Founded in 1965 by late artist and poet John Giorno, Giorno Poetry Systems (GPS) has long operated outside conventional institutional frameworks. Under the leadership of Anthony Huberman since 2023, GPS functions as an artist-driven ecosystem and experimental platform that amplifies the voices of artists, poets, and musicians through a wide range of public, discursive, and intimate formats. GPS’s loft at 222 Bowery serves as a headquarters and gathering space for bi-weekly events.

Developed by Huberman and Eli Coplan, programming spans concerts, meals, grants, LPs, phone calls, and salons—all of which privilege artist-to-artist conversation and care, while embracing open-ended formats that remain alert to how artists engage the issues of their moment. GPS’s program is organized around four intersecting “systems”: an event series featuring lectures, screenings, and performances, all of which involve artists inviting other artists to present their work; GPS Records, a label of artist-curated LPs; GPS Grants, a quality-of-life funding initiative for LGBTQ+ artists and poets; and Dial-A-Poem, a series of international phonelines with recordings by poets, artists, musicians, and activists in multiple languages.

Over the next three years, Huberman and Coplan will invite artists across many generations from a range of life experiences, backgrounds, and identities. The goal is to be future-facing, so that Giorno’s generous vision benefits new generations. Artists confirmed for the next three years include Paul Pfeiffer, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Precious Okoyomon, Juliana Huxtable, Kay Gabriel, Julie Patton, Tyshawn Sorey, Matana Roberts, and Adam Pendleton. Additionally, Dial-A-Poem will expand to Hong Kong, Thailand, Switzerland, and Italy through collaborations with M+, Bangkok Kunsthalle, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO, Geneva) and Museo d’arte moderna di Bologna, respectively. 

Anthony Huberman is Artistic Director of Giorno Poetry Systems. Previously, he worked as a director and curator at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (San Francisco, 2013–23); the Artist’s Institute (New York, 2010–13); the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2007–10); Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2006–7); SculptureCenter (New York, 2003–6); and MoMA PS1 (New York, 1998–2003). He has curated recent exhibitions at WIELS (Brussels), Raven Row (London), KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin), and Secession (Vienna). Huberman has organized major group exhibitions such as Drum Listens to Heart (2022), Mechanisms (2017), For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there (2009), and Grey Flags (2006). He is a visiting faculty member at the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS), Bard College.

Eli Coplan is Curator and Programming Manager at Giorno Poetry Systems. Previously, he worked at Blank Forms (New York, 2022–23, 2017–18); Maxwell Graham Gallery (New York, 2019–22); and Greene Naftali Gallery (New York, 2018–19). As an artist, he has held solo exhibitions at a. SQUIRE (London, 2024) and Commercial Street (Los Angeles, 2023) and participated in group exhibitions at Theta (New York, 2025); Julia Stoschek Foundation (Düsseldorf, 2025); carriage trade (New York, 2024); Magenta Plains (New York, 2024); Stadtgalerie (Bern, 2023); Claude Balls Int. (New York, 2022); and elsewhere. He is an alumna of the Whitney Independent Study Program (New York, 2022–23).