Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Monica King Contemporary 39 Lispenard St talk: Surface Tension: A Conversation with Jason Stopa; Stopa speaks with Katherine Bradford, Craig Stockwell, Sharon Butler and Thomas Micchelli; in conjunction with exhibition New Skin 6

Galerie Richard 121 Orchard St opening: Kiyoshi Nakagami Light in Painting 6-8

Equity 245 Broome St opening: NYAEA Annual Members Invitational  J.L. Abraham, Lee Apt, Michael Arata, Liz Atlas, Lexi Axon, Ryan J. Brady, Linda King Ferguson, Fred Fleisher, Mia Grimes, Lisa Hess Hesselgrave, Toni Silber-Delerive, Susan Stillman, and Ellen Weider 6-8

Van Der Plas 156 Orchard St opening: Art Fair Carnivalesque 6-8

SFA Projects 131 Chrystie St opening: Jeffrey Morabito Birds and Flowers, Vases and Windows 6-8

Kate Werble 83 Vandam St opening: Lex Brown They Flew to Nova; Katy Cowan The Blue Sun Moans 6-8 NOTE: Highly recommended.

AIA New York Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place panel: Residential Architecture Now: Brooklyn Brendan Coburn, Roy Leone, Lisa Mann, James Garrison, Alexandra Barker, moderated by Stephen Zacks 6-8 $10

New York Studio School 8 W 8 gallery talk: curator Geoffrey Dorfman on exhibition Pat Passlof: Fifty Years on Paper 6:30 free

Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort St exhibition: Darren Bader fruits, vegetables; fruit and vegetable salad

ACA Galleries 529 W 20 exhibition: Track Work: One Hundred Years of New York City’s Subway Saul Chase, Howard Cook, Chris “Daze” Ellis, Steven Katz, Henry Koerner, Greg Lamarche, Martin Lewis, Louis Lozowick, F. Luis Mora, Reginald Marsh, August Mosca, Joseph Peller, Phase II, Philip Reisman, Doug Safranek, David Schmidlapp, John Sloan, Joseph Solman, Raphael Soyer, and Edmund Yaghjian among others

The Yard: Flatiron South 246 5th Ave opening: Commentary on Reality Kamile Lukosiute, Bogdan Luca, Ashley Cunningham, Nolan Haan, Parker Calvert, Maya Simmons, Darrin Hartman, and Alex Nero; curated by See Me 6-7:30 https://commentaryonreality.splashthat.com/ 

Ace Hotel New York 20 W 29 Outsider Art Fair opening: Frederick Weston Blue Bedroom Blues  presented by Gordon Robichaux 6-8; exhibition: On Point: Pencils from the Harley J. Spiller Collection with interactive performance The Re-mark-able Pencil by Spiller 7 and 7:30 Eventbrite; Concert by Shanir Blumenkranz 8 all free

EFA 323 W 39 Project Space opening reception and curatorial walkthrough: EFAbstract Clytie Alexander, Vicky Colombet, Sally Egbert, Suzan Frecon, Katinka Mann, Heather Bause Rubinstein, Suzanne Song, Dannielle Tegeder, Marjorie Welish, curated by Bill Carroll 5-8; EFA RBPMW 20|20 Gallery opening: The Sword in the Sun Beverly Acha, Padma Rajendran, & Christopher Schade 6-8; EFA Studios 3rd Floor Gallery opening: Free Elements Emilia Ami, Deric Carner, Bill Carroll, Jazmine Catasus, Alex Credle, Kevin Dudley, Joshua Ene, Dylan Gauthier, JP-Anne Giera, Rob Golding, HC Huynh, Albert Joffie, Paul John, Essye Klempner, Ernest Kuffour, Natalia Nakazawa, Michael Owens, Dathon Pilgrim, Justin Sanz, & Jason Stewart 6-8

Father Duffy Square Red Steps Times Square gathering for film viewing on multiple screens: Allison Schulnik Moth presented with ZiehterSmith 11:30pm, activation 11:57; drinks to celebrate the midnight moment at The Rum House 228 W 47 10:30

German Consulate General New York 871 United Nations Plaza opening: What is Real? Anna Leonhardt and Jeanne Silverthorne 6-8 free, registration required, Eventbrite
Christie's 20 Rockefeller Plaza viewing: Christie’s Lates: The Art of Wellness 6-8 free with registration, cash bar https://www.christies.com/exhibitions/christies-lates-new-york   

Core:club 60 E 55 Bold Notion artists opening : C.J. Chueca The Force of Water / La Fuerza del Agua presented with LatchKey Gallery; Guillermo Garcia Cruz  5:30-8 reservation https://www.thecoreclub.com/cultural-programming/event/bold-notion-opening-reception/rsvp 

Korea Society 350 Madison Ave opening: Ik-Joong Kang Moon Jar/Longing for Home 6 reservation required info@koreasociety.org or 212-759-7525 

Laverdin 445 Park Ave opening: Eric R. Buechel Alkebulan 6-8 reservation rsvp@laverdingallery.com

Petzel 35 E 67 opening: Troy Brauntuch A Strange New Beauty 6-8

Italian Cultural Institute 686 Park Ave reception: When the Doges Used to Wed the Sea With Rings: A photographic homage to Venice Gianni Berengo Gardin, Claudia Corrent, Renato D’agostin, Fulvio Roiter 6-8 reservation requested   

Almine Rech 39 E 78 opening: Vaughn Spann The Heat Lets us Know We're Alive 6-8

Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Ave conversation: Drawing NYC Kim Deitch with Gary Giddins 6:30-8:30 $20

Hunter East Harlem Gallery 2180 3rd Ave (119th St) Tips & Tricks Workshop on the O-1 Visa process with artist Zhiyuan Yang, curator Dino Dincer Sirin and attorney Angela Dimery; opening of Gallery Cubed NEA: Part IV: artist Jeffrey Meris Let My Country Die For Me 6:30-8:30

Archestratus Books 160 Huron St Greenpoint BookBook Club talk: David Lebovitz L'Appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home 7-9

UrbanGlass 647 Fulton St Fort Greene reception: Stephanie Sara Lifshutz But I Don't Mind 5:45-8