MONDAY, MAY 13
Opening: Dena Yago at Malraux’s Place
I have never been to an opening at Sebastian Black’s studio, but cannot fault his taste. I have to miss this one tonight because of the Leonardo DiCaprio auction, but if I didn’t have that I’d go in a second. Photo courtesy of Art Observed. —Dan Duray
Malraux’s Place, 253 36th Street (Sixth floor), Brooklyn, 7–9 p.m.
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MONDAY, APRIL 29
Book Signing: Wolfgang Tillmans at Taschen
The indomitable Wolfgang Tillmans, who opens 11th show at Andrea Rosen on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., will sign copies of the limited-edition version of his new book Neue Welt. —Andrew Russeth
Taschen Store, 107 Greene Street, New York, 7–9 p.m.
Screening and Talk: Lucien Smith’s A Clean Sweep at the Apple Store
Lucien Smith’s exhibition of brooms and polaroids doesn’t open at the Suzanne Geiss Company until May 8, but his short film A Clean Sweep premieres tonight at the Apple Store. After the screening, Mr. Smith will chat with his director of photography Deering Reegan, producer Jake Hanly and editor Benjamin Morsberger, along with with Glenn O’Brien and Bill Powers. Genius bar indeed. —Zoë Lescaze
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MONDAY, APRIL 22
Talk: Haim Steinbach on On Kawara at Dia:Chelsea
Haim Steinbach, who has made his name with intimate, intricate groupings of found objects on inimitable shelves, discusses On Kawara, who has taken the passing of time as his medium. Mr. Steinbach is precise and polemical at the podium so this should be a good one.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 16
Talk: Jonas Mekas and Paulien Oltheten, “Brooklyn Commons,” at International Studio & Curatorial Program
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas and Paulien Oltheten will “reflect on the spontaneous chronicling of life and human behavior.” A broad topic! —Michael H. Miller
ISCP, 1040 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 9
Screening: Sam Green and Yo La Tengo, “The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller,” at The Kitchen
Watching a normal movie by Sam Green (the filmmaker behind The Weather Underground, which not only earned an Oscar nomination but also inclusion in the Whitney Biennial) is a great time, but this screening Read More
TUESDAY, APRIL 2
Exhibition: “Photography and the Civil War” at the Met
Today, war photography is a well-established genre, even if its character may be changing as a result of the proliferation of aerial warfare and remote-controlled—drone—weapons. The Met is going back to its roots, in the very earliest years of modern photography, collecting Read More
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
Talk: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev on Documenta 13 at the Goethe-Institut
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, who served as artistic director of the thrilling Documenta 13 (2012), will discuss that “exhibition as an embodied and ‘dis-tracted’ (dis / trahere = to pull or to draw in another direction) archive.” Anthony Huberman, the director of the Artist’s Read More
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
Opening: “Exhibition Space” at Apexart
Writer and filmmaker Greg Allen organized this exhibition, which goes back to the days of the Space Race, as scientists and politicians shifted from viewing outer space as an area to map and study to a territory to inhabit, control and use. Expect some serious satelloon Read More
MONDAY, MARCH 11
Talk: Trisha Donnelly at MoMA
Trisha Donnelly discusses her “Artist’s Choice” show at MoMA. Sounds fun, right? —Dan Duray
Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, Theater 3, New York, 6 p.m., sold out
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MONDAY, MARCH 4
Opening: Jon Kessler, “The Web,” at Swiss Institute
Love Jon Kessler, love Swiss Institute, hate the Internet. Is there anything else to it? —Dan Duray
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