Monday May 5
– Enrique Martínez Celaya (artist) in conversation with Jessica Holmes, “The Wilderness” (in conjunction with Celaya’s show at Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco), at The Brooklyn Rail, 1:00pm. Online. Registration required.
– Rocío Aranda-Alvardo (Ford Foundation)and Deborah Cullen-Morales (Mellon Foundation)in conversation with Joiri Minaya (artist), Chon Noriega (Theater, Film and Television, UCLA), and Yasmin Ramirez (curator), for the book launch of “A Handbook of Latinx Art,” at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 6:30pm. In-person and online. Registration required.
– Rose Salane(artist), Lisa Conte (Conservation, IFA), and Vyjayanthi Rao (Anthropology, Yale) in conversation, “Navigating Affected Objects” (in conjunction with Salane’s exhibition “Rose Salane: Periphery in Red, Yellow, Blue”), at Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, 6:30-8:00pm. In-person and online. Registration required.
Tuesday May 6
– Odili Donald Odita (artist) in conversation with Dan Cameron, “Songs from Life” (in conjunction with Odita’s installation at MoMA), at The Brooklyn Rail, 1:00pm. Online. Registration required.
– Laurel Kendall (The Met), “Met Expert Talks—Colorful Korea: The Lea R. Sneider Collection,” at The Met, 3:00-3:30pm. In-person. Registration recommended. (Please note that this event is free with museum admission.)
– Beatriz Cortez (artist) and rafa esparza (artist) in conversation with Carin Kuoni (Vera List Center, The New School), Rachel Remick (MoMA), and Aimé Iglesias Lukin (Americas Society) “Earth and Cosmos” (the conversation will include screenings of the artists’ work, in conjunction with their exhibition), at Art at Americas Society (co-hosted by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics), 6:00-8:00pm. In-person. Registration required.
– Carolyn Lazard (artist) in conversation with Dorothy E. Roberts (Sociology, UPenn), in conjunction with Lazard’s show, “Two-Way,” at Artists Space, 6:30pm. In-person and online. Registration required.
– David Alekhuogie (artist) and Sam Contis (artist) in conversation with Sara Ickow (ICP), part of “The Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks” and “Photographer Lecture Series,” at the International Center of Photography, 6:30-8:30pm. In-person and online. Registration recommended. (Please note that only online admission is free.)
Wednesday May 7
– Malù dalla Piccola (artist) in conversation with Ginevra de Blasio, “Have You Already Been Here” (in conjunction with dalla Piccola’s show at El Museu de Antropología de Xalapa), at The Brooklyn Rail, 1:00pm. Online. Registration required.
– Linda Goode Bryant (curator), Glenn Ligon (artist)and Jules Allen (artist), Vernon Reid (musician), AC Hudgins (collector)and Tom Finkelpearl (curator), “Our Times Together: A Conversation Among Friends Celebrating ‘David Hammons’” (in conjunction with the release of the post-exhibition catalogue), at Hauser & Wirth, 6:00pm. In-person. Registration required.
– Brian Clamp (CLAMP), Hunter O’Hanian (artist), and Beth Saunders (Curator, University of Maryland Baltimore County) in conversation with Judy Giera (Leslie-Lohman), for the book launch of “Amos Badertscher Images and Stories,” at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, 6:00-8:00pm. In-person. Registration recommended.
– Leanne Shapton (artist)in conversation with Cecily Brown (artist), for the book launch of Shapton’s “Swimming Studies,” at 192 Books, 7:00m. In-person and online.
– Sydney Ziems (Shadowbanned Magazine), Be Oakley (Gender Fail), Hira Ahmed (Acacia Magazine) and Ava Emilione (Ebony Tomato Collective) in conversation with Tara Ridgedell (Secret Riso Club), “Ink as Action: Print Media in Resistance and Solidarity,” at Secret Riso Club, 7:00pm. In-person. Registration recommended.
– Stephen Shames (photographer), artist talk, “A Lifetime in Photography,” at the School of Visual Arts, 7:00pm. In-person. Registration recommended.
Thursday May 8
– Lisette van Haersma Buma (Fellow, Collections Cataloguing, The Met), “Mixed Feelings: Dutch Reflections on U.S. Collection Practices” (part of the “Shifting Categories” session of the ongoing “Research Out Loud” program), at The Met, 10:30am-12:30pm. In-person and online. Registration is only required for virtual attendance.
