Thursday, December 31, 2020

Art & Design Events, New York, New Year's Eve, 31 December 2020

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

VIRTUAL EVENT

The Poetry Project broadcast: 47th Annual New Year's Day Marathon: a 24-hour virtual celebration from 11pm New Year’s Eve though Friday until midnight, free, schedule link, registration Eventbrite link 


ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS 

Brooklyn Rail film screening: Point and Line to Plane directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz (2020, 17 mins); series curated by Rail Film Editor Dan Sullivan, supported by the Blue Rider Group from 10am registration link 

Pioneer Works studio visit: Bosco Sodi A Version of Progress link 

Clever: A Podcast about Design Clever Episode 6: Jonathan Adler [Rebroadcast] and many other episodes link  

Barney Savage digital archive: Jillian Denby (b.1944) link 

Petzel online exhibition: 2021 link 

Cross Contemporaty online exhibition: Dellamarie Parrilli Up Close & Colorful link 


ON-SITE EVENT

Museum of Arts and Design 2 Columbus Circle celebration: Ring in the New Year with Radiant Art; on view: on view: Beth Lipman: Collective Elegy and Brian Clarke: The Art of Light 5-8 timed tickets link; MAD also open on New Year’s Day

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 30 December 2020

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

VIRTUAL EVENT

IFDA NY Chapter talk: Jason Livingston of Studio T+L The Art of Lighting Art 11am link  


ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS 

Brooklyn Rail film screening: The Isolated directed by Jay Giampietro (2020, 15 mins); series curated by Rail Film Editor Dan Sullivan, supported by the Blue Rider Group from 10am registration link 

Bowery Gallery online: Deep Design curated by Rita Baragona, Monica Bernier, and Robert Braczyk Artsy link 

Pioneer Works Mindscape video podcast: Trip Out on Time Travel with Sean Carroll link 


IN MEMORIAM
Multi-media and performance artist David Medalla (born March 23, 1942, Manila, Philippines; died December 28, 2020, Manila)


Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Art & Design Events, New York, Tuesday, 29 December 2020

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

VIRTUAL EVENT

Open Center virtual ceremony: Donna Henes Cold Moon 8pm $20 link   


ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS 

Brooklyn Rail film screening: Field Resistance, directed by Emily Drummer (2019, 16 mins); series curated by Rail Film Editor Dan Sullivan, supported by the Blue Rider Group from 10am registration link 

Jacob Burckhardt films available for streaming today: Holiday Apartments (2020, 4:53) link; Unsafe for More Than 25 Men (1988-2020, 11:11) link; Paestum  (2017, 12:36) link; Three Days and Two Nights in Dambulla (2014-2017, 12:10) link; Two Portraits of Palermo (2015, 24:37) link; Some Graffitti (2014, 5:53) link; Three Days of Hurricane Sandy (2013, 7:05) link; Newark Avenue 2010 (2010, 3:40) link; Cuba 99  (1999-2018, 6:18) link 

Loretta Howard Gallery cxhibitiion video: Cleve Gray: Paintings on Paper link 

Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Washington compilation of six short films: The Shortest Day link 

Video Data Bank VDB TV screening: George Kuchar Holidays with the Kuchars link 

NYCxDESIGN The Mic podcast: Episode 3: Building an Impact  Debbie Millman in discussion with architects Michael Chen and Andrea Steele link 

Electronic Arts Intermix performance-lecture recording: Carolee Schneemann Pinea Silva: The Lost Meanings of the Christmas Tree (December 2011) link 


IN MEMORIAM

Designer Pierre Cardin (July 2, 1922-December 29, 2020)

Art historian Robert L. Herbert (1929-2020)

Monday, December 28, 2020

Art & Design Events, New York, Monday, 28 December 2020

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

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS 

Brooklyn Rail film screening: King of Sanwi, directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu (2020, 7 mins); series curated by Rail Film Editor Dan Sullivan, supported by the Blue Rider Group from 10am registration link 

Proto Gomez online: Adam Brazil Palissy Signals link

Sunday, December 27, 2020

Art & Design events, New York, Sunday, 27 December 2020

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

No announcements of virtual art events have been received for today. Likewise, there are no gallery openings which have been scheduled in New York. Some museums are open for visitors; proceed at your own risk. No design showrooms are open.


