Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Hercules Art Studio Program 25 Park Pl opening reception: Open Studios Cati Bestard, Sujung Chang, Pablo Diaz, Madhini Nirmal, Phoebe Osborne, and Manny Padernos 6:30-9 rvsp@herculesart.com

New York Academy of Art 111 Franklin St conversation: Vincent Desiderio with Daniel Maidman 6:30 free

Hunter College MFA 205 Hudson St lecture: Nicolas Guagnini 7-9 free

SoHo Design District Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) Short Films Walk 2018 multiple locations on Wooster and Greene Sts 5-9 rsvp and map https://www.eventboost.com/e/short-films-walk-ny-2018/12884/

Fridman 287 Spring St reception: Nino Cais Don't turn off the light 6-8

SFA Projects 131 Chrystie St reception: Benjamin Pritchard Wayfarer 7-9

Lichtundfire 175 Rivington St reception: Minimal Impact Augustus Goertz, Alan Steele, and Christopher Stout 5:30-8:30

Parasol Projects 251 Elizabeth St reception: Lucy Nell Stewart Lu's Flix and Drawings 6

Art on A Gallery 24 Ave A reception: The Mainstream: Comix group art show Christa Cassano, Marguerite Dabaie, Simon Fraser, Fred Harper, N. Steven Harris, Joan Reilly, Frank Reynoso, Cynthia Von Buhler, curated by Dean Haspiel 7-9

MFA Project Space 80 Washington Square East reception: Virginia Yearick 5-7  

AIA New York Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place panel: Collapse: Climate, Cities & Culture Mark Foster Gage, Maider Llaguno-Munitxa, Ioanna Theocharopoulou,Julia Watson, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, moderated by Peder Anker,  Louise Harpman, Mitchell Joachim 6-8 $10

New York Studio School 8 W 8 talk: Parlo Come Pittore: The Life and Work of Andrew Forge; book: Observation: Notation: Selected Writings of Andrew Forge, 1955-2002 edited by David Cast; panel: William Bailey, David Cast, Betty Cuningham, James Panero, Kyle Staver 6:30-7:30 free

NYU Steinhardt 34 Stuyvesant St reception: Cerealism Chanel Khoury, Erica Rawald, Jessica Lee, and Martine Velasco; queer\ies: a survey and celebration Engaging with the heterogeneity of queerness, queer\ies, curated by Sasha Ballard 5-7

Strand 888 Broadway book celebration: The Best American Comics 2018 introduction by  Phoebe Gloeckner; panel: Bill Kartalopoulos, Julia Gfrörer, Julian Glander, Kevin Hooyman, and Julia Jacquette 7-8 admission ticket required

New School Lang Center 55 W 13 Parsons Fine Arts Visiting Artist Lecture: William Villalongo 7-9 free

Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort St book talk: Ninth Street Women Mary Gabriel in conversation with Deborah Solomon; book: Mary Gabriel Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art (Little, Brown) 6:30 $10 followed by a book signing and reception

Resobox 203 W 20 reception: Tomoharu Okamura YO no BI (用の美) 5:30-7:30
National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South reception: Colorama Jill S. Krutick and J. Steven Manolis 6

SVA Theatre 333 W 23 screening and industry presentation: 2018 Korean Webtoon & Comic Art in New York hosted by KOMACON (Korea Manhwa Contents Agency) and supported by The Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism screening: 11-noon, business meeeting with film professionals noon-3, networking reception 13:30-3

Rizzoli 1133 Broadway book celebration: Harvey Stein Mexico Between Life and Death; conversation: Harvey Stein and Miss Rosen 6-8

Mitchell-Innes & Nash 534 W 26 conversation: Pope.L with Noam Segal 7

EFA Blackburn Printimaking Workshop Program 323 W 39 reception:

Annual Members Show 6-8

NYPL 476 5th Ave LIVE from the NYPL: Laurie Anderson with Sjón Genre Bending 7 $40

Philippine Center 556 5th Ave reception and book launch: book: Isabel Exhevarria Crossing Parallels 6; reception: Isabel Exhevarria In Parallel Time 6:30-8:30

MoMA 18 W 54 lecture: Rem Koolhaas Current Preoccupations; followed by conversation with Martino Stierli and Vladimir Kulić; in conjunction with exhibition Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980 6 sold out

Albertine 972 5th Ave lecture: Florence de Voldère The Metal Industry in Flemish Paintings: From the Iron of Cathedral to New York Skyscrapers 6:30-7:30 free with rsvp

BronxArtSpace 305 E 140 Bronx artist talk: Cannupa Hanska Luger & Micah "Werewolf" Wesley; in conjunction with exhbition Humble 6-8

Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse (165th St) Bronx reception: Christopher K. Ho Aloha to the World at the Don Ho Terrace organized by Sergio Bessa 6-8, walktrhough 6:30 free, rsvp Eventbrite

Brooklyn Research 630 Flushing Ave Broadway Triangle INTERchange artist talk: Toni Dove 7-10 rsvp Eventbrite

Pratt Institute 200 Willoughby Ave Clinton Hill Photography Gallery ARC Building Lower Level: reception: Allen Frame Innamorato curated by Lia Gangitano 6-8; Memorial Hall: The Image as Communication Lecture Series: Maria Arenas 7-7:30 free

Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Prospect Heights outdoor exhibitions: Something to Say Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine, Deborah Kass, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Hank Willis Thomas

Electropositive 639 Classon Ave Prospect Heights  EFDLT Studio exhibition reception: Christelle Bois Silence 6-9 free rsvp Eventbrite

Greenlght Bookstore 686 Fulton St Fort Greene book launch: Nora Krug Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home (Scribner) visual presentation and discussion, wine reception to follow 7:30

Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer St Red Hook class: Vodou and Visual Art Roundtable—Beyond Syncretism, Vodou is Creolization! teachers: Jean-Daniel Lafontant, Kyrah Malika Daniels 7-9  free with rsvp

Kings Highway Library 2115 Ocean Ave Sheepshead Bay reception: Annie Shaver-Crandell Poetry & Prose: Flowers in Captivity 6-8

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