Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, New Year's Eve, Tuesday, 31 December 2019

No announcements of special art and design events have been received  for today. Museums are open, though some close early. Almost all bars and  party spaces, as well as some alternative venues, are having late evening celebratory events, at various price points.

Celebrations in the art community that promise more than forced frivolity:
Minerva's Drawing Studio 91 Canal St Open House Event: Celebration for the New Year inaugural Holiday Party in new space 7
Bushwick Community Darkroom 110 Troutman St Bushwick New Years Eve Extravaganza! plus 110 open studios 9pm-6am $20 at door 

Monday, December 30, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Monday, 30 December 2019

Klimat Lounge & Art Gallery 77 E 7 closing reception: H.J. Kleiber Eat Me 7-10, painting auction 8:30-9:30 free, but food & drinks not provided, reservation Eventbrite 

Sunday, December 29, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Sunday, 29 December 2019

Museum of Interesting Things / The Loft at Prince Street 177 Prince St Secret Speakeasy with the HoloCenter lecture: Martina Mrongovius (HoloCenter, Creative Director) on the history of the future of holographic art, followed by artist presentations and by viewing of the museum's collection of photography and film objects, many of which are for 3D imaging door 4, talk 4:30 $20
WhiteBox 213 E 121 reception: Ola Rondiak Metempsychosis 4-7

In Memoriam: Painter Emily Mason (January 12, 1932-December 10, 2019)

Saturday, December 28, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Saturday, 28 December 2019

Westbeth Gallery 55 Bethune St curator-led public tour: Westbeth Winter Show 2019! Annual exhibition by resident artists 2-4
Viridian 548 W 28 closing party: Holiday Madness: 50th Annual Holiday Invitational 4-6

Friday, December 27, 2019

Art & Design events, New York, Friday, 27 December 2019

There are no openings or receptions scheduled today at commercial and non-profit art galleries, most of which are closed until January. Some design showrooms are open, but not all; check with the venue before scheduling a visit. Museums around the city are operating with regular hours.  

Thursday, December 26, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Thursday, 26 December 2019

Noho M55 Gallery 530 W 25 reception: Made in Japan 2019 Japanese Contemporary Artists Team, curated by Arisa Itami 5-7:30 

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Christmas Day, Wednesday, 25 December 2019

There are no special art or design events scheduled for today. Virtually all commercial and non-profit galleries and design showrooms are closed for the Holiday. Almost all encyclopedic and specialized museums are closed, with two notable exceptions: 
Jewish Museum 1109 5th Ave 11-4
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust 36 Battery Pl 10-6

Many studio films are opening today, as is a documentary of special interest:
Film Forum 209 West Houston St film: What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (directed and edited by Rob Garver, 98 min) various times

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Tuesday, 24 December 2019

There are no special gallery openings or design showroom presentations announced for today. Museums are open, though some have truncated schedules; check with the venue before attending. All around the city religious centers have events scheduled for tonight, for either Christmas Eve or Hanukkah; most are free, though some require advance registration. There is free Caroling in Washington Square Park with the Rob Susman Brass Quartet 5-6 

Monday, December 23, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Monday, 23 December 2019

La Nacional 239 W 14 music and video: Chromoscapes Nomòi Italian Contemporary Ensemble (Silvia Cistellini, Rosolino Di Salvo, Cesare Merisio), video project by Ivan Scellato; organized by Paul Cabezas 6:30-8:30 no ticketing information provided

Sunday, December 22, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Sunday, 22 December 2019

Proto Gomez 13 Monroe St closing reception with cookies + Conversation: Fresh Blood Clint Bargers, Deric Carner, Mark Dineen, Jon Duff, Loren Erdrich, Jennifer Lothrigel, Julie Nagle, Matt Sears 3-6
Participant 253 E Houston St listening party: Glendalys Medina The Shank LP, in conjunction with MEdina’s exhibition The Shank 7-9

14th St Y Gallery 344 E 14 opening: Agnieszka Traczewska Hannukah in Mea Shearim (Jerusalem) 6:30-8:30 free and open to all, reservation https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gallery-opening-hannukah-in-mea-shearim-jerusalem-by-agnieszka-traczewsk-tickets-82881010333 

In Memoriam: pioneering video artist Woody Vasulka (1937-2019), founder of The Kitchen  

