Art & Design Events, New York, Saturday, 13 August 2022

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

ADVISORY Some venues are again requiring masks for entry. A few still require proof of vaccination. Many mandate advance reservations. Always check with desired venues before going to any event.

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

Artists Space Cortland Alley performance: Circus Amok 2pm

1969 39 White St performance: Jezz Chung This is my Version of Flying 6pm reservation link; performance to be followed by closing reception of Pure Joy

Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore 22-25 Jackson Avenue Long Island City book signing: Six Endings and Some Beginnings Readings by Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Bria Strothers, Amanda Monti, Rachel TonThat and Irene Lee 3pm also livestreamed on Instagram @artbookps1

Socrates Sculpture Park 32-01 Vernon Blvd Long Island City event: New Agora, curated by Dave's Lesbian Bar, presents Queer Cafeteria, NYC's first LGBTQIA+ Food Festival, celebrating queer hospitality, with body nourishing homemade foods and soul nourishing performances, including  m i c c a, House of Babylon, Daisy Grenade, and more all day

FiveMyles 558 Saint Johns Place Crown Heights Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow Junkanooacome 5:30-8

Bronx River Art Center 1087 East Tremont Ave publication release and closing  reception: Nancy Lensen-Tomasson Women of the Ivory Coast and Mali: Photographs of a Heritage 4-6 reservation link 

Canada 98 Newtown Lane  East Hampton opening: The Deep End 

Hesse Flatow East 68 Schellinger Road East Hampton reception: Andrea Marie Breiling Summer Eileen, in collaboration with Rachel Uffner 4-7

Tanja Grunert Princess Beatrix House 21 Prospect Ave Hudson reception: Susan Jennings Mind Sounds 4-9

Kleinert/James Center for the Arts 34 Tinker St Woodstock opening: Woodstock Master Nancy Azara, Jenne Currie, Donald Elder, Yale Epstein, Mary Frank, Heather Hutchison, Portia Munson, Judy Pfaff, Joan Snyder,  and Hongnian Zhang, curated by Douglas I. Sheer with the The Byrdcliffe Forum 

Art & Design Events, New York, Friday, 12 August 2022

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

ADVISORY Some venues are again requiring masks for entry. A few still require proof of vaccination. Many mandate advance reservations. Always check with desired venues before going to any event.

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

One Art Space 23 Warren St reception: 2D x 3D = Boundless NY x LA = infinite curated by Grace Yeonsook Ji 6-9

Chinese American Arts Council Gallery 456 456 Broadway 3rd Fl reception: 

Timothy Hsieh Ceramic World 5-7

Totah 183 Stanton St poetry reading curated by Tyhe Cooper to celebrate the closing of Singing in Unison Part Five: In Loving Memory of Dan Graham (1942–2022) 4-6

signs and symbols 249 East Houston St performance: Melinda Jean Myers, Laila Franklin & Kate Vincek  7pm

ChaShaMa 227 W 29 opening: Malik Tricoche Dancing for Rain 6-9

Hebrew Tabernacle Armin and Estelle Gold Wing Gallery 551 Fort Washington Ave at 185th St artist’s opening (after Sabbath service): Michelle Orsi Gordon Recognizing Connections 7:50-8:30 

Lydian Stater 51-02 21st St Floor 4 Long Island City closing happy hour reception: post industrial digital dysmorphya Joiri Minaya & Nando Alvarez-Perez 5-7:30

Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Prospect Heights beginning today: Brooklyn Abstraction: Four Artists, Four Walls Maya Hayuk, José Parlá, Kennedy Yanko, and Leon Polk Smith

New York Arts Residency and Studios Foundation 201 46th St event: BAC (Brooklyn Arts Council) Wellness Installation; wellness performances by Jasmine Espinal, Angie Sosa, and Emory Moore;  BAC’s Sonic Clinic pop-up exhibition and Wellness Studio including digital art by David Gumbs and featured musicians Martin Vejarano, Vong Pak and Junghee Oh, Zane Rodulfo, Samir Langus, and Aeilushi Mistry 6:15-8 reservation link 

