Performatist

    The Curator's Cup: Afternoon Tea with Lily Tuttle

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    Saturday, July 18, 2026

    2:00 PM

    Museum of the City of New York

    1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Lily Tuttle appears as a live, conversational performer whose practice treats audience participation as material rather than backdrop, using the social script of an event to structure the work. At the Museum of the City of New York’s The Curator’s Cup: Afternoon Tea with Lily Tuttle she presents a guided, research-driven encounter that prioritizes tone, detail and close listening over spectacle.

    About the Artists

    Lily Tuttle

    Lily Tuttle appears in New York City as a live participant in the Museum of the City of New York’s program, *The Curator’s Cup: Afternoon Tea with Lily Tuttle*. Her work sits comfortably in institutional settings, where conversation and close listening carry as much weight as performance.

    Lilly Tuttle

    Lilly Tuttle is an individual performance artist whose public appearances often take the form of guided, research-driven encounters. In New York City, she has appeared at the Museum of the City of New York in *The Cuomo’s Cup: Afternoon Tea with Lilly Tuttle*, a live, conversational work that treats audience participation as material rather than backdrop.