The Drawing Center - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for The Drawing Center. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Matt Mullican "In Performance"
This is the first in a series of rarely seen videos from the past 30 years featuring performances by Matt Mullican under hypnosis. Each screening will be introduced by a brief conversation between exhibition (...)
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Gallery Talk with Rirkrit Tiravanija
Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will discuss his practice and the Demonstration Drawings with curator João Ribas. Rirkrit Tiravanija: Demonstration Drawings, currently on view in the Main Gallery through (...)
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Conversation with Adam Helms
The Drawing Center's Artist Talks present leading contemporary artists in conversation with our curators. Tonight, Adam Helms, a New York-based artist, will discuss his practice with Executive Director (...)
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Brett Littman & Evan Snyderman Gallery Talk
Exhibition curator and Executive Director Brett Littman will discuss the legacy of architect and designer Greta Magnusson Grossman with Evan Snyderman, Co-Principal of R 20th Century Design. Grossman (...)
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Greta Magnusson Grossman "Furniture and Lighting"
Greta Magnusson Grossman: Furniture and Lighting is the first major U.S. exhibition to focus on the drawings of this Swedish-born, Los Angeles-based architect and industrial designer. A two-time recipient (...)
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Kathlen Henderson "What If I Could Draw a Bird That Could Change the World?"
"What If I Could Draw a Bird That Could Change the World?", in the Drawing Room, departs from past Selections shows by featuring the work of a singular Viewing Program artist. Henderson works in the (...)
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Rirkrit Tiravanija "Demonstration Drawings"
This exhibition, featuring over 200 works on paper, will be the first U.S. museum exhibition of the Thailand-based artist’s ongoing series of commissioned drawings derived from images of demonstrations (...)
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"Drawing on Film" Exhibition
Drawing on Film will survey the practice of “direct film”—the process of drawing, scratching, or otherwise manipulating film stock to create images without a camera. The exhibition will present works spanning (...)
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Yüksel Arslan "Visual Interpretations"
Yüksel Arslan (b. 1933, Istanbul, Turkey) has often been associated with the loosely-structured surrealist movement in Turkey and was affiliated with the intellectual circles of 1960s Paris that included (...)
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Frederick Kiesler "Co-Realities"
This exhibition explores the pivotal role drawing played in the interdisciplinary and multifaceted work of Austro-American designer, artist, theoretician, and architect, Frederick Kiesler (1890-1965). (...)
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"Drawing Out: Student Artwork from Drawing Connections" Exhibition
Drawing Out is an annual exhibition of student artwork from the Drawing Connections Education Program, which places teaching artists in downtown public schools. Through this program, The Drawing Center (...)





