Stumblday's 13 hand-checked picks for Aug 28–30: gallery shows and museum exhibitions across Queens this weekend.
13 picks · checked Aug 26
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsIsamu Noguchi's own LIC museum reframes his stone, steel and paper works around the city that shaped him — a serene sculpture garden at its heart.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsIsamu Noguchi's own LIC museum reframes his stone, steel and paper works around the city that shaped him — a serene sculpture garden at its heart.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensJohn Morse takes a slot on the free East River lawn at Socrates Sculpture Park, one of four installations sharing the waterfront site this season.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensJohn Morse takes a slot on the free East River lawn at Socrates Sculpture Park, one of four installations sharing the waterfront site this season.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPrecious Okoyomon turns the MoMA PS1 courtyard into a woodland with an oversized teddy bear reciting her poetry from inside.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPrecious Okoyomon turns the MoMA PS1 courtyard into a woodland with an oversized teddy bear reciting her poetry from inside.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensSanford Biggers brings his conceptual patchworking of quilts, classical sculpture and sound outdoors to the free East River lawn at Socrates.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensSanford Biggers brings his conceptual patchworking of quilts, classical sculpture and sound outdoors to the free East River lawn at Socrates.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsNoguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale pavilion rebuilt in Long Island City, the show that put stone and Akari light in the same room.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsNoguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale pavilion rebuilt in Long Island City, the show that put stone and Akari light in the same room.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThree Terra Foundation fellows pull vintage silver gelatin and albumen prints from the collection to ask what American-ness actually looks like.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThree Terra Foundation fellows pull vintage silver gelatin and albumen prints from the collection to ask what American-ness actually looks like.
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Advance Masonic Temple, Astoria, QueensBreteblue · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn 18th-century door salvaged from the Blackwell family farmhouse goes on public view inside Astoria's Advance Masonic Temple.
Advance Masonic Temple, Astoria, QueensBreteblue · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn 18th-century door salvaged from the Blackwell family farmhouse goes on public view inside Astoria's Advance Masonic Temple.
Rockaway Beach, Beach 67th Street, Rockaway Beach, QueensSix sculptural ping-pong tables sit in the sand at Rockaway Beach, including a walnut sea monster swallowing a salvaged aluminum boat.
Rockaway Beach, Beach 67th Street, Rockaway Beach, QueensSix sculptural ping-pong tables sit in the sand at Rockaway Beach, including a walnut sea monster swallowing a salvaged aluminum boat.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensThirty years of the Socrates Annual fellowship, marked with new site-specific commissions across the free East River sculpture park.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensThirty years of the Socrates Annual fellowship, marked with new site-specific commissions across the free East River sculpture park.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensChakaia Booker's shredded-tyre sculpture stands on the East River lawn at Socrates, free and open every day until sunset.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensChakaia Booker's shredded-tyre sculpture stands on the East River lawn at Socrates, free and open every day until sunset.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensSonia Boyce turns two days of Queens Museum gatherings into video, kaleidoscopic wallpaper and a Dia de Muertos altar built with the community.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensSonia Boyce turns two days of Queens Museum gatherings into video, kaleidoscopic wallpaper and a Dia de Muertos altar built with the community.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensFifty-three New York artists sprawl across every floor of MoMA PS1 with 150-plus works and admission is free in its final days.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensFifty-three New York artists sprawl across every floor of MoMA PS1 with 150-plus works and admission is free in its final days.
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