David Lewis 53 the Circle East Hampton reception: Todd Gray Atlantic lullabies, Other tellings 5-7

VIRTUAL EVENTS

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #624 Charles Gaines: The American Manifest Artist Charles Gaines joins Rail Editor-at-Large Thyrza Nichols Goodeve for a conversation; conclude with a poetry reading by Adriniki Mattis 1pm link

Art & Design Events, New York, Thursday, 11 August 2022

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

ADVISORY Some venues are again requiring masks for entry. A few still require proof of vaccination. Many mandate advance reservations. Always check with desired venues before going to any event.

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

Chashama at the Oculus 185 Greenwich St opening: Art to Ware Parron Allen, Gianni Lee, Hansel Clothing, JRat, Alexa Stark, Ooh Baby, and Project Runway alum Epperson 4-8 reservation Evrntbrite link 

P·P·O·W 392 Broadway conversation: artist Portia Munson and Art Omi’s chief curator Sara O’Keeffe, in conjunction with Munson’s current solo exhibitions Bound Angel at P·P·O·W and Flood at Art Omi 4pm reservation link; also on Zoom link 

New York Academy of Art 111 Franklin St reception: 2022 Certificate of Fine Arts Exhibition 5-7

Soho Photo Gallery 15 White St talk: Travis Keyes The Brand of You presented by APA New York 7pm free reservation link 

Arcadia Contemporary 421 W Broadway reception: Five and Under 6-8

signs and symbols 249 East Houston St performance: Melinda Jean Myers, Laila Franklin & Kate Vincek 7pm

Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art 38 St Marks Pl rooftop performance: Ali Van Grey Hey 7pm reservation link 

Pace Prints 536 W 22 opening: New Editions 6-8

SVA Flatiron Gallery 133/141 W 21 reception: Dwelling in Motion 6-8 registration for reception link 

NoHo M55 Gallery 548 W 28 JCAT Gallery reception: Made in Japan 2022 6-8 

Atlantic 548 W 28 reception: SHIM / Photography 6-8 reservation link 

Chashama 1285 2nd Ave reception: Isabel Varela Clothes: Minded and Repurposed 5:30-8

Chashama 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park reception: Saki Sato No Body 5-9

New York Arts Residency and Studios Foundation 201 46th St event: BAC (Brooklyn Arts Council) Wellness Installation; wellness performances by Jasmine Espinal, Angie Sosa, and Emory Moore;  BAC’s Sonic Clinic pop-up exhibition and Wellness Studio including digital art by David Gumbs and featured musicians Martin Vejarano, Vong Pak and Junghee Oh, Zane Rodulfo, Samir Langus, and Aeilushi Mistry 6:15-8 reservation link; also Friday

Berry Campbell at Ashawagh Hall 780 Springs Fireplace Road East Hampton on view from today: Community Alice Baber, Nanette Carter, Dan Christensen, Eric Dever, Perle Fine, Raymond Hendler, John Opper, Charlotte Park, Mike Solomon, Syd Solomon, Susan Vecsey, Frank Wimberley, and Larry Zox, Mary Abbott, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Betty Parsons 

Nova's Ark Project & Sculpture Park 60 Millstone Road Water Mill exposition: Art Market Hamptons information and tickets link through 14 August 

VIRTUAL EVENTS

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #623 Film-Makers' Cooperative: MM Serra Filmmaker MM Serra joins Rail Director of Programs Chloe Stagaman for a conversation; concludes with a poetry reading by Maia Siegel 1pm link

Chambers Fine Art artist talk: Antonia Kuo and Shuyi Cao, in conjunction with the exhibition Matter Matters Tiger Cai, Shuyi Cao, Emily Cheng, Furen Dai, Antonia Kuo 2-3 Zoom link 

The Municipal Art Society of New York virtual tour: Storm King Art Center with Sylvia Laudien-Meo 6pm $25 link 

IN MEMORIAM

Illustrator and author Raymond Briggs (January 18, 1934 - August 9, 2022)

Art & Design Events, New York, Wednesday, 10 August 2022

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

ADVISORY Some venues are again requiring masks for entry. A few still require proof of vaccination. Many mandate advance reservations. Always check with desired venues before going to any event.

