Since today (Memorial Day) is the unofficial start of summer, we’re going to keep things brief. While a visit to MoMA probably won’t improve your tan, it can certainly be transformative, so here are a few suggested activities for this week.

Joel Sternfeld. Little Talbot Beach, Florida. 1980. Chromogenic color print, 13 9/16 x 16 15/16″ (34.5 x 43.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Beth Goldberg Nash and Joshua Nash. © 2014 Joel Sternfeld

• On Tuesday, May 27, as part of An Auteurist History of Film Reprise, Part 2, director Peter Emanuel Goldman comes to MoMA for a screening and discussion of his moody, melancholic debut film Echoes of Silence (1965).

• Artist Allison Smith leads a hands-on workshop related to her ongoing project Needle Work (2010) on Thursday, May 29, as part of MoMA Studio: Breathe with Me. Visit MoMA.org/studio for details.

• Join us on Thursday, May 29, and Saturday, May 31, for CONTACT! at the Biennial: Beyond Recall, part of the NY Phil Biennial. Matthias Pintscher conducts Philharmonic musicians in MoMA’s Agnes Gund Garden Lobby, in a program including the U.S. premieres of works inspired by sculptures made for outdoor public spaces in the city of Salzburg. Visit MoMA.org for more information about purchasing tickets.

Installation view of The House Is the Body (1968), part of the exhibition Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (May 10–August 24, 2014). Photo: Thomas Griesel. © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art

• Explore themes from our latest exhibition, Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988, during the Contemporary Art Forum on Friday, May 30, MoMA’s half-day conference exploring the curative properties of engaging with and making objects. Participants include scholars Michael Taussig and Cynthia Hahn, artists Allison Smith and Dario Robleto, Glenn Adamson from the Museum of Arts and Design, and Tim McHenry from the Rubin Museum of Art.

• Don’t miss a free Garden Party with Maira Kalman and Daniel Handler on Sunday, June 1, celebrating their new book Girls Standing on Lawns. The event, which takes place in MoMA’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, features live 1930s-style Parisian jazz from the Hot Club of Flatbush, plus activities for kids.