Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 29 July 2015

City Bird 191 Henry St publisher’s opening: Nick McManus 6 Month Polaroid Retrospective 5-10

Con Artist Collective 119 Ludlow St show closing: Futurotica An erotica show with a futurist slant! Joey Guidone, Jinhee Kwak, Jon Mann, Chamberlin Newsome, and more, curated by Rich Miller, Jackson Lin, and Brandon Wisecarver 7-11

Foley 59 Orchard St PDN Presents: The Curator--The Search for Outstanding and Undiscovered Fine-Art Maija Tammi, Amy Friend, Frances Denny, Gina Nero, Anna K. Shimshak, and Heather Evans Smith,  judged by Deborah Willis, Brian Paul Clamp, and Michelle Dunn Marsh 6-8
Christian Berst Art Brut 95 Rivington St book signing and discussion: Norman Girardot Envisioning Howard Finster 6-8
317 Gallery 317 Grand St Group Show Inas Al-Soqi, Cristian Balint, Cozo, Gregory De La Haba, Justin Hopkins, Wil Swink and Lena Vazhenina, co-hosted by Sasha Rales & Yelena Furman 7-9

Soho Design District Mid-Summer Happy Hour 6-8

  Cappellini 152 Wooster St

  Cassina 151 Wooster St

  Stepevi 147 Wooster St

  Poltrona Frau 145 Wooster St

  Blu Dot 140 Wooster St

  Room & Board 105 Wooster St

  Luce Plan 14 Wooster St

  Nanimarquina 588 Broadway Suite 607

  Moroso 146 Greene St

  Design Within Reach 110 Greene St

  Gandiablasco 52 Greene St

  Artemide 46 Greene St

  Fontana Arte 45 Greene St

  lou 42 Greene St

  USM 28 Greene St

  Blackbody 25 Greene St

  Foscarini 17 Greene St

Loisiada Inc. 710 E 9 YLO ¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York co-curated by Libertad Guerra and Wilson Valentín-Escob

Dwell Church 59 Cooper Square history and tour: Pete Armstrong OMG!: Churches and Synagogues of Greenwich Village First Ukrainian Assembly of God: Community Center for the East Village 6:30 free, reservations required

Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia St Ted Berkowitz Just a Note 5:30-7

Axor NYC 29 9th Ave Metropolis & Axor Hansgrohe present: Summer Soiree Celebrating The 2015 Hansgrohe + Axor Das Design Competition welcome by Susan Szenasy, & Stephanie Litchkowski 6-8:30 rsvp Eventbrite

Sean Kelly 475 Tenth Ave reading: Jami Attenberg Saint Mazie 6-8
ACA 529 W 20 Raw Beauty Bradley Theodore and Antoine Verglas 6-9:30 reservation rsvp@acagalleries.com
Punto Space 325 W 38 Street, Storefront 3 Artists Appreciation Day Nettles Artists Collective 5-8 

Waterhouse & Dodd 960 Madison Ave Summer Group Show Doug Argue, Trevor Bell, Karen Gunderson, Kim Keever, Jean-François Rauzier and Jay Zukerkorn 6-8
Barnes & Noble 2289 Broadway book launch: Deborah David The Trip: Andy Warhol's Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure 7

National Academy Museum 1083 Fifth Ave panel: Abstraction & Figuration: Strange Bedfellows? Donna Dennis, Roberto Juarez, Philip Pearlstein, and Dorothea Rockburne 6:30-8 free, RSVP communications@nationalacademy.org

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Ave Uptown Bounce street fair 6-9 free, registration required for various events

El Museo del Barrio 1230 5th Ave Uptown Bounce street fair 6-9 free, registration required for various events

Made in NY Media Center by IFP 30 John St DUMBO Audio Visual Venue | Vol 2: ExsotericTweak Song.Yunling(Tracy), Cao.Yuxi(James) and Raven.kwok, c urated by: Thomas Rotenberg 7-9

OnSite:Brooklyn 165 7th St Gowanus Hand Pulled Prints: The Current Practice in Printmaking 6-9