Week of October 14
Week of October 14
Patricia Field, Egon Schiele, and other happenings
We love this week: the leaves are starting to try on new colors, cultural spaces are starting to launch seasonal blockbusters (Egon Schiele at the Neue!), and New Yorky people (like Patricia Field) and institutions (like Open House, Electric Literature, and more) are filling the next seven days with more than we know what to do with.
One way to respond? Slow down and opt out. Hear a 5 hour performance of Morton Feldman’s work at Hauser & Wirth on Tuesday, or a 24-hour Ragas performance at Pioneer Works from Saturday into Sunday.
Or: lace up your fall boots and try squeezing it all in (our strategy).
The best of this week:
🆓 = costs $0, 🎨 = art, 🎼 = music, 🎬 = film, 📚= books, 🌳 = nature, 🎭 = performance, 🧠 = extra smart people, 🍸 = drinks available, 🦩 = party/friendly vibe
🔑 Click the venue link under each listing for full event details.
Monday, October 14
Music Mondays presents ModernMedieval Voices, Grand Electric and Alex Sopp
A gift to New Yorkers everywhere: Music Mondays, the organization producing free classical concerts each month in a big, gorgeous church on the Upper West Side. Today’s program “explores the intersection between medieval vocal music and modern chamber music, from the meditative to the ecstatic.” As always, there’s a lil reception after the show so you can meet the crowd, encompassing everyone from young Bach-heads to the coolest elders of Manhattan.
Advent Lutheran Church, Upper West Side
Mon at 7:30p (doors at 6:45p) 🆓 🎼
Tuesday, October 15
In Performance: Morton Feldman’s For Philip Guston
“On the occasion of the exhibition Philip Guston. Room, Sea & Sky,” Hauser & Wirth on 18th Street hosts “a rare performance of Morton Feldman’s ‘For Philip Guston' performed by the renowned artist collective AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company). Composed in 1984, ‘For Philip Guston,’ a nearly five-hour trio, is Morton Feldman’s poignant homage to Guston.”
We’re into Feldman’s experiments in durational music from his later years that demand effort from the performers and audience alike. There’s a kind “we’re in this together” vibe such that by the end, you feel physically and spiritually connected to the music and the people you end up sitting next to for what adds up to more than half of a workday.
Hauser & Wirth on 18th St, Chelsea
Tues from 5-10p 🆓 🎭 🎨 🍸
Stud Country at Brooklyn Bowl
This week’s Stud Country, a queer two-step and line-dancing night at Brooklyn Bowl, is extra special: Super Friend of the List Amy is in town from San Francisco to teach the classes tonight. Wear stompin’ boots and join for any or all of the evening:
6 - 7:30p: Partner Dancing including progressive two-step, west coast swing, country swing, shadow and waltz.
7:30p: Beginner Partner Dance Lesson
8:30p - midnight: Line dance