Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Sargent's Daughters 179 East Broadway exhibition: Jemima Kirke The Ceremony

Con Artist Collective 119 Ludlow St exhibition: People's Choice 2017 Awards 7-11

Elizabeth Houston 190 Orchard St exhibition: Liminal Mark Lyon, Rachel Hellmann, Colin Hunt 6-8

Abrons Arts Center 466 Grand St conversation: Pep Vidal, Diana Reese, and Xavier Acarín, in conjunction with Who Wants to Be an Impatient Gardener (!?): A Project by Pep Vidal curated by Xavier Acarín 6:30

Nathalie Karg 291 Grand St exhibition: Polaroids: The Disappearing Matthew Antezzo, Michel Auder, Rita Barros, Robert Beck, Brigid Berlin, Emma Bee Bernstein, Brian Buckley, Tom Burr, Ellen Carey, John Coplans, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jarrett Earnest, Barbara Ess, Saul Fletcher, Jim French, Joe Fyfe, David Goerk, Mark Grotjahn, Robert Heinecken, Dennis Hopper, Barbara Kasten, André Kertész, Jeremy Kost, Kevin Landers, Miranda Lichtenstein, Christopher Makos, Robert Mapplethorpe, Maripol, Wayne Maser, Amanda Means, Lucas Michael, Carlo Mollino, Mark Morrisroe, Sante d'Orazio, Poby, Breyer P-Orridge, Genesis P-Orridge, Matthew Porter, Lucas Samaras, Marco Schifano, Mario Schifano, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Mickalene Thomas, Conrad Ventur, Nat Ward, Andy Warhol, William Wegman, James Welling, David Yarritu 6-9

James Fuentes 55 Delancey St exhibition: Joseph Geagan Unique New York (Garbaggio Park) 6-8

Catinca Tabacaru 250 Broome St performance series: TRANS-Ville Act III: Heide Hatry, curated by Coco Dolle 7-9

Spencer Brownstone 170-B Suffolk St exhibition: Mark Dagley Radical Structures 6-8

International Center of Photography  250 Bowery panel: Picturing Place: The Anthropology of Race, Class, And Community Brenda Ann Kenneally and Danna Singer in conversation with John Hartigan Jr. 6:30-8 free, registration require, sold out

Lichtundfire 175 Rivington St exhibition: Past as Prologue or The Effects of Modernism on Contemporary Art Greg Brown, Koki Doktori, Augustus Goertz, Don Keene, Mark Kurdziel, Alan Steele, Scott Wixon, Gerald Wolfe, and Adja Yunkers 5:30-8:30

National Exemplar 59 Franklin St exhibition: Matt Kenny Landscape paintings (PART 2); Rand Hardy High Collar Re-Visited

Hunter College MFA 205 Hudson St lecture: Julie Heffernan 7:30-9 free

Storefront for Art and Architecture 97 Kenmare St memorial: In Recognition: Vito Acconci organized by Acconci Studio 7

Boo-Hooray 153 Lafayette St 5th Fl reopening of the gallery in New York: Festivus for the Rest of Us 6-8

Calligaris SoHo 55 Thompson St Niki & Shaokao Cheng present Annual Holiday Party with hosts Chloe and Charles Brunold, Ida Liu, Nana Lee, DJ Lady Bunny 6-8 reservation required

Children's Museum of the Arts 103 Charlton St exhibition: Ellen Harvey Ornaments and Other Refrigerator Magnets; Ian Berry The Secret Garden 6-8 reservation required rsvp@cmany.org

Living Gallery Outpost 246 E 4 exhibition: SaveArtSpace: Fragments of Content Brandon Sines, Angela Alba, Felipe Posada, Ari Lankin, curated by Devin Ohanian, Alexandria Hodkins  & Joseph Meloy, and Maggie Dunlap 6-9

New York Studio School 8 W 8 lecture: Aliza Nisenbaum On Her Work 6:30 free

NYPL Tompkins Square Library 331 E 10 East Village Arts Festival performances, workshops, and displays all day from 11am

De Buck 545 W 23 exhibiiton: Anton Yelchin Provocative Beauty 6-8 reception by invitation only

Greene Naftali 508 W 26 ground floor readings by Barry Schwabsky and Alec Wilkinson, performance by Yoshi Wada; in conjunction with exhibition by Jacqueline Humphries 7

SVA Chelsea Gallery 601 W 26 alumni panel: Street Smart Michael De Feo, Luiz d'Orey, Susan Leopold, and Dina Litovsky, moderated by Naomi Lev 6-8

Elizabeth Foundation for the Art 323 W 39 EFA Holiday Party Potluck! 6-8 NOTE: This is a potluck; please bring food to share.

New York Public Library 476 Fifth Ave Berger Forum book talk: Cullen Murphy Cartoon County 6:30 free

Sotheby's Institute of Art 570 Lexington Ave 6th Fl Student Curation: Image as Object Amy Ritter, Tasha Lewis, Dan Swindel, Alice Quaresma, and Katie Westmoreland, curated by Kaitlyn Ward 6-8 reservation required https://www.eventbrite.com/e/image-as-object-tickets-40127968835

Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Ave memorial: John Ashbery with Maxine Groffsky, Elizabeth Hazan, Ann Lauterbach, Dara Wier, Trevor Winkfield; musical performances by Dashon Burton, Melvin Chen, Sarah Rothenberg and the Brentano String Quartet; co-sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, PennSound, Poets House, and the Poetry Society of America 7:30 free, reservation required

David Richard 211 E 121 gallery talk: Gabriele Evertz and Robert Swain, moderated by Rachel Beaudoin; in conjunction with Swain’s exhibition Color: Theory and Affect 7-8

Bronx Documentary Center 614 Courtlandt Ave Bronx book launch and reading: Creative Lives: An Anthology edited by Ed Murphy 7 free, boos available without charge, also refreshments

Carrie Able 409 Keap St Williamsburg exhibition: Alana Roth Public Pretender Curated by Damien Anger with  opening night performance by Amira B. 7

Klompching 89 Water St Dumbo exhibition: Lensculture Winter Print Show 2017 6-8

The Keep 205 Cypress Ave Bushwick Bushwick Print Lab: 8th Annual 'Art of the T' & Holiday Pop Up 7-midnight

Asia Art Archive in America 43 Remsen St Brooklyn Heights discussion:  The Movement of Manananggal Amy Lien & Enzo Camacho with Levi Easterbrooks 7 donation requested, reservation required Eventbrite