VIRTUAL TOURS
May 2, 11:30 AM–1 PM EST
Whitney Museum
Whitney Biennial
May 4, 3 PM EST
Guggenheim Museum
Community Call
To register, email access@guggenheim.org
May 7, 11 AM–12:30 PM EST
Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation
Tactile Transmissions
May 13, 2–4 PM EST
Guggenheim Museum
Mind's Eye: Transformations
May 16, 3–4:15 PM EST
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Virtual Descriptive Tour
May 20, 6:30 PM PST
VocalEye
Almost Live
May 26, 4–5 PM EST
Poster House
Virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Love & Fury
IN-PERSON TOURS
May 6, 1–3 PM EST
MoMA
Film Screening with Live Description: Moonrise Kingdom
May 14, 11 AM–12:30 PM EST
Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation
Tactile Transmissions
May 16, 11 AM–1 PM EST
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Seeing Through Drawing—Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship
May 17, 3–5:30 PM EST
The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center
El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
The show includes audio descriptions. To receive complimentary tickets on a first come first served basis, along with a pre-show orientation at 1:30 PM, email: accessprograms@moma.org
May 18, 11–12:30 PM EST
Poster House
Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Love & Fury
May 18, 6–8 PM EST
Guggenheim Museum
Mind's Eye: Transformations
Note that this list might be incomplete.
To find more museums offering Zoom calls with expert verbal descriptions of artworks and exhibitions, check out the list on my Resources page.
Image ID: From our recent travel to Japan:
Yayoi Kusama, Yellow Pumpkin, Naoshima Art Island
Description from Seeing AI:
The image features a large, sculptural pumpkin situated on a paved surface near a body of water. The pumpkin is predominantly yellow with black polka dots of varying sizes covering its surface. The stem is curved and also decorated with polka dots. In the background, there are mountains visible across the water, creating a scenic backdrop. The pumpkin is positioned centrally in the image, with the water and mountains extending horizontally behind it.
Descripton by BeMyAI:
Large yellow pumpkin sculpture covered in black polka dots.
The pumpkin has a rounded, plump shape with multiple vertical ridges and a curved stem on top, which is also yellow with black dots. The black dots vary in size, with larger circles arranged in vertical lines down each segment and smaller dots filling the spaces between. The surface appears glossy and smooth, reflecting light slightly. The sculpture is placed on a flat concrete area beside calm water, and hazy mountains are visible in the distance under an overcast sky.