This event is free with Late Night ICP $5 admission. Every Thursday, during Late Night ICP, ICP is open with special late hours and reduced admission from 6–9 PM.
Please note there has been a change in the schedule. There will no longer be an extended tour of David Seidner: Fragments, 1977-99 and the ICP at 50: From the Collection tour will begin at 6:15 PM.
Join Elisabeth Sherman, ICP's Senior Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Collections for a guided walking tours of ICP at 50: From the Collection, 1845-2019 and an introduction to David Seidner: Fragments, 1977-99.
Tour Schedule
6:15 PM
Tour of ICP at 50: From the Collection, 1845-2019
7–7:05 PM
Introduction to David Seidner: Fragments, 1977-99
About the Exhibitions
ICP's survey of the work of David Seidner (1957–1999) reintroduces this important and rarely exhibited artist of the 1980s and 1990s whose work has largely faded from view since his passing from AIDS-related illnesses in 1999. Primarily drawn from Seidner's archive, which has been a part of ICP’s collection since 2001, highlights include Seidner’s early fine art photography and fragmented portrait studies, vibrant fashion and editorial photography, images of groundbreaking dancers and choreographers, portraits of well-known contemporary artists and their studios, and works from his final project, abstracted studies of orchids.
Kicking off ICP's 50th anniversary year, ICP at 50: From the Collection, 1845–2019 is a thematic exploration of the many photographic processes that comprise the medium’s history, presenting works from ICP’s deep holdings of photography collected over 50 years since ICP was established in 1974. The exhibition includes work from the 19th century to the present, featuring photographs by well-known artists that ICP has in depth holdings of—such as Robert Capa, Weegee, Francesco Scavullo, and Gerda Taro among many others—as well as lesser-known and vernacular works and recent acquisitions including images by Jess T. Dugan, Nona Faustine, Deana Lawson, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and Guanyu Xu.
Program Format/Accessibility Information
This is a walking tour of the gallery; no seating is provided. For accessibility questions or requests, please email [email protected].
About the Speakers
Elisabeth Sherman is the Senior Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the International Center of Photography. Previous to her current role, she was at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions including Time Management Techniques and Dawoud Bey: An American Project (2019–2022), which had a four-venue tour and won the Lucie Award for Photo Museum Exhibition of the Year in 2021. Sherman also oversaw the Whitney’s presentation of Zoe Leonard: Survey, the first large-scale overview of the artist's work in an American museum.
Haley Kane is the Exhibitions and Collections Coordinator at ICP. Before ICP, she assisted with curatorial projects at Arts and Letters, the Venice Biennale, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. She holds a BA from Barnard College and will receive an MA in art history from Hunter College next year.
