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LIVEPast Tense / Future Perfect April 25–27 CARRIE MAE WEEMS LIVE

PAST TENSE / FUTURE PERFECT “a superb image Fri, Apr 25 Written on Skin: Posing maker and a 11 am–6 pm Questions on Beauty Conversation led by Deborah Willis moral force, Opening Remarks featuring Michaela Angela Davis, Carrie Mae Weems Awol Erizku, Gerard H. Gaskin, focused and Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Maaza Carl Hancock Rux Mengiste, and Richard J. Powell irrepressible” Poet, playwright, and recording artist SLOW FADE TO BLACK: —New York Times Terry Adkins Tribute EXPLORATIONS IN THE Vijay Iyer, Vincent Chancey, CINEMATIC Dick Griffin, and Marshall Sealy With filmmakers Lisa Cortes and Shola Lynch The Blue Notes Join Carrie Mae Weems as she hosts an all-star cast for a weekend of Blues People Laughing to Keep [B.A.R.] Proposals, Sanford Biggers, from Crying of programs focusing on contemporary cultural production in Camille A. Brown, Lyle Ashton Harris, A critical read on comedy with architecture, dance, film, music, theater, and visual arts. Maren Hassinger, Leslie Hewitt, Nelson George Walter Hood, Thomas Lax, Hung Liu, Rick Lowe, Julie Mehretu, THELMA GOLDEN On view through May 14: Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades Tavia Nyong’o, Shahzia Sikander, Director and Chief Curator, of Photography and Video Xaviera Simmons, Shinique Smith, The Studio Museum in Harlem Michele Wallace, and more Okwui Enwezor Buy Tickets MARINELLA SENATORE Director, Haus der Kunst (Munich), Artist and activator and Director, Visual Arts Section, International Art Exhibition, Venice DAYTIME PROGRAMS FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION John Akomfrah and Biennale, 2015 Museum opens 10 am; programs begin 11 am The Stuart Hall Project $22 general admission, $18 students At the intersection of blackness and READINGS Admission always FREE for members shifting identities By Elizabeth Alexander and others EVENING PROGRAM TICKETS ON SALE MARCH 25 Readings 8 pm $35, $30 members, $15 students By Aja Monet and others Theaster Gates, Carrie Mae Weems, 8 pm and THE Geri Allen Trio Buy now: call 212 423 3587 or visit guggenheim.org/weemslive. Jason Moran And Conversation and performance The Bandwagon Includes museum reception Concert and conversation with $35, $30 members, $15 students MEMBERS RECEIVE SPECIAL BENEFITS Carrie Mae Weems Free admission to all Carrie Mae Weems Live daytime programs and Includes museum reception Sun, Apr 27 $5 off all ticketed 8 pm performances, plus: $35, $30 members, $15 students 11 am–2 pm • Free museum admission all year • Invitations for two to exclusive private exhibition views Sat, Apr 26 María Magdalena • Savings at our stores and restaurants 11 am–6 pm Campos-Pons Procession Join today: call 212 423 3535 or visit guggenheim.org/join. BARBARA CHASE-RIBOUD Carrie Mae Weems LIVE: Past Tense/Future Perfect is supported by the Ford Foundation, Agnes Gund, the Rush Philanthropic Arts AND PAUL CARTER Craig Harris Foundation, and the Eileen Harris Norton Foundation. HARRISON Performance Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video is organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee. In conversation This exhibition is supported in part by The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. The Leadership Committee for Carrie Mae Weems: Closing Remarks Three Decades of Photography and Video is also gratefully acknowledged for its support, including Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Robert Menschel Vital Projects, and Jack Shainman Gallery, as well as Henry Buhl, Crystal R. McCrary and Raymond J. McGuire, CHARLES GAINES AND Carrie Mae Weems Beth Rudin DeWoody, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Toby Devan Lewis, Louise and Gerald W. Puschel, and Miyoung Lee and Carrie Mae Weems Neil Simpkins. Additional funding is provided by the William Talbott Hillman Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts.

In conversation Public programs are supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Select Friday and Saturday programs will be available via livestream. Cover image: Carrie Mae Weems, Lena Horne (from Slow Fade to Black), 2010–11 (detail). Inkjet print, 49 1/4 x 37 inches (125 x 94 cm). Visit guggenheim.org/weemslive for more information. Collection of the artist, courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York © Carrie Mae Weems Programs are subject to change. Photo above: Jerry Klineberg