Monday, January 31, 2022

Art & Design Events, New York, Monday, 31 January 2022

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

ADVISORY  Venues are requiring proof of vaccination to enter. Some require advance reservations. All require masks. Always check with desired venues before going to any event. 


NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS ON-SITE TODAY no reception unless noted 

Battery Park City Authority 6 River Terrace exhibition: 2022 Annual Art Exhibition art on view Mondays & Tuesdays, January 31 to February 29, 1-3

New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture 8 W 8 beginning today: Paul Resika Allegory (San Nicola di Bari)

Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave beginning today: Charles Ray Figure Ground


VIRTUAL EVENTS

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #484: Come again: Esther Kläs Artist Esther Kläs joins Rail Editor-at-Large Tom McGlynn for a conversation on Kläs's exhibition at Peter Blum Gallery; concludes with a poetry reading by Abigail Welhouse 1pm link 

Cooper Union Public Art Fund Virtual Talks panel: Global Positioning Myriam Boulos, Nolan Oswald Dennis, and Denisse Ariana Pérez speaking with Nicholas Baume 1:30-2:30 free reservation link

Microscope screening: Films by Leandro Katz 7pm; Live Q&A with audience 8:30 $9 link

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Art & Design Events, New York, Sunday, 20 January 2022

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

ADVISORY  Venues are requiring proof of vaccination to enter. Some require advance reservations. All require masks. Always check with desired venues before going to any event. 


NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS ON-SITE TODAY no reception unless noted 

Amos Eno Gallery 56 Bogart St Bushwick closing reception: Towards a New Animism Candace Jensen, David Nakabayashi, Kathleen Vance, Jo Watko, Joyce Yamada and Grant Johnson 4-6


VIRTUAL EVENTS

Triple Canopy virtual screening: Miasma, Plants, Export Paintings with Bo Wang; presented with Asia Art Archive in America 1pm free link

440 Gallery artist talk: The Language of Color Fred Bendheim, Amanda Michele Brown, Ellen Chuse 4:40 link 


IN MEMORIAM

Art Historian and curator Jonathan Brown (July 15, 1939 - January 17, 2022)


Saturday, January 29, 2022

Art & Design Events, New York, Saturday, 29 January 2022

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

ADVISORY Many events are being canceled because of the virus surge; always check with desired venues before going to any event. Some art and design venues are requiring proof of vaccination to enter. Many require advance reservations. All require masks. 


SNOW WARNING Most, if not all, events are being canceled today. Call for information before proceeding. 


NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS ON-SITE TODAY no reception unless noted 

Postmasters 54 Franklin St opening today: David Diao Berlin Chair in Pieces noon-8

Launch F18 373 Broadway Ste 618 opening: Be A Body Elena Redmond and Alexandra Smith, curated by Tchotchke Gallery 6-8

Lomex 86 Walker St #3 opening: H.R. Giger HRGNYC with images by Chris Stein co-curated with Alessio Ascari 6-8

Peter Blum Gallery 176 Grand St opening: Esther Kläs Come again 11-6 postponed

No Gallery 105 Henry St curator talk and short film viewing: I Don't Know (1970) by Penelope Spheeris and talk with Boys & Girls curator, Alex Berns 6pm

François Ghebaly 391 Grand St opening: Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork Solutions to Common Noise Problems

Massey Klein Gallery 124 Forsyth St reception: Matthew Larson Autofocus 4-7

Tibor de Nagy Gallery 11 Rivington St opening: Louisa Matthíasdóttir Hestar 

Ethan Cohen Gallery closing receptions: 259 W 19 Aboudia Nouchi Graffiti; 251 W 19 The Last Word

Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl 535 W 24 3rd Fl beginning today: Ann Hamilton New Work

West Chelsea Contemporary 231 10th Ave benefit exhibition opening: New York Artists for the Bronx curated by Elisse Geberth 2-6 reservation link 

5-50 Gallery 5-50 51 Ave Long Island City opening: Fabulous Finds Tyler Lafreniere, Claire Lachow & Jon Duff 4-7

IRL Gallery 80 Franklin St Greenpoint opening: Yirui Jia Drink An Overloaded Bowl Of Chaos Soup 4-7

Gallery at BRIC House 647 Fulton St exhibition open today: Suné Woods Aragonite Stars

Pamela Salisbury Gallery 362 1/2 Warren St Hudson beginning today: Hans Hofmann Ink Drawings from the 1930s; Ying Li Splendor  


VIRTUAL EVENTS

Kentler International Drawing Space virtual book release & artists panel: Jaanika Peerna Glacier Elegies; Jaanika Peerna, Nancy Manter, and Florence Neal discuss environmental concerns in their work and the role of artists in addressing climate change 4pm Zoom link

Friday, January 28, 2022

Art & Design Events, New York, Friday, 28 January 2022

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

ADVISORY Many events are being canceled because of the virus surge; always check with desired venues before going to any event. Some art and design venues are requiring proof of vaccination to enter. Many require advance reservations. All require masks. 


NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS ON-SITE TODAY no reception unless noted 

Helena Anrather 28 Elizabeth St opening: Alix Vernet And They Earned Eternity In a Brief Space in Time 6-8

International Center of Photography 79 Essex St opens to public today: A Trillion Sunsets: A Century of Image Overload curated by David Campan; Actual Size! Photography at Life Scale curated by David Campany

Massey Klein Gallery 124 Forsyth St opening: Chrissy Angliker Crazy says the Daisy 

Bridget Donahue 99 Bowery 2nd Fl Rochelle Feinstein You Again, part of a six-venue exhibition 4-8 

Brief Histories 115 Bowery opening: Sahra Motalebi This Phenomenal Overlay noon-6

Cristin Tierney Gallery 219 Bowery 2nd fl reception: Luca Buvoli Astrodoubt and the Quarantine Chronicles 6-8

Space 776 Gallery 37-39 Clinton St opening: Earthly Landscapes: Nostalgia and Prophecy Rimm Chae & Kwang Young Chun 

Candice Madey 1 Rivington St opening: Rochelle Feinstein You Again, part of a six-venue exhibition 

Chinese American Arts Council Gallery 456 456 Broadway 3rd Fl opening: Zhen Guo Muted Landscape 5-7

303 Gallery 555 W 21 opening today: Karel Funk

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave beginning today: Jennie C. Jones: Dynamics organized by Lauren Hinkson

FiveMyles 558 St Johns Place Crown Heights artist talk: Richard J. Heby, founder of YTG Agency, n conversation with Jacob M. Fisher and Hanne Tierney, discussing the history of FiveMyles and Fisher's current Plus/Space installation 7pm postponed until February 3

Undercurrent 70 John St Dumbo reception: as-built/as-made Adriana Furlong, Calliope Pavlides, Chris Lloyd, Dan Mandelbaum, Jonah Schwimmer, Zack Rafuls 6-9

Industry City Courtyard ½ 220 36th St Sunset Park The Collision Project installation: Jen Lewin The Pool 3-9


VIRTUAL EVENTS

Columbia University Italian Academy book discussion: David Freedberg Iconoclasm speakers:  Zainab Bahrani (Columbia), Finbarr Barry Flood (New York University), Barry Bergdoll (Columbia), Andrea Pinotti (University of Milan), and David Freedberg (Columbia) 12:15 link 

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #482: The Weather: Laurie Anderson Artist Laurie Anderson joins Rail Editor-at-Large Paul D. Miller for a conversation on Anderson's exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; concludes with a poetry reading by Charles Theonia 1pm link 

Italian Cultural Institute book presentation: Alain Elkann Anita; the author in conversation with Anthony Tamburri and Fabio Finotti 6pm livestreamed on YouTube link; also on-site

 

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Art & Design Events, New York, Thursday, 27 January 2022

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


ADVISORY Many events are being canceled because of the virus surge; always check with desired venues before going to any event. Some art and design venues requiring proof of vaccination to enter. Many require advance reservations. All require masks. 


NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS ON-SITE TODAY no reception unless noted 

One Art Space 23 Warren St reception: Matthew H. James Artifacts of an Alternate Dream 6-9

Nicelle Beauchene Gallery 7 Franklin Place reception: Elaine Stocki My Time Ghost; Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.  4-8

Twenty First Gallery 76  Franklin St opening: Hélène de Saint Lager Aleatory Shapes: A Spirited Exhibition of Undesigned Design 

New York Academy of Art 111 Franklin St beginning today: Eye to Eye featuring works from the collection of Gina Nanni and the late Glenn O’Brien paired with works by Academy student artists

Canada 60 Lispenard St reception: Matt Connors Body Forth; Ryan Preciado A Cliff to Climb 4-8

Nicodim New York 15 Greene St exception: Moffat Takadiwa Brutalized Language 6-8

Staley-Wise Gallery 100 Crosby St beginning today: Bert Stern Marilyn Monroe, The Last Sitting 1962

Lichtundfire 175 Rivington St panel on art criticism with Q&A and reception: William Corwin, Jonathan Goodman, Laura Horne & Nina Mdivani 6:30-8:30 link

O'Flaherty's 55 Avenue C reception: Ashley Bickerton A Remote Summer of Their Own 6-8 

Slag Gallery 522 W 19 opening: Alida Wilkinson A Self Apart 6-8

Garth Greenan Gallery 545 W 20 reception: Yatika Starr Fields Fear Not 6-8

Lehmann Maupin 501 W 24 beginning today: Ashley Bickerton Seascapes at the End of History organized by Ellie Rines

Albertz Benda 515 W 26 opening today: Famakan Magassa Soifs 

Nancy Hoffman Gallery 520 W 27 opening today: Joseph Raffael Regeneration

High Line Nine 507 W 27 reception: Kerry Irvine Behind the Veil 6-8 reservation link 

Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Ave exhibition: Gwendolyn Brooks: A Poet’s Work In Community