Saturday, December 21, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Saturday, 21 December 2019

Elizabeth Street Garden Elizabeth St (between Prince & Spring Sts) Winter Solstice Celebration 6-8
Dolby Soho 477 Broadway open conversation: Meet and Greet with James Raiz, professional illustrator and comic book artist from Toronto 1-4 free
Westbeth Gallery 55 Bethune St curator-led public tour: Westbeth Winter Show 2019! Annual exhibition by resident artists 2-4
Josée Bienvenu 529 W 20 Holiday Brunch: SĪMURĞ Hope Atherton, Nicolas Baier, Frank Dufour, Gonzalo Lebrija, Anne Lindberg, curated by Muriel Quancard 11-3
Chashama 320 W 23 Opening Party and Affordable Holiday Art Market: Butter My Bread Dylan Musler, Taehee Whang, & Colby Cannon Welsh 2-7
Miyako Yoshinaga 24 E 64 closing reception: Yana Dimitrova Between Four Mountains 5-7
Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Ave exhibition: Collecting New York's Stories: Stuyvesant to Sid Vicious 

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St Long Island City opening: Solstice: An Exhibition of Works in Light Installations: Luba Drozd, Laurent Fort, Sizhu Li, Lindsay Packer, Ksenia Salion, Jonathan Sims; audio-visual performances by ÉMU, Night Shining, Paloma Kop, Testu Collective; curated by Jonathan Sims 7-1, performances 8
Royal Society of American Art 400 S 2 Williamsburg closing celebration: “Identity Crisis 11:30-3:30
Figureworks 168 N 6 Williamsburg closing reception: Life Drawing 360 Howard Eisman, Ellen Grossman, Susan Hamburger, Randall Harris, Fred Hatt, Kayoko Nakajima, Doug Safranek, K. Saito, Akemi Takeda, Gail Vachon 2-4
Grand Army Plaza Prospect Heights participatory celebration: Donna Henes 45th!!! Annual Winter Soulstice Celebration with Mama Donna, Urban Shaman 11pm Solstice Monent 11:19 free NOTE: Recommended.
Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave Boerum Hill performance: Phill Niblock 6 Hours of Music and Film Annual Winter Solstice concert:  acoustic and electronic music with mixed media, film, and video 6 $18
Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer St Red Hook performance: Terry Riley doors 7, program begins promptly at 8 $40  

Friday, December 20, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Friday, 20 December 2019

NowHere NYC 40 Wooster St opening: Yojiro Imasaka Atlas 6-8 
Cuchifritos 88 Essex St reception: Joseph Buckley Cousin Table 6-8
Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort St exhibition tour: Queer Bodies: Depicting Gender, Sexuality, and Desire tour led by Grant Johnson, exploring gender, sexuality, and LGBTQ perspectives in The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965 7:#0 free with Museum admission
Printed Matter 231 11th Ave  launch event: la robe magazine arranged and designed by Pierre Paulin; Tan Lin our feelings were made by hand; discussion between Tan Lin and Pierre Paulin, with a reading 6-8
Ubu 416 E 59 closing reception: Bugged Out: Representations of Arthropods in Modern and Contemporary Art Hans Bellmer, Robert Disraeli, Rick Hards, Heide Hatry, Georges Hugnet, Nils Karsten, Edmund Kesting, Myron Kozman, Yoko Ono, Gaston Paris, Franz Roh, Jindřich Štyrský, František Zelenka, Unica Zürn 6-8
M. David & Co. 56 Bogart St opening: Holiday Benefit Exhibition in partnership with Solace House 6-9  
Microscope 1329 Willoughby Ave Bushwick screening & artist talk: James Fotopoulos Migrating Forms: 20 Years 7:30 $8
Picture Room 117 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn Heights reading: A Night of Poetry Hosted by: The Song Cave celebration of the poetry of Samuel Greenberg; readers: Maia Ipp, Alan Felsenthal, David Larsen, and Brenda Iijima with selections from Poems from the Greenberg Manuscripts, edited by Garrett Caples (New Directions) 6-8

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York Area, Thursday, 19 December 2019

