Untitled (The greatest [Black] art history story ever told. Unfinished), Interpreted

Ceremonies Out of the Air

Dec 14, 2024–Mar 8, 2025

  • Upcoming
  • Performance
Untitled 4, 2018 (detail). From the series Untitled (The greatest [Black] art history story ever told. Unfinished), 2015–. Image courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Martin Parsekian

Invited guests respond to Ralph Lemon’s narrative epic, Untitled (The greatest [Black] art history story ever told. Unfinished) (2015–), a layered and colorful series of works on paper. Lemon notes the series deals “with charged places, architecture, and people historically and presently, and also in some sort of illusory future, and none of that is going to stop.” Participating artists, writers, theorists, and performers will each read or “interpret” Lemon’s abstract narrative from their distinct point of view.

The Ceremonies Out of the Air performance program includes several New York City and world premieres of Lemon’s newest works, which anchor the exhibition’s explorations of generosity, mortality, devotion, Blackness, and joy. All performances are free with RSVP. Tickets for Untitled (The greatest [Black] art history story ever told. Unfinished), Interpreted will be released in November. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified.

Readings run approximately 40 minutes.

Dates

December 14, 2024, 4 p.m. | Daphne Brooks
January 11, 2025, 4 p.m. | Bob Hoffnar
February 15, 2025, 4 p.m. | Will Rawls
March 8, 2024, 4 p.m. | Saidiya Hartman

2024-12-14 15:00:00 -0500
2025-03-08 16:00:00 -0500

Location

MoMA PS1

22-25 Jackson Avenue Queens, NY 11101

Readings

Date and Reader

Tickets

Dec 14 | Daphne Brooks

Released in November

Jan 11 | Bob Hoffnar

Released in November

Feb 15 | Will Rawls

Released in November

Mar 8 | Saidiya Hartman

Released in November