Art & Design Events, New York, Monday, 11 December 2017

Blackbody 25 Greene St French design: Rendez-vous by French Wink: The First Made in France Pop Up Shop 6-9 reservation requested
AIA Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place panel: In Pursuit of Performance: Financial and Social Metrics of Architectural Success Joanna Frank, Chris Butterick, Komal Kehar, Caroline Kim, moderated by Melissa Marsh 6-8 $10

NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò 24 W 12 lecture: Jennie Hirsh Transmissions of Fascism Advertising Architecture through the ‘Ente Radio Rurale’ Poster Campaign 6:30 free

SVA 335 W 16 BFA Fine Arts 2017 Fall Open Studios 6-9

SVA 209 E 23 3rd-floor Amphitheater exhibition: The Book Show: MFA Illustrationa and Visual Essay class of 2018 6-8

326 Gallery 326 7th Ave exhibition closing: Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying Evan Sebastian Lagache & Shay Kun 6:30-8:30 reservation requested

Rizzoli 1133 Broadway talk and book signing: Hermes Mallea Havana Living Today: Cuban Home Style Now 6-7:30

CUNY Graduate Center Skylight Room 365 Fifth Ave conversation: Black and Blur Arthur Jafa with Fred Moten 6:30 free

Christie's 20 Rockefeller Plaza reception and brief talks: Christie's Lates with Elle Decor Pauline Metcalf on Syrie Maugham; festive tablescapes envisioned by Caspari;  conversation with ELLE DÉCOR’s editor-in-chief Whitney Robinson; viewing of post-war and contemporary artworks from First Open auction and talks with Kat Widing and Rachael White; lots from the December New York Interior and Design sales 5-7

Museum of Modern Art 11 W 53 performance: An Evening with Kestutis Nakas 7 $12

Art Students League Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery 215 W 57 The Annual Holiday Art & Book Sale Monday-Friday 9-8, Saturday-Sunday 9-4, through 22 December

Metropolitan Museum 100 Fifth Ave exhibition of the Aldobrandini Tazze: The Silver Caesars: A Renaissance Mystery press 3:30-5:30 by invitation, reservation recommended

Union Theological Seminary James Memorial Chapel 3041 Broadway panel: Reverberations of the Revolutionary: The Avant-Garde Today Boryana Rossa, Natalia Kolodzei, Sergei Hollerbach, moderated by John William Narins 6 free

Microscope 1329 Willoughby Ave  performance and presentation with audience participation: Jonas Mekas Fears and Tremblings of an Angry Dog includes one-time exhibition of artworks by Joseph Cornell 7:30 $8

Eleven Brooklyn 25 Bushwick Ave Bushwick Holiday Pop-Up Market ceramics by Riya Lerner,   furniture by Ry Scruggs, vintage clothing, and a curated group of queer women artists and makers including  Daniella Kallmeyer (fashion), Khara Gilvey (painter) Nadia Yaron (textiles), Allison Samuels (woodworker), Rebekah Erev (visual and performance artist), Lauren Willson (maker of organic skincare), and Caitlin Frame (musician). 6-9

Pratt Institute Steuben Gallery 200 Willoughby Ave readings and performances: Name/Naming/Unnamed Dakotah Murphree, Xinan Ran, Melanie Carlstad, Deirdre Keough, Erica Ammann,Mary Wichmann 7:30

UrbanGlass 647 Fulton St Fort Greene 40th Birthday Party 7-9 free with reservation https://www.eventbrite.com/preview?eid=39259921482 cake and snacks included with ticket, drink tickets available for purchase