Art & Design, Saturday, 4 April 2020

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

LIVE EVENTS  

Brooklyn Museum Virtual First Saturday on Facebook Live or Zoom: From Brooklyn, With Love free, multiple events 5-10 for complete description see https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/visit/first_saturdays schedule: 

 Hands-On Art 5-6

 Teen Variety Show 6-6:30

 Music Singer-producer Adeline 6:30-7:30

 Performance The House of Bushwig presents drag tribute to the age of disco 7:30-8:30

 Music DJ Amber Valentine plays a disco-infused set to close out the night 9:30-10 

https://www.facebook.com/brooklynmuseum or https://zoom.us/j/463349512 

The Brooklyn Rail live discussion on Zoom: Against Jails: A Conversation on Abolition and Pandemic on the multi-century fight against jails in New York City and the effects of a pandemic on incarcerated individuals featuring the voices of abolitionist organizers, educators, and formerly incarcerated individuals: Nadja Eisenberg-Guyot, Jarrod Shanahan, Kevin Steele, and Kei Williams 5-7 free registration Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/against-jails-a-conversation-on-abolition-and-pandemic-tickets-101667734932?utm_source=Brooklyn+Rail+List+One%3A+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=41ffe53907-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_16_01_54_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a44895fefe-41ffe53907-391033225&mc_cid=41ffe53907&mc_eid=12478902b6 

SCREENINGS. ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS

David Zwirner now live: Platform: New York ‘online initiative’ featuring twelve New York galleries -- 47 Canal, Bridget Donahue, Bureau, Company, David Lewis, Elijah Wheat Showroom, Essex Street, James Fuentes, JTT, Magenta Plains, Queer Thoughts, and Ramiken --  each presenting a solo show on one of its artists; highlights include Nathaniel Robinson at Magenta Plains and Keegan Monaghan at James Fuentes; through 1 May https://www.davidzwirner.com/viewing-room/platform-new-york?utm_source=DZS&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PLATFORMNYDZON2020  

Galleria Poggiali Milan Embodied Thought: 19 artists narrate contemporary reality in the time of the pandemic Manfredi Beninati, Slater Bradley, Enzo Cucchi, Zhivago Duncan, Marco Fantini, Giovanni Frangi, Luigi Ghirri, Goldschmied & Chiari, J&Peg, John Isaacs, Thomas Kovachevich, Eliseo Mattiacci, Youssef Nabil, Luca Pignatelli, Claudio Parmiggiani, Roberto Barni, Grazia Toderi, Fabio Viale and Gilberto Zorio; One image a day for a month, from 4 April to 9 May 2020 https://www.galleriapoggiali.com/ 

Paula Cooper Gallery introducing PCG Studio with a weekend-long screening of Sophie Calle and Greg Shephard's 76-minute film No Sex Last Night (Double Blind), 1992 available to stream until midnight on 5 April https://paulacoopergallery-studio.com/posts/screening-sophie-calle-and-greg-shephard-emno-sex-last-night-double-blindem-1992 for other Studio presentations see https://paulacoopergallery-studio.com/  

Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) and 47 Canal Trevor Shimizu: Video Paintings, seven works from 1996 to 2020 screening through 12 April https://eai.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=597d3625fb057c438746393d6&id=c6e7c8b239&e=b22eba0320 

ARCHIVED CONVERSATIONS

Almine Rech selection of conversations between Artists, Museum Directors, Curators, Art Historians, Art Critics on the gallery’s Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3kZ42FmRNlX8rUJzP6zIgg 

New York Public Library some past events are now available on the NYPL website see https://www.nypl.org/live/past-programs and click the READ MORE button on events of interest to determine if it is now streaming

Guggenheim Museum streaming available for free of many Works and Process talks and free full-length recordings of select performances on the muweum’s Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCONNy0TmrNhjRHgz6A-9yqw 

IN MEMORIAM: Gallery owner Renato Danese (1944-2020)