DECEMBER 10, 2026, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. ET at Franklin Furnace's new office in LIC. We are celebrating thirteen artists from this year's grant cycle.
November 21, 2026 2:00-3:30 PM at P.P.O.W Gallery featuring Martha Wilson, in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Franklin Furnace.
Wed. Nov 4, 2026 6:00pm - 9:45pm EST at The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street & 5th Avenue
[September 23, 2026 at 8pm] ISSUE presents an evening of performance and conversation in partnership with Franklin Furnace as part of their 50th anniversary commemoration and November release of Back to the Present: 50 Years of Free Expression with Franklin Furnace, edited by founder and pioneering artist, Martha Wilson.
[September 19, 2026] Party in the Park is a day-long performance art festival presented by Franklin Furnace, Materials for the Arts, and Socrates Sculpture Park. Free with RSVP
[August 9, 2026] Join us for a special Congolese lunch and watch party featuring Congolese FUND 2025-26 artist Nada Tshibwabwa.
[April 10, 2026] Join us for a once-in-50-years celebration honoring Franklin Furnace’s Golden Anniversary.
[January 27, 2026. 6:00pm EST] A public lecture on the history of the American reception and impact of one of the most radical Parisian late avant-gardes: the Lettrist movement.
[December 11, 2025. 4:00-7:00pm CST] Inspired by Bettina’s cycles of making, Franklin Furnace is invited to present an activation within the exhibition space on December 11, 2025.
[December 4, 2025] The inaugural Archival Thinking: Artist Archive Symposium was jointly organized by Asian Cultural Council (ACC) and Cai Foundation. It was a full-day event curated by Paul Holdengräber and featured two keynote speeches and three panel discussions.