Benefit: Fire Island Pines Performance Series Benefit Party
A benefit that includes performances by Tyler Ashley, Megha Barnabas and Ryan McNamara, plus music by Thinner, Lauren Dillard and JD Samson. Hosted by John Early and Ladyfag. —Michael H. Miller
209 Elizabeth Street, New York, VIP 6-8 p.m., after party at 8 p.m. Tickets $25 to $100, available at iheartfireisland.org

Inaugural Hyperallergic ArtTalk: Klaus Biesenbach
Want to hear Klaus talk about "Expo 1?" Want to drink some Pernod? Want to high five Hrag Vartanian? Sure you do! —Dan Duray
The Bedford, 110 Bedford Avenue, entrance on North 11th Street, Brooklyn, 7–9 p.m., tickets cost money and are sold out but you never know

TUESDAY, MAY 21

Party: Cousin George, "Coming Out," at Santos
Art collector George Haddad re-invents himself as Cousin George with this party for his debut album Coming Out. Videos by Luis Gispert, Kalup Linzy and Nate Lowman. Open bar from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. —D.D.
Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette Street, New York, 8–11 p.m.

Talk: Matthew Barney in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber at the Public Library
Matthew Barney at the NYPL, pegged to his new show at the Morgan Library and a new book by Rizzoli. —D.D.
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, Celeste Bartos Forum, New York, $25

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22

Panel Discussion: “62 Years Later” at Robert Miller
In conjunction with its "Untitled (Hybrid)" exhibition about Lee Krasner, which is curated by Kate McNamara, Anne Pasternak, Heather Watts, Lauren Flanigan, Laurie Simmons and RoseLee Goldberg will discuss gender politics in the arts. —M.H.M.
Robert Miller Gallery, 524 West 26th Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

Opening: Amy Yao, "Skeletons on a Bender," at 47 Canal
Amy Yao, who may be familiar to riot grrrl aficionados for her work in the very catchy 1990s group Emily's Sassy Lime (their records are still available through Kill Rock Stars website), makes unabashedly elegant, beautiful art out of things like umbrellas, chairs, sticks and pearls. The title alone suggests this will be a strong show. —Andrew Russeth
47 Canal Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Screening and Conversation: Dennis Oppenheim at EAI
Curator Jenny Jaskey will introduce early films and videos by Dennis Oppenheim, which will be screened as he meant them to be shown, as multiple projections, and then lead a discussion with an exciting bunch of young artists— A.K. Burns, Ajay Kurian and Yve Laris-Cohen—about Oppenheim's work, and its connection to their own. —A.R.
Electronic Arts Intermix, 535 West 22nd Street, Fifth Floor, New York, 6:30 p.m., $7/$5 students, RSVP to rsvp@eai.org

THURSDAY, MAY 23

Opening: Takuma Nakahira, "Circulation: Date, Place, Events" at Yossi Milo
Japanese photographer Takuma Nakahira generated his work for the 1971 Seventh Paris Biennale over the course of a week during the exposition itself, spending seven consecutive days documenting everything he encountered, from breakfast to bouquinistes, and seven nights developing the photographs, which were exhibited the following day. We're eager to see the show, which will include 75 pictures (and to learn his secrets for staying up all week). —Zoë Lescaze
Yossi Milo Gallery, 245 10th Avenue, New York, 6-8 p.m.

Panel: "Where Is Jack Goldstein?" at the Jewish Museum
Art historian Douglas Crimp, who included Jack Goldstein in his seminal 1977 "Pictures" show at Artists Space, and Jens Hoffmann, the deputy director of the Jewish Museum, which is hosting a Goldstein retrospective through Sept. 29, will "discuss Jack Goldstein as a pioneer of conceptual art practices." —A.R.
Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, 6:30 p.m., free with pay-what-you-wish admission, RSVP required

SATURDAY, MAY 25

Opening: "Ellsworth Kelly: Chatham Series" at MoMA
Ellsworth Kelly spent 1971 creating L-shaped works, each composed of two monochrome canvases, in his Chatham, N.Y., studio, but barely anyone has seen the complete series since. In celebration of the artist's 90th birthday (coming up on May 31), MoMA is reuniting the 14 paintings in its fourth-floor galleries. —Z.L.
The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West  53rd Street, New York, 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 

Update, May 21: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated the dates for the events at Electronic Arts Intermix and 47 Canal. They take place Wednesday. We apologize for the error.

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.

