Art & Design Events, New York, Monday, 20 May 2019

Pier 17 89 South St celebration: NYCxDESIGN Awards + ICFF Party Pre-Awards Reception 5-6, Awards Ceremony 6-7, ICFF Party 7-10 ticketed

Maggi Peyton Gallery Manhattan Borough President’s Office 1 Centre St 19th Floor South exhibition reception: The Flâneur in New York Yiso Bahc, Heejung Cho, Sungho Choi, Jae-Kyoo Chong, Bang Guel Han, Kyoung Eun Kang, Bonam Kim, Yongjae Kim, curated by Jin Young Coleman, organized by AHL Foundation 6-8 reservation requested

DCTV 87 Lafayette St screening: The Washing Society co-direceted by  filmmaker Lynne Sachs and playwright Lizzie Olesker; post-sreening talk with Sachs, Olesker, Rosanna Aran of Laundry Workers Center, and Zishun Ning of Chinese Staff & Workers' Association door 6:30, screening 7 $12 Eventbrite

Trams and Michael Werner 75 East Broadway 2nd Fl reception: Satoshi Kojima Chaste as Ice, Pure as Snow 6-8

Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Pl discussion: Syria Before the Deluge: Syrian Monuments and Heritage Today; Welcome: Benjamin Prosky, Executive Director, Center for Architecture; Introduction: Barry Bergdoll, President, Center for Architecture; speakers: Peter Aaron, Photographer, Syria Before the Deluge; Brooke Allen, Author, The Other Side of the Mirror: An American Travels Through Syria; and Kim Benzel, Curator In Charge, Ancient Near Eastern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 6-8 $10

NYU Deutsches Haus 42 Washington Mews conversation: EdUcation 4 futUrE. Democracy=COLORFUL  Regina Baumhauer and Jonathan Santlofer; Baumhauer will present and discuss part 1 of her new project, EdUcation…; Part 2 of her project will be represented via Jonathan Santlofer’s presentation of his latest book, The Widower’s Notebook 6-8 free

Cooper Union 41 Cooper Square and 7 E 7 reception: Student Exhibition 2019 5-9, continues through 9 June NOTE: Recommended.

abc carpet & home 888 Broadway mezzanine book celebration: William Norwich Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century (Phaidon); Norwich in conversation with Wendy Goodman, David Netto, and Todd Oldham 6:30-8, reception 8 rsvp@abchome.com

Second Floor / Hotel Kimpton Eventi  849 6th Ave talk: Geberit Presents: An Evening with Architect Chad Oppenheim 6-9 free, reservation Eventbrite

Blu Dot NoMad 79 Madison Ave design party: New outdoor designs & hot jams 6-9 BluDot@camronpr.com

New York Design Center 200 Lexington Ave design showroom vignettes: Shop the Look '19: Live On 5/Fifth Floor; light refreshments 5-8

Knoll Showroom 1330 Avenue of the Americas collection viewing: Knoll hosts Piero Lissoni during NYCxDESIGN 5-6:30

Consulate General of Italy 690 Park Ave discussion: Human Spaces: The New Codes of Contemporary Living 6 free, rsvp assistant@s2hcommunication.com
New York School of Interior Design 170 E  70 reception: NYSID BFA Thesis Exhibition 6-8

Albertine 972 Fifth Ave book talk: Nathalie Obadia Géopolitique de l’art contemporain; Obadia in conversation with Benjamin Sutton, Lead Editor, Art Market and News, at Artsy 6:30 free

Menconi + Schoelkopf 22 E 80 exhibition: Charles Biederman

Arts+Leisure 1571 Lexington Ave reception: Natalie White Introspection 7-10

Microscope 1329 Willoughby Ave Bushwick  live sound works: duo VALES (Asa Horvitz and Carmen Rothwell), and by Anna RG 7:30 $10

The Living Gallery 1094 Broadway Bushwick reception: Jillian Eve Kron Illustrating Music 6-10

New Lab Navy Yard 19 Morris Ave Bldg 128 discussion: Creative Time Summit Speaking Truth | Media and Technology Tega Brain & Morehshin Allahyari in conversation with Amy Goodman -8:30 $20 Eventbrite

Textile Arts Center 505 Carroll St Gowanus reception: TAC’s 10 Year Reunion Exhibition: A Celebration of Textiles and Community, curated by Isa Rodrigues and Kelly Valletta 6-9

Ground Floor 343 5th St Park Slope Brooklyn Brainery talk: Krista Scenna How to Start an Art Collection 7-8:30 $25

Note: NYCxDESIGN continues with numerous events; for complete listing see https://www.nycxdesign.com/

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