Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Harley-Davidson 374 Broadway book release party: David H. Wagner’s self-help book for men: Backbone: The Modern Man’s Ultimate Guide to Purpose, Passion, and Power 6
Cheryl Hazan 35 N Moore St Hyunmee Lee Abstract Alchemy 6-8

Magic 175 Canal St Matias Arganaraz Age Ant curated by Gogy Esparza 7-10

Artifact 84 Orchard St Vivienne McDermot, Ruth Helena Fischer, Manuella Muerner Marioni 6-8

Ludlow Studios 40 Ludlow St Art Motion, 3-day traveling exhibition curated by Mari Lopez-Pulido for Sala Mendoza 6-10

Con Artist Collective 119 Ludlow St show closing: But is it Art? Adriana Garces, Audrey Ryan, Bree Rubin, Carolyn Colsant, Heather Marie Scholl, Laura Tack, Marianna Peragallo, Maria Petrovskaya, Sessa Englund, Shaina Yang, Winter Mendelson, Tia Dunn, Paola Torres Nuñez Del Prado, Daniel Lamanna, James Gardella, John De La O, Josef Pinlac and Saks Afridi, curated by Josef Pinlac 7-11

TBD 97 Allen St Gargle/Spit Chris Burden, Claudia Comte, Franz West, Katherine Bernhardt, Mary Heilmann, Paul Thek, Rachel Harrison, Richard Artschwager, Vito Acconci; presented by Kenny Schachter 6-9

Art Love New York 345 Broome St International group exhibition •Pola Brandle, Indra Setrawan, Audrée Anid, Pham Huy Thong, Marwan Nahle, Sebastian de Lancey, Chicagokim, George Lilanga, Oussamah Ghandour, Christopher Carr 6-9

Catherine Ahnell 66 Grand St Ahn Sun Mi Multifaceted 6-9

La Mama La Galleria 47 Great Jones St Oana Maria Cajal Posters for Unwritten Plays 6-8

NYU Tisch 721 Broadway Spring Animation Showcase 2015! 4

Cooper Union 41 Cooper Square talk: Gary Hume Spring 2015 Alex Katz Chair In Painting Lecture 6:30-8

NYU Steinhardt 34 Stuyvesant St –scapes BFA Thesis Exhibition David Bransfield, Anna Bugbee, Eser Coban, Kylie Ellis, Max Gershman,Jeanne Jalandoni, Maria Gee Eun Jung, Hailey Kenton, Michelle Kwak, Alyssa Steiger, Madison Todd, Chuang Yu 5-7

Ivy Brown 675 Hudson St 4N Jamel Robinson Point of Departure 6-8

Space 58 Gansevoort St Oberon Sinclair 6 by invitation

Pratt Manhattan 144 W 14 Home is Where the House Is: Photography Senior Thesis Exhibitions curated by Justine Kurland 6-8

Center 548 548 W 22 Select Art Fair VIP Preview 6-10 $

DuPont Design Studio 49 W 23  Bllurred: Design Beyond the Edges 6-8 reservation requested

HG Stones 28 West 25 Exclusive Grand Opening 5-8 rsvp rkspacesmag.com/rsvp.cfm

NYPL 42nd St & 5th Ave Books at Noon: Sally Mann on Hold Still: A Memoir With Photographs noon free

Barneys 660 Madison Ave 9th Fl celebration of Alex Katz’s Barney’s windows and the Art Production Fund 6 by invitation

Hunter College Leubsdorf Gallery 68th St & Lexington Ave BFA Thesis Exhibit Francheska Alcantara, Sam Anderson, Caroline Bennett, Cecilia Charlton, Malanya Graham, Phillip Michaels, Ryan Sartin 6-8

Carlyle Hotel 35 E 76 Harper’s Books presents Anti-Art Fair 5-10

Symphony Space Broadway Thalia Book Club: Sally Mann Hold Still; Mann in conversation with Ann Patchett 7:30 $25

Corn Exchange Building 81-85 E 125 Flux Art Fair Press and VIP Vernissage 6-9

Frieze Art Fair Randall’s Island VIP Preview 6-9 $

The Local 13-02 44th Ave Long Island City opening party: LIC Open Arts Festival 6-10 cash bar

Five Myles 558 St Johns Place Crown Heights artists and curator talk: Artistic Weapons of Mass Communication curator Souhad Rafey and artists Samira Abbassy, Rajie Cook and Ganzeer 7