Art & Design Events, New York, Friday, 12 October 2018

Essex Flowers 19 Monroe St reception: Jonathan Hartshorn Suckers, copycats, lollipops, fast cash, fashion, one hit wonders and heat lamps; Rufus Tureen Olde Man 6-8

Chinatown Soup 16B Orchard St coffee machine launch party: FAEMA's New York Coffee Festival introducing the E71E machine 7-10 beer, wine, and light food

McKenzie Fine Art 55 Orchard St reception: Maureen McQuillan Offset Drift 6-8

Massey Klein 124 Forsyth St reception: Martine Johanna Life is but a Dream 6-8
Spencer Brownstone 170-B Suffolk St late Friday viewing: Shane Darwent 6-8

Coco-Mat Showroom 49 Mercer St reception: Aphrodite Désirée Navab 6-8 free, rsvp, Eventbrite

June Kelly 166 Mercer St exhibition: Bruce Dorfman Currents: Paintings in Combined Media 2016-2018

Resobox 91 E 3 reception: Superior Woodcrafts from Akita, Japan: Magewappa, Beer Cups, Sake Cups Shunji Kurimori & Hiroyuki Hashino 6-9

AIA Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Pl J. Max Bond Jr. Lecture: Attaining Wakandan Utopia: Representation, Place-Making and the Diaspora Introduction by Danei Cesario; speakers: Mario Gooden, Ade Obayemi, Renee Kemp-Rotan 6-8 $10

Greenwich House Pottery 16 Jones St Greenwich House Oktoberfest with Rirkrit Tiravanija 6-8:30 $85

NYU Deutsches Haus 42 Washington Mews Dismantling Concepts. A Conversation on the Paintings of Gerhard Richter Frances Guerin, Professor of Film and History of Art at the University of Kent in Paris, and John J. Curley 6-8

Kinescope 616 E 9 reception: Albert Sunjoon Weaver Occurrences and Excavations; in collaboration with Fillmore Projects 6-9

Whitney Museum 99 Gansevoort St symposium: Mary Corse 1-5; Session 1: Paint and Painting Peter Halley, Suzanne Hudson, Jeffrey Weiss, moderated by Kim Conaty 1-2:15; Session 2: Considering the 1960s Robin Clark, Elizabeth Gollnick, Jane Livingston, moderated by Carol Eliel; 2:30-3:45;  Session 3: Light and Seeing Francesca Esmay, James Welling, Hank Willis Thomas, noderated by Alexis Lowry 4-5:15; reception 5:30 free, registration required

BGSQ at the Center 208 W 13 exposiiton opening party and reception: 2018 NY Queer Zine Fair 6-9

Art in Odd Places 2018: Body Festival Opening 14th St between 7th and 8th Avenuses 6-8

Japan Society 333 E 47 exhibition: Yasumasa Morimura Ego Obscura

AC Institute 16 E 48 reception: Monika Uchiyama; Part III of a 3-part exhibition cycle by three artists Softer, Softest 6-8

Korea Society Gallery 350 Madison Ave 24th Fl reception: Kwang Young Chun 6-8

Columbia University Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America 1161 Amsterdam Ave symposium: From Res Nullius to Terra Nullius: Revisiting Indigenous Histories, Legal Systems and Land Rights in the Naqab 2-4

Ilon Art 204 W 123 reception: Arthur Nager Central Park 6-9

Broadway Housing Communities Rio II 583 Riverside Dr reception: Marne Lucas Bardo ∞ Project 6:30-8:30

Radiator 10-61 Jackson Ave Long Island City reception: To look at the sea is to become what one is Manal Abu-Shaheen, Oscar Rene Cornejo, curated by Laura August 6-9

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St Long Island City reception: Mark for Redaction contemporary art from self-identified Kweer (queer) people with ties to the al-‘ālam al-‘arabī (S.W. Asia and N. Africa (SWANA)) and the diaspora: Eric Mathieu Ritter, Maya Mikdashi, Raed Rafei, Ramy El-Etreby, Roy Dib, Alireza Shojaian, Jamil Hellu, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Rami Karim, Noura Ballout, Hossein Edalatkhah, Alex Khalifa, Wael Morcos, Warda Alkandari, Carlos Motta 6

A/D/O 29 Norman Ave Greenpoint  Design and Research Seminar:  toxic tourism with resentation by Venessa Keith, Principal and Architect at Studio TEKA; followed by panel and interactive workshop: David Charles, Media Network Lead at Impact Travel Alliance, Paige West, Claire Tow Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College, and Vanessa Keith6:30-8:30 $10

WILLIAMSBURG EVERY 2ND FRIDAYS 6-9

Figureworks 168 N 6 performance: Adam RealMan  accompanied by the works of Mary Roberts 7

