Description
Octopus & Others: Acts of Collaboration & Poetics
August 6 – November 15, 2026
We present Octopus & Others: Acts of Collaboration & Poetics, an exhibition inspired by a significant project from the museum’s history by artist, poet, and Exit Art co-founder Papo Colo. Octopus: An Act of Sculpture (1982)—an accordion-style outdoor book composed of eight-by-four-foot plywood panels—was first staged in El Museo’s courtyard in 1982. Anchored by a recent gift of several panels from the project to El Museo’s Permanent Collection by Colo, presented here for the first time in more than four decades, Octopus & Others showcases the power of collaboration between artists and poets and of artworks that embrace and subvert the book form and its function.
Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art
September 10, 2026 – January 10, 2027
We present Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art, a major exhibition examining the life and work of Teddy Sandoval (1949–1995), an innovative yet historically underrecognized artist whose practice explored gender, sexuality, identity, and belonging with humor and political urgency. Rooted in Los Angeles’s queer and Chicane artistic communities, Sandoval’s work engaged the social and cultural movements shaping the United States and Latin America from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Hours: El Museo del Barrio’s galleries and La Tienda are open Thursdays - Sundays from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO MEMBERS
El Museo individual and corporate members enjoy free admission. Current members will receive an email from our membership office with a discount code to be entered when reserving tickets. For more information on membership, please email members@elmuseo.org.
Date & Time
Aug 6, 2026 - Jan 10, 2027
Venue Details
El Museo del Barrio
1230 5th AvenueNew York, New York 10029