IN MEMORIAM

Art writer Barbara Rose (June 20, 1936-December 26, 2020)

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Art & Design Events, New York, Boxing Day, 26 December 2020

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

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS 

Brooklyn Rail videos of talks: The New Social Environment link 

Wm. Dilworth Artist Studio website: William Dilworth link 

De Buck online: Gommaar Gilliams Always Been Told link; Tahnee Lonsdale

Something Other Than This link 


NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS NOW OPEN no reception unless noted 

Ross-Sutton 155 Wooster St inaugural exhibition now open: Black Voices: Friend of My Mind

Friday, December 25, 2020

Art & Design Events, New York, Christmas, Friday, 25 December 2020

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

VIRTUAL EVENTS

Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #203: Holiday Screening: Toni Morrison: The Pieces, courtesy of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Magnolia Pictures 10am tune in throughout the day to access the film by vimeo link and password, registration link  


ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS 

Jason McCoy Gallery online exhibition: From Dark to Light: A Holiday Celebration curated by Stephanie B. Simmons Artsy link 


IN MEMORIAM

Landscape painter Virginia Shackles (1921-2020)

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Art & Design Events, New York, Christmas Eve, 24 December 2020

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

VIRTUAL EVENTS

Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #202: Holiday Screening: Pat Steir: Artist from 10am, tune in throughout the day to access the film by vimeo link and password, registration link 


NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS OPENING TODAY no reception unless noted 

CJ. one Gallery Midtown 246 W 54 opening reception: Hnuh (a.k.a. Eichen Uaich) Three Pronged Datda 6-8


ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS 

Candice Madey recorded conversation: Julia Haft-Candell on her recent work and her interest in writer Ursula K. Le Guin, exploring notions of world building, the role of storytelling in history, and the inventive potential of science fiction; in conjunction with her exhibition Carrier Bag of Fiction link, exhibition link 

P·P·O·W panel : Julie Curtiss, Elizabeth Glaessner, Hein Koh, Jessica Stoller, & Robin F. Williams, presented with Anton Ker; recorded 4 December 2020 link 

Carolee Schneemann Foundation new website devoted to the artist link 

Telluride Gallery of Fine Art exhibitions: The Evolution of the "Cool School" Charles Arnoldi, Edith Baumann, Larry Bell, Tony Berlant, Sue Dirksen, James Hayward, Scot Heywood, John Miller, Gwynn Murrill, Alan Shaffer, and Peter Shelton; Ed Moses: Saving the Best for Last link 

Massey Klein Gallery 3D exhibition tours: Catherine Haggarty An Echo's Glyph; link; Leigh Suggs TOAST link 

The Gallery at W83 interactive virtual exhibition: Unburden featuring photographs and stories from Kristina Libby's Floral Heart Project link 


IN MEMORIAM

Artist and activist John Outterbridge (1933-2020) 

Textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-2020)

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 23 December 2020

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

VIRTUAL EVENTS

Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #201: The Rail's 20th Anniversary Celebration! introduction by Rail Publisher & Artistic Director Phong H. Bui 1pm registration link


ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS

M.David & Co. online: The Fragility of Tranquillity Tim Casey & Emily Weiskopf link

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Art & Design events, New York, Tuesday, 22 December 2020

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

VIRTUAL EVENTS

Jewish Art Salon Open Studios online series talk: Creativity in an Uncertain Time Audrey Anastasi, Alan Lucks, Joan Myerson Shrager noon registration for Zoom link 

R & Company Holiday Zoom Talk: The Great British Plywood Show Juliet Kinchin, Paul Stirton and Simon Andrews, hosted by James Zemaitis; in Celebration of the exhibition From Lawn Road To South Chicago: Progressive Plywood In Times Of Change noonregistration link 

Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #200: A Conversation with Ai Weiwei and Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky); concludes with a poetry reading from Mirene Arsanios 0am registration link 

Hovey Brock talk series on climate change and the Anthropocene: Extinction Holiday Salon David Brooks, Rachel Frank, Marina Zurkow, Elisabeth Smolarz, and Jude Griebel, organized by Hovey Brock; promoted by Brookly Rail 6pm for Zoom link direct message @hoveybrock on Instagram


ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS

Auxier Kline online exhibition: The Recent Past Dylan Hurwitz & Hank Ehrenfried link

Shrine viewing room: Nate Plotkin Leviathan link 

Hauser & Wirth online: Philip Guston Transformation link 

Adrian K Studio online presentation: Adrian Kondratowicz Painting in the 5th Dimension Vol. II link

Monday, December 21, 2020

Art & Design Events, Winter Solstice, Monday, 21 December 2020

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

VIRTUAL EVENTS

Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #199: A Conversation with Charles Ray and Toby Kamps;  concludes with a poetry reading from Robert Fitterman 1pm registration link 

SVA BFA Fine Arts Virtual Open Studios virtual reception 7-9 registration link 


NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS TODAY no reception unless noted

Higher Pictures Generation 16 Main St Dumbo exhibition: We Wear the Mask Trent Bozeman, Nakeya Brown, Larry Cook, Faith Couch, Russell Frederick, A.K. Jenkins, Clifford Prince King, Keisha Scarville, Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, Derrick Woods-Morrow, curated by D'Angelo Lovell Williams 

The Invisible Dog Art Center 51 Bergen St Carroll Gardens participatory performance: Anne Mourie Taking Care: The Feet free, from 2pm, one person per time slot, reservation Eventbrite link 


ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and VIEWING ROOMS 

Robert Berry Gallery exhibition: Jennifer Small Beauty in Banality link 

Maple St. Construct  Winter Saturdays are for Spring Karen Emenhiser-Harris [Sioux City, IA] + Susan Knight [Omaha] link