Art & Design, Monday, 18 May 2020

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

LIVE EVENTS

Friedman Benda Design in Dialogue talk on Zoom: ceramic artist Adam SIlverman 11am link

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #45: Jim Melchert and host Constance Lewallen 1-2 Eventbrite link

NYCxDESIGN celebration: NYCxDESIGN Awards Ceremony, hosted by Cindy Allen,  presented by Interior Design and sponsored by ICFF, honoring outstanding projects and products in categories that span major areas of design; on DesignTV by SANDOW on Facebook Live 1pm link

WantedDesign NYC Live Conversation: Learning During a Pandemic Rosanne Somerson, President RISD, Samuel Hoi, President MICA, and Lorne Buchman, President ArtCenter, hosted by Amy Devers 2 registration link 

Sight Unseen Instagram Live talk: official Offsite Online design fair kickoff with Sight Unseen co-founders Jill and Monica, who will introduce the show and answer audience questions 2 link 

NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò Zoom performance: Women in Comedy from Around the World, presented by Kairos Italy Theater and NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò in collaboration with TARTE, Group Br, Eclipses Theater Group, and KIT Italia 3pm reservation link 

EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Papermaking with Jazmine Catasus, EFA RBPMW Staff 4 free, pay-as-you-can link

Morbid Anatomy Illustrated Live Zoom Lecture: Dr. John Troyer Morbid Ink: Field Notes on the Human Memorial Tattoo & Memorialisation During a Pandemic 7pm $8 link 

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS

Jim Kempner Fine Art exhibition: Charlie Hewitt New Prints link 

Art Cake inaugural year of the studio program presentations featuring the participating artists: Eve Aschheim, William Fleites, Nathan Randall Green, Blanca Guerrero, Ai Makita, Jeffrey Morabito, Michael Rado, Michele Rushfeldt, Odessa Straub, and Dannielle Tegeder online presentation link; explore each of the artist's practices online link  

Soho Photo online solo exhibitions: Anne Closuit, Irene Greenberg, Ellen Konar and Steve Goldband, David Kutz, Allan Markman link

Petzel exhibition Sean Landers retrospective at Le Consortium Museum (France) link

CONVERSATIONS and TALKS

Miyako Yoshinaga talk: Yojiro Imasaka and Hai Zhang link 

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) recording of Ray Eames accepting the RIBA Royal Gold Medal on June 12, 1979 link 

SCREENINGS;

Swiss Institute Three Videos by Lena Youkhana link

Helena Amrather SCREENINGS V Charles Atlas A Museum? (2015) available for one day link  

BOOKS and CATALOGUES

Almine Rech book drop: Tom Wesselmann A Different Kind of Woman (Almine Rech Editions, 2017) foreword by Almine Rech, texts by Brenda Schmahmann (Professor and the SARChl Chair in South African Art and Visual Culture, University of Johannesburg) and Anne Pasternak (Shelby White and Leon Levy Director, Brooklyn Museum) as well as installation views of Tom Wesselmann's exhibition at Almine Rech Paris (October - December, 2016) and archival material; available for one week link