John Deng, Photography, Booth 82 & 83, in the Gracie Square Art Show, September 9 and 10 in Carl Schurz Park
Sailing into Fall, September kicks-off with the annual Armory Show and Armory Art Week, and a plethora of exciting exhibitions and events all around town. Public Art Fund unveils Fred Eversley: Parabolic Light at the Doris C. Freedman Plaza, and Little Italy hosts the annual Feast of San Gennaro. Lincoln Center hosts its 61st New York Film Festival and The West Side Cultural Network installs its inaugural West Side Fest! Morningside Park in Harlem holds a Trashion Fashion Show and its fun and colorful annual Morningside Lights event. Museums and galleries open their doors to exciting new exhibitions, as our city never loses sight of our loss on 9/11. Here are a few suggestions for the month of September.
FILE – A commercial airliner flies Northwest across Lake Michigan in front of the “Full Buck” supermoon, the first of four supermoons in 2023, July 3, 2023, in Chicago. The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons. Catch the first show Tuesday night, Aug. 1, as the full moon rises in the southeast. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
It’s Summer in NYC! Step into MoMA’s Sculpture Garden, or visit the ‘Summer on Broadway‘ activities & events in the Garment District. Alvin Ailey Moves NYC will perform in Staten Island, the Bronx, Queens and Manhattan; Save the dates for the annual NYC DOT Summer Streets; Great Jazz on the Great Hill in Central Park and The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. Finally, in August we celebrate the accomplishments of women on Women’s Equality Day.
There are plenty of exciting outdoor activities and art installations ‘Still on View’ like Lauren Halsey on The Met Roof Garden, Bharti Kher: Ancestor on Doris C. Freedman Plaza; Mary Mattingly at Socrates Sculpture Park; Shadows in Bella Abzug Park; Nicholas Galanin in Brooklyn Bridge Park; PRANK in City Hall Park; Carole Feuerman’s Sea Idylls on Park Avenue; My Neighbors Garden in Madison Square Park; Works in Public in Riverside Park; The Girl Puzzle on Roosevelt Island; and take a spin with the newly refurbished Astor Place Alamo CUBE.
Here are a few suggestions to close out your Summer during the month of August, under the glow of a pair of Supermoons on August 1st, and again on August 30th.
Josh Dorman, ‘Fiesta’, Ink, acrylic, antique collage, resin on panel. 12″ x 10″, 2019. Josh Dorman, in the East Harlem Open Studio Tour on April 22-23, located in Bldg 4, 319 East 105th Street, NYC.
April brings with it several important exhibitions & shows that began on the last day of March like AIPAD, The Photography Show, Sarah Sze and Gego, Luminous Elsewheres at Westbeth, and CENTRO + Hunter East Harlem Gallery, among others.
The much anticipated LGDR Flagship Headquarters opens, The MET Roof Garden, Hispanic Society of America and Ford Foundation reopen; MoMA presents Georgia O’Keeffe; Gagosian presents Helen Frankenthaler; Hauser & Wirth presents Mark Bradford; Acquavella Galleries presents Bonnard; NoMAA holds its inaugural exhibition in its new space in the historic United Palace ~ And the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards are announced. In the end, we will celebrate Holi and Easter, ~ and a parade on Fifth Avenue ~ as we stroll into April. Here are a few suggestions.
Chuck Stewart, Duke Ellington, c. 1940s In The Photography Show 2022 (AIPAD) in the Keith de Lellis Gallery Booth #221, Center 415, Opening on Friday, May 20th at 415 Fifth Avenue between 37th/38th Streets. NYC AIPAD NYC 2022.
Ushering in annual in-person events, May will open its doors to the ever popular Jane’s Walk, TEFAF will return to the Park Avenue Armory, NYCxDesign celebrates its 10th anniversary, Madison Avenue prepares for its Spring Gallery Walk, the Roof Garden Commission, Lauren Halsey, will unveil at The Met, FRIEZE New York returns to The Shed, along with #FRIEZEWEEK including Volta and The Photography Show. The Chelsea Market’s ARTECHOUSE explores the human brain, the Costume Institute at The Met unveils Part Two, and Salmagundi Club opens its doors to Light and Wonder: Photography Today + so much more. Here are a few suggestions for the month of May, 2022.
Color studies Light and Visual Perception (left) Intelligence and Education (right) by Noah Buchanan. Image courtesy Salmagundi Club
November brings with it some of our favorite annual events ~ this year, in-person. Canstruction will raise money for City Harvest; The Art Show will raise money for Henry Street Settlement; The Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Parade, NYBG Holiday TrainShow and LuminoCity Festival kick-off a festive holiday season. Art House will open its doors, along with a plethora of new exhibitions too numerous to mention. Here are a few suggestions for art installations, exhibits and events not to miss in November.
Penda Diakité (USA-Mali). Made In America, 2018 Collage, acrylic, spray paint on wood panel, resin finish 36 x 48 in. Courtesy of the artist and Pitroda Art.
Nothing better than summer in the city. From Pride Month to Juneteenth, Museum Mile to the Tribeca Film Festival, River to River and an anniversary celebration in Riverside Park, here are a few art installations, exhibits, and events to add to your list in June.
