Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Art & Design Events, Wednesday, 12 August 2020

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


VIRTUAL EVENTS 

IFDA NY Chapter talk: A Student's Perspective: A look inside the bright minds of Marywood University and their Professor collaboration between the University Hall  of Innovation and the Marywood University Interior Architecture; speakers: students Natalia Colasurdo and Paige Bechtle with Assistant Professor Stephen Garrison 11am link 

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #106: Shahzia Sikander with Jason Rosenfeld; concludes with a poetry reading from Zachary LaMalfa 1-2 Eventbrite link 

New York Adventure Club Zoom talk: Arlen Schumer The Strange Worlds of Steve Ditko, Comic Book Illustrator 3-5 $10 Eventbrite link

CUE Art Foundation Zoom performance: Kinetic Resistance: Street Dance as Protest with Shamell Bell, Naomi Bragin, James “Cricket” Colter, Imani Johnson, and Shireen “Shay” Rahimi, organized by Kut The Rug Institute 5:30 registration Eventbrite link 

Green-Wood Cemetery talk: Jeff Richman Green-Wood Collects 5-6 $5 tickets link 

National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival performance: Robert Wilson presents an appreciation of composer John Cage with a solo performance of his famed “Lecture on Nothing” 6pm free link 

AIA New York Center for Architecture panel: The Transformed City: Infrastructure Now speakers: Alison J. Conway, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, City College of New, CUNY; Maria Figueroa, Director of Labor and Policy Research, The Worker Institute, Cornell University-School of Industrial and Labor Relations; Clare Lyster, Founder and Principal, Clare Lyster Urbanism and Architecture, CLUAA; David Vega-Barachowitz, Associate, WXY Architecture + Urban Design; moderated by Margaret Newman, Principal, ARUP 6-7:30 $10 link 

Cooper Union performance: Concert for Cooper: A Benefit in Support of Peter Cooper's Vision of Providing Free Tuition Education for All Margaret Cho, Alan Cumming, , Patty Jenkins, Tracey Ullman, Alfre Woodard, Ben Folds, David Waom 7:30-8:30 free, donations appreciated link 


ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS

Jack Shainman viewing  rooms: Carrie Mae Weems The Kitchen Table Series; The Salon gallery artists link to both

Sperone Westwater online installation viewing: Jitish Kallat Covering Letter (terranum nuncius) kv


Long Island City Artists presentation: Caroline Voagen Nelson Lifting As They Climbed: portraits of notable suffragists, part of the forthcoming site-specific installation Her Vote Caroline Voagen Nelson link; artist site link

1969 Gallery Viewing Room: RISD MFA Painting: Works on Paper link 

David Benrimon Fine Art viewing room: Nachume Miller link 

Perrotin Viewing Salon: Lee Bae's Drawings from the Studio link 

Staley-Wise Gallery online exhibition: Summer link 

High Line Art presentations: Imagine the Future of the Plinth proposals for public art on the Plinth submitted by 80 artists nominated by an international advisory committee of artists, curators, and arts professionals convened by High Line Art link 

440 Gallery online benefit exhibition for the gallery: Pura Vida Karen Gibbons, Fred Bendheim, Sara Edkins, and Gail Flanery link 


NEW YORK GALLERIES and SHOWROOMS OPEN

Pace East Hampton 68 Park Pl Passage East Hampton exhibition: Works on Paper from a Distinguished Private Collection selections from the Donald B. Marron Collection, presented in partnership with Acquavella Galleries and Gagosian viewing link

Fleur du Mal 175 Mott St exhibition just opened: Tina Maria Elena Bak The Peep Show, presented in Collaboration with The Untitled Space 

Anita Rogers Gallery 15 Greene St exhibition: Jack Martin Rogers Drawing 

Paula Cooper 524 W 26 exhibition: Donald Judd, Sarah Charlesworth, Douglas Huebler, Walid Raad, Veronica Ryan; by appointment


STREAMING

Storefront for Art and Architecture StorefrontTV Season 3: On Maintenance today: Episode 8: Ziyarat (زيارت) by Samaneh Moafi 6-6:10 episodes air on Storefront's website, YouTube channel, and Instagram Live link; previous episodes also available


IN MEMORIAM

Artist Jan Steward (1929-2020), co-author of Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit by Corita Kent

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