Art & Design Events, Friday, 21 August 2020

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

VIRTUAL EVENTS 

Municipal Art Society Virtual Tour:  Sylvia Laudien-Meo Subway Art: Underground or Elevated, A Variety of Artists and Styles 11am $20 registration link 

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #113: Rail Squares: A conversation with MFA Students participating in “Tomorrow: London”, an exhibition at White Cube students talking with  Toby Kamps; concludes with a poetry reading from Zack Pieper 1pm Eventbrite link 

The Frick Collection YouTube Cocktails with a Curator: Xavier F. Salomon on  Titian's 'Aretino'  5pm free YouTube link 

New York Adventure Club talk: Sharon Vatsky Hilma af Klint: Abstract Paintings for the Future 5:30-7 $10 Eventbrite link 

NEW YORK GALLERY and ON-SITE EXHIBITIONS OPENING

Microscope 1329 Willoughby Ave Bushwick exhibition opening today: Ina Archer Osmundine (Orchid Slap) by appointment

Yi Gallery 56 Bogart St Bushwick exhibition opening today: Lionel Cruet Dusk / Daybreak by appointment; online link 

Brooklyn Bridge Pier 1 Park Public Art Fund outdoor installation: Davina Semo Reverberation five monumental painted bronze bells

Cooperstown Art Association Galleries 22 Main St Cooperstown exhibitions opening  today: In Plain Sight Lordan Bunch, Matt Denison, Julie Huntsman, David Linzer, Steph Marcus &Theo Shestakofsky, Paramjit Singh; Karen Elting Life, Still

STREAMING

Columbia University Italian Academy Summer Online Festival film: Low Tide (2012), directed by Roberto Minervini from noon link 

MoMA online summer film festival: Virtual Views: Film Vault Summer Camp Week Three: Dada on Screen: Anémic cinéma (1926) by Marcel DuChamp, Ballet mécanique (1924) directed by Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy, Rhythmus 21 (1921) directed by Hans Richter; previous weeks are also available link 

NYU Grey Art Gallery oral history interview: Michèle Wong, Associate Director and Head of Exhibitions and Collections at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery, shares highlights from her 40+ year career at the gallery in conversation with Monica Marchese link 

IN MEMORIAM

Artist Ron Gorchov (April 5, 1930--August 18, 2020)