TUESDAY, MAY 14

Memorial: "Daniel Reich: Believer" at Abrons Arts Center
NADA hosts a gathering in honor of the late art dealer Daniel Reich, who passed away in December. —Michael H. Miller
Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, New York, 4-7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15

Opening: Dan Colen, "The spirits that I called," at Oko
There's not exactly a shortage of Disney-related art in town, what with Paul McCarthy's immense Snow White sculptures at Hauser & Wirth, but a little more can't hurt. According to the gallery's announcement, Dan Colen's new Fantasia-inspired oil paintings depict "non-figurative and relatively empty landscapes that quote the movie's overwrought visual elements of magic and fantasy. —Zoë Lescaze
Oko, 22 East 10th Street, New York, 8-10 p.m. 

Reading: "A Guerilla Reading by Alex Ross" at the Museum of Modern Art
Every Wednesday, writers have been reading pieces they wrote in response to work in MoMA at the invitation of Kenneth Goldsmith, the museum's first poet laureate. This week it's New Yorker music critic Alex Ross. What, we wonder, did the The Rest Is Noise author choose to write about? A Kandinsky composition? Picasso's Three Musicians (1921)? Something a little less obvious, perhaps? Looking forward to finding out. —Z.L.
The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, 12:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 16

Opening: "Rebind" at Eyebeam
Portland, Oreg.'s enterprising Publication Studio imprint is setting up camp in Eyebeam's bookstore for one week and organizing a variety of projects. For its "Rebind" exhibition, Publication Studio asked 42 artists to design unique covers for "iconic paperback books." It's a nice lineup of people! Among the participants are Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Amy Yao, B. Wurtz, Zak Kitnick, Ruby Sky Stiler and Oscar Tuazon. —Andrew Russeth
Eyebeam, 540 West 21st Street, New York, 6–9 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 17

Talk: Suhail Malik at Artists Space Books & Talks
Mr. Malik presents the next installment in his talk series at Artists Space, "On the Necessity of Art's Exit from Contemporary Art." This one concerns: "The problem with contemporary art is not the contemporary." —D.D.
Artists Space Books & Talks, 55 Walker Street, New York, 7 p.m. $5

Talk: Call & Response III: The Political Aesthetic
Part of a series of talks for the 20th anniversary of the Vera List Center. This is an all-day thing, but the talk I selected seems like it might interest our readers. Participants: Simon Critchley, Professor of Philosophy, The New School; Julie Mehretu, artist, New York; Joao Ribas, Curator, MIT List Center; Martha Rosler, artist, Vera List Center Advisory Committee member, New York. Moderated by David Joselit, Professor, Art History, Yale University. —D.D.
Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, New York, 2:30-4 p.m.

Opening: Joe Bradley, "Lotus Eaters," at Gavin Brown's Enterprise
Wondering what Joe Bradley has cooked up this time? Let's find out together. —A.R.
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, 620 Greenwich Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 18

Screening: Stan Brakhage at AFA
Anthology will screen six of Brakhage's early films from the 1950s, including Reflections on Black (1955) and Flesh of Morning (1956). Additional Brakhage screenings are scheduled through the month. —A.R.
Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, New York, 3:45 p.m., $10

Benefit: 2013 White Columns Benefit + Auction
White Columns will hold its annual benefit, featuring work by more than 90 contemporary artists, including Alex Katz, Amanda Ross-Ho, Andrea Bowers, Elizabeth Peyton, Ryan Foerster and Wade Guyton. —M.H.M.
White Columns, 320 West 13th Street, New York, 7 p.m., tickets required, to purchase call 212-924-4212 

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
Apple Store, 103 Prince Street, New York, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 30

Screening and Talk: Alex Hubbard at EAI
Alex Hubbard, who just opened an excellent new show at Maccarone (it features one-person portable drinking bar installations, among other treats), will premiere two new videos that sketch out plans for a full-length project he's making with Whitney curator Jay Sanders and playwright Richard Maxwell. He's also planning to screen a few videos from 2012, discuss his work and take questions. Sounds like an action–packed evening. —A.R.
Electronic Arts Intermix, 535 West 22nd Street, Fifth Floor, New York, 6:30 p.m., $7

Screening and Lecture: "Object Worshipping: Notes on Claes Oldenburg’s Films, or the Ballad of the Turning Woman" at Light Industry
Columbia professor Branden Joseph, who has an essay in this month's Artforum on Oldenburg, will present an illustrated lecture on the artist's early work in film, including 1969's Statue of Turning Woman Being Installed in Front of Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles. It's only been shown publicly once, if at all; this evening, the audience will get to see it via a digital transfer. —A.R.
Light Industry, 155 Freeman Street, Brooklyn, 7 p.m.

