Art & Design Events, New York, Monday, 2 March 2020

China Institute 100 Washington St (entrance 40 Rector St) talk: China's ‘Stars’ at 40: Looking Back, Looking Forward Huang Rui and Zhang Hongtu, moderated by Xin Wang 6:30 $15

Zürcher 33 Bleecker St opening: Salon Zürcher: The 11 Women of Spirit, Part 1 Emily Berger, Debra Drexler, Kylie Heidenheimer, Carrie Johnson, Marguerite Louppe, Aphrodite Désirée Navab, Nicole Peyrafitte, Sumayyah Samaha, Claire Seidl, Sandi Slone, Erica Stoller 6-8

Fortnight Institute 60 E 4 opening: Chioma Ebinama Now I only believe in...love 6-8

The Cooper Union 7 E 7 book panel: Unrealism: New Figurative Painting (Rizzoli); speakers Aria Dean, Sam McKinniss, Ebecho Muslimova, and Tschabalala Self 6-8 free

Grace Exhibition Space 182 Avenue C performative lecture: Sol’Scool Sol’Sax’s weekly presentation of Classical West and Central African Culture and History 6-8 free

First Presbyterian Church 12 W 12 ATOA panel: Art and Hegemony: Artists Fight Trump  Rita Valley, Jackie Lima, Carla Rae Johnson, and Karen Guancione, moderated and organized by Patricia Dahlman 6-7:30 $10 Eventbrite 

New School Starr Foundation Hall 63 Fifth Ave U L102 BioDesign Speaker Series: Jeni Wightman Mud Paintings: All There Ever Was, All There Ever Will Be 7:30-8:45 free

National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South Gregg + Marquis Gallery:  ID. ART:TECH Exhibition Martha Wilson, ORLAN, Faith Ringgold; Cyland MediaArtLab artists and interactive works by Anna Frants, Ludmila Belova, Alexandra Dementieva, Elena Gubanova, Ivan Govorkov, Sergey Komarov, Alexey Grachev, Alexander Terebenin, a special selection of contemporary sound art from Cyland Audio Archive. A selection from Frants Family collection includes works by Valentin Gromov, Tatiana Kuperwasser, Tatiana Glebova, Leon Nissenbaum, Solomon Rossine, Rikhard Vasmi, and a selection from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, Kolodzei Art Foundation includes works by Petr Belenok, Vagrich Bakhchanyan, Erik Bulatov, Asya Dodina, Rimma Gerlovina, Valeriy Gerlovin, Slava Polishchuk, Eduard Gorokhovsky, Ilya Kabakov, Vyacheslav Koleichuk, Vitaly Komar, Alexander Melamid, Douglas Davis, Leonhard Lapin, Natalia Nesterova, Samuil Rubashkin, Leonid Sokov, Oleg Vassiliev, Alexander Yulikov, Anatoly Zverev 

Rizzoli 1133 Broadway conversation: Krzysztof Wodiczko and guest speakers, along with participants in the artist’s Monument (Madison Square Park) in discussion on the topic of refugee representation, moderated by Brooke Kamin Rapaport 6 free, reservation appreciated

EFA Center 323 W 39 Cocktail Party honoring artists and arts workers participating in NYC Art Fairs 6-8; Blackburn 20|20 Artist Walkthrough: Chakaia Booker, and Master Printer Justin Sanz and Jazmine Catasus 5, followed by reception 6 events free, reservation requested

Ford Foundation Gallery 320 E 43 reception: Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of Louisiana curated by Monica Ramirez-Montagut 6-8 reservation https://www.eventbrite.com/e/persister-exhibition-opening-tickets-91383754269 
Times Square Space 1500 Broadway opening: Jeremy Couillard JEF: An expansive video project 6-9 reservation anna@daata.art
Art Students League of New York 215 W 57 reception: The Student Concours 2020 presenting classes: Mujica, Campbell, Vadnais, Hodes (Painting, Sculpture) 6-8

The Met Breuer 945 Madison Ave exhibition preview events: Gerhard Richter Painting After All opens to public Mach 4 Note: The artist will not be attending.

Robert Mann 14 E 80 exhibition: Julie Blackmon Talent Show; concurrent with Blackmon’s exhibition Fever Dreams, opening at Fotografiska on 5 March

Pratt Institute 200 Willoughby Ave Clinton Hill student receptions: Photography Gallery ARC Building Lower Level: Carlos Santana, Kiana Maria Senke, Michelle Savina Martínez Garcia; Fine Arts BFA Painting and BFA Drawing Thesis Exhibitions Steuben Gallery: Tessa Kriegman Not So Pink; Meredith Puida; East Hall Gallery: Nolwenn Carfantan, Kelsey Kinnett, Amberrose Venus-Gordon 5-8 

Time Out Market 55 Water St 5th Fl Dumbo event: 2020 Dumbo Improvement District Annual Meeting Celebrate Dumbo's Futurists 5-7 free, reservation Eventbrite