Art & Design Events, New York, Friday, 4 December 2015

e-flux 311 East Broadway book launch: Composing Differences edited by Virginie Bobin (Les presses du réel in conjunction with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York); conversation with Jim Fletcher, Joshua Lubin-Levy, and Jenny Perlin, moderated by Nova Benway 7:30

NYU Fales Library 70 Washington Square South play reading: Alvin Eng’s 33 & 1/3 Cornelia Street featuring Martha Wilson, Bob Holman, Paul Zimet Kelly McCrann, Paul Gigante, and Carlo Fiorletta 7 free reservation required

New School Glass Corner 25 E 13 talk: Jasmine Rault on Eileen Gray 6 free

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place Images of Surveillance keynote lecture: David Lyon Surveillance after Snowden 6; video installation and reception: Korpys/Löffler PIOS (2015) 7:30

The Center for Book Arts 28 W 27 talk: Elena Berriolo Why Didn't They? 6:30

ICP School 1114 Avenue of the Americasbook signing: Ken Light What's Going On? 1969–1974 6:30-7:30

inCube Arts 314 W 52 #1 Stanley Fung Saint Anonymous 6-8

Society of Illustrators 128 E 63 Holiday Book Fair 10-5 also Saturday

NYU Institute of Fine Arts 1 E 78 symposium: Step Into Liquid: Art & Art History in the Post-Fordist Era organized by Walead Beshty with Rachel Heidenry and Eloise Maxwell; Panel 1: Digitalization and the Aesthetics of Distribution 1:15-3:00; Panel 2: Performativity and Methodology 3:30-4:45; Conclusion 4:45-5:15; reception 5:15-6

Ukrainian Institute of America 2 E 79 New Perspectives: 8 Contemporary Artists from Ukraine  Mikhailo Deyak, Tatyana Malinovska, Mykola Matsenko, Roman Minin, Stepan Ryabchenko, Oleg Tistol, Anna Valieva, and Artem Volokitin 6-8 rsvp https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11P7vKOzfBC-dR6-NUN_o_AcENVFmpQhSwVP5r8rG_uw/viewform

Columbia University Heyman Center for the Humanities 74 Morningside Drive The Confined Arts 3rd Edition: Opportunities and Change (platform to illustrate and showcase the talents of currently as well as formerly incarcerated creative voices) 4:30-10 rsvp Eventbrite

Focal Point 321 City Island Ave City Island Holiday Art Exhibition 7-10

Calico 67 West St Greenpoint Calicornucopia 4 annual year-end group show / Holiday party 7-10

Greenpoint 390 Mcguinness Blvd Greenpoint Grand Salon Show 8

Clay Space 1205 1205 Manhattan Ave Greenpoint Holiday Weekend 6-9

Brooklyn Expo Center 72 Noble St  Greenpoint Craft Brooklyn including Joyce Pommer Sculptural Constructs: Small mixed media works 4-8 $ also Saturday and Sunday

NURTUREart 56 Bogart St Bushwick Lior Modan Wringing Lilies from the Pine Nut 7-9

Art 101 101 Grand St Williamsburg Tom Nimen Not Quite Human: Passengers and Their Electronics on the NYC MTA, Reimagined 6-9

BookCourt 163 Court St Carroll Gardens book launch and conversation: Archie Rand The 613; Rand speaking with Dan Ain 7

Clover's Fine Art NY 338 Atlantic Ave Boerum Hill Small Works Exhibition 21 artists 6-8