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Friendship, Chosen Families, and Making Art at the Slip

In connection with Gallery 516: The Artists of Coenties Slip, join composer Duncan Youngerman, photographer Barbara Mensch, and art historian Jonathan D. Katz as they uncover and explore connections between a downtown New York neighborhood and the boundary-breaking artists who made it their creative home.

For a brief period in the 1950s and 1960s, a group of artists—including Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Lenore Tawney, Delphine Seyrig, and Jack Youngerman—lived and worked together on the southeastern tip of Manhattan. Even as they developed a diverse set of practices, they shared a unique neighborhood that informed their work and fostered a supportive community. Together with the gallery’s organizers, Samantha Friedman, curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, and Prudence Peiffer, MoMA’s director of Content and author of The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever, our speakers will illuminate this history and how it relates to urban renewal, the formation and maintenance of an artist community, and how “collective solitude” can provide a fertile ground for artistic exploration.











When: Tue., Mar. 4, 2025 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Museum of Modern Art
11 W. 53rd St.
212-708-9400
Price: Free
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In connection with Gallery 516: The Artists of Coenties Slip, join composer Duncan Youngerman, photographer Barbara Mensch, and art historian Jonathan D. Katz as they uncover and explore connections between a downtown New York neighborhood and the boundary-breaking artists who made it their creative home.

For a brief period in the 1950s and 1960s, a group of artists—including Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Lenore Tawney, Delphine Seyrig, and Jack Youngerman—lived and worked together on the southeastern tip of Manhattan. Even as they developed a diverse set of practices, they shared a unique neighborhood that informed their work and fostered a supportive community. Together with the gallery’s organizers, Samantha Friedman, curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, and Prudence Peiffer, MoMA’s director of Content and author of The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever, our speakers will illuminate this history and how it relates to urban renewal, the formation and maintenance of an artist community, and how “collective solitude” can provide a fertile ground for artistic exploration.

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