Art & Book Events, New York, Monday, 11 August 2014

e-flux 311 East Broadway Shapes and Skins: Unrealized Avatars and Alter Egos presentation on themes loosely based on the archive of the Agency of Unrealized Projects (AUP), a project initiated by e-flux and the Serpentine Gallery, devised by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Julieta Aranda, Anton Vidokle, and Julia Peyton-Jones 7:30

Spoonbill & Sugartown 218 Bedford Ave Williamsburg book launch: Haruki Murakami’s Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage 10:30pm

Java Street Studios 252 Java St Greenpoint closing reception Defying Gravity Debra Drexler 6-9

Art Events, New York, Sunday, 10 August 2014

Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer St Red Hook Second Sunday Open Studios; Vice photo panel: VICE Photo Editor Matthew Leifheit and MAGNUM Photo Creative Director Gideon Jacobs; music: Janka Nabay + the Bubu Gang, Big Lazy 5-10 free

Knockdown Center 52-10 Flushing Ave Queens performances Summer Jamboree 12-4

Bunker 259 259 Banker St Greenpoint Performances by Melissa Brown, Carla Edwards, and Michael Mahalchick

Sculptor’s Guild Governor’s Island Nolan Park Building 19 artists’ talk 1-5

Molly Krom 53C Stanton St Manhattan Stripped Katerina Marcelja, Amanda C. Mathis 6-8

Art Events, New York, Saturday, 9 August 2014

Katrina Van Tassel Projects 34 E 1 Manhattan Wanderers above a sea of smog Sophia Narrett, Colette Robbins, Giordanne Salley, Andrew Woolbright; curated by Christian Ruiz Berman 6-10

New Century 530 W 25 Summer Highligts II; Sarah Doherty Heinrichs 3-6

Castle Fitzjohns 98 Orchard St Everybody Will Be Famous for Twelve Inches sixty artists 7-10

bcs (ARPNY) 38-65 12th St Long Island City Won Young Jang 5

Artistrun 36-31 22nd St Cultural Diversity & Everything Good 6-9

Transfer 1030 Metropolitan Ave Bushwick LANGUAGE AND CODE A. Bill Miller, Daniel Temkin 7-11

Odetta 229 Cook St Bushwick Eden MDMH, Charles Geiger, Melinda Hackett, Lina Puerta, Sylvia Schwartz 6-8

The Bishop Gallery 916 Bedford Ave Bedford/Stuyvesant The New Portrait 7-10

helper 495 Rogers Ave Prospect/Lefferts Gardens The Microwave Mint Gavin Kenyon & Jeff Williams 7-10

Reverse 28 Frost St Williamsburg Brokon Language Aditya Shringarpure, Cyrille Allanic, Ian James Carr, Kyu Seok; curated by Daine Coppola 6-9

Primetime 135 Huntington St Carroll Gardens Don’t Forget to Make a Left Turn At Albuquerque Seung-Min Lee, Jacques Louis Vidal, Jennifer Sullivan, Pat Palermo, Emmy Catedral, Nathan Carey; curated by Seung-Min Lee 7

Newhouse Center 1000 Richmond Terrace Staten Island Free Sharp Eric Mapp & Lehna Huie 2-4

Eric Firestone and The Hole 4 Newtown Lane East Hampton Storage Wars Sanford Biggers, Eric Freeman, Max Snow, Eric White, Misaki Kawai, Jaimie Warren, Evan Robarts, Greg Bogin, Holton Rower, Kadar Brock, JIM JOE, and more 6-9

Guild Hall 158 Main St East Hampton Robert Motherwell: The East Hampton Years, 1944-1952 panel: Jack Flam, President and CEO of the Dedalus Foundation; Catherine Craft, Associate Curator of the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas; and Clifford Ross, Artist and Editor of Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics; Moderator: Phyllis Tuchman, Guest Curator 3-4; exhibition opening 4-6

Harper’s Books 87 Newtown Lane East Hampton Summer Job Enoc Perez 6-8

Greening 17 Washington St East Hampton Ben Fenske 6-8

Matteawan Gallery 464 Main St Beacon booksmart August Ventimiglia, Björn Meyer-Ebrecht, Brece Honeycutt, Theresa Gooby 6-9

