Art & Design Events, New York, Sunday, 19 May 2019

Larrie 27 Orchard St casual conversation: Art Against Displacement 101: What's Happening & How to Help 4-6

Nicelle Beauchene Third Floor visit 327 Broome St for appointment to access exhibition: Scott Kahn Diary

Magenta Plains 94 Allen St reception: Im Grunde ist es die Wahrheit / Essentially it's the truth Sophie von Hellermann, David Ostrowski, Gerda Scheepers, and Mark van Yetter 6-8

Participant 253 E Houston St reception: Nash Glynn The Future is Fiction 7-9

La MaMa Galleria 47 Great Jones St reception: Every Woman Biennial founded and curated by C. Finley 1-4; Flash Mod 4, continuing 222 Bowry 4:15-7

Karma Bookstore 136 E 3 book launch: David Ostrowski The Thin Red Line (Mousse Publishing/Karma) 4-6

Mohawk Group Showroom 125 W 25 6th Fl  panel: Fractal Design Anastasija Lesjak, Martin Lesjak, Jackie Dettmar, Richard Taylor, moderated by Metropolis magazine’s Avinash Rajagopal; light hors d'oeuvres, beer, wine and a signature cocktail3-6 registration requested, at capacity

Javits Center 655 W 34 furniture design exposition: ICFF trade only Sunday-Tuesday, trade and public Wednesday various ticket prices

Sean Kelly 475 10th Ave ICFF design reception: Fritz Hansen X Sean Kelly Gallery: F.H.1872 An interactive display & celebration of the North American launch of designs by Jaime Hayon & Paul McCobb featuring a special Poul Kjærholm exhibition 5-8 reservation required

Design Pavilion pedestrian plaza between 43rd and 44th St Times Square performance: International Contemporary Ensemble, with cell phone amplification and dissemination by audience members; presented with Nokia Bell Labs 4

Sotheby’s 1334 York Ave Lecture and Book Signing: Henry Adams, lead author, on on Modern Mystic: The Art of Hyman Bloom 11am inquiries@alexandregallery.com

MBnb 520 W 143 reception: Kristine Woods Such Is, presented by Janice Guy 3-6

Derfner Judaica Museum 5901 Palisade Ave Riverdale Bronx reception and curator’s talk: From the Eastern Bloc to the Bronx: Early Acquisitions from The Art Collection 1:30-3 reservation 718.581.1596 or art@hebrewhome.org

Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs  11-03 45th Ave Long Island City panel: What is Crativism?  presentations by  Otto von Busch, Erika Diamond, Cat Mazza ,and Miriam Schaer, moderated by Yulia Tikhonova 3-4:30 rsvp@dorsky.org

Fountain House 37-24 24th St Long Island City Open Studios 1-6

Long Island CIty Spring Open Studios various locations for map and guide see https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1S5_Ao9jBXsqa4qSeRhaJJajEtIHnQllI&ll=40.7502165115423%2C-73.94203700000003&z=15

Communitea 11-18 46th Rd Long Island City reception: Gene Coffey In the Papers 5

Flux Factory 39-31 29th St Long Island City talk: Breaking Down: A Panel Discussion on Art and Mental Illness Laurie Berenhaus, Miguel Colon, Keith Pavia, Susan Spangenberg, moderated by Ariel Willmott, organized by Laurie Berenhaus; in conjunction with Talk Back curated by Lexy Ho-Tai and moira williams 3-5

Aquarius Studios 1116-A Wyckoff Ave Ridgewood cocktails: Silent Partner William Dilworth, Katarina Jerinic & Emmy Mikelson, curated by Fran Holstrom; collaboration with Neesh Interactive 3-6

Safe Gallery 1004 Metropolitan Ave Bushwick reception: Maddy Parrasch & Emma Soucek 6-9

Quinlan 106 Van Buren St Bedford Stuyvesant artist talk: Kerry Law Six Paintings 3

FiveMyles 558 Saint Johns Place Crown Heights benefit reception: FiveMyles

20th Anniversary Benefit: 80 Artists have donated 80 fabulous art works 4pm single benefit admission (for one, $250) or  double benefit ticket (for two, $275) guarantees entry to the Benefit Event and one original artwork, chosen through a raffle during the event, plus  short surprise performance, snacks, open bar, and live music

Kunstraum 20 Grand Avenue Loft 509 Navy Yard area Artist Brunch and Curator Walkthrough: tour by Nina Mdivani of Serenity Later and conversation with Alicia Adamerovich and artists in the show 1-3

A.I.R. 155 Plymouth St Dumbo panel: Art Criticism & Agendas: Representation & Expansion Merray Gerges and Jessica Lynne, moderated by Mira Dayal 3

Cathouse Proper 524 Court St Carroll Gardens conversation: David Dixon with Sara Nadal-Melsió on the five-year history of the gallery 5 free

440 Gallery 440 Sixth Ave Park Slope closing party: Susan Greenstein In a New Light 3-7; Me, Myself and Eye music series: featuring Michel Gentile, flutes 4:40 $10 suggested

Industry City 238 36th St Sunset Park Open Studios 11-6 continues on Sunday https://industrycitystudios.org/

16th Annual YOHO Artists Open Studio Weekend 540 and 578 Nepperhan Ave Yonkers noon-5

Note: NYCxDESIGN continues with numerous events; for complete listing see https://www.nycxdesign.com/

In Memoriam: I. M. Pei (1917-2019); Lutz Bacher (1943-2019)