MX Gallery 167 Canal St 5th fl opening: Tsutomu Shimomura, curated by 4649 (Tokyo) 7-10
Townley 7 Franklin Place opening: Britt Bair Moments in Time 6-9  
Rubber Factory 29c Ludlow St opening: Sower  Mo Kong, Christie Neptune, Ranee Henderson, Anjuli Rathod, Zoe Avery Nelson, Raya Terran, Tammy Nguyen, Beverly Acha, Sonia Louise Davis, Jordan Sullivan 6-8
Foley 59 Orchard St celebration: The Visura Annual Book Signing Holiday Party Elinor Carucci Midlife: Photographs by Elinor Carucci (The Monacelli Press); Elizabeth Herman, The Women of the 116th Congress: Portraits of Power (Harry N. Abrams); Joana Toro Hello I am Kitty (Tragaluz Editores); Joan Liftin Water for Tears (Damiani); Sebastian Meyer Under Every Yard of Sky (Red Hook Editions); Sylvia Plachy When Will It Be Tomorrow: A limited edition catalog (Robert Capa Photography Center) 7-10 reservation https://sable.madmimi.com/c/22482?id=2835354.7028.1.8e080712c963dfab1f2aa0e6af0d3b3b 
Nicelle Beauchene 327 Broome St opening: Tunji Adeniyi-Jones Patterns & Rituals 6-8
Jack Hanley 327 Broome St opening: Alicia McCarthy 6-8
Pop-Up 195 Chrystie St reception: @BobbyHillArt  The Print Show Holiday Pop Up 6-9 free, regisration Eventbrite
Dacia 53 Stanton St Holiday Party and Opening Reception: Michael Bergt, Marshall Jones, Daniel Maidman, Patricia Watwood, Vicent Giarrano, Jennifer Hartzler, Juan Pablo Bohorquez, Moyosore Martins, Jeremiah Patterson, Amy Whitman, Amber Lia-Kloppel, Hannah Murray, Alice Palmer, Devin Nelson, Susan Lizotte, Kevin Richardson, Brittany Brett, Lee Vasu, Nicole Alger and Nini Heldt 6-9, artist talk 7:30
Georges Bergès 462 West Broadway opening: Xeo Chu Big World, Little Eyes 6-8 rsvp@townsendgroupmedia.com 
Staley-Wise 100 Crosby St book signing: Robert Lilly and Lois Allen Lilly American Goddess: Jean Patchett; conversation: the authors with Amy Auer Hensley 6-8  
VillageOne Space 594 Broadway Suite 701 reception: Sitelines Patty Cateura, Xin Song, Miryana Todorova, and Tad Wiley 6-8

Chashama 172 E 4 reception: The IMC Lab Reality Remix 6-8
Chashama Space to Present 21 Greenwich Ave reception: Madeleine Bialke Murder in the Adirondacks presented by Deanna Evans Projects 6-8
SACI New York Gallery 454 W 19 reception: Sam Heydt Side Effects 6
Ceres 547 W 27 reception: Exposure Jacqueline Barnett, Igor Bogojevic, Rachel Klein, Susan Lerner Jack Maiorino, Lindsey Milazzo, Bari Mohammed, Wendy Moss, Carol Paik, Srividya Ramachandran 6-8
Noho M55 Gallery 530 W 25 reception: Made in Japan 2019 Japanese Contemporary Artists Team, curated by Arisa Itami 5-7:30
Printed Matter 231 11th Ave issue launch: Lotion #9 DATE NIGHT collaboration between Alex Bag and Pam Butler 6-8
Elga Wimmer 526 W 26 closing reception: A Few of My Favorite Things 4-7
National Association of Women Artists Gallery 315 W 39 reception: Printmaking & Encaustic Painting 5-7
Phillips 450 Park Ave cocktail reception: Christian Louboutin LouBhoutan: An Exclusive Exhibition of Handcrafted Footwear Styles 6 reservation requested
Chashama 340 E 64 event: Progressive Transition, part of the 2019 Latin American Art Triennial 2-6
Metropolitan Museum 100 Fifth Ave talk: An Evening with Artist Kent Monkman; the artist in conversation with Randall Griffey, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art; presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Great Hall Commission: Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) 6:30-7:30 registration now closed
Bronx River Art Center 1087 East Tremont Ave party: Annual Holiday Student Show and Potluck Party 6-8 free, reservation Eventbrite 

