The DART List: February 22, 2011
Three images by Henry Leutwyler from Neverland Lost: A Portrait of Michael Jackson, opening Thursday at Foley Gallery.
Continuing through February 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.
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.
Wednesday, February 23rd, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Josephine Mckseper and Gerhard Richter: Sinbad. FLAG Art Foundation, 545 West 25th Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 24th, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Frederick Sommer: Choice and Chance, Structure Art and Nature. Bruce Silverstein/20, 529 West 20th Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 24, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Victoria Sambunaris: The Border. Yancey Richardson Gallery, 535 West 22nd Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 24, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Jose Manuel Ciria: The Execution of the Soul. Stefan Stux Gallery, 530 West 25th Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 24, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for N.O.E. by Markus Draper. Vogt Gallery, 508-526 West 26th Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 24, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for 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.
Thursday, February 24, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for We Are Grammar, group show of text based art. Pratt Manhattan Gallery, 144 West 14th Street, NY, NY.
Thursday, February 24, 7:00 pm: The Architectural League presents Simon Velez: Bamboo Structures, moderated by Nat Oppenheimer. The Great Hall, The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, NY, NY. Tickets: $15/free.
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: 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.
Saturday, February 26, 3:00-6:00 pm: Closing reception for Seliger: Listen. Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23rd Street, NY, NY. The artist will be on hand.
Saturday, February 26, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening Reception for Alessandro Roma: Sites of Action. Scaramouche, 52 Orchard Street, NY, NY.
Sunday, February 27, 5:00-7:00 pm: Opening reception for Maya Bloch: Hello Stranger. Thierry Goldberg Projects, 5 Rivington Street, NY, NY.
Sunday, February 27, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Josh Tonsfeldt. Simon Preston Gallery, 301 Broome Street, NY, NY.
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 gests include Virginia Heffernan. Check out the calendar here.
Tuesday, March 1st, 5:00-7:00 pm: Book signing for Players by Tina Barney. Janet Borden, Inc., 560 Broadway, NY, NY.
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, 5-6:45 pm: Opening reception and book signing for Yael Ben-Zion: 5683 Miles Away. Milton J. Weill Art Gallery/92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, 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. March 2: Art & Philosophy speakers: Chris Boot, Charlotte Cotton, Andrea Geyer, Anne Collins Goodyear, Susie Linfield, Susan Meiselas, Walter Benn Michaels, David Reinfurt, Penelope Umbrico, James Welling. March 3: Science & Technology speakers: Anthony Aziz, Richard Benson, Wafaa Bilal, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Frank Cost, Simone Douglas, Michael T. Jones, Douglas Lanman, Trevor Paglen, Virginia Rutledge. 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, Armory Arts Week: For a preview, visit the website
The Armory Show Contemporary: Pier 94, Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street, NY, NY. Directions.
The Art Show, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at
67th Street, NY, NY.
Volta NY, 4 West 34th Street, NY, NY.
Fountain New York, Pier 66 Maritime at 26th Street & 12th Avenue, in Hudson River Park, aka The Frying Pan.
Independent, 548 West 22nd Street, NY, NY,
Moving Image, The Tunnel, 269 11th
Avenue, NY, NY. Pulse, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, NY, NY
Red Dot, 82 Mercer Street, NY, NY
Scope, NY, 320 West Street, opposite
Pier 40, West Side Highway, NY.
Verge Art Brooklyn Fair. Thursday, 10:00 pm-2:00 am: Opening
night reception. DUMBO, Brooklyn.
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.
Thursday, March 3, 6:00-8:00 pm: Spirituality: Works by David Wojnarowicz from 1979 -1990. P·P·O·W Gallery NEW ADDRESS 535 W. 22nd Street, 3rd Floor, 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 4th, 6:00 pm: Illustrators 53: Advertising and Institutional Awards Program and Reception. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, NY, NY. Tickets or 212.838.2560.
Friday, March 4, 8:00 pm: Performance by Aki Onda, plus collaboration with “sonic spectacle-maker” MV Carbon featuring visuals by Lary Seven and antique movie projectors. The artists “combine all analog forces, cassettes, cellos, synths, mics, amps, magnets, wires, echoes and film projectors in unique experimental audio-visual collaboration.” Abrons Art Center, 466 Grand Street (at Pitt), NY, NY. Tickets $10.
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.
Saturday, March 5th, 4:00-7:00 pm: Opening reception for Wally Gilbert: Geometric Series, Squares, Triangles, and Lines. Viridian Artists Gallery, 530 West 25th 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.
Wednesday, March 9th, 6:30-8:30 pm: Fernanda Cohen presents Illustration as Fine Arts, an evening with gallery owners Heidi Leigh and Nick Leone from Animazing Gallery in Soho, and Alix Sloan from Sloan Fine Arts. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, NY, NY. $15/$10/$7. Tickets or call Katie Blocher 212.838.2560.