Cooper Union (41 Cooper Square) - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Cooper Union (41 Cooper Square). Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Torkwase Dyson “I Can Drink the Distance”
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Arthas named artist Torkwase Dyson to be the Spring 2019 Robert Gwathmey Chair. During her tenure, Dyson will show a new body of work, including a site-specific...More »
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“WE DISSENT… Design of the Women’s Movement in New York” Exhibition
WE DISSENT… Design of the Women’s Movement in New York considers more than 150 years of feminist artifacts. Showcasing a diversity of printed matter and other materials including engravings, posters, brochures,...More »
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“Wound” Exhibition
WOUND, adj. /waʊnd/ mending time and attention Presented by the School of Art of The Cooper Union, WOUND is a study center for practices of listening and collaboration. The exhibition has been conceived...More »
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“Swiss Style Now” Exhibition
The Swiss style of graphic is perhaps the most influential movement of the 20th century. It came to fame in the 1950s, as a clear graphic language of communication, and became a hallmark style internationally....More »
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“Bring Your Own Body: transgender between archives & aesthetics”
Bring Your Own Body presents the work of transgender artists and archives, from the institutional and sexological to the personal and liminal. Taking its title from an unpublished manuscript by transgender...More »
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“Bring Your Own Body: Transgender Between Archives and Aesthetics” Exhibition
“Bring Your Own Body” presents the work of transgender artists and archives, from the institutional and sexological to the personal and liminal. Taking its title from an unpublished manuscript by intersex...More »
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“Thirty 1985-2015” Exhibition
Exhibition Celebrates 30th Anniversary of The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, 1985–2015. thirty reveals the many hidden gems amongst thousands of pieces of design ephemera in The...More »
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“Type Directors Club 61st Annual Exhibition”
An exhibition of the Type Directors Club sixty-first annual typography winners, TDC61. On view are selections from some of the best uses of typography in a wide range of categories including web graphics,...More »
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“School of Art Student Presentations” Exhibition
Senior Presentations by School of Art Students throughout the Foundation Building and 41 Cooper Square Including Presentations by Luke Pirtle & Moises Sanabria with School of Engineering senior...More »
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“School of Art Student Presentations” Exhibition
Presentations by School of Art Students throughout the Foundation Building and 41 Cooper Square and 31 Third Avenue Including Presentations by ONE NIGHT ONLY SCREENING - Hannah Bang: A Walkers Talk...More »
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“School of Art Student Presentations” Exhibition
Presentations of School of Art Students throughout the Foundation Building and in the 41 Cooper Square Gallery Including Senior Presentations by Stephen Gurtowski and Elzie Williams Ian Keliher Taylor...More »
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“Six Flags Part 2” Exhibition
Student Presentation of works by Olivia Drusin ‘16 andWilliam Stewart ‘16 More »
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Lina McGinn and Saar Shemesh “Forgotten Once Vertical”
Student Presentation of works by Lina McGinn ‘16 and Saar Shemesh ‘16 More »
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“A Synthetic Wound” Exhibition
A group exhibition of School of Art students and outside artists curated by Isabel Legate More »
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Joey Cannizaro, Tucker Elkins and Vanessa Leiva “Sometimes Bees Have Angels’ Wings”
A group exhibition by graduating School of Art seniors Joey Cannizaro, Tucker Elkins and Vanessa LeivaMore »
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Emmanuela Soria-Ruiz and Lydia Dresser “Too Much, Too Soon”
Senior Presentation of Emmanuela Soria-Ruiz and Lydia Dresser More »
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“Monument to Cold War Victory” Exhibition
Monument to Cold War Victory is a conceptual project by the artist Yevgeniy Fiks, taking the form of an open-call, international competition for a public, commemorative work of art. In November 2012,...More »
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“Type Directors Club 60th Annual Exhibition”
The Type Directors Club is holding its 60th typography exhibit, TDC60, at Cooper Union’s 41 Cooper Gallery. On view are selections from some of the best uses of typography in exhibitions, newspapers,...More »
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“Surface to Structure: Folded Forms” Exhibition
Surface to Structure: Folded Forms is an exhibition of origami artwork that brings together the work of 88 artists spanning five continents. The 130+ works in the show encapsulate a broad spectrum of origami’s...More »
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“End of Year Show 2014”
The annual exhibition that transforms the classrooms and studios of The Cooper Union into galleries showcasing work from The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, the School of Art, and the Albert Nerken...More »
