Simen Johan, Untitled, 2019, at Red Hook Labs

Talks / Books / Video / Performan / and Beyond

Wednesday, December 4

Mark Steinmetz | Carnival, book signing 6-8 pm. Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, NY, NY Info

Stéphane Elbaz | Reviving PS Fournier typeface, 6:30 pm. The Cooper Union, Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square, NY, NY Info

Embodied Scores | The Poetics of Data Excavation with Yo-Yo Lin and Pelenakke Brown,performance, 7 pm. Eyebeam [in collaboration with Denniston Hill], 199 Cook Street, Brooklyn, NY Info

Saturday, December 7

Simen Johan, artist talk, 4 pm. Red Hook Labs, 133-135 Imlay Street, Brooklyn, NY Info

Tuesday December 10

Amy Touchette | New York City Street Dailies, 7 pm. Max Fish Bar and Gallery, 120 Orchard Street, NY, NY Info

PS Fournier update by Stephane Elbaz, tonight at The Cooper Union

Friday, December 6

Drop-in Drawing, 6:30-8:30 pm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 100 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY Info

Graffiti Media | Grass Roots Videos and Publications, 6 pm:  a conversation moderated by Freddy Alva, author of Urban Styles: Graffiti in New York Hardcore with panelists Carl Weston (producer of Video Graf), Power (publisher of Can Control Magazine), and Nic One (photographer and another producer of Video Graf). Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY Info

Sunday, December 8

ASL Interpreted Tour of Current Exhibitions, 3 pm. The New Museum, 235 Bowery, NY, NY Info
Update:The New Museum is collecting gently used coats for The Bowery Mission. Bring in yours, get free admission to the museum 

Second Sunday at Pioneer Works, 3-6 pm.  Free admission, features include live music, food, artists’ open studios, interactive programs, and more. Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn, NY Info

Barbara Probst (detail). Exposure #1, 545 8th Avenue, 01.07.00, 10:37pm, this week at Higher Pictures

In Galleries/Lens-based Art

Thursday, December 5

Ans Westra | Urban Drift: New Zealand, 6-8 pm. Aastasia Photo, 143 Ludlow Street, NY, NY Info

Happening: An Arturo Vega Project, 6-8 pm. Howl Arts,6 East 1^stStreet, NY, NY Info

Taking Stock of Power | Another View of the Berlin Wall, 6-8 pm. The Walther Collection Project Space, 526 West 26^thStreet, NY, NY Info

John Dowell | Cotton: A Symbol of the Forgotten, 6-8 pm.Laurence Miller Gallery, 521 West 26^thStreet, NY, NY Info

Saturday, December 7

Barbara Probst, 4-6 pm. Higher Pictures, 980 Madison Avenue, NY, NY Info

Modern and Contemporary Photography Auction Preview, through December 10. Doyle Photographs Auction, 173 East 87^thStreet, NY, NY Info

Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Soft Rains (Cabin), this week at Postmasters 

In Galleries

Saturday, December 7

Federico Infante |Onfrica, 6-8 pm. Hugo Galerie, 472 W Broadway, NY, NY Info

Jennifer and Kevin McCoy | Cleaner, 6-8 pm. Postmasters, 54 Franklin Street, NY, NY Info

Garry Winogrand, Untitled, 1960, closing this weekend, Brooklyn Museum

In Museums

Saturday, December 7fo

First Saturday, 5-10 pm featuringa poetry reading by Tina Chang, music by DJ Laylo, and a book talk for the release of Elia Alba's The Supper Club. Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY Info

Closing Sunday, December 8

Garry Winogrand | Color. Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY Info

Closing December 16 E

Christian Nyampeta | Ecole du soir (The Evening Academy). Sculpture Center, 44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City, NY Info