Saturday, August 15, 2020

Art & Design Events, Saturday, 15 August 2020

 A daily compilation of suggestions for the continuing appreciation of art and design in dire times

VIRTUAL EVENTS

La MaMA ETC encore screening: From The Archive: Coffeehouse Chronicles #139: HAIR 50th Anniversary celebration of Hair with James Rado, Galt MacDermot and many of the original cast members; taped January 21, 2017; with a live Q&A by author James Rado 11am live on La MaMa's website and Facebook page 

Municipal Art Society virtual tour: Suzanne Spellen Ulysses S. Grant - Alive and Dead in Brooklyn -- Grant in Brooklyn - Who Knew? 11am $20 registration link 

NYPL first episode of four-part Zoom course conducted by Rena Tobey: The Modern City: Art of New York, 1900-1945 today: Urban Realists who described the explosion of the new urban scene each episode Saturday 2-3:30 registration link 

Society of Architectural Historians/Southern California Chapter Zoom ICYMI lecture: The Architecture of Apocalypse: Thinking About the Unthinkable in Style Stuart W. Leslie encores his talk from a year ago 4pm registration reservation required, email info@sahscc.org for Zoom connection information

Columbia University Italian Academy Summer Online Festival  today:The Metropolitan Opera’s  Zeffirelli production of La Bohème 7:30pm free on Academy website link 


ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS

Connersmith online: Seven (Things We Love): the summer group show: a selection of works by gallery artists Mark Bennett, Kenny Hunter, Susan MacWilliam, Joe Ovelman, Erik Thor Sandberg, Sheldon Scott, Wilmer Wilson IV link  

David Nolan online: A Home at the End of the World; The System of Objects  link

David Kordansky Gallery Firsthand series of online exhibitions: William E. Jones on The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography link 


NEW YORK GALLERIES and SHOWROOMS ON-SITE EXHIBITIONS

James Cohan on-site exhibitions today:48 Walker St Grace Weaver Steps Paintings online link: and 291 Grand St Drawings online link 

Meredith Rosen Gallery 11 E 80 exhibition: Susan Chen On Longing; exhibition introduction podcast by Susan Chen & Carla Shen link 

Transmitter 1329 Willoughby Ave exhibition: Kris Graves Testaments by appointment

Parts & Labor Beacon 1154 North Ave Beacon opening today: Lois Dodd and Shara Hughes 

Alexander Gray Associates, Germantown 224 Main St Garden Level Germantown  exhibition: Jennie C. Jones Passing Tones and Broken Chords 

Haven Gallery 155 Main St Carriage House Square Suite 4 Northport opening today: Jessica Mulholland Nature’s Nurturer; Nom Kinnear King Sonnet; 5 Years of Haven 6-8

Fortnight Institute new private space in Brooklyn exhibition: Sean-Kierre Lyons In Battle Petals Fall for location and appointment link 


STREAMING 

Pace recorded conversation: Paul Graham Revisits ‘The Seasons’ at Pace link 

James Kalm uploaded archive of the artist/chronicler’s gallery tours YouTube link 

Video Data Bank five interviews from 1974: Marcia Tucker, Joan Mitchell, Lucy Lippard, Agnes Martin and Ree Morton, each conducted by  Lyn Blumenthal and Kate Horsfield VDB TV link 


IN MEMORIAM
Artist Luchita Hurtado (November. 28, 1920-August 13, 2020)

Collector Bill Arnett (1939-2020), founder of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation; for a video see James Kalm’s ‘A Visit to the Bill Arnett Collection’ link 

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