Chashama 151 W 42 beginning today: Amanda Marrè Brown Decoys 

Forum Gallery 475 Park Ave beginning today: Stillness of Life Robert Bauer, Paul Fenniak, G. Daniel Massad, Anthony Mitri

Forum Gallery 475 Park Ave beginning today: Stillness Robert Bauer, Paul Fenniak, G. Daniel Massad, 

Fisher & Paykel Experience Center 150 E 58 3rd Fl annual party: AIANY Women in Architecture Committee Women in Architecture (WIA) Recognition Award 6:30-8:30 $10 reservation link

Hauser & Wirth 32 E 69 opening today: crossover Max Bill & Georges Vantongerloo

Gagosian 980 Madison Ave beginning today: Simon Hantaï Les blancs de la couleur, la couleur du blanc 

Susan Eley 46 W 90 opens today: Small Wonder: A group exhibition of works under a square foot Amber George, Sasha Hallock, James Isherwood, Lisa Pressman

St. John's University Yeh Art Gallery 81-50B Utopia Pkwy Jamaica opening: Myeongsoo Kim Desert Ocean; Christine Egaña Navin Circling the Square what plane am i; Lain Singh Bangdel Moon over Kathmandu 4:30-7:30 

Residency Unlimited 360 Court St Carroll Gardens performance: Play > Play > PLAY  Kate Birch will improvise music (violin and voice) through a direct engagement with Eva Davidova’s multi-channel video projection featuring the work Garden for Drowning Descendants and a live stream from a webcam installed on Kate’s body 6:30-8 reservation link 


VIRTUAL EVENTS

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment COMMON GROUND series: BAM ... And Then It Hit Me President Emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Karen Brooks Hopkins and Rail Editor-at-Large Bryan Doerries joined by guests Rufus Wainwright and Jörn Weisbrodt for a conversation to celebrate Brooks Hopkin's memoir ‘BAM…and Then It Hit Me’; concludes with a poetry reading by Nora Claire Miller 1pm link 

Dia talk: La Monte Young and Jung Hee Choi in Conversation with Andy Battaglia 1-2 free link 

International Studio & Curatorial Program conversation: Carlos Franco and Florencia Escudero discuss 00:0_ 5-6 Instagram link 

Cooper Union Visiting Lecture: Brad Cloepfil Calling moderated by Nader Tehrani 6:30-8:30 link 

Cooper Union book panel: Marvel by Design edited by Liz Stinson; the editor speaking with Mike Essl, Chris Eliopoulos, Paul Sahre 6:30-8 registration required link


Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Art & Design events, New York, Wednesday, 26 January 2022

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

ADVISORY Many events are being canceled because of the virus surge; always check with desired venues before going to any event. Some art and design venues are requiring proof of vaccination to enter. Many require advance reservations. All require masks. 


NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS ON-SITE TODAY no reception unless noted 

Luhring Augustine 17 White St opening: Court, Epic, Spirit: Indian Art 15th – 19th Century in association with Francesca Galloway 6-8

Miguel Abreu Gallery 88 Eldridge St opening: Beaux Mendes Capitol Reef noon-7

Guild Gallery 119 9th Ave poetry reading: Jane LeCroy, Jonas Kyle, Lauren Kelisha Muller, Bibbe Hansen, J.C. Hopkins; in conjunction with exhibition by Tom Fitzgibbon 7-9

Chashama 1133 6th Ave beginning today: Michelle Sakhai Into the Arcana

Gladstone 64 130 E 64 beginning today: Jim Hodges Location Proximity

David Richard Gallery 211 E 121 reception: Andrew Spence Looking Back and Moving Forward 5-8

 

VIRTUAL EVENTS

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #481: Radical Poetry Reading with Billie Chernicoff Billie Chernicoff curates the 70th Radical Poetry Reading featuring poetry read by Maggie Louisa Zavgren, Elizabeth Robinson, Kirsten Ihns, MTC Cronin, and Chernicoff 1pm link  

Marian Goodman Gallery discussion: Hans Ulrich Obrist on Ettore Spalletti (1940-2019) 1pm link 

Asia Week New York webinar: J.P. Morgan: A Collector’s Legacy Colin B. Bailey, Steven Chait, Linda H. Roth, Jean Strouse, moderated by Charlotte Eyerman 5pm link 

Rizzoli book talk: Farah Nayeri Takedown: Art and Power in the Digital Age the author speaking with Linda Yablonsky 6pm $10 registration required link 

New York Academy of Art panel: Dexter Wimberly speaking with Kenny Schachter and Kennedy Yanko, as well as Tam Gryn, Director of Fine Arts at Rally.io, and Sho-Joung Kim-Wechsler, Founder & CEO, If So, What? and XVERSO  on NFTs 6:30 link 

McNally Jackson book panel: Sofi Thanhauser Worn: A People’s History of Clothing; the author joined by Amanda Garfinkel, Antoine Gregory, Rachel Syme, Rachel Tashjian 7pm link 


VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
Village Preservation presentations: Robert Fisch Collection images of the Village from the 1980s  onwards link; oral history: Calvin Trillin link