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A blue slide with a white circle in the center. Within the white circle are three, smaller, black circles forming an equilateral triangle. The black circles are connected by blue dotted lines. Counter clockwise starting from the top, the black circles read, “ QUEENS COLLEGE”, “QUEENS MUSEUM” and “QUEENS NYC” in white, uppercase font. In the center of the triangle is another black circle of the same size. It reads “SPQ Social Practice Queens”. The center black circle is connected to each outer black circle with more blue dotted lines.

Art as Social Action: 10 Years of Social Practice Queens

03.24.21 – 08.29.21

Installed on the facade of the Queens Museum is a yellow, three part banner with the phrase “Dear Service Worker, “Thank you for keeping NYC alive!” for → forever…”, written in black ink. At the top of the building is a sign that reads “Queens Museum”.

Mierle Laderman Ukeles
For ⟶ forever…

09.15.20 – 07.31.22

A close up of a collage with a busy composition. The background is white with a lot of material layered on top. The materials include a handwritten report in black ink, several forensic rulers in the metric system, tiny printed surveillance video stills, of a people walking, and separated red and blue fabric.

Asif Mian
RAF: Prosthetic Location

03.24.21 – 08.29.21

A water reservoir surrounded by a forest of bare trees. The water is a pristine, dark blue. In the background is the skyline of New York City against a cloudy blue sky.

Ridgewood Reservoir for the 21st Century

09.16.20 – 08.29.21

A close up installation view of Sydney Shen’s solo exhibition, Strange But True. Three, cropped views of rectangular, block sculptures sit on the gallery floor. Each block has blown up handwritten notes, black and white photographs, and documents tacked on. The block on the center has a giant metal key laying on it. One gallery wall is painted black and has blown up projector slides, a magnifying glass and a black pencil with a teddy-bear eraser topper. Two visitors are observing the works.

Sydney Shen
Strange But True

04.28.21 – 09.12.21

A two-story mural of abstracted animals in pastel and earth tones. At the bottom left of the mural is row of artwork on display. Descending from the top right is a twisting flight of stairs. At the bottom is an empty museum floor.

Ulrike Müller
The Conference of the Animals

09.16.20 – 01.16.22

Dr. Egon Neustadt sitting in a brown, cushioned chair. He is wearing a blue button up and gray slacks. His face is framed and lit up by a sea of glass lamps with different, colorful, mosaic patterns. Behind him is a large, blue and green, stain-glass window of a nature scene.

The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass

On Long-Term View

Roosevelt Island sits in the middle of the frame, with the Queensboro/Ed Kotch Bridge connecting Manhattan on the left and Queens on the right. Manhattan is densely populated with tall buildings, while this section of Queens has small housing buildings. In the back of the frame the Triboro Bridge and the Bronx are visible.

The Panorama of the City of New York

On Long-Term View

A graphic sketch of three artworks. On the left is a framed drawing of a hand, drawing on a piece of paper with a pencil. Above the hand is the word “ART” written out in block letters”. In the center is a grouping of protest signs about gun violence, LGBTQ+ rights and the Movement for Black Lives. On the right is an abstracted U.S. flag with a map of the United States. The map is shaded in to show the ratio of blue and red states.

The Queens Teens: Overcoming, Adapting, and Resisting

06.26.21 – 08.29.21

A 3D relief map of New York’s water system that was too large for the 1964 World's Fair. Now on permanent view the hilly terrain, the divets and rivers that the Catskills, Croton, and Delaware watersheds flow into are on display. Lights follow the path of aqueducts that lead to New York City.

The Relief Map of the New York City Water Supply System

On Long-Term View

Tiffany’s Lamps: Lighting Luxury

03.21.21 – Ongoing

A dome like spherical model with curved lattice work on the roof and a horizontal wave like structure through the middle. Jutting out from the middle of the sphere are two walkways. The base of the sphere has grass, trees and three figurines walking around.

World’s Fair Collection

On Long-Term View

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