– Martha Rosler (artist) in conversation with Alexander Alberro (Art History, Columbia), “Truth is/is not” (in conjunction with Rosler’s show at Galerie Lelong), at The Brooklyn Rail, 1:00pm. Online. Registration required.
– Christopher Alessandrini (The Met) and Sarah Fruehauf (The Met), “Met Expert Talks—Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature,” at The Met, 3:00-3:30pm. In-person. Registration recommended. (Please note that this event is free with museum admission.)
– Ben Morea (artist) in conversation with Sabu Kohso (writer) and Ariel Uesseler (editor), for the book launch of Morea’s memoir, “Full Circle: A Life in Rebellion,” at Printed Matter Chelsea, 6:00-8:00pm. In-person.
– Charles Tonderai Mudede (cultural critic, filmmaker), “What Can We Learn From Black Robots?,” at e-flux, 7:00pm. In-person. Registration recommended.
– Ana Cardoso (artist) in conversation with Maika Pollack (art historian), on Cardoso’s exhibition and accompanying artist’s book, “Leaky Abstraction,” at Center for Art, Research and Alliances, 7:00pm. In-person. Registration recommended.
Friday May 9
– James Hughes (Fellow, Department of Objects and Conservation, The Met), “A Venus with the Blues: The Conservation Treatment of an Yves Klein Blue Venus Sculpture” (part of the “The Past Is the Present: Excavations and Reinterpretations of Ancient Forms” session of the ongoing “Research Out Loud” program), at The Met, 10:30am-12:30pm. In-person and online. Registration is only required for virtual attendance. (Please note that Hughes will also lead a talk with Eileen Purdy (The Met), “Into the Blue: A Hands-On Experience with Ancient and Modern Synthetic Blue Pigments” at The Met from 6:00-7:30pm that same day.)
– Imelda Cajipe Endaya (artist) and Eugenie Tsai (curator) in conversation with CJ Salapare (The Met), “There is Still a Tomorrow, Mother” (in conjunction with Endaya’s show at Silverlens), at The Brooklyn Rail, 1:00pm. Online. Registration required.
– Conference, History of Art and Design Department Graduate Student Symposium, at Pratt Institute, 1:00-3:00pm. In-person. Registration required.
– Yeon Shim Chung (Art History and Theory, Hongik University, Seoul), Doryun Chong (M+, Hong Kong), Kyung An (Guggenheim), Lee Ufan (artist) and Andrew Russeth (Artnet) in conversation, for the book launch of “The Making of Modern Korean Art: The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, Kim Whanki, Lee Ufan, and Park Seo-Bo, 1961–1982,” at Asia Society, 6:00-7:30pm. In-person. Registration recommended.
– Aly Maier (New Jersey Performing Arts Center), following the premier of Johnny Knollwood’s documentary “That Feel Good Sound: How Art Affects Personal and Public Health” (part of the “Feelin’ Good: Connecting Art to Personal and Public Health” event), at The New School, 6:00-8:00pm. In-person. Registration required.
Saturday May 10
_ Conference, “Rhizome World” (a four-weekend exhibition and event series celebrating software art; the fourth installment, “Community Memory,” explores the importance of digital histories and alternative models for arts organizations), at Rhizome (hosted by Water Street Projects). Check website for times. In-person. Registration required.
– Uriel Orlow (artist), “Reveries of Collective Walkers” (an artist talk and tour of the East Village, part of the “These Season” series), at the Swiss Institute, 2:00-3:00pm. In-person. Registration required.
– Kearra Amaya Gopee (artist) and Geelia Ronkina (artist), readings for the book launch of “FWIW: Constantina Zavitsanos,” at Artists Space, 2:00-4:00pm. In-person.
–Kye Potter (artist), Jessica Elsaesser (poet), Miriam Elhajli (singer), readings at the closing reception of the exhibition “Julia Dzwonkoski and Kye Potter: Object Paintings,” at Blank Forms, 2:30-3:30pm. In-person.
– Susan Davidson (art historian) in conversation with Lauren Mahony (Gagosian) and Jeffrey Sturges (Estate of Tom Wesselmann), for the book launch of Davidson’s “Tom Wesselmann: The Great American Nude,” at Rizzoli Bookstore, 5:00-7:00pm. In-person. Registration recommended.
Sunday May 11
– Yang Fudong (artist) in conversation with Kelly Ma (Asia Society), following the premiere of Fudong’s film “Sparrow on the Sea” (2024), at Asia Society, 3:00-4:30pm. In-person. Registration recommended.