The DART List: February 16, 2011
Starting Wednesday, February 16th, through the 28th: Documentary Fortnight 2011: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media. Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, NY, NY. Free with museum admission. View related screenings.
Wednesday, February 16, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Warhol Soup. Armand Bartos Gallery, 25 East 23rd Street, NY, NY.
Wednesday, February 16, 8:00-10:00 pm: Andrea Meislin presents Ofri Cnaani: The Sota Project at Kunsthalle Galapagos. 16 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. Information.
Above: Screen grab from The Sota Project. Copyright and courtesy Ofri Cnaani.
Thursday, February 17, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Carrie Levy: You Before All. Daniel Cooney Fine Art, 511 West 25th Street, #506, NY, NY. Save the date: Saturday, March 26, 4:00 pm: Carrie Levy in conversation with Allen Frame.
Thursday, February 17th, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception, Pat Steir: Winter Paintings. Cheim & Read, 547 West 25th Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 17th, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception, Angel Otero: Memento. Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 201 Christie Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 17th, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception, Kate Peters: Stranger than Fiction. hpgrp gallery, 529 West 20th Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 17th, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Sze Tsung Leong: Cities. Yossi Milo Gallery, 525 West 25th Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 17th, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Minor Cropping May Occur: Photographs by Keizo Kitajima, JH Engstrom, Nick Wapplington, Mike Brodie, and Takashi Homma, among others. Lombard Freid Projects, new location: 518 West 19th Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 17th, 5:00-7:00 pm: Opening reception for Andrea Robbins and Max Becher: Venice, Las Vegas and Philip Haas: Winter (After Archimboldo). Sonnabend Gallery, 536 West 22nd Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 17th, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Mark Sheinkman. Von Lintel Gallery, 520 West 23rd Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 17th, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Sue de Beer: Depiction of a Star Obscured by Another Figure. Marianne Boesky Gallery, 509 West 24th Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 17th, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Coke Wisdom O’Neal: Blue Nude. Mixed Greens, 531 West 26th Street, 1st Floor, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 17th, 6:00-8:30 pm: Opening reception for Shanna Waddell: Misshapen Chaos of Wel-seeming Forms. Thomas Erben Gallery, 526 Wet 26th Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 17, 7:00 pm. The Camera Club of New York presents: Michael Schmelling and Brian Paul Clamp in conversation. SVA 3rd floor amphitheater, 209 East 23rd Street, NY, NY. $5/$3/Free. Please have photo ID to enter building.
Thursday, February 17th, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Lee Wells: Actions for Freedom. Rooster Gallery, 190 Orchard Street, between Houston and Stanton, NY, NY.
Friday, February 18, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Paul Gabrielli: Generally Invisible Exports, 14A Orchard Street, NY, NY.
Friday, February 18, 6:00-9:00 pm: Opening reception for Jack Featherly: Travels With a Donkey. Christopher Henry Gallery, 127 Elizabeth Street, NY, NY.
Sunday, February 20, 4:00 pm-midnight:. Group “exorcise” routines with Prince Rama: UTOPIA=NO PERSON, “the underground art and psychedelic folk and noise circles who were mesmerized by [Rama’s] captivating blend of campfire surrealism and transcendental anthems of every cosmic order.” Can’t really be explained – just get there. Issue Project Room, 232 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY. Free. Workout clothes/shoes recommended.
Tuesday, February 22, 7:00-9:00 pm: Book launch party, discussion, and signing for Wikileaks and the Age of Transparency by Micah L. Sifry. The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP.
Thursday, February 24, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception, Henry Leutwyler: Neverland Lost. Foley Gallery, 548 West 28th Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY. Save the date: March 17th for Q&A with the artist.
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Thursday, February 24, 6:30-8:30pm: Interview with an Animator: J.J. Sedelmaier. at Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, NY, NY. $15/$10/$7. Tickets or call Katie Blocher 212.838.2560.
Thursday, February 24 from 5:30-7:30 pm: Opening reception for Robert Cottingham: The Empire Theater. Forum Gallery, new location at 730 Fifth Avenue at 57th Street.
Friday, February 25th, 9:00 am-4:30 pm: Workshop on Adobe InDesign: Typographic Fundamentals with Scott Citron. The Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 60, NY, NY. $350/$275. Register. Limited to 20.
Tuesday, March 1st, 6:00 pm: SVA’s Spring MFA Design Criticism Lecture Series continues with Michael Bierut: Designing, Writing, Teaching: Not My Real Job. Free with RSVP. 136 West 21st Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY. Future guests include Virginia Heffernan. Check out the calendar here.
Tuesday, March 1st, 11:00 am-6:00 pm: Opening day for Judy Chicago Tapestries: Woven by Audrey Cowan. Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NY, NY.
Wednesday, March 2, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception and book signing for Phyllis Galembo: Masks. Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23rd Street, NY, NY.
Wednesday, March 2, 7:00-9:00 pm: Book launch party for Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton. The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO Brooklyn, NY.
Wednesday-Thursday, March 2-3: Parsons the New School for Design, The Aperture Foundation, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, and The Shpilman Institute for Photography present The Photographic Universe: A Conference. Guest speakers include: Richard Benson, Walter Benn Michaels, Charlotte Cotton, Andrea Geyer, David Reinfurt, Trevor Paglen, Penelope Umbrico, James Welling, representatives from Adobe Systems and Google, among others. Theresa Lang Center, New School located at 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY. Free and open to the public. Information.
Thursday-Sunday, March 3-6th, The Armory Show Contemporary: Pier 94, Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street, NY, NY. Directions.
Thursday-Sunday, March 3-6th, The Fountain
Art Fair: Pier 66 Maritime at 26th Street (aka The Frying Pan). Information.
Thursday-Sunday, March 3-6th: First international Verge Art Brooklyn Fair. Thursday, 10:00 pm-2:00 am: Opening night reception. DUMBO, Brooklyn. Information.
Thursday, March 3, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Sandi Haber Fifield Between Planting and Picking. Rick Wester Fine Art, 511 West 25th Street Suite 205, NY, NY.
Thursday, March 3, 6:00-8:00 pm: Artist’s reception for Mark Flood: Murk Fluid, Zach Feuer Gallery, 548 West 22nd Street, NY, NY.
Friday, March 4th: Opening day for Kim Beck: Space Available, three rooftop sculptures located on rooftops adjacent to the High Line between West 13th Street and Gansevoort Street. Maps.
Friday, March 4, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for The Art of the Picture Book, with John Rocco, Sophie Blackall, John Bemelmans Marciano, Brian Floca, Brett Helquist and the rest of The Bookmaker’s Dozen artists. The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP. In conjunction with Verge Art Brooklyn.
Saturday, March 5, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening Reception for Spirituality: Works by David Wojnarowicz from 1979 -1990. P·P·O·W. New address: 535 W. 22nd Street, 3rd Floor, NY, NY.
Saturday, March 5, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Gary Baseman: Walking through Walls and Andy Kehoe: Strange Wanderings. Jonathan Levine Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, NY, NY.
Wednesday, March 9, 5:50-8:30 pm: Opening reception for Jefferson Hayman: Objects, Cityscapes, and Figures. Robin Rice Gallery, 325 West 11th Street
