Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 6 February 2019

BMCC Shirley Fiterman Art Center 81 Barclay St reception: Mediums of Exchange curated by Lisa Panzera and Bartholomew F. Bland; Kiichiro Adachi Big Dipper; also at Lehman College 6-8

One Art Space 23 Warren St reception: Richard Goltry Bullseye curated by Devora Avikzer and Debbie Dickinson 6-9

New York Academy of Art 111 Franklin St conversation: Donald Kuspit with Peter Drake 6:30-8 free

Anita Rogers 15 Greene St reception: Gordon Moore Small Verticals 6-8 rsvp Info@AnitaRogersGallery.com

La Esquina 203 Lafayette St reception: Re-Orientations Samira Abbassy, Camille Eskell, Dhanni Gadiyar, Sheida Soleimani, curated by Audra Lambert, Natasha Stefanovic 6-8

Con Artist Collective 119 Ludlow St reception: The Thread 7-11

Artifact 84 Orchard St reception: Gro Folkan Female Rune; Christine Greenslade Paintings; Charlotte Hedberg Transit; Mateusz Twardoch Mixed Media 6-8

GR Gallery 255 Bowery reception: Dave Persue Liminal Space curated by Alberto Pasini 6-9

Lichtundfire 175 Rivington St reception: Yoram Chisin Breath of Dust 6-8

Kai Matsumiya 153 1/2 Stanton St reception: Reset Joan Jonas, Craig Kalpakjian, Andrew Ross, Victoria Haynes, Micaela Carolan, Peter Fend, Joseph Kosuth (fake), Carol Szymanski, Ben Morgan-Cleveland, Ala Dehghan, Steffani Jemison, Rainer Ganahl, Jason Hirata, Ficus Interfaith, Amy O’Neill, Elliott Jamal Robbins, Cassidy Toner, Maggie Lee, Raque Ford, Jason Matthew Lee, Pedro Wirz, Greg Fadell 6:30-9

NYU Grey Art Gallery 100 Washington Square East gallery conversation on Fritz Ascher: Expressionist Rachel Stern, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized, and Banned Art and curator of the exhibition 6:30 free

New York Studio School 8 W 8 lecture: Frederick Ilchman Tintoretto 500: Exhibiting a Renaissance Painter Today 6:30 free

New School Tishman Auditorium 66 W 12 book launch: Timothy A. Wise Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food; conversation Wise with food sovereignty and environmental activist Vandana Shiva and food journalist Mark Bittman 7-9 free, reservation Eventbrite

New School Arnhold Hall 55 W 13 Room I-202 Parsons Fine Arts Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Cannupa Hanska Luger 7-9 free

Printed Matter 231 11th Ave book launch: Martino Stierli Montage and the Metropolis 7:30-8:30

NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library 476 Fifth Ave book talk: Harvey Stein Mexico: Between Life and Death 6:30 free

Gitterman 41 E 57 reception: Christopher Russell 6-8

Nailya Alexander 41 E 57 reception: TASS Windows: World War II and the Art of Agitation
Rafael 235 E 59 reception: Masters of Realism curated by MM Fine Art 6-8 by invitation

St Joseph’s College 245 Clinton Ave Clinton Hill gallery talk: A Group Exhibition Featuring the Art of Faculty and Staff of St. Joseph College 12:40

Pratt Memorial Hall 200 Willoughby Ave Clinton Hill panel: Design as Social Practice Maria Arenas, Hernan Ayala, Joseph Cuillier and Antonio Delvalle-Lago 6-7:30 free
Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Prospect Heights opening celebration: Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving VIP First Look 6-7; Reception & Preview 7-9 by invitation only

BRIC 647 Fulton St Fort Greene reception: Bric Biennial: Volume III Eleanna Anagnos, Bobby Anspach, Laura Bernstein, Sarah E. Brook, Liz Collins, Katya Grokhovsky, Phoenix Lindsey-Hall, Las Hermanas Iglesias (Lisa and Janelle Iglesias), Vera Iliatova, Myeongsoo Kim, Rachel Klinghoffer, Qiana Mestrich, Levan Mindiashvili, Jordan Nassar, Gustavo Prado, Yi Xin Tong, Frank Wang Yefeng, Dale Williams, and Quay Quinn Wolf, uratorial advisors include Eriola Pira, Jesse Firestone, Will Hutnick, Sarah Simpson; in Project Room: An/Other: Virtual and Real Estate Daniel Bejar, Pastiche Lumumba, and Betty Yu curatorial advisors Connie Kang and Danielle Wu 7-9