The Oxford American Magazine, VisitLEX, WUKY and 21c Museum Hotel are proud to present a launch celebration in honor of the Oxford American’s 2017 Kentucky Music Issue at 21c Museum Hotel Lexington! The event is free and open to the public. Come by at 6:00 p.m. to mingle with writers, editors, and musicians featured in …
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Get lit for the new year with 21c, UK Art Museum, Lexington Art League, Institute 193, Mecca Studios and WRFL in celebration of art in Lexington. Revel in a night of circus acts by Sora Aerial Arts, art performances, entertainment by Mecca Studios, dancing to Kentucky Pro DJ, hors d'oeurves from Lockbox and a premium bar. Live …
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Curiosity is around every corner! Explore the first multi-venue museum dedicated to the art of the 21st century in the nation. Either DIY your own artful adventure or allow the experts illuminate the secrets behind the works. Docent tours are available every Wednesday and Friday at 5:30pm. Free and open to the public. Meet us in the lobby!
Please join us for the opening reception of OFF-SPRING: New Generations. Enjoy a cocktail reception at 6pm with remarks from Chief Curator, Alice Gray Stites, followed by a special presentation by featured artist, Stacey Steers. Rituals—religious and cultural, institutional and domestic—provide the thematic infrastructure for OFF-SPRING: New Generations. These sculptures, paintings, photographs, and videos employ iconographic imagery …
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Please join us for a public live-stream screening of this year’s Creative Time Summit. Guests are welcome to come and go, attending the sessions they most wish to see during the day of presentations. The 11th Creative Time Summit, an annual convening for thinkers, dreamers, and doers working at the intersection of art and politics will …
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Natalie Baxter returns home to Kentucky to talk about her current work at 21c Museum Hotel Lexington on Wednesday, March 13 at 7pm. Talk is free and open to the public. > RSVP and invite friends via Facebook here ABOUT THE ARTIST Natalie Baxter says that she first learned to quilt from her Granny on …
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Please join us at 21c Lexington for a special performance by art-pop psychedelic duo Princess. Princess will perform a live narrative of their video album Out There, which explores the role men ought to be playing during the current cultural reckoning of misogyny. The video’s science fiction narrative explores the power of the Divine Feminine through collaborations …
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Please join us for the closing celebration of OFF-SPRING: New Generations. Enjoy a cocktail reception at 6pm with remarks by Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites, followed by a special presentation by featured artist Rachel Lee Hovnanian. > RSVP and invite friends via Facebook here ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Rituals—religious and cultural, institutional and domestic—provide the thematic infrastructure …
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Please join us for the opening celebration of our newest exhibition, Pop Stars! Popular Culture and Contemporary Art. The event will feature an artist walk + talk tour and conversation with Derrick Adams and Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites led by host Rahsaan Gandy. ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Superheroes and celebrities, totems and toys: the imagery of manufactured …
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We will be screening "Anthropocene: The Human Epoch," directed by Jennifer Baichwall, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky, as part of a nationwide viewing event. A stunning sensory experience and cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is a years-in-the-making feature documentary from the award-winning team behind Manufactured Landscapes …
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