Member Roundtable: The Artists of Coenties Slip

For a brief period in the 1950s and ’60s, an unexpected community of artists lived and worked on Coenties Slip, one of Manhattan’s oldest streets, at the island’s southeastern tip. The diverse practices of this group—including Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Lenore Tawney, Jack Youngerman, and his wife, the actress Delphine Seyrig—incorporate both the materials and the spirit of their unique environment, which was part of, but also apart from, the cultural scene of midcentury New York.

Join us for a private viewing of Gallery 516: The Artists of Coenties Slip from 6:00 to 6:15 p.m., followed by an in-gallery discussion from 6:15 to 7:00 p.m. with its organizers, Prudence Peiffer, MoMA’s Director of Content and author of the book The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever, and Samantha Friedman, curator in MoMA’s Department of Drawings and Prints.

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