— ARTSPACE PICK —
Opening Reception for Duane Michal's "The Painted Photograph" at DC Moore Gallery, 535 West 22nd Street, 2nd Floor, 6 – 8 p.m. (Through April 27th)
Using 19th-century photographs as a ground, Michal's then proceeds to adorn the images with a series of geometric shapes or floral patterns, juxtaposing traditional portraiture with contemporary collage. His work will go on display at the gallery this Thursday, where there will also be an exhibition of dream-like paintings by Milton Avery, who starred at the ADAA's Art Show fair.
— WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20TH —
Opening of Danh Vō's "Mother Tongue" at Marian Goodman, 24 West 57th Street, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Through April 27th)
The recent 2012 Hugo Boss Prize-winning artist, who also has an exhibition at the Guggenheim of work by Martin Wong, will open a mysterious show uptown, the press release for which is simply a description of a dessert wine.
Performance by Dorit Chrysler at Chez André, the Standard Hotel, 25 Cooper Square, 7 – 9 p.m.
If you've never seen anyone play a theremin—the eccentric no-hands electrical instrument invented by Russian scientist Léon Theremin—be sure to catch Chrysler's enchanting and ethereal performance, co-presented by the Annie O Music Series and Performa. RSVP to aohayon@standardhotel.com.
— THURSDAY, MARCH 21ST —
Opening Reception for Michael Reafsnyder's "We Ate the House" at Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, 525 West 22nd Street, 6–8 p.m. (Through April 20th)
The artist's colorful and heavily impastoed works, the liquidity of which the artist states, "allow for 'Indiana Jones'-type adventures," will be on display in this exhibition of sculptures and paintings, the latter of which are created in single sittings.
Opening Reception for B. Wurtz's "Recent Work" at Metro Pictures, 519 West 24th Street, 6 – 8 p.m. (Through April 27th)
Known for his found object sculptures, which he has been creating for over 40 years, this exhibition is the artist's first at the gallery since his 2011 retrospective.
Opening Reception for Simon Lee's "MOTHER IS PASSING. COME AT ONCE" at Cristin Tierney Gallery, 546 West 29th Street, 6 – 8 p.m. (Through April 27th)
In something of a change from the artist's typical displays of found photographs, here images will be incorporated into large scale collages, multi-channel video projections (which worked so well in The Visitors by Ragnar Kjartansson at Luhring Augustine), and moving screens which will zip around the gallery space on a custom-built track.
— FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND —
Artists Talk and Film Screening With Thomas Bayrle and Daniel Kohl at the Artist's Institute, 163 Eldridge Street, 7 p.m.
As part of his six-month-long residency at the Institute, which runs until July 14th, the humorous and socially conscious Bayrle will talk with Kohl, a previous collaborator, and show some films.
— SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD —
Opening Reception for Rona Pondick at Sonnabend Gallery, 536 West 22nd Street, 5 – 7 p.m. (Through April 27th)
In this exhibition, the artist, who recently gave an excellent interview with Phong Bui in the Brooklyn Rail, will present a selection of her sculptures and drawings.
— SUNDAY, MARCH 24TH —
Opening Reception for Leonardo Silaghi at Marc Straus Gallery, 299 Grand Street, 5 – 7 p.m. (Through April 21st)
Incorporating images of disabled and disassembled technology from his home country of Romania, the artist presentes a series of predominantly greyscale works that, despite their subject matter, embue a surprising sense of optimism and change.
Opening Reception for "Some Redemptions" at Soloway, 348 South 4th Street, Brooklyn, 6 – 8 p.m. (Through April 28th)
Curated by Josef Strau, who regularly shows at Greene Naftali Gallery in Chelsea, this group show includes the work of ten artists, including Tomer Aluf, Keren Cytter, and Nora Schultz.
— MONDAY, MARCH 25TH —
"HEARD･NY" at Grand Central Terminal, 87 East 42nd Street, Vanderbilt Hall (Through March 31st)
If you've seen the show's promotions on the subway, you may already have sense of what to expect all next week at Grand Central Station, as the famed "Soundsuit" sculptor will release a herd of 30 colorful, life-sized horses that will "graze" and break into choreographed movements twice daily at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
— TUESDAY, MARCH 26TH —
Artist Talk with Dana Schutzat the New York Studio School, 8 West 8th Street, 6:30 p.m.
The highly respected and critically acclaimed Brooklyn-based painter will stop by to discuss her practice as part of the school's spring lecture series.
Artist Talk with Carroll Dunham at Columbia University, 632 West 125th Street, Prentis Hall, 8 p.m.
Catch the bawdy, cartoonish painter, who's recently had shows at both Paul Kasmin and Gladstone galleries, talk about his work.