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Marco Barrera & Daniel Peterson Exhibition
Senior Presentation of works by Marco Barrera & Daniel PetersonMore »
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“Do Good Green-Wood” Exhibition
An exhibition to celebrate the the philosophical notion of altruism and the 175th anniversary of Green-Wood Cemetery at the Cooper Union. Showcasing a selection of philanthropists interred at Green-Wood...More »
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“Show Up” Exhibition
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Photography - Architecture - Installation - Video installation - Performance Art
- 2013-05-28 - 2013-06-15
The Cooper Union End of Year Show has marked its students’ transition from studios, laboratories and classrooms to the gallery from more than 150 years. A time honored tradition, the first recorded...More »
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"Anything can substitute art: George Maciunas in SoHo" Exhibition
Lithuanian-born artist, architect, designer, and self-appointed "chairman" of Fluxus, George Maciunas (1931‒1978, Cooper Union School of Art graduate 1952) radically challenged the idea of avant-garde...More »
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"Types We Can Make and Type@Cooper" Exibition
“Types We Can Make”- A selection of contemporary Swiss typeface design curated by ECAL/University of Art & Design Lausanne (Switzerland), in association with The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design...More »
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"Ruptures: Forms of Public Address" Exhibition
Curated by Saskia Bos and Steven Lam, the exhibition explores politically vital issues surrounding the struggle for democracy and public space. Through a precise, yet varied selection of works the exhibition...More »
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"Real Good Box" Exhibition
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"Pharma" Exhibition
Graphic design in the pharmaceutical industry from the 1940's to present day The Herb Lubalin Study Center at The Cooper Union examines the influence and impact of graphic design on the pharmaceutical...More »
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"Living as Form" Kick Off Talk
Living as Form, a Creative Time exhibition including over 100 artists and projects, 25 curators, 6 new commissions, and 3 public talks, kicks off on May 18 with "Participation and Spectacle: Where Are...More »
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"The Crude and the Rare" Exhibition
"The Crude and the Rare," a provoking exhibition featuring a range of diverse works--some never viewed publicly until now, opens 10/19 at 41 Cooper Gallery, the Cooper Union's new academic building. The...More »
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"Animated Digital Art to be Projected on Cooper Union’s Foundation Building and 41 Cooper Square" Exhibition
A series of digital animations by artist Gearoid Dolan a.k.a. screaMachine, of the Computer Center at The Cooper Union, will be projected on the façade of Cooper Union’s historic Foundation Building and...More »
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"The Cooper Union End of Year Show: The School of Engineering" Exhibition
With the 43rd annual End of Year Show, students at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art make the transition from the studios and classrooms to the gallery as they formally exhibit their...More »
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"Rites of Passage: 1995-2009" Exhibition
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Photography - Architecture - Sculpture - Video installation - Media Arts
- 2010-01-21 - 2010-02-11
What is the path of creativity in the 21st century? Rites of Passage: 1995-2009, an exhibition at 41 Cooper Gallery, located in Cooper Union’s new academic building, explores the routes taken by recent...More »
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Connie Rosenblum "Boulevard of Dreams" Lecture
An editor of the New York Times, Constance Rosenblum recently published Boulevard of Dreams, a seminal recount of the rise, fall and current revival of the famed thoroughfare of the Bronx's Grand Concourse....More »
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Proef (Marije Vogelzang) Performance
According to Marinetti, pasta was the worst food to eat, because it made humans slow, dull, and fat–so in this installation, the steam created from boiling pasta will form a sauna, giving audience members...More »
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"Lubalin Now" Exhibition
Lubalin Now will showcase contemporary graphic design that reflects the formal and conceptual approach of pioneering designer Herb Lubalin's work and legacy. Many of today's top graphic artists continue...More »
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Guy Ben-Ner "Untitled: Ben-Ner Has a Conversation With Himself About How Art Can Serve Life"
Filmed and edited over the course of twelve months, Israeli artist Guy Ben-Ner will present an unusual “live film,” commissioned by Performa, that captures an ongoing phone conversation between the artist...More »
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"Free as Air and Water" Group Exhibition
Free as Air and Water, a group exhibition that features a diverse array of artistic works that will explore the relationship between art, ecology, and human rights , is part of The Cooper Union’s 150th...More »