NYC art map and recs, 8/12/25 - 8/17/25
Hi folks! A super truncated newsletter this week with since I’m on vacation, and since there’s a pretty small number of openings and events (though not nothing). I’ve been in London for the past few days, and am headed to Paris tomorrow. I’ve been working on the big Fall newsletter, which should be out it the next few days as a bonus so keep your eyes open for that (and use the submission form to tell me about your opening / event if it hasn’t been announced yet?)
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Openings — All exhibition openings are 6pm - 8pm unless otherwise noted — but I do recommend double checking the galleries’ websites / Instagrams before going anywhere!
Tuesday, August 12th
Taylor Quitara: Present Company at Kalei *6pm - 9pm
New Ola: A New York Art Collective at RUBY/DAKOTA
Thursday, August 14th
New Ola: A New York Art Collective at RUBY/DAKOTA
Synthetic Sanctuaries at Space 776
In the Space Between: Memory, Matter, and the Mythic at Tappeto Volante *Opening reception on August 19th
MIST at Helm Contemporary
HOSONO ISLAND at 334 Broome
Her Scent of Mystery at Olfactory Art Keller *5pm - 8pm
Friday, August 15th
Death Cafè at 403 Drama *6pm - 10pm
Kyung Kim and Ruoxin Sun: Leave It Ajar at theBlanc
Farngiz Yusupova: There is Light, There is Shadow at John Street Gallery
Saturday, August 16th
Luke Chueh: Making Light of the Darkness at Harman Projects
Sugar On My Tongue at Parallelogram *4pm - 7pm
Sunday, August 17th
Within New Ground and Fragments Shimmer at Kunstraum
Events
Tuesday, August 12th
Screening of We Were the Scenery followed by a poetry reading and conversation with Cathy Linh Che at Accent Sisters
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Artists at Work: Apichaya Wanthiang in Conversation with Alexandra Foradas at ISCP
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday, August 13th
Book launch and reception for Snakes Have Bones with Julian Adon Alexander at Printed Matter
6pm - 8pm
Thursday, August 14th
RESET / EJECT: Part 1: Reset film screening at Spectacle Theater
7:30pm
Octavia Project Summer Showcase at CARA
6pm
Friday, August 15th
Closing reception of QUICKSAND with performances by James Elam and Coyote Caliente at Frisson
6pm - 9pm
Saturday, August 16th
New York Riviera installation presented by Soft Serve
12pm - 6pm
Sunday, August 17th
Satellite Correspondence, a multi-signal transmission of poetry, performance, film, and sound at Francis Kite Club
7pm
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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