Talk and Poetry Reading by Stephen Vincent

Stephen Vincent / Haptics: Poetry By Other Means / May 6th – May 28th, 2011

Jack Hanley Gallery 136 Watts New York, NY 10013

Gallery walk through of Sean Landers “Around the World Alone”

With the artist, Liam Gillick and writer for the New Yorker, Andrea Scott.

Friedrich Petzel Gallery 537 West 22nd Street New York, NY 10011

All NYGW Participant Galleries Open 11am-6pm

Performance by Black Lake

Black Lake is an art/music duo comprised of Susan Jennings and Slink Moss. Their performances combine projected video art, original music and lyrics, sounds, movement, spoken word, sculpture, collage, hand-made instruments, drums, and shadows in a unique live performance. They have a vinyl LP entitled “Netherzone” coming out on Right Brain Words this summer.

David Nolan Gallery

Film Screening of Marfa Voices (2010)

David Zwirner is pleased to present a screening of Marfa Voices (2010), a short documentary film by Rainer Judd.

NYC location |Bumble and bumble (auditorium) 415 West 13th Street, 3rd floor between 9th Avenue & Washington Street

Free & open to the public | Seating is limited & RSVP is required
Mackie Healy at David Zwirner 212 727 2070 x122 or mackie@davidzwirner.com

Panel Discussions: “New Directions in Curatorial Models”

Sean Kelly will host a panel discussion on Saturday, May 7th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm focusing on curatorial models in the 21st century. Panelists will debate the evolving definition of the role of the curator. Among the questions we will focus on are: What does it mean to be a curator today? What is the process when curating an exhibition?  How has the role of the curator evolved? Who are the curators of tomorrow? Representing different curatorial perspectives on the panel will be: Isolde Breilmaier, an Independent Curator; Liz Christensen, a Corporate Curator; and Amy Goldrich, a Collector as Curator. The panel will be moderated by Sean Kelly.

This panel discussion will appropriately take place at the gallery within the context of the exhibition, Robert Mapplethorpe: 50 Americans (May 7 – June 18, 2011).

Performance by artist Xaviera Simmons

Nicole Klagsbrun 526 West 26th Street No. 213 New York, NY 10001

Conversation between artists Joan Semmel and Ulrike Mueller

Moderated by curator Dean Daderko

Book Signing with artist William Kentridge

Marian Goodman Gallery 24 West 57th Street #4 New York, NY 10019

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When a Witch Marries a Priest by Suzanne Bocanegra

When a Priest Marries a Witch is a story about a priest, an artist, and a young girl in Pasadena, TX, and is part artist’s talk, part performance, part cultural history and part sound installation.  New York-based artist Suzanne Bocanegra talks about her work, channeled through Paul Lazar, an actor long-associated with New York’s legendary Wooster Group.  Together (sort of) they tell a tale incorporating Elvis, abstract expressionism, the Pope, astronauts, the Singing Nun and, obviously, a witch.  One hour in duration, first performed by Paul Lazar at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY on May 3, 2010.

Tickets are free but RSVP is recommended as seating is limited.  The performance runs for one hour.  Please RSVP to reception@jamescohan.com or 212-714-9500.

James Cohan Gallery (533 West 26^th Street, New York, NY)

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Chelsea Gallery Walking Tour

Whitney curator Carter Foster will lead a walking tour of exhibitions at 303 Gallery, Alexander Gray Associates, CRG Gallery, and D’Amelio Terras. The tour will start at Alexander Gray Associates, and begin promptly at 11:00.

***as of 5.4 all spots have been taken, however you may still sign up for the wait list***

Space is limited | RSVP to info@newyorkgalleryweek.com

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Brunch and Newspaper Launch

P & Co., a community broadsheet co-edited by artists Carter Mull, Jesse Willenbring and Aram Moshayedi, celebrates the launch of its most recent issue Sara & Gerald.

Panel Discussion on Salvatore Scarpitta “Trajectory” – May 7 – June 18, 2011

“Trajectory” – presents the expanse and arc of the career of Salvatore Scarpitta within the context of his artist circle.  The show and panel will examine his influences and relationships from his time in Post-War Rome to NY and the Leo Castelli Gallery to teaching at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Screening of the video animation, Balletfire, by Alan Shields

This is the first time any video by the artist will be exhibited publicly.  Balletfire is the last piece the artist was working on during his lifetime and all of the animated elements in the video are works that he in fact made.  Greenberg Van Doren Gallery’s exhibition “Alan Shields: Something Goin’ On & On” will be on view April 28 – June 24, 2011.

Artist Talk with Fernando Bryce

Gabriela Rangel, Director of Visual Arts at the Americas Society, in conversation with artist Fernando Bryce.

Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, 1970, oil on paper on canvas, 71″ x 36-3/4″, Private collection, © 2011 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo by: Kerry Ryan McFate / Courtesy The Pace Gallery

Brian DeGraw

Brian DeGraw, As The World Burns

Artist Talk with Subodh Gupta

“Subodh Gupta: A glass of water”

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Artist Talk with Kim Beck: Hosted by Friends of the High Line

Hear artist Kim Beck talk about the evolution of Space Available and her other works addressing overlooked and marginal spaces.

