Wednesday, July 19, 6-8pm: ADAA Chelsea Gallery Walk

The ADAA's fifth edition of this free, self-guided walk offers a rare opportunity to see participating galleries’ exhibitions after-hours. See some of the most dynamic exhibitions in New York City this summer and a selection of special programming!  Following are just a few of the high points:

303 Gallery, 6:00pm: A book signing and launch for artist Sam Falls’s new publication, and a reading by artist Kim Gordon’s daughter, Coco Gordon Moore.

Susan Inglett Gallery, 6:00-8:00pm: An action painting session, and a guided exhibition walkthrough of “Monkey Business,” led by curator David Platzker. 

Download the Gallery Walk Map here, or use our Google Map to navigate on your phone. You can also RSVP to the event on Facebook and LinkedIn. 

Mitchell-Innes & Nash: 7:00pm: An exhibition walkthrough of “Worldmaking,” a group exhibition of ten emerging artists living and working in Ghana, led by Ylinka Barotto, exhibition co-curator and Gallery Director.  Above: Les Lalanne: Au Grand Air, last year on Kasmin’s rooftop gallery

More here

Instagram Photo Contest

Gallery Walk participants can also enter to win tickets to The Art Show, a tote bag full of art books, and exhibition catalogues by posting photos of their experience on Instagram and tagging #ADAAGalleryWalk in the caption. A winner will be selected from those who visit and post from the most ADAA galleries during the event. To be eligible, you must follow @the_adaa and post all photos by 2pm ET on July 20. 

Wednesday, July 19, 6-8pm: Chilean Artists in New York at Americas Society

Art at Americas Society is pleased to present a panel Conversation on Chilean artists in New York featuring Palacios Whitman, Cecilia Vicuña, and Marcelo Montealegre. These groundbreaking artists will reflect on their experiences immigrating to the United States, the art scene of New York in the 1960s and 1970s and their Chilean heritage. This conversation will be moderated by exhibition co-curator Rachel Remick. A reception will follow the program.

The public program will take place in person at Americas Society on 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY, and will also be livestreamed.

Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY Registration

Saturday, July 22, 6:00-8:30pm: The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys at Freight+Volume

“Don’t worry too much/It’ll happen to you”….Like the 1971 hit from Traffic, some things just seem inevitable. This week the gallery offers a group show that captures the full gamut of ethical uncertainty—from laissez-faire fun in the sun to words as weapons of protest. Recasting the
miasmic, tobacco-infused atmosphere of the song’s lyrics to be more mindful of the various social grievances that surround us on all sides today, the artists offer cautionary tales about the use and abuse of pretenses to social conscience. Above: Natalie Westbrook, Whisper, 2021

Freight+Volume, 39 Lispenard Street, New York, NY Info

Sat, July 22, 4-8pm:  A rooftop evening at Kingsland Wildflowers

Now in its fourth iteration, the We are Nature summer series offers a combination of multiple art forms – dance, music, performance, visual art, poetry, prose and film – addressing humanity’s place on Earth in aims of engaging a diverse audience in environmental efforts through art. Set in a surreally beautiful nature sanctuary sprouting on top of an ExxonMobil industrial plant on the bank of Superfund site Newtown Creek, the program features dance, live music, readings and workshops. Go here for the lineup.

NOoSPHERE Arts’ 2023 programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and Broadway Stages.

Free with registration

NOoSPHERE Arts, 520 Kingsland Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Reminder: July 21-24: Upstate Art Weekend

Just in time for a weekend escape to the country, 130 art venues are opening their doors next week for the fourth annual Upstate Art Weekend. Hyperallergic posts their take on what stands out in among the Hudson Valley exhibitions, screenings, open studios, and performances here Below: The Barn at Stoneleaf Retreta, home of founding director Helen Toomer

Extended through September 10: Drawings of Kahilil Gibran at Drawing Center 

A Greater Beauty: The Drawings of Kahlil Gibran features over one hundred drawings by the prolic Lebanese-American artist, poet and essayist, and coincides with the 100th anniversary of Gibran’s world-renowned publication The Prophet. Though best known for his poetry and prose, Gibran viewed himself equally as a visual artist, producing paintings, watercolors, sketches, illustrations, book covers, and more as a complement to his written work. The exhibition presents an overview of Gibran’s drawings and sketches alongside manuscript pages, notebooks, correspondence, magazine illustrations, and rst editions, providing a glimpse into the artist’s production in the context of his work as a whole. 

The Drawing Center, 300 Wooster Street, New York, NY Info