Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 26 August 2015

William Holman 65 Ludlow St closing reception: Annual Summer Show Inas Al-Soqi, Richard Barnet, Rebecca Bird, Peter Bonner, Liene Bosque, Anthony Brownbill, John Cunningham, Michael Davis, Gail Goldsmith, Nicolette, Jelen, Derek Johnson, Tom Judd, Liv Mette Larsen, Sally Tittmann, Kez Zapkus 6

Con Artist 119 Ludlow St Atmospheric Kayo Albert and David Barnett present David Barnett, Juan Bravo, Brandon Wisecarver, Caroline Werner, Joey Guidone, and Kayo Albert 7-11

Frames and Stretchers in the Clemente 107 Suffolk St Studio 303 The Great Art Contest Winners Vincent Zambrano, Kayo Albert, Alexandra Campanaro, Luz Angelica Fernandez, Mira Dayal 6-8

174 Rivington Bar and Gallery 174 Rivington St The Art of Noise / A Punk Collective Anthony Begnal, Max Frechette, Sierra Furtwangler, Stu-Art Gray, Sam Harris, Melody Lee, Sean Pryor, Tommy Volume, and Jospeph Western 6-11
Spin Ceramics 13 Crosby St China in Wonderland: The Night of Chinese Avant-Garde-Traditional Art Performance, Calligraphy Demonstration, Music performance by Zong Li, Jiaju Shen, Sophia Yang 6:15-6:45; Live Calligraphy Demonstration by Calligrapher Guitian Li De Osu 6:50-7:30; Music again 8-8:30 specially home infused Spin-cocktail, finger food and other drinks will be at your service 6-9 free
Clarks 547 Broadway Giant Step Promotion: 65th Anniversary of the Desert Boot 7-9 rsvp clarkssoho@clarks.com
Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort St 99 Objects: Cheryl Finley on ‘Untitled, 1969’ by Malcolm Bailey 11; Margot Norton on ‘Fear of Nothing’ by Sarah Charlesworth 3 museum admission for each

Parsons School of Design 66 Fifth Ave Push Pull: Parsons MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition 2015 Marco Bell,
Shiang-Jiun Chen,
Hu Qiren,
Dongli Huang,
Dongmin Lee,
Rosana Liang,
Ashley Middleton, Kelsey O'Brien,
Masahito Ono,
Melissa Preston,
Matthew Sce 6:30-8:30

Kinfolk 94 94 Wythe Ave Williamsburg I Know You Know Blaise Cepis, Ian Francis, Shie Moreno, Erin M. Riley, Tamara Santibañez, curated by Tim Strazza 7-10
Smith & Jones 673 Classon Ave 1R Crown Heights The Art of Giving organized by Samm Cohen 7-10
Residency Unlimited collective walk starting at Shake Shack 409 Fulton St Downtown Brooklyn Body Meets City organized by Sofía Fernández Álvarez with David Helbich, Ismaël Kachtihi del Moral, Diana Policarpo, Juanli Carrión, Qinmin Liu, and John C. Gonzalez 6 free

Owl Farm Bar 297 9th St Park Slope release party: Leslie Stein Bright Eyed at Midnight 7

The Victor D'Amico Institute of Art/The Art Barge 279 Montauk Highway Water Mill talk: Saskia Friedrich 5-6 free, advance registration strongly suggested