NYC art map and recs, 4/15/25 - 4/20/25
Hi folks! Huge thanks to all who came out last Friday to the opening of Wayfinding at CHART! It was great to see a lot of you and I’m infinitely grateful for all of the support. The exhibition is on view through May 24th — please get in touch if you’d like a walkthrough, checklist, or more info!
This is the last sort of mellow week before things really ramp up in terms of Spring art season — the openings tend to be a bit more staggered in the Spring vs. Fall, though the fairs are better in the Spring (and mostly consolidated into one week). I’m working on a comprehensive guide to everything that I hope to have out later this week!
Geography brief:
The Locker Room has announced that it is closing its Williamsburg space, with the final exhibition The End of an Era, opening April 18th and on view through April 19th
Openings
Thursday, April 17th
Claes Oldenburg & Peter Moore: New York Streets & Signs at Paula Cooper
6pm - 8pm
Couch Paintings at Canada
6pm - late
Friday, April 18th
Antonia Kuo: Milk of the Earth at Chapter
6pm - 8pm
Japeth Mennes: No Lotto at My Pet Ram
6pm - 8pm
Bill Sullivan, Charles Johnstone, and Vicente Munoz: Australian Doubles at PORTAL 5
Saturday, April 18th
Jan Dickey: The High Collapse at 5-50 Gallery
4pm - 7pm
If Sand Were Stone group exhibition at Below Grand
5pm - 7pm
Events
Tuesday, April 15th
Person Place Thing: Mitch Epstein in conversation with with Randy Cohen at the National Academy of Design
6pm - 8pm
Chris Martin in conversation with Raymond Foye at Anton Kern Gallery
6:30pm
Artists at Work: Angel Lartigue in conversation with Oscar Salguero at ISCP
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday, April 16th
Artist talk and exhibition walkthrough with Sarah Rothberg & Julia Kaganskiy at bitforms
RVSP via Eventbrite
6pm - 8pm
One Step Short of Crazy: National Treasure and the Landscape of American Conspiracy Culture reading with Shayana Filmore and Payton McCarty-Simas hosted by Brooklyn Rail at Spoonbill & Sugartown Books
7pm
Thursday, April 17th
Anonymous Film Club at anonymous gallery featuring a screening of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
6pm
Artist talk with Alex Stolyarov, Tad Wiley and Howard Schwartzberg on The Expanding Plane at Helm Contemporary
6pm
Artist talk with Jane Philips, Emma Hapner, Victoria J. Fry at VillageOneArt
6pm - 7pm
A Flickering Space Where the Deed Dissolves: A TALKER performance at Printed Matter
6pm - 8pm
While You Wait: The Power of Art in Public Spaces panel discussion at the National Academy of Design
RSVP via Eventbrite
6pm - 8pm
Kevin Quiles Bonilla: Study of Piles performance at The 8th Floor
RSVP via link
6pm - 8pm
RADIAL MINDS SVA MA Curatorial Practice exhibition opens at the Pfizer building
6pm - 9pm
John Gill in conversation with Linda Sormin at Yossi Milo Gallery
6:30pm
Jana Euler: Exhibitionism book launch event featuring Euler in conversation with Jay Sanders
7pm
Friday, April 18th
Artist talk with Thaddeus Mosley and Jenée Strand at Karma
12pm - 1pm
the words make noise reading and performance event at Living Skin
6pm - 8pm
Hello World: Rhizome Opening Reception at Water Street Projects
6pm - 9pm
Saturday, April 19th
Hello p5.js 2.0, part of Hello World: Rhizome at Water Street Projects
Full event schedule at link
1pm - 6pm
Artist talk with Sharif Farrag, Jake Troyli, and Chase Hall at Jeffrey Deitch
3pm
Robert Zehnder in conversation with Audrey Gair and Joel Dean on the occasion of the closing of his current exhibition Resurrection
4pm
Catalog launch and closing event for Social Photography XI at Carriage Trade
6pm
Sunday, April 20th
Comics For The Planet featuring a multimedia presentation by cartoonists Seth Tobocman, Peter Kuper, Gianluca Costantini, Elettra Stamboulis, and Larimar Lora at Francis Kite Club
$15 admission
7pm
Disclaimer: I try to be as accurate as possible with dates and times that things are happening, but things are subject to change and I am subject to human error so please always check links before venturing out