Art Events, New York, Friday, 8 August 2014

Salmagundi 47 Fifth Ave Non-Members’ Exhibitions closing

Tenri 43A W 13 Beyond the Nature: Kiesoo Park, Sandra Gottlieb, Bunsun Lee, Nanyee Shon, Eunjin Jang 6-8

Studio Museum 144 W 125 Uptown Fridays! 7-10 $7

Momenta 56 Bogart St Bushwick Kathleen White (A) Rake’s Progress, curated by Rafael Sánchez; 6-8 Sound Texts readings at 7 by readings performed by Jim Fletcher, Joey Gabriel, Rafael, Sánchez, Kate Valk, Kathleen White

TSA 44 Stewart Ave Bushwick In the Office of the Drunken Monkey Brian Scott Campbell, Chris Ulivo, David Humphrey, Devon Troy Strother, Dona Nelson, Dustin London, Julian Kreimer, Lucia Hierro, Margrit Lewzcuk, Rachael Gorchov, Rebecca Morris, Rubens Ghenov, Stephanie Washburn; curated by Christopher Ulivo, Julian Kreimer 7-10

Eight of Swords 115 Grand St Williamsburg The Tarot Show 7-11

Kinfolk 94 94 Wythe Ave Williamsburg Alex Trochut 7-10

Art & Design Events, New York, Thursday, 7 August 2014

Coohaus 547 W 27 Hector Rene 6-8

Lisa Cooley 107 Norfolk St Itself Not So Fia Backström, Julien Bismuth, Michael Dean, Ryan Gander, James Hoff, Susan Howe, Christopher Knowles, Sophia Le Fraga, Rick Myers, Research Service, Aram Saroyan, Imogen Stidworthy, Sue Tompkins, Ben Vida, curated by Rachel Valinsky 6-8

Dacia 53 Stanton St Works on Paper Archer Dougherty, Evan Kitson, Iliya Mirochnik, John Hampshire , Laura Fantini, Mike Selbach, Rachel Burgess, Seung-Jong Lee, Shaina Craft, Shari Weschler Rubeck; curated by Lee Vasu 6-9

The Henley Vaporium 25 Cleveland Place Wampum Popup Shop skate lifestyle clothing 6

Swiss Institute 18 Wooster St Panel: Ludic Aesthetics: Ericka Beckman, Douglas Wilson and Eric Zimmerman; an evening of film, conversation and play about art and games 7

ICI Curatorial Hub 401 Broadway Tahir Hemphill in Conversation with Dexter Wimberly on Hemphill’s Picasso, Baby! 6:30-8

55 Gansevoort 55 Gansevoort St You Gotta Keep Your Head Up But You Can Let Your Hair Down Kayode Ojo 7-9

308art156 Project Art Space 156 Fifth Ave #308 Kitfox Valentin 7-9

New Century 530 W 25 Abiogenesis Sarah Doherty Heinrichs 6-8

Noho/M55 530 W 25 The Nude as a Muse, curated by Emily Stedman 6-8

AC Institute 547 W 27 UR HEAD IS MINE performances: Juliana Huxtable, D'hana Perry (BATTYJACK), David Serotte; curated by Yolene + Yulan Grant 6-8

Coohaus 547 W 27 Horses and Bayonets Hector Rene 6-8

Ho 547 W 27 Kick Benjamin Bacon, Marianne Petit, Vivian Xu 6-8

Jeff Bailey 625 W 27 Come Celebrate A New Beginning marking the gallery's eleven years in Chelsea and its upcoming move to Hudson, New York 6-8

Chelsea 27 617 W 27 Summer Small Works Show Casey Watson, Casper Smith, Charline Bourcier, Corinne Thomas, Elizabeth Roman, Indie184, Jean-Marc Calvet, Kashink, Kathy Ostman-Magnusen, Liam Alexander, Lou Patrou, Madrolinone, Mari Yamagiwa, Mathieu Jaïs, Pilar Jimenez, R.d.H., Sebastien Aurillon, Valerie Degaulmyn 6-8

ICP School 1114 Sixth Ave ICP Library celebration: The Experiment: What Is Hungarian Photographic Art?, organized by Shandor Hassan in honor of the life and work of Gabor Kerekes 6-8

Christie’s 20 Rockefeller Plaza Don't Quit Your Daydream 15th Annual Staff Art Exhibition 6-8 rsvp

