NYC art map and recs, 4/8/25 - 4/13/25
Hi folks! I did what I call a “leftovers” gallery crawl last Saturday where I saw a bunch of shows that had been open for awhile already and weren’t at the top of my list of things to prioritize. That coupled with the drizzle all day made for a less than excellent crawl — there are some real head-scratchers up right now (in the “why is this gallery showing this?” realm), but I’m optimistic that things are about to get better as we head toward “peak” Spring art season. Going to try to do a Spring preview later this week to give you a better sense of what major things to keep on your radar!
Geography brief:
The Opening Gallery launches the SoHo Loft Project at 115 Wooster Street with the group exhibition LATE START FOR MARDI GRAS from 6:30pm - 9pm on Wednesday, April 9th
Bravin Lee opens the off-site exhibition The Golden Thread 2 at 207 Front Street in the South Street Seaport on Friday, April 11th
Openings
Wednesday, April 9th
Bárbara Sánchez-Kane and Sofía Alazraki: Fortuna y Fetiche at Dashwood Projects
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Thursday, April 10th
Clare Koury: Scaling Laws For An Open EnTrainment Structure at Blade Study
6pm - 8pm
Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright group exhibition at Kate Werble Gallery
6pm - 8pm
Martha Rosler: Truth is/is not at Galerie Lelong
6pm - 8pm
Friday, April 11th
Homebodies group exhibition at 334 Broome
6pm - 8pm
Michael E. Smith: TANKS at Andrew Kreps
6pm - 8pm
Rowan Renee: My image is a lens at Island
6pm - 8pm
Events
Tuesday, April 8th
Artist talk and exhibition walkthrough with Cristina Massena of Places, Spaces and Things That Don’t Speak at Residency Unlimited
RSVP via Eventbrite
6:30pm
Antonia Showering artist lecture at the New York Studio School
6:30pm
Wednesday, April 9th
Pop + Up! exhibition of work by Chelsea Maria Bizup at On The Fringe
5pm - 9pm
"Arts for Living”: Can Artists Survive in New York City? Symposium at the Abron Arts Center
RSVP via link
6pm - 8pm
Book launch for Nir Hod: The Life We Left Behind at the Flag Art Foundation featuring a conversation with Nir Hod and Glenn Fuhrman
RSVP via Eventbrite
6pm - 8pm
Sam Levy, Kaitlin McDonough, Clintel Steed, and Briggs Whiteford in conversation at the New York Studio School
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Cameron Rowland artist lecture at Hunter College
7pm - 9pm
Thursday, April 10th
Raul Tovar artist talk at Pace University Art Gallery
12:30pm
ON THE RAG 003: Manifesto publication launch at Susan Inglett Gallery
6pm
ROSETTA Hunter MFA Thesis exhibition opens
6pm - 9pm
Economies of Love. Part 2: Care’s Terrains film screening at eflux screening room
$10 admission
7pm
Friday, April 11th
Artist talk with Carolyn Lazard in conversation with Loretta J. Ross at Artist’s Space
RSVP via Eventbrite
7pm
Saturday, April 12th
Artist talk and exhibition walkthrough with Liod Modan at Dinner Gallery
RSVP via link
1pm - 2:30pm
Concrete Poetry Workshop at the Flag Art Foundation
RSVP via Eventbrite
1pm - 3pm
Artist-led exhibition walkthrough of Greg Burak: Psychologists at MARCH
2pm
Black Earth Study Club at Swiss Institute
RSVP to rsvp@swissinstitute.net
2pm - 5:30pm
measuring the sounds of our resistance: a screening, listening session, and open dialogue hosted by artist Levani at Cue Art Foundation
RSVP via link
3pm - 6pm
“Wave After Wave” An Afternoon with Helena Wittmann at eflux screening room
$10 admission
3pm - 7pm
Exhibition walkthrough with Avram Finkelstein and Mie Yim at Smack Mellon
RSVP via Eventbrite
4pm - 5pm
Facial Recognition: a conversation moderated by Barbara Pollack at Jane Lombard Gallery
4pm - 5pm
Triple Monolog performance by Amy Ruhl at Kaje
RSVP via Eventbrite
6:30pm
Sunday, April 13th
Closing reception for Net Vein at My Pet Ram with coffee and donuts
12:30pm
Kelly Elkowitz: Self-Portrait in Box performance and opening at Clearsky
4pm - 6pm
New New York Poets hosted by Shiva Addanki at A.D. Gallery
5pm
April 11th - April 13th
A Handful of Eggs, a series of “4D mixtapes” created by Michael E. Smith at Giorno Poetry Systems
$15 admission; tickets and full details in link
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