Bumble and bumble, 415 West 13th Street, 3rd Floor

FREE, RSVP by visiting our Event Calendar

NYGW Opening Receptions at Chelsea and 57th St, and Uptown Galleries

6-8 pm  Extended gallery hours for all New York Gallery Week galleries located in Chelsea, 57th Street, and Uptown

Josh Faught & William J. O’Brien

Jesse Willenbring Book Release

Jesse Willenbring Book Release for J.W.Diagrams www.jwdiagrams.com

Laurel Gitlen  261 Broome Street  New York, NY 10002

Paper Monument Gives You Homework

As a preview of their forthcoming pamphlet, the editors of Paper Monument will discuss the art of the art assignment. Topics will include: what makes a good or bad assignment? What’s the best or worst one you’ve ever heard of? Should art schools be more instructional or less? Audience participation will be encouraged. After the discussion, we’ll have a short teach-in: you can tell us your tales of art education and we’ll take notes; and if you’re in need of direction, we’ll assign you some homework.

Rachel Uffner Gallery

Walk through of Kara Walker’s Exhibition

Walk through of Kara Walker’s exhibition Dust Jackets for the Niggerati- and Supporting Dissertations, Drawings submitted ruefully by Dr. Kara E. Walker led by American theater critic Hilton Als & artist Kara Walker.

Sikkema Jenkins & Co

Artist Talk with Garth Weiser

Charles Wylie, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art, in conversation with Artist Garth Weiser.

Casey Kaplan

‘An American Family’ Marathon

‘An American Family’ Marathon Last six episodes to be shown starting at noon, with each episode starting at the top of every hour.

Nicelle Beauchene Gallery

Screening of ‘An American Family Revisited: The Louds 10 Years Later’

Nicelle Beauchene Gallery

Screening of ‘Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family’

Nicelle Beauchene Gallery

New York Gallery Week Panel Discussion

The panel discussion is an outgrowth of New York Gallery Week’s mission to create a forum for all regional museums and institutions, both large and small, with the intent of helping the nation’s museums to network closely with one another as well as tighten relations with the vast array of contemporary art galleries in New York City.  Creating a diverse panel, including directors and curators from leading university museums across the country, as well as an artist, the discussion will develop around both future visions for the museum structure and the impediments one encounters in running and working within an institution.  Every level, from infrastructure to exhibitions will be on the table.
Panel Participants: Sabine Eckmann, director of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis; Claudia Gould, director of the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania;Jacob Proctor, curator at the University of Michigan Museum of Art; artist, Liam Gillick; moderated by Scott Rothkopf, curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art

Gavin Brown’s enterprise 620 Greenwich

Presentation of Louise Lawler’s “Birdcalls” (1972/1981)

Presentation of  Louise Lawler’s “Birdcalls” (1972/1981), lasting approximately seven minutes, on the hour and half hour.

AMY GRANAT/CINEMA ZERO and a Dance Performance by Felicia Ballos

Initiated by Amy Granat in 2004 with the help of artists Olivier Mosset and Steven Parrino, Cinema Zero is a concept of nomadic events mixing screenings (of early 20th century experimental films as well as contemporary works) with performance, painting, sculpture, dance or sound.

Artist Talk with Sara VanDerBeek

SculptureCenter Curator Fionn Meade in conversation with Sara VanDerBeek

SculptureCenter at Leo Koenig Projekte, 541 West 23rd Street, New York

Artist talk with Ori Gersht

Artist talk with Ori Gersht on his current exhibition Falling Petals.

CRG Gallery

Artist Talk with Hilary Harnischfeger

On the occasion of her solo exhibition, artist Hilary Harnischfeger will have a public conversation with art historian and writer Suzanne Hudson.

Rachel Uffner Gallery

Ivan Witenstein and Barnaby Furnas in Conversation

A conversation between artists Barnaby Furnas and Ivan Witenstein about Witenstein’s current gallery exhibition.

Derek Eller Gallery

Opening Reception for SculptureCenter Photo Portfolio

Opening Reception for SculptureCenter Photo Portfolio: Leslie Hewitt, Marlo Pascual, Erin Shirreff, Kathrin Sonntag and Sara VanDerBeek

SculptureCenter at Leo Koenig Projekte, 541 West 23rd Street, New York

NYGW Opening Receptions for all downtown Galleries in LES, Bowery, and SoHo

6-8 pm Extended gallery hours for all New York Gallery Week participating downtown galleries located in LES, Bowery, and SoHo

LES Gallery Walking Tour

Whitney curator Margot Norton will lead a walking tour of current exhibitions at Miguel Abreu, James Fuentes LLC, On Stellar Rays, and Rachel Uffner Gallery. The tour will start at On Stellar Rays.

Space is limited | Please RSVP info@newyorkgalleryweek.com

Book Signing and Artist Talk with Judy Ledgerwood

Judy Ledgerwood in conversation with Philip Vanderhyden

Tracy Williams Gallery

Robert Moskowitz

“A Painting Show”

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