Saint Peter’s Church 619 Lexington Ave Mariano Cinat 6

Chashama 427 W 125 Lisa Ingram Stone, Sand, & Salt 5-8

Masters 111 Front St DUMBO Beauty / Beast Amanda Marie and X-O 6-9

Folioleaf 111 Front St DUMBO closing reception: Robert Janz Echoes of Our Origins 6-9

Mighty Tanaka 111 Front St The Ides of Summer 6-9

powerHouse Arena 37 Main St DUMBO Brooklyn Queens Elite Alice Mizrachi, Ambi67, Antonio KEL 5MH, CERN, David Cooper, Ernie Paniccioli, Greg Larmache, Olivia Jarowski-­Lovera, TooFly, Tommy Rebel, URNewYork, and WRY TCK. Opening night will also feature several native Brooklyn/Queens DJs including Dr.Brown Celery, DJ Kilz, Nasty Vaz and O. Incredible; curated by Yvette Hidalgo 6-9

Five Myles 558 St Johns Place Crown Heights Sam Tufnell 6-8

Halsey McKay 79 Newtown Lane East Hampton Adam Helms & Karl Haendel Waterworks; Glen Baldridge Killer Moon

Art & Design Events, New York Wednesday, 6 August 2014

The Artist’s Institute 163 Eldridge St Summer Coctails new works by Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson 6-8

Con Artist 119 Ludlow St Thinking Inside the Box Jasper Fields, Jessica Prusa, John Arzayus, Josef Pinlac, Katie Killary 8-11

Artifact 84 Orchard St Sal Romano, Mihai Bara. Glennys Castro, Elina Tammiranta-Summa 6-8

Undercurrents 215 E 5 Gayle Ruskin 6-8

Bond New York 25 Hudson St Mark Vinsun 6:30-8:30

Judson Church 55 Washington Square South a Bailout happening, featuring performance of Can We Come To The Table? by In Our Words; free community meal at 7:15, free show at 8

80 WSE 80 Washington Square East In Transit Jill Forie, Tongji Philip Qian, Michelle Statella, and Hillary Stewart 6-8

Red Bull Studios 220 W 18 Clocktower Radio presents a performance by Peter Coffin Living Live: The Free Music Archive & WFMU 6-9

Jonathan LeVine 529 W 20 and 557 W 23 Cruel Summer curated by Roger Gastman  20^th St: 7-9; 23^rd St 6-8

Selecto 529 W 20 2W CAVALERA in-store launch party for womenwear and menswear Brazilian label 5-8

Magnan Metz 521 W 26 Ewerdt Hilgemann Freeze Frame 6-8

Center for Book Arts 28 W 27 artist talk: Livre d'Artiste d'Aujourd'hui: Interdisciplinary Collaborations Iviva Olenick, Ximena Perez Grobet, and Béatrice Coron 6:30

Saks Fifth Ave 611 Fifth Ave 2^nd Floor Atrium fashion film launch: Karolina Zmarlak celebrating F14 6

Furman at Walter Reade Theater 165 W 65 Marcia Resnick The Dog: Images Of A Real Bad Boy 7-9

Consulate General of Argentina 12 W 56 Federico Hamann & Mariano Gil 6-8

Museum of the City of New York and El Museo del Barrio 1220-1230 Fifth Ave Uptown Bounce block party 6-9

Bronx Museum 1040 Grand Concourse Readings & Conversations: Yoav Litvin, author of Outdoor Gallery 5:30-7:30 free admission and bar (donations suggested)

The West 379 Union Ave Williamsburg talk: Queer/Art/Brooklyn with Katy Pyle, Sam McKinnis & Stephen Winter 8

Art Events, New York, Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Whitebox 329 Broome St Live Web Stream Panel Discussion Here And Elsewhere, At War, And Into The Future: Palestine Joseph Audeh, Ariella Azoulay, Judith Rodenbeck, Alex Shams, Myriam Vanneschi 6

Swiss Institute 18 Wooster St artist talk by Alex Mackin Dolan: In a Sea of Debris 7

Type Directors Club 347 W 36 talk by Liron Lavi Turkenich: We are not alone--Hebrew type design inspiring and being inspired 6:30-8:30

Half 23 E 78 Remember Rene Ricard no reception

Ouchi 170 Tillary St Brooklyn Rei Uchida Fuku 7-10