Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 4 August 2021

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

NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS ON-SITE  no reception unless noted 

Karma 136 E 3 book launch: Nicolas Party: Pastel 6-8

Village Preservation tour: Shearith Israel Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Cemetery on West 11th Street 72 W 11 led by Zachariah Edinger; registration is required and space is limited, 12:30-2 link waitlist only now 

Miles McEnery 520 W 21 exhibition: Home & Away: Selections from Common Practice Alexandre Arrechea, Holly Bass, Katherine Bernhardt, Dan Colen, Eric Haze, Paula Henderson, David Huffman, Titus Kaphar, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Carlos Rolón, Ashley Teamer, Nari Ward, Wendy White, & Jonas Wood, organized by John Dennis, Dan Peterson, and Carlos Rolón 10-6

Blue Mountain 547 W 27 exhibition: Juried Exhibition 2021 Jack Albrittain, Rob Anderson, Catherine Barsoum, Michele BonDurant, Kathy Cantwell, Carol Caruso, Audrey Cohn-Ganz, Carey Conaway, Anna Devonshire, Jacqueline Donadeo, Teresa Dunn, Jessie Fisher, Nancy Granda, Joseph Holsapple, Shelley Hull, Caryl Hull Leavitt, Sam Kelly, Tina Kraft, Megan Marden, Amy Masters, Maria Michurina, Joe Morzuch, Danielle Muzina, Keith Pfeiffer, Jamie Platt, Lisa Steffens, Julio Suarez, Pamela Tucker, Judith Tummino, Janet Warner, Georgia Welch, Andrew Wykes, Rachel Youens, and Alet Zielhuis, selected by Catherine Kehoe 

Fotografiska New York 281 Park Avenue South film screening: Daddy and The Muscle Academy 7-8 $40 link 

Susan Eley 46 W 90 reception: New Voices for the Twenties II SEFA NYC is devoting the summer to a series of exhibitions highlighting the work of Fine Art Graduates of 2020 and 2021: Luke Alex Atkinson, Lydia Crouse, Stella Egelja, Ana Maria Farina, Carley Gmitro, John J. Hartford, Brendan Kenny, Joshua Leff, Richard Liu, Josh Meillier and Jenny Rafalson 6-8

Time Out Market New York, Empire Stores 55 Water St Dumbo Gary Lichtenstein Editions talk: Beyond Hip-Hop: The Art and Design of Cey Adams 7:30

VIRTUAL EVENTS

Fritz Ascher Society lecture: Helen Shiner Sculpting the Light: Avant-Garde to Auschwitz and Beyond. Moissey Kogan (1879-1943) noon-1 free link 

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #356: Radical Poetry Reading with Tarik Dobbs Tarik Dobbs curates the 46th Radical Poetry Reading featuring poetry read by Dobbs and friends 1pm link

Residency Unlimited Meet Over Lunch: The Fine Line, The Division between Art and Design Cecilia Abeid and Sharon Poliakine speak with curator-in-residence Gabriela Davies 1pm link 

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS 

Bookstein Projects online: Paul Resika Provincetown on Paper link 

IN MEMORIAM 

Illustrator and graphic designer Reynold Ruffins (August 5, 1930-- July 11, 2021)