Artist & Craftsmen Supply 761 Metropolitan Avenue,
AG Gallery 310 Grand St
Holland Tunnel  61 S 3

Shag...a sexy shop  108 Roebling St

Boaz Vaadia Ltd 104 Berry St

Pop-Up  203 Harrison Place 3F Bushwick reception: Orange Li Diary of a Chat Girl 6-9

Slag 56 Bogart St Bushwick reception: Dan Voinea Blindscape: There from Where Nothing Can Be Seen; Adam Brent Hyper Prismatic Mesh 7-9

Soho20 56 Bogart St reception: Emily Oliveira Dick Van Dick: Everything Louder Than Everything Else; Debbie Rasiel Paradise; Kathy Stark New Work 6-9

Studio10 56 Bogart St Bushwick reception: Ron Baron Ode to A Void 7-9

Theodore:Art 56 Bogart St Bushwick reception: Michelle Vaughan Bad Words and Good Snacks 6-8

M.David Studio 56 Bogart St Bushwick reception: A Montage of Heck Len Bellinger, Ewelina Bochenska, Mary DeVincentis, Martin Dull, Daniel John Gadd, Barbara Laube, Arnold Mesches, Kelin Perry and Grace Rosell 6-9

Ambrosia Elixirs  109 Troutman St Bushwick art opening night: 13 Moon Madeline Lynch, Zatan Zeta Zee 6-10

Paradice Palase 1263 Bushwick Ave closing reception: I Have, Hold, Keep 6-9 free, byob

John Doe 112 Waterbury St reception: Object//Totem Eny Lee Parker, Hollister Hovey, Derrick Velasquez, Matthew Kirk, curated by Prelude Projects 6-9

The Hand 601 Wilson Ave Bushwick reception: Quiet Please, There's A Lady On Stage A collection of works on paper by McDermott & McGough and Loren Kramar 6-9

Recess 46 Washington Ave Navy Yard Area reception: Jes Fan Dyeing with Melanin 6:30-8

The Bishop 916 Bedford Ave Fort Greene exhibition and book signing reception: Ernie Paniccoli Hip Hop at the End of the World: The Photography of Ernie Paniccoli 6-11

Art in General 145 Plymouth St Dumbo performative project reading: Young Girl Reading Group (Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė) Coming of Age III 6:30-9

A.I.R. 155 Plymouth St Dumbo reception: Erica Stoller Unseen Scenery; Louise McCagg Congregation;  Elke Solomon Tavola: Early Bird Café: Another Installation 6-8

Hot Wood Arts Center 481 Van Brunt St Red Hook reception: Bryan Christie and Laurent Fort, live music by Platypus Revenge and Tim Fite, and open studios by resident artists 6-11

Gowanus Loft 61 9th St Gowanus reception: Dale Williams America Now Suite curated by George Del Barrio, presented by The Vanderbilt Republic 6-9

Downstairs Projects 1713 8th Ave South Slope reception: Libby Rothfeld New Works 6-9

Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow 783 4th Ave Sunset Park OBT Community Fall Festival 4-7 free

NARS Foundation 201 46th St 4th Fl Sunset Park Fall Open Studios; also exhibitions: The Map and the Territory, curated by Tansy Xiao; and Julie Trudel Bone Black and Titanium White – Transparency, Colour and Light 6-9

J&M Studios 201 46 St Sunset Park 2nd Fl Fall Open Studios André Eamiello, Andrew Schwartz, Bari Mohammed, Brendan Sullivan, Brian Stinemetz,Caitlyn McLaughlin, Charlotte Greene, Christopher Bradley, Dayana Romero, Elena Soterakis, Fatty Spice, Flora Wilds, Gustavo Prado, Hannelore Van Dijck, Homer Shew, Ioana Manolache, Jahyun Seo, Jenn Cacciola, Jon Levy-Warren, Julia Elsas, Julia John, Kat Geng, Katrina Chamberlin, Keren Anavy, Laura Hildevert, Lauren Anders, Lauren Cohen, Liza Sokolovskaya, Luke Luokun Cheng, Naomi Nakazato, Noël Harnden, Richard Gnann, Ruonan Yan, Saya Da Jung, Sydney M. King, Tadasuke Jinno, Tanya Steinberg, Tenaya Izu, Trina Merry, Walker Augustyniak, Xavier Alexander Petromelis, Zachary Lank & Zachary Lefitz 6-9

Note: Archtober This large series of events continues through 31 October. See https://archtober.org/events/  for the complete list.

Open House New York Weekend more than 250 sites across all five boroughs open for tours, talks, and special events; https://ohny.org/weekend/plan-your-weekend/grid through 14 October