Book Party and Performance: Sun Ra + Ayé Aton: Space, Interiors and Exteriors, 1972 at Blonde Art Books
"Musician, composer and mystic" Sun Ra is celebrated in this new book along with his collaborator Ayé Aton. The book hypes its many pictures of Ra in full Afro-futuristic regalia. This discussion will feature a slide show and conversation between editor John Corbett and David Grubbs, who will perform a short set following the conversation. —Dan Duray
Blonde Art Books, 92 St. Nicholas Avenue, Brooklyn, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1

Book Signing: Tracey Emin "I Followed You to the Sun" at Lehmann Maupin
The artist signs books ahead of her new show. Witticisms gratis. —D.D.
Lehmann Maupin, 201 Chrystie Street, New York, 5–7 p.m

Book Signing: Mark Ryden at Paul Kasmin Gallery
Mark Ryden will sign copies of his retrospective book Pinxit. —Michael H. Miller
Paul Kasmin Gallery, 511 West 27th Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

Opening: Sarah Braman and Wallace Whitney, "Contact High," at American Contemporary
Two of the cofounders of the esteemed Canada gallery, sculptor Sarah Braman and painter Wallace Whitney, pair their work. The news release for this is pretty great; here's a taste: "Like a long drive, the work pushes forward towards something in a landscape, a quotidian sublime grounded by the clunk and funk of a thing prized beyond its obsolescence." What's not to love? —A.R.
American Contemporary, 4 East Second Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 2

Reception: Ethan Wagner, Thea Westreich Wagner “Conversations Cocktail” at ICI
A cocktail reception at the home of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner, featuring their collection of artworks, a number of which have been donated to the Whitney and the Centre Pompidou. —M.H.M.
Independent Curators International, 799 Broadway, Suite 205, New York, 6:30–8:30 p.m., $250 to $2,500

Opening: Philip Taaffe, “Recent Work," at Luhring Augustine
Philip Taaffe’s first solo show of paintings in New York in six years is inspired by, among other things, Viking artifacts and Syrian embroidery pattern books. —M.H.M.
Luhring Augustine, 531 West 24th Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Opening: Jannis Kounellis at Cheim & Read
Visitors to the ADAA Art Show last month may remember barely being able to enter Cheim & Read’s booth due to Jannis Kounellis’s massive sculpture All or Nothing at All. Getting in the gallery this Thursday should be somewhat easier, with Mr. Kounellis’s work (new pieces he spent the winter making in his Bushwick studio) safely set back from the entrance. —Z.L.
Cheim & Read, 547 West 25th Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

Opening: Sara VanDerBeek at Metro Pictures
Sara VanDerBeek, whose photographs and sculptures have graced the Whitney, MoMA and the Guggenheim, is having her first solo show at Metro Pictures. A big moment! —Z.L.
Metro Pictures, 519 West 24th Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 3

Opening: Rodney Graham's inaugural exhibition at new location at 303
Ever wondered what those construction guys have been building under the High Line on West 24th Street since forever? It's the new 303 Gallery, pals! Why not swing by on Friday? —D.D.
303 Gallery, 507 West 24 Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Opening: Piotr Uklański at Karma
Karma shows selections from the artist's "Pornalikes," tied to their new book on the series. It's in the vein of his Nazis series, which featured film stills of famous actors playing Nazis. —D.D.
Karma Books, 39 Great Jones Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 4

Opening: Marc Quinn, "All the Time in the World," at Mary Boone Gallery
Perhaps most famous for using his own blood to create casts of his head, YBA Marc Quinn appears to be presenting some more traditional media at his upcoming solo show: giant bronze seashells and an oil-on-canvas painting. —Z.L.
Mary Boone Gallery, 541 West 24th Street, New York, 5-7 p.m.

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. (The talk's sold out at the moment, but a wait list will start forming at 6 p.m.) —Andrew Russeth
Dia:Chelsea, 535 West 22nd Street, New York, Fifth Floor, 6 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 23

Opening: BAMart Silent Auction at The Hole
This auction, co-chaired by Cindy Sherman, Beth Rudin DeWoody and Kathy Grayson, features work by names like Joshua Abelow, Cecily Brown, Keltie Ferris, Kate Levant, Amy Sillman and Stanley Whitney. Many have attractive estimates. You can bid online now via Paddle8 if you can't wait to see the work in person at the Hole. —A.R.
The Hole, 312 Bowery, New York, 6–9 p.m.

Opening: Alex Hubbard, "Magical Rámon and The Five Bar Blues," at Maccarone
The ever-inventive Alex Hubbard will present a batch of his "bent paintings," a video starring Magical Ramón and a new series called "the bars," which are "true–to-life, one-person portable drinking bars," according to the gallery's news release. Sounds great. —A.R.
Maccarone, 630 Greenwich Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Talk: “A Minor History of Giant Spheres” at Apexart
As part of "Exhibition Space," curated by Greg Allen, Joshua Foer will present the visual essay "A Minor History of Giant Spheres," explaining once and for all, "What's the deal with big balls." —Michael H. Miller
Apexart, 291 Church Street, New York, 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