  Departure Studios 44-61 11th St Jim Seffens The Boy Who Liked Pretty Things
  Joel Voisard Studio 45-28 11th St professional workshop with sculptures on display
  Local Project Art Space 11-27 44th Rd opening:  Robert Antonio Martinez Dominiconics
  Materials for the Arts 33-00 Northern Blvd 3rd Fl opening reception: Whitney Oldenburg Loose Ends 
  SculptureCenter 44-19 Purves St Christian Nyampeta École du Soir (The Evening Academy), Searching the Sky for Rain; free guided tour at 7 
  LIC Arts Open Galleries at the Factory 30-30 47th Ave opening reception: Dear Diary 
  The Local NY 1302 44th Ave Yu Mengci
  The Plaxall Gallery 5-25 46th Ave Off The Wall II LIC-A’s 2nd annual affordable art fair;  LIC-A's Holiday Fundraiser Postcard Exhibition

Janet Borden 91 Water St Dumbo opening: Holidaze seasonal photographs by gallery artists  6-8

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 18 December 2019

One Art Space 23 Warren St artist talk: Artifacts 2019 Carla Pivonski, Laura Murray, Evan Sebastian Lagache, moderated by Agnes Wielgosz 6-6:45, music 7-7:30
The Untitled Space 45 Lispenard St pop up holiday shopping experience: WOMANBOSS, coinciding with coincide with exhibition Body Beautiful 11-6, continues Thursday
Hunter MFA 205 Hudson St Flex Space MFASO lecture: Esteban Cabeza de Baca 7-9
Reena Spaulings Fine Art 165 East Broadway 2nd Fl one-day duration event: Miles Greenberg Haemotherapy (I) 3-9
Lazy Susan 191 Henry St reception: Gizem Vural Talking Lines 6-10
Richard Taittinger 154 Ludlow St exhibition Holiday Celebration: The Female Lens Charlotte Abramow, Diane Arbus, Arvida Bystrom, Zackary Drucker, Maryam Eisler, Yagazie Emezi, Frances Goodman, Rania Matar, and Shirin Neshat 6-9 reservation  info@richardtaittinger.com
Chinatown Soup 16B Orchard St reception: Bochun Cheng Everything After You 6-9
Storefront for Art and Architecture 97 Kenmare St public launch: Storefront's Digital Archive with Francisca Benítez, Beatriz Colomina, Claudia Gould, Lauren Kogod, Cosimo Pori, Tal Schori, Amie Siegel, Anthony Vidler, and Aleksandra Wagner 6-8 reservation requested
Lichtundfire 175 Rivington St holiday event & reception: ShadowPower, an experience in words and music presented by VibeFix (Linda DiGusta/Scotto Mycklebust); in conjunction with Remember When It Winter Was - (Not a Wintermärchen―) Gretl Bauer, Vian Borchert, Jung Ho Lee, Olga Ozerskaya, Sallie Strand, Francine Tint, and Martin Weinstein 6:30-8:30 
Children's Museum of the Arts 103 Charlton St opening reception: Home Sweet Home: Is a Home a Sanctuary? Emilie Clark, Tom Fruin, Todd Hido, Lucia Hierro, Ann Toebbe, Shinique Smith, and Letha Wilson; Love Crickets, Save the Planet Jude Tallichet and Adam Chad Brody 6-8 reservation required rsvp@cmany.org 
White Columns 91 Horatio St performance: N0 STONES,  collaboration of Wilder Alison and Monroe Street (WAMS); on the occasion of Wilder Alison's exhibition Slit Subjects; accompanied by a reading from Mirene Arsanios 7 free
Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort St talk: Ottessa Moshfegh on Rachel Harrison 7 at capacity
SVA 136 W 21 print sale and exhibition: Thirteenth End-of-Semester Print Slam work by printers of the SVA RisoLAB 5-9 free
Asya Geisberg 537B W 23 AGG Holiday Party; in conjunction with exhibition Trish Tillman Shore Leave 6-8
Printed Matter 231 11th Ave Gift Island reception and performance: Gift Island annual selection of artist made gifts: Somnath Bhatt, Joe Bochynski, C.F., Sigrid Calon, Anna Campbell, Chang Yuchen, Colab, Chris Collins, Ethan Crenson, Heidi Cody, Anyse Ducharme, Maggie Dunlap, Façadomy, Nico Fontana, Fuse Works, Gonzalo Guerrero, Yiran Guo, Erik Hanson, Jeff Hartford, Becky Howland, Roy Neil Hunter, Juliana Huxtable, Jeremy Jams, Christina Kelly, Ginette Lapalme, Sascha Mallon, John Marriott, Christina Martinelli, Chandler McWilliams, Aleksandra Mir, Caroline Paquita, Alison Peery, Adam K. Rosenthal, Christy Rupp, Tamara Santibañez, Secret Riso Club, Julia Schlosser, Nichole Shinn, Paul Shortt, Cory Emma Siegler, Jan Lynn Sokota, Sable Elyse Smith and Cal Siegel, VISITOR, Rose Wong, XVK; performance: Taraka 5-8
Ace Hotel 20 W 29 reception: An Evening With Muses - Final Exhibit work from art models Najee and Ume's monthly Sunday drawing series at The Breslin 6-8 free
EFA 323 W 39 party: EFA Potluck Holiday Party & Bob Blackburn's Birthday Bash 6-8 please bring food to share; RBPMW 20|20 Gallery closing reception: Side Hustle - Monitor & Volunteer Exhibition
Mexican Cultural Institute of NYC 27 E 39 exhibition opening: Migration and Human Rights 6 reservation maria@mciny.org
Korean Cultural Center New York 460 Park Ave 6th Fl lecture: Kyung An The Global Village: Experimental Art in South Korea, 1960s and 1970s 6:30 free
The Frick Collection 1 E 70 lecture: Patricia Lee Rubin Invention and Design in Laurentian Florence 6-7 6-7 free, waiting list only
92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Ave Milton J. Weill Art Gallery reception: Natsuko Hattori Forever 6-8 free; Buttenwieser Hall: Fashion Icons talk: Fern Mallis speaks with Amy Fine Collins 7:30 $35

