Museum Mile Festival attendees can get a sneak peek at El Museo del Barrio’s “La Bienal 2013: Here Is Where We Jump, which includes Edgar Serrano’s “A dios” (acrylic and latex on canvas, 2012 / photo courtesy of the artist)
Multiple locations on Fifth Ave. between 82nd & 105th Sts.
Tuesday, June 11, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Admission: free
www.museummilefestival.org
Several uptown museums will be opening their doors for free as part of the thirty-fourth annual Museum Mile Festival, taking place Tuesday night, June 11, from 5:45 to 9:00. Fifth Ave. will be filled with live performers and family-friendly activities between 82nd & 104th Sts., including chalk drawing, face painting, Sammie & Tudie’s Imagination Playhouse, the Little Orchestra Society, Silly Billy the Very Funny Clown, Isle of Klezbos, Magic Brian, various DJs, and more. The participating museums (with at least one of their current shows listed here) include El Museo del Barrio (“La Bienal 2013: Here Is Where We Jump”), the Museum of the City of New York (“A Beautiful Way to Go”), the Jewish Museum (“Six Things: Sagmeister & Walsh,” “Jack Goldstein x 10,000”), the National Academy (“Jeffrey Gibson: Said the Pigeon to the Squirrel,” “Pat Steir: Blue River”), the Guggenheim (“New Harmony: Abstraction Between the Wars, 1919-1939”), the Neue Galerie (“Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907”), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (“Photography and the American Civil War,” “The Civil War and American Art”), along with the Goethe-Institut (which has moved downtown), the Museum for African Art (which is building a new home), and the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (which is currently undergoing renovation). Don’t try to do too much, because it can get rather crowded; just pick one or two exhibitions in one or two museums and enjoy.