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

Soho Photo Gallery 15 White St talk: Anna and Jordan Rathkopf  Converting Personal Projects into Opportunities; free, in-person event, sponsored by APA New York  7-8:30 registration link 

Marc Straus 299 Grand St  conversation: artists Diana Wege & Entang Wiharso,  moderated by curators Aniko Erdosi & Florence Lynch, in conjunction with Contaminated Landscape 6pm reservation link 

The Clemente Galleries 107 Suffolk St reception: Don't Pretend You Can't Hear Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai, Ashfika Rahman, Fiza Khatri, curated by Phalguni Guliani; Landscapes of Care Maríángeles Blanco, María Marta Fasoli, and Sofía Quirno, curated by Valeria Meiller 6-9

Rizzoli 1133 Broadway book celebration: Shola von Reinhold LOTE; von Reinhold speaking with Marlowe Granados 6pm registration link

Saphira & Ventura Gallery 4 W43 Suite 416 reception: Fan 6-8 reservation link 

Meredith Rosen Gallery 11 E 80 reception: Hannah Black and Sophie Friedman-Pappas 6-8

International Studio & Curatorial Program 1040 Metropolitan Ave event: ISCP Summer Open House 4-9

VIRTUAL EVENTS

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #622 Radical Poetry Reading with Steph Gray Steph Gray curates the 98th Radical Poetry reading with Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Brenda Coultas, Jen/Eleana Hofer and Brenda Iijima 1pm link 

Art & Design Events, New York, Tuesday, 9 August 2022

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

ADVISORY Some venues are again requiring masks for entry. A few still require proof of vaccination. Many mandate advance reservations. Always check with desired venues before going to any event.

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

Soho Photo Gallery 15 White St opening night reception: Develop: The Exhibition 6-8 reservation Eventbrite link

Matter Projects 405 Broome St reception: Jamie Wolfond Flash Set 6-9

Kate Oh 31 E 72 reception: Trill Matrix: an All-Women’s Art Show 6-8 reservation required link or 646-286-4575 

VIRTUAL EVENTS

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #621 Mirror Image: A Transformation of Chinese Identity Curator Barbara Pollack and artists Liu Shiyuan and Miao Ying join Rail contributor Lilly Wei for a conversation; concludes with a poetry reading by Abby Romine 1pm link

IN MEMORIAM

Fashion designer Issey Miyake (April 22, 1938 - August 5, 2022)

Art & Design Events, New York, Monday, 8 August 2-22

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

ADVISORY Some venues are again requiring masks for entry. A few still require proof of vaccination. Many mandate advance reservations. Always check with desired venues before going to any event.

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

No announcements of on-site events today have been received so far.

VIRTUAL EVENTS

The Brooklyn Rail Lunchtime Conversations series live over Zoom: The New Social Environment #620 Tiona Nekkia McClodden: The Trace of an Implied Presence

Artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden joins Rail contributor Ayanna Dozier for a conversation; concludes with a poetry reading by Asiya Wadud 1pm link

Morbid Anatomy online lecture: Teo Ruiz, Professor of History at UCLA The Witch Craze in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe 7pm free link

IN MEMORIAM

Video artist Takahiko Iimura (February 20, 1937 - July 31, 2022)

Art & Design Events, New York, Sunday, 7 August 2022

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

ADVISORY Some venues are again requiring masks for entry. A few still require proof of vaccination. Many mandate advance reservations. Always check with desired venues before going to any event.

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

AlterWork Studios 30-09 35th Ave Long Island City event: Summer Art Sale noon-5

Incubator Studio Gallery 56 Bogart St Lower Level Bushwick reception: Seduction 4-6

Arts Center at Duck Creek 127 Squaw Rd East Hampton reception: Wendy Klemperer There Goes the Neighborhood… 4-6