FiveMyles 558 Saint Johns Place Holiday performance: song-stylist Keisha St. Joan and her ensemble 6-8 

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Art & Design Events, New York, Tuesday,17 December 2019

Mast Books 72 Avenue A book signing: Dominique Nabokov Berlin Living Rooms (Apartamento. ) 6-8
AIA New York Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place Oculus Book Talk: Darius Sollohub Millennials in Architecture: Generations, Disruption and the Legacy of a Profession; Sollohub speaking with Diana Budds, Quinn Lammie 6-8 $10
Cooper Union Rose Auditorium 41 Cooper Square  Intra-Disciplinary Seminar series lecture: Emanuele Coccia Metamorphic Beings: the Nonhuman Life in the Human Body and Spirit 7-8:30 free
Pen + Brush 29 E 22 launch party: Less Than Half expanded online platform lessthanhalf.org 6-9 reservation https://www.paperlesspost.com/go/kaygzvlfQGg8KVSz04dl 
PPOW 535 W 22 year-end celebration: Visual AIDS Holiday Party 6-8 free, exhibition tour of Hunter Reynolds' From Drag to Dervish 6:30
Marisa Newman 38 W 32 Artist Talk: Amy Smith-Stewart in conversation with Nicole Cherubini; in conjunction with Cherubini’s exhibition stacked 5:30
Helwaser 833 Madison Ave exhibition talk: Robert C. Morgan on Lin Yan’s Origin Point 6-8 reservation nicholas@ncartprojects.com 
Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave Conversations: Richard Prince Reflections on ‘Artistic License’ 6:30 $25

Keyes 211 McGuinness Blvd Greenpoint reception: Bill Claps Natural Abstractions IV 5
International Studio & Curatorial Program 1040 Metropolitan Ave Bushwick catalog launch: Sonia Leimer: Via San Gennaro (Mousse Publishing); discussion with Leimer, curator Kari Conte, and architect Alessandra Cianchetta 6:30-8
Chashama One Brooklyn Bridge Park Dumbo reception: Rina AC Dweck False is Grace & Vain is Beauty 6-8
Parlour Condominium 249 4th Ave Gowanus exhibition and presentations: Local Artist Salon Angelica Bergamini, Evan Venegas, Miska Draskoczy, Simona Prives; presented with Ground Floor Gallery 6-9 new date
NARS Foundation 201 46th St4th fl Sunset Park benefit: NARS After Hours: FUNdraiser / End of the Year Party  7-10 $15 tickets Eventbrite, $20 at door