Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Art & Design Events, Wednesday, 5 August 2020

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


VIRTUAL EVENTS

Untitled, Art Powered by Artland Online exposition: virtual reality fair extended through 9 August link 

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #101: The Near Future of the Public Art Museum Amanda Fortini, Mary Abbe Hintz, and Seph Rodney discuss art criticism in the context of our new social reality with Rail guest critic, David Carrier; concludes with a poetry reading from Brandon Downing 1-2 Eventbrite link 

Fritz Ascher Society Zoom talk: Eckhart Gillen Jewish Identity and Communist Belief. Lea Grundig's Path from Dresden to Palestine and back to Dresden 3pm registration link 

National Arst Club lecture: costume designer Alejo Vietti The Art of Costume Design on Broadway 3-4 free, Eventbrite link 

Soho Photo Zoom talk: Gus Bennett Narrates Photography as Community and Collaboration 4 free link

New York Design Center Cocktails and Conversation 4:30 Instagram Live link 

Poster House Online Talk: Equity & Justice Poster Design During COVID  begins with a presentation by Poster House Collections Manager Melissa Walker on the history of protest posters, followed by Isometric partners Andy Chen and Waqas Jawaid presenting case studies of how tech, educational, and cultural institutions are using poster and spatial design to redress racism and authenticate the experiences of people of color 4:30-6 free, link

Columbia University Division of Narrative Medicine August Virtual Narrative Medicine Rounds talk: Nicole Fleetwood (Rutgers Univesity) Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration 5-7 information and Zoom registration link 

New York Adventure Club Zoom talk: Arlen Schumer The Silver Age of Carmine Infantino, Comic Book Illustrator 3-5 $10 Eventbrite link 

Green-Wood Cemetery talk: Tiffany in All His Glory Jeff Richman, and Lindsy Parrot, executive director and curator of the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass 5-6 $5 ticket link 

AIA New York Center for Architecture panel: ResArch Lab: Mycelium Architecture – Building with Fungi Nancy Diniz, Co-Founder, Augmented Architectures and bioMATTERS; Frank Melendez, Co-Founder, Augmented Architectures and bioMATTERS; Jonathan Dessi-Olive, Assistant Professor of Architecture in Design and Structures, Kansas State University; Christopher Maurer, NCARB, Founder and Principal Architect, Redhouse Studio; Gavin McIntyre, Co-founder, Ecovative Design; introduction by Rob Kalin, Founder, Open Mycelia 6-7:30 $10 link


NEW YORK GALLERY and DESIGN SHOWROOMS NOW OPEN

Shrine 179 East Broadway exhibition beginning today: Art Brut from a Texas Prison: Frank Jones ‘114591’

Carriage Trade 277 Grand St exhibition beginning today: Social Photography VIII 

Zürcher Gallery 33 Bleecker St benefit exhibition beginning today: We Must Begin Wherever We Are curated by Ernesto Renda 

Wilmer Jennings at Kenkeleba  219 E 2 exhibition begins today: The Currency of  Meaning and Other Tales for a virtual tour see link 

Soho Design District most showrooms have reopened, some by appointment; for map and contact information see link

Michael Werner 50 Newtown Lane East Hampton exhibitions: A.R. Penck Bronzes & Florian Krewer Paintings


ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS 

The Untitled Space online Artsy exhibition: Meg Lionel Murphy link

EFA Project Space online collaborative discussion series with researchers, workers, and artists: Redistribution organized by Lauren van Haaften-Schick and Kenneth Pietrobono (Uncertainty Labs) information link; discussions posted to Project Space's  website and social media accounts. 

Alessandro Berni Gallery New York online Artsy exhibition: Barbara Luisi link

Lehmann Maupin viewing room: Mandy El-Sayegh May I 2020 link 

Planthouse at the Beach online exhibition: Margaret Garrett 19 Poses, published by Planthouse. printed by Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas link  

ConnerSmith Access online initiatives: Janet Biggs Airs Above the Ground (2007) link


STREAMING

La MaMa film: On The Roof film by Paul Zimet; featuring Ellen Maddow; music by Ellen Maddow; ‘Sono Montuno’ by Tito Puente; ‘Vision Obscured’ choreography by Rocky Bornstein, performed by Rocky Bornstein and Freda Maddow; film  dedicated to Siri Berg (September 14, 1921-April 8,2020) and Jun Maeda (April 3, 1941 -April 6, 2020). Talking Band, New York City, April, 2020 vimeo link 

David Kordansky Firsthand: series of online exhibitions in which artists discuss their work in their own words: William E. Jones on The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography link

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