Gala: Brooklyn Artists Ball at the Brooklyn Museum
The annual Brooklyn Artists Ball will honor Brooklyn Museum trustee Barbara Knowles Debs and artists Vik Muniz, Wangechi Mutu and Roxy Paine. —M.H.M.
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, 6:30-midnight, tickets $1,000 to $50,000 (it’s a fundraiser, after all), after-party-only tickets $75

Opening: Josh Tonsfeldt at Simon Preston
Lots of people like Josh Tonsfedlt, maybe you should get on-board too. No pressure or anything. —Dan Duray
Simon Preston Gallery, 301 Broome Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 26

Performance: "Concrete Escort I, II, III, IV" at the Guggenheim
Ei Arakawa and friends like Kerstin Brästch, Eileen Quinlan and Amy Sillman take visitors on a delirious performance–based tour of the exhibition "Gutai: Splendid Playground." The version of the tour offered last month involved an ax-wielding man, sprints by everyone down the museum's spiral walkway and a performance by choreographer Simone Forti of her 1961 piece Huddle, among other activities. It was easily the most fun I've ever had in a museum. The 8 p.m. slot is a touch more expensive because there will be a nice reception after festivities conclude. Legendary performance photographer Paula Court will shoot the whole thing. —A.R.
Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., $20 or $25

Opening: Bob Zoell, Wyatt Kahn at Rachel Uffner Gallery
What happens when you pair a cool New York guy with an old school Los Angeles guy? Well that just sounds like a party to me. Or possibly a presidential ticket. —D.D.
Rachel Uffner Gallery, 47 Orchard Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 28

Performance: Laurel Nakadate, “An Open Confession” at MoMA PS1
To celebrate the publication of her book 365 Days: A Catalogue of Tears, Laurel Nakadate will hear your confessions at MoMA PS1.—M.H.M.
MoMA PS1, VW Dome, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens, 4–6 p.m.

Opening: The Columbia University 2013 MFA Thesis Show
This is always a terrific time. Great art, booze and weirdly good food, and only the coolest collectors. —D.D.
Fisher Landau Center for Art, Queens, 2–5 p.m.

Update, April 22: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that Wolfgang Tillmans's book signing was set for April 22; it is scheduled for April 29. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17

Lecture: “Why are you taking so many photographs?” at Eyebeam
What a good question. For the second installment of its “F**cking Up: Learning From Mistakes in Art and Education” lecture series, Eyebeam will bring curators Laurel Ptak and Natasha Marie Llorens together to candidly discuss “documentation and ethics.” —Zoë Lescaze
Eyebeam, 540 West 21st Street, New York, 7–8:30 p.m.

Screening and Discussion: B. Wurtz at Triple Canopy
B. Wurtz's sculptures and paintings, made with castoff materials (bread wrappers, children's trophies, wood slabs) can pull the heartstrings and elicit sly smiles. Handsome, winning stuff. If you have already swooned to his recent work at Metro Pictures, there is fine news to report: a show of works made by Wurtz in conjunction with Triple Canopy is on view at Lower East Side redoubt Bureau through April 25. And more: A screening of Wurtz's early films, followed by a conversation among Wurtz, the artist Josh Tonsfeldt and photographer and Triple Canopy Contributing Editor Hannah Whitaker —A.R.
Triple Canopy, 155 Freeman Street, Brooklyn, 7–9 p.m.

Opening: Greg Goldberg "Northern Light" at Stephan Stoyanov
Do you like your abstraction of the older school? Then be sure to stop by Greg Goldberg's show. His works are in the MoMA collection and from what I hear he's a mensch. —Dan Duray
Stephan Stoyanov, 29 Orchard Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 18 

Opening: “Untitled (Hybrid)” at Robert Miller Gallery
Lee Krasner’s wild Abstract-Expressionist work would be more than enough to get us to the gallery, but curator Kate McNamara, a cofounder of Cleopatra’s in Greenpoint, has paired her paintings and collages with works by Polly Apfelbaum, Alisa Baremboym, Sarah Cain, Leidy Churchman, Joanne Greenbaum, Julia Hechtman and Dona Nelson. According to the announcement, “‘Untitled (Hybrid)’ is in your face, and not always elegant; beautiful and fearless; demonstrating extreme skill. As works they are radical and challenging; they invite you in and force you out.” Sounds like a fun, ferocious exhibition. —Z.L.
Robert Miller Gallery, 524 West 26th Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Opening: Hannah Starkey at Tanya Bonakdar
Photographer Hannah Starkey will have her third solo exhibition at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery. —M.H.M.
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, 521 West 21st Street, Gallery 2, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Opening: “Out of Memory,” Curated by Eleanor Cayre at Marianne Boesky
Eleanor Cayre curates a group show of work by artists including AIDS-3D, Cory Arcangel, Guyton/Walker, Alex Israel, Rashid Johnson and Haley Mellin. —M.H.M.
Marianne Boesky Gallery, 118 East 64th Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 19

