Art & Design Events, New York, Monday, 9 March 2020

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
National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South talk: Iman R. Abdulfattah Cairo: The City of 1,000 Minarets 6-7 free, $10 donation suggested

Art Students League of New York 215 W 57 reception: The Student Concours 2020 presenting classes: Mujica, Campbell, Vadnais, Hodes (Painting, Sculpture) 6-8

Italian Cultural Institute 686 Park Ave panel: Nivola in New York Giuliana Altea, University of Sassari and President of the Fondazione Costantino Nivola; Michele H. Bogart, Professor Emeritus of Art History and visual culture at Stony Brook University; lecturer Antonella Camarda, University of Sassari and Director, Museo Nivola; and Michele Cohen, Curator for the Architect of the Capitol 6:30-8 reservation necessary https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nivola-in-new-york-panel-discussion-tickets-96691646317?aff=ebdssbeac 

Dominican Academy 44 E 68 Art Deco Society of New York lecture: Kathleen Murphy Skolnik The Women of Art Deco 6:30-8 $50

New York School of Interior Design 170 E 70 panel: Mario Buatta: Under the Influence Colefax & Fowler, the English Country House and American Interior Design Roger Jones (Director of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler), Emily Evans Eerdmans (Design Historian), Marian McEvoy (contributor to Elle Decor, House Beautiful, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and French Vogue),  and Angus Wilkie (Author and Antiques Dealer), hosted b Colin Stair reception 6, lecture 6;30 $17 waitlist only

Cultural Center Lycée Français de New York 505 E 75 panel: What Future for Our National Heritage? Bénédicte de Montlaur (CEO, World Monuments Fund), Pierre-Antoine Gatier (Chief Architect for Historical Monuments), Jorge Otero-Pailos (Director and Professor of Historic Preservation at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture in New York), Michel Picaud (President, Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris), moderated by Victoria Sanger 6:30-8 free, registration Eventbrite

NYU The Institute of Fine Arts 1 E 78 Curators in Conversation: Eugenie Tsai, moderated by Eana Kim 6:30 free, reservation required

Pratt Institute 200 Willoughby Ave Clinton Hill student receptions: Photography Gallery ARC Building Lower Level: Will Higgins, Rachel Filler, Mackenzie Lynch;  Fine Arts BFA Painting and BFA Drawing Thesis Exhibitions Steuben Gallery: Josette Marcario, Tionna Reeves, Min Sin, Tserendaalam Jargalsaikhan, Deven Galang, Milo Egan, Tiantian Ma, Jaclyn Margolis, Serafina Musumeci-Mcginn, Karen Hall, Nolwenn Carfantan, Kelsey Kinnett, Amberrose Venus-Gordon; East Hall Gallery: Nolwenn Carfantan, Kelsey Kinnett, Amberrose Venus-Gordon 5-8 

NOTE: Final day: Spring/Break Art Show 625 Madison Ave final day 11-8

In Memoriam: Painter Alan Turner (1943-2020)