EXHIBITS ACTIVITIES
“No Country: Contemporary Art
for South and Southeast Asia” 9th Avenue International Food Festival
THROUGH MAY 22, GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM This 40th annual event features ethnic foods from many different cultures,
a children’s pavilion and 200 vendors selling handcrafted jewelry, unique clothing,
music, and an array of arts and crafts. (ninthavenuefoodfestival.com)
MAY 18 – 19, NINTH AVENUE
The first of three traveling exhibitions in the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initia-
tive, “No Country” identifies and supports a network of art, artists and curators from
South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa. The
exhibition focuses on the artistic practices and cultural traditions of those regions.
(212-423-3587; guggenheim.org)
“New Harmony: Abstraction between the Wars, 1919–1939”
MAY 1O – SEPT. 8, GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
This summer the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will explore this rich facet of its
20th-century collection with an exhibition celebrating the spirited trends in abstraction
embraced among international artists