Opening: Harm van den Dorpel, "Release Early, Release Often, Delegate Everything You Can, Be Open to the Point of Promiscuity," at Abron Arts Center
Dutchman Harm van den Dorpel, an artist and programmer (dangerous combination!), will present his first solo show in the U.S., which includes "spherical Perspex sculptures, web-based work, and collages, the latter appearing at once high-Modernist yet akin to melancholic, mass-produced hotel lobby art," according to the institution's news release. This is also the debut of Karen Archey in her new role as curator-in-residence at Abrons. Should be a nice time. —A.R.
Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 20

Reading: “Transform the World! Poetry Must Be Made by All” at MoMA
If you prefer appreciating art in silence, don’t go to MoMA on Saturday. If, however, the idea of listening to poets read aloud in the museum appeals, then you should absolutely meander through the fourth-floor painting and sculpture galleries where you will stumble upon over a dozen poets (including Tao Lin and David Grubbs) reading their work and that of others. —Z.L.
Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, 3–4 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 21

Opening: Gary Indiana "Gristle Springs" at Participant
This show represents the artist and writer Gary Indiana's first solo exhibition since 2002. The press release makes it sound pretty vivid. "New photographic works are comprised of combinations of images shot with a variety of digital and 35mm cameras over a thirty-year period, using the model of multiple-screen surveillance monitors and CCTV cameras as a means to organize dissociated images, insinuating that simultaneity has replaced the linear continuity of visual information." —D.D.
Participant, 253 East Houston Street, New York, 7–9 p.m.

Opening: "Better Homes" at SculptureCenter
Really cool group show. What do you want from me? I haven't seen it yet. But extremely promising artist list, including Anthea Hamilton, Carissa Rodriguez, E'wao Kagoshima, Güneş Terkol, Jonathas de Andrade, Josephine Pryde, Keith Edmier, Kirsten Pieroth, KwieKulik, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Martha Rosler, Neil Beloufa, Paulina Olowska, Robert Gober, Tamar Guimarães, Yuki Kimura. —D.D.
SculptureCenter, 44–19 Purves Street, New York, 5–7 p.m.

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 sounds pretty unbeatable. Yo La Tengo will perform a live score and Mr. Green will narrate. Heaven. —Zoë Lescaze
The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, New York, 7 and 9 p.m., also April 10

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

Lecture: “Snapshot: Painters and the Invention of the Kodak Camera” at the Frick
In an age when painters frequently work from photographs and many artists dabble in different media, it’s nice to look back at the tradition of painters picking up cameras. Elizabeth Easton, co-founder and director of the Center for Curatorial Leadership, will shed some light on thousands of recently discovered late 19th-century photographs taken by painters like Edgar Degas, Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard. —Z.L.
The Frick, 1 East 70th Street, New York, 6–7 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

Opening: Stanley Whitney, "Other Colors I Forget," at Team
Stanley Whitney, the master painter of effervescently colored grids, returns for his third solo show at Team. What a name for a show! Also opening this evening is Team's Santiago Sierra show, "Veterans," which features photos of war veterans facing the corners of rooms. —Andrew Russeth
Team Gallery, 83 Grand Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Fair Preview: The New York Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory
More than 200 dealers from around the world will present their wares at the 53rd edition of this redoubtable annual event. Sunday, from 12 to 3 p.m., is Discovery Day; visitors can bring by their holdings for informal appraisals with dealers. Should be a nice time. —A.R.
Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, 5–9 p.m., $40 for preview with others hours and various ticket prices through Sunday

Opening: "Gang Bust" at Venus Over Manhattan
The openings at Observer columnist and billionaire collector Adam Lindemann's gallery are not to be missed. Here the work of William Copley will be paired with that of Big Fat Black Cock Inc., which duplicates Copley's sexually explicit paintings but replaces the Causasian couplers with black people. Geez, I hope nobody from the rest of America is reading this right now. —Dan Duray
Venus Over Manhattan, 980 Madison Avenue, Third Floor, New York, 6–9 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 12

Exhibition: Richard Serra at David Zwirner
There's no reception, but if you're in Chelsea this weekend why not swing by David Zwirner's new show of early works by Richard Serra? With pieces dating from 1966 to 1972, it should be a nice surprise for anyone who's only familiar with his monolithic works. —D.D.
David Zwirner, 537 West 20th Street, New York, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Tuesday–Saturday

Opening: Chantal Akerman, "Maniac Shadows," at the Kitchen
The Kitchen's playing this one close to its chest, saying only on the website that the Belgian filmmaker's solo show features video "shot at her residences in different countries." It's curated by Lumi Tan and Tim Griffin, though, so you know it'll be good. —D.D.
The Kitchen, 512 West 19 Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Opening: Amanda Ross-Ho, “Gone Tomorrow,” at Mitchell-Innes & Nash
Amanda Ross-Ho’s second solo show at Mitchell-Innes & Nash will include the eclectic mélange of materials she’s known for: jewelry, textiles, found images and ephemera that will, according to the press release, “loop back in transmuted forms.” —Z.L.
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 534 West 26th Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Screening: Burnt Offerings at Nitehawk Cinema
As part of their retrospective "The Works: Karen Black," Nitehawk Cinema will screen the 1976 horror film Burnt Offerings, about a supernatural house and a murderous chauffeur, starring Dennis Hopper's one-time muse and art house actress extraordinaire Karen Black. —Michael H. Miller
Nitehawk Cinema, 136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, 12:05 a.m., $11, also screening April 13

SATURDAY, APRIL 13

Opening: Jane Freilicher, “Painter Among Poets,” at Tibor de Nagy
Jane Freilicher, the New York School painter who ran around with poets like Frank O’Hara and John Ashbery, will be the focus of the first exhibition ever to deal with her art and its relationship to her poet friends and their writing.—M.H.M.
Tibor de Nagy, 724 Fifth Avenue, New York, 4–6 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 14

Exhibitions: "Claes Oldenburg: The Street and The Store" and "Claes Oldenburg: Mouse Museum/Ray Gun Wing" at MoMA
One of the past century's great artistic innovators, Claes Oldenburg is getting the MoMA treatment. The first show focuses on his seminal works The Street (1960) and The Shop (1961–64), the store he set up in the East Village to ply his ceramic versions of various commonplace objects. The museum's atrium will also house his Mouse Museum and Ray Gun Wing—large but intimate installations made up of scores of examples of the things mentioned in their titles. I saw a version of these shows at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, last summer and—whoa!—two huge thumbs up. —A.R.
Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

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 more than 200 images of the American Civil War. —Andrew Russeth
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3

Event: "CKTV" at BAM
Cleopatra's and Chris Rice's karaoke-video exhibition "CKTV," which has previously appeared at Bushwick's Tandem bar and the Shanghai Biennale, is screening at BAM through May 10. For the project, dozens of the city's finest artists have produced videos for a thrilling variety of jams, including Nicholas Buffon, Ryan Foerster, Zak Kitnick, Maggie Lee, Rachel Mason, New Humans, Annie Pearlman and many, many more. This night audience participation is encouraged, and abetted by a Happy Hour that very honorably runs for half of the show, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., with $5 beers and $6 cocktails. Sounds like it will be a great time. —A.R.
Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, 8 p.m.–12 a.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

Opening: Yael Bartana, "And Europe Will Be Stunned," at Petzel
For her debut solo show at Petzel, Yael Bartana, who represented Poland at the 2011 Venice Biennale, will present her film trilogy And Europe Will Be Stunned (2007–11), a propaganda–styled series that concerns the Jewish Renaissance Movement in Poland, which calls on Jews to return to the country en masse. I have only seen part two, Mur i wieża (Wall and Tower) (2009), but it was elegant and haunting and it whetted my appetite for the other sections. The whole thing clocks in at just an hour, and seems likely to be a pretty good use of your time. —A.R.
Petzel, 456 West 18th Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Opening: Andrew Kuo at Marlborough Chelsea
You may know Andrew Kuo from his terrific graphics in The New York Times Magazine, his ubiquitous presence in group shows or his very fine Twitter and Instagram accounts (@earlboykins). Expect paintings about elation, anxiety and the New York Knicks. —Dan Duray
Marlborough Chelsea 545 West 25 Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Opening: Kenny Scharf, "Kolors," at Paul Kasmin
These new works play with Color Field language and, according to the press release "beckon the viewer into vibrant, other-worldly, biomorphic atmospheres composed of a variety of shapes, dimensions and details." Also important: one of the sculptures at the show was, just before, installed a statue at the Standard, which means this is probably going to be a scene. I'm being told to mention that there's a catalogue published by Standard Press, Paul Kasmin Gallery and Damiani. So there you go. —D.D.
Paul Kasmin, 515 West 27th Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

Opening: Zach Harris at Zach Feuer
Zach Harris will have his first exhibition at Zach Feuer Gallery, which will included paintings and wood reliefs. —Michael H. Miller
Zach Feuer, 548 West 22nd Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Opening: Marisa Merz at Gladstone
Gladstone will present an exhibition of early works by Marisa Merz, the only female artist in Italy’s Arte Povera movement of the late 1960s. —M.H.M
Gladstone Gallery, 515 West 24 Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Performance: Philip Birch, “The Spectre As It Resolves Its Own Gravity,” at 47 Canal
We are intrigued (and honestly a bit daunted) by the description of Philip Birch's one-act play. Here’s a taste of the press release: “A Man stands nonplussed by the state in which he resides. The Spectre confronts the Man with his inadequacies and the failures of his own politic. The Man’s role within a larger consciousness and the Collective is called into question.” Cheery stuff. —Zoë Lescaze
47 Canal, New York, 8 p.m., also April 5 and 6

FRIDAY APRIL 5

Opening: David Scanavino at Klaus von Nichtssagend
David Scanavino shows new sculptures and wall works that are, according to a release, partly inspired by a trip to the artist’s alma mater, Columbine High School, and “place the viewer in direct physical and psychological relationship to the institutional structures they pass through every day.” —M.H.M.
Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, 54 Ludlow Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

Opening: Weird Science at Jack Hanley
I don't recognize all the names here, but Jack Hanley's great and so are the people I do recognize. Bjorn Copeland: cool artist, cool member of Black Dice. Slavs and Tartars: sure, you know them, good right? Also Ajay Kurian of the roving gallery Gresham's Ghost. Good stuff. SMART stuff. Go, why don't you? —D.D.
Jack Hanley, 327 Broome Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

Opening: Cordy Ryman, “Adaptive Radiation,” at Dodge
It’s been a good couple of weeks for wooden artwork (see “Against the Grain” at the Museum of Arts and Design and Virginia Overton at Mitchell-Innes & Nash), and Cordy Ryman’s new show is no exception. Scraps of 2x4s seem to be taking over the gallery’s walls and floor in a major installation that looks something like a mosaic made out of toy blocks. —Z.L.
Dodge Gallery, 15 Rivington Street, New York, April 6, 6-8 p.m.

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 Institute who was just tapped to lead the CCA Wattis in San Francisco, will handle Q&A duties. —Andrew Russeth
Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building, 5 East Third Street, New York, 7 p.m.

Screening: Tom Rhoads at the Kitchen
The inexhaustible Dirty Looks film-screening crew will offer up three short films by Tom Rhoads from the late 1980s. Not familiar with Rhoads? He's actually a defunct persona of artist Luther Price. Dirty Looks explains, "Tom Rhoads committed suicide via candy overdose in a public performance in 1989, giving birth to Luther Price." —A.R.
The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, New York, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 28

Opening: Elizabeth Peyton at Gavin Brown's Enterprise
Gavin Brown's "press releases" are usually just a date, a time and an artist. In that spirit of cool brevity, I'm just going to stop right here. —Dan Duray
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, 620 Greenwich Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

Opening: Daido Moriyama 'Now and Now' at Steven Kasher Gallery
Didn't know much about Daido Moriyama but this show looks terrific. He seems sort of like a Japanese William Eggleston. —D.D.
Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23 Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

Opening: Billy Childish at Lehmann Maupin
The painter, poet, musician and all-around Renaissance man will have his second exhibition at Lehmann Maupin, "paintings that change the universe like digging in the gutter with a broken lolly stick." —Michael H. Miller
Lehmann Maupin, 540 West 26th Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 29

Opening: 'HMV' at Foxy Production
Curator Alexander Shulan, one half of the Jason Alexander curatorial crew, which was responsible for that nice show at 91 Canal Street a year back, helms this group show. Artists on tap include Jutta Koether, Pamela Rosenkranz, Ian Cheng and Andy Hope 1930. Sounds like it will be a nice time. —A.R.
Foxy Production, 623 West 27th Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Opening: Scott Olson at Wallspace
The painter Scott Olson, whose materials frequently include oil, wax and marble dust on wooden canvases, will have his first solo show at Wallspace. —M.H.M.
Wallspace, 619 West 27th Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

Novel Operations: Triple Canopy, Book Launch and Performance at Artists Space Books & Talks
Trip Cans toasts two new books at Artists Space with interpretative readings by actors and fun schmoozing. There will probably also be drinking, drinking, drinking. (Pictured: Artists Space's Charlotte Posenenske show) —D.D.
Artists Space Books & Talks, 55 Walker Street, 7 p.m., $5

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

Opening: Wayne Gonzales at Paula Cooper
Wayne Gonzales, whose work often looks at found images of crowds and mob mentality, has his first solo exhibition in New York since 2009. —M.H.M.
Paula Cooper, 534 West 21st Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

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 documentation. —Andrew Russeth
Apexart, 291 Church Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Performance: Heather Guertin and Sean Joseph Patrick Carney at Cleopatra's
A comedy doubleheader on a Wednesday evening by two artists sounds like a pretty good idea to me! Ms. Guertin will perform a standup monologue. (At a previous show she made and served Aperol spritzers as she shared jokes, so here's hoping for something equally delicious and exciting.) Mr. Carney, pictured, offers a performance called "'RATS OFF TO YA'" that, to quote from the news release, "is an ongoing concrete comedy project that includes stand-up, video, monologue, and original songs." —A.R.
Cleopatra's, 110 Meserole Avenue, Brooklyn, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 21

Opening: Hiraki Sawa, “Figment,” James Cohan Gallery
Inspired by a friend’s complete memory loss, London-based artist Hiraki Sawa’s ongoing “Figment” project addresses amnesia through three surreal video works. Judging by the stills on the gallery’s website, the imagery looks sufficiently eerie and evocative: bodies stretch like silly putty and circular objects like records and watch gears hover in midair. —Zoë Lescaze
James Cohan Gallery, 533 W. 26th Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Opening: B. Wurtz, “Recent Work” at Metro Pictures
For his follow up to his 2011 retrospective at Metro Pictures, B. Wurtz will show a series of sculptures, paintings and photographs. —Michael H. Miller
Metro Pictures, 519 West 24 Street, New York, 6-8 p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 23

Discussion: “Looking Back: 1993” with Hans Haacke and Irving Sandler at the New Museum
As part of their 1993 exhibit, the New Museum, in collaboration with Independent Curators International, will present a discussion between the critic Irving Sandler and the artist Hans Haacke, whose work Germania was exhibited at the 1993 Venice Biennale.—M.H.M.
New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York, 3 p.m.–4:30 p.m., $8, tickets available here.

Opening: Zak Kitnick at Clifton Benevento
Hot on the heels of curating a really nice three-person show at JTT, Zak Kitnick returns to Clifton Benevento for his sophomore effort there. The show is based on bagua grid used in feng shui. —A.R.
Clifton Benevento, 515 Broadway, New York, 5–7 p.m.

Opening: David Diao, “TMI,” at Postmasters Gallery
For its final show at 459 W. 19th Street, Postmasters Gallery will exhibit work by painter David Diao, who has shown with the gallery since it opened in 1985. Spanning the past 22 years, the show will include tiny copies of his geometric paintings from the 1970s (which sound kind of adorable). —Z.L.
Postmasters Gallery, 459 West 19th Street, New York, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

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

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14

Opening: "Penny Rimabaud: 62 Renaissance Drawings & One Painting" at Boo-Hooray
New work by the performance artist, philosopher, poet and musician Penny Rimbaud. He's a pretty cool guy, he is, and Boo-Hooray is always fun too. —D.D.
Boo-Hooray Gallery, 265 Canal Street, #601, New York, 6–9 p.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 14

Opening: James Turrell at Pace Gallery
In preparation for having three simultaneous museum exhibitions across the country (the Guggenheim, LACMA and MFA Houston), Pace will present the artist’s fifth show with the gallery, focusing on his work transforming the Roden Crater in Arizona into a “naked-eye observatory.” —Michael H. Miller
Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Opening: Catherine Murphy, "Recent Work," at Peter Freeman
Catherine Murphy will present new, startlingly realistic paintings and drawings in Peter Freeman's new Grand Street location. The gallery writes in a release, "Her depiction of an immediate, often intimate moment, or an object’s presence, transforms our way of looking, and often leads to an abstract idea in spite of the precision of her imagery." Well said! —Andrew Russeth
Peter Freeman, Inc., 140 Grand Street, New York, 6–8 p.m.

Screening: Shûji Terayama, Emperor Tomato Ketchup, at Anthology
I had completely forgotten that Stereolab's great 1996 album Emperor Tomato Ketchup got its name from a very creepy-sounding 1970 film by Shûji Terayama. It has to do with a universe in which children are used for sex (of a sort) by adults, leading to a revolt to create " a society in which fairies and sex education are equally important, according to Anthology. Here's your chance to watch it, along with Kôji Wakamatsu's Violated Angels (1967)! —A.R.
Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, New York, 8:45 p.m., $10

FRIDAY, MARCH 15

Exhibition: Barbara Bloom, "As it were… So to speak: A Museum Collection in Dialogue with Barbara Bloom," at the Jewish Museum
Barbara Bloom, whose exhibitions look at how aesthetic objects come to have meaning and value (while also examining the institutions that store and display them, and present her shows), brings her deft touch to the Jewish Museum's collection. Among the items on deck: Sigmund Freud's cigar box and a Dreyfus Affair board game. —A.R.
Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, 11 a.m.–4 p.m., $12

SATURDAY, MARCH 16

Opening: Rochelle Feinstein at Higher Pictures
Higher Pictures will host the opening night party for Rochelle Feinstein, who will also have a concurrent exhibition at On Stellar Rays on the Lower East Side opening Sunday.—M.H.M.
Higher Pictures, 980 Madison, New York, 8–10 p.m.

Screening: "Before the Revolution" at Anthology Film Archives
Last week I finally watched The Dreamers on HBO Go. With my roommate. That was pretty weird, actually. But it reminded me how much I like Bertolucci. So I'll be seeing this film, which he directed when he was only 24. —D.D.
Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, New York, 4:30 p.m., $10