artist and curator Folakunle Oshun will accompany the exhibition.
Nov
10
to Jun 30
Simone Leigh at University of Pennsylvania
A monumental sculpture by acclaimed artist Simone Leigh has been installed at the corner of 34th and Walnut Streets, the gateway to College Green at the University of Pennsylvania. Penn’s edition was a gift from New York City alumni couple Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman.
It is the first large-scale piece in the artist’s Anatomy of Architecture series that merges human form with diverse architectural elements. Cast in bronze, the work stands 16 feet high, 9 feet in diameter at its base, and weighs 5,900 pounds.
Sep
26
to Nov 14
Awol Erizku: Mystic Parallax
The FLAG Art Foundation is pleased to present Mystic Parallax, a solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Awol Erizku, on view September 26-November 14, 2020, on the 9th floor. Erizku engages an Afrocentric perspective in a new body of photo-based works, sculpture, drawings made from incense smoke and ash, and a series of short films, which act as a counter-narrative to the historically westernized discourse on African and African American culture.
Sep
15
to Dec 15
FLAG Award nomination period
The FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes and celebrates extraordinary public school teachers who inspire learning through creativity, passion, and commitment. An independent jury will select the finalists from those nominated based on numerous factors, with a strong emphasis placed on the student experience.
The award for the 2020–21 school year focuses on New York City teachers and will expand to other US cities in future years.
Feb
11
9:00 AM09:00
NYRR Gridiron 4M presented by The FLAG Art Foundation
When you run with NYRR, you do more than compete in a world-class race—your support and participation play a role in fulfilling our mission to help and inspire people through running, and benefit NYRR’s free youth and community programs, including Rising New York Road Runners, NYRR Striders, Open Run, and more.
Oct
17
6:00 PM18:00
92Y: Charles Schwab in Conversation with Glenn Fuhrman
Charles Schwab revolutionized finance and investing for millions of Americans. One of the giants of the financial services industry, he is one of the most successful entrepreneurs and leaders in American Business. Join him in conversation with Glenn Fuhrman, the co-managing partner of MSD Capital and the founder of the FLAG Art Foundation.
Oct
15
to Jan 13
The FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence: Nominations
From the nominees, roughly twenty-five candidates will be selected as semifinalists. Semifinalists will be asked to fill out an additional application, be observed in the classroom, and provide letters of endorsement. The jury will then select five finalists, and, ultimately one grand prize winner.
Oct
10
to Feb 15
Nicolas Party: Pastel
The FLAG Art Foundation is pleased to present Nicolas Party: Pastel, a two-floor exhibition by the artist, on view October 10, 2019-February 15, 2020. Conceived as a unified environment, Party transforms FLAG into a rose-colored stage set for a suite of four soft pastel, Rococo-inspired murals that serve as a foil to, and occasional backdrop for, a selection of pastels from the eighteenth-century to present day.
Jun
11
to Nov 8
Carmen Herrera: Estructuras Monumentales
Carmen Herrera: Estructuras Monumentales is a Public Art Fund project currently on view in City Hall Park. It is the first public art exhibition of outdoor sculptures by New York-based artist Carmen Herrera (b. 1915, Havana, Cuba), which is made possible in part by the Fuhrman Family Foundation.
Mar
6
to Sep 1
Mark Manders: Tilted Head
For six months in 2019, Public Art Fund featured Mark Manders: Tilted Head at Doris C. Freedman Plaza, one of the most popular entry ways into Central Park, thanks to the generosity of the Fuhrman Family Foundation.
Nov
13
6:30 PM18:30
92Y: Steve Cohen in Conversation with Glenn Fuhrman
Steven A. Cohen is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Point72, a 1,250+ person registered investment advisor. He talks with Glenn Fuhrman, the co-managing partner of MSD Capital and the founder of The FLAG Art Foundation. They have a fascinating conversation that includes everything from Steve’s incredibly successful career as an investor to his philanthropic efforts on behalf of our nation’s veterans and his well-known passion for modern and contemporary art.
Mar
7
to Oct 7
Yinka Shonibare MBE: Wind Sculpture (SG) I
One of Britain’s best-known contemporary artists, Yinka Shonibare MBE (b. 1962, London) spent his childhood between England and Nigeria. He regards himself as a cultural hybrid, a product of complex and layered relationships forged by centuries of global trade, migration, politics, and cultural exchange.
Feb
6
5:30 PM17:30
92Y: Larry Gagosian in Conversation with Glenn Fuhrman
Take an intimate look at how the art market is shaped at its highest levels, as contemporary collector and MoMA board member Glenn Fuhrman talks with art superdealer Larry Gagosian, whose network of exhibition spaces comprises 16 commercial galleries across the US, Europe, the UK and Asia.
Oct
12
to Feb 11
Ai Weiwei: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Inspired by the international migration crisis and current global geopolitical landscape, Good Fences Make Good Neighbors transformed the security fence into a powerful social and artistic symbol with interventions across the city
Mar
1
to Aug 28
Isa Genzken: Two Orchids
Rising to 28 and 34 feet respectively, the paired stems of Genzken’s towering sculpture wind elegantly skyward, capturing light and casting shadows in a play of rhyming forms. Two Orchids heralds the entrance to Central Park in voluptuous full flower, its pristine white petals free from any blemishes.
May
9
to Nov 22
Patricia Cronin: Shrine for Girls
Shrine For Girls is a series of site-specific sculptural installations in different cities around the world created by artist Patricia Cronin, reflecting on the global plight of exploited women and girls.
Mar
5
to Aug 25
Thomas Schutte: United Enemies
With United Enemies, Schütte took a conventional form and made it relevant. His colossal figures did not stand heroically atop a classical pedestal but seemed to stagger, earthbound, on tripods of bundled poles.
Jun
26
to Oct 13
Olafur Eliasson: The New York City Waterfalls
With support from the Fuhrman Family Foundation, Public Art Fund, in collaboration with the City of New York, presented The New York City Waterfalls, a major work of public art by internationally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson (b.1967, Copenhagen, Denmark).
Sep
28
to Nov 28
Robert Therrien: Table and Six Chairs
The first Public Art Fund project made possible in part with support from the Fuhrman Family Foundation, Robert Therrien: Table and Six Chairs featured a single, monumental sculpture, No Title (2003) (Table and Six Chairs), by Los Angeles-based artist Robert Therrien (b.1947, Chicago, IL).