Art & Design, Saturday, 25 APril 2020

A daily compilation of suggestions for the continuing appreciation of art and design in dire times

LIVE EVENTS 

Gavin Brown's enterprise Instagram live reading: Vincent Katz & Family Live Poetry from the Shack Vincent Katz and family read from the poet’s new book, Broadway for Paul 2 GBE's IGTV channel @gavinbrownsenterprise link 

Wasserman Projects streamed walk-through of current exhibitions: Dorota & Steve Coy The Five Realms and Adrian Wong Tiles, Grates, Poles, Rocks, Plants, and Veggies 6 link 

Virtual performance happening The Trojan Donkey 80 short online performances by artists from all over the world, curated by Amin Gulgee, Adam Fahy-Majeed, and Sara Vaqar Pagganwala 12:18-2:13 Facebook link

Virtual—Assembly A Book Fair registration link  

 talks:  Eli Durst & Max Pinckers 10-11; George Georgiou & Brian Ulrich 1-2; Justine Kurland & Sasha Phyars-Burgess 7-8

Aperture Instagram Live talk: artist Ethan James Green with Aperture managing editor Brendan Embser 2 link 

SCREENINGS 

Video Data Bank third VDB TV: Decades series: The Whole World is (Still) Watching, curated by Solveig Nelson, including videos made in the 1990s by Sadie Benning, Dara Birnbaum, Gran Fury, Leah Gilliam, Tom Kalin, Tom Rubnitz, and Suzie Silver link 

FIAF Autour de Minuit Selection European shorts from French animation producer and distributor Autour de Minuit available free

 Message dans l’air (Air Mail) — Dir. Isabelle Favez, 2014, Switzerland, Silent link 

 Bendito Machine — Dir. Jossie Malis, 2007, Spain, Silent link

 Fear of Flying — Dir. Conor Finnegan, 2012, Ireland, In English link 

 The Five Minute Museum — Dir. Paul Bush, 2015, Switzerland & UK, Silent link 

 1 mètre/heure — Dir. Nicolas Devaux, 2018, France, Silent link

 Athletics: Gymnastique artistique — Dir. Nicolas Deveaux, 2017, France, Silent link

 Athletics: Tennis de table — Dir. Nicolas Deveaux, 2017, France, Silent link

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS,  and VIEWING ROOMS

Sculptors Guild Form & Color Miriam Ancis, Daina Shobrys, Lisa Nanni, Gilbert Boro link 

Alexandre Pat Adams: Works from the 1970s and 80s link; artist talks: Visiting Artists’ Studios Pat Adams, Brett Bigbee, Lois Dodd, Tom Uttech, John Walker, Stephen Westfall link

Printed Matter online book presentation: National Letters: Languages and Scripts as Nation-building Tools edited by Marek Nedelka (Letter Books) link 

Onassis USA Enter: series of new works commissioned from artists in various parts of the world, created in their homes in 120 hours or less and drawing on experiences through the COVID-19 pandemic and its many transformations of life link also on Youtube link 

CONVERSATIONS

Michael Werner Enrico David speaking with Hirshhorn chief curator Stéphane Aquin, in conjunction with the artist’s travelling exhibition Enrico David: Gradations of Slow Release, curated by Michael Darling link 

National Academy of Design archived talks: Dotty Attie, Dawoud Bey, David Driscoll, Dorothea Rockburne, Shahzia Sikander, others link; In Conversation texts link 

IN MEMORIAM

Abstract Illusionist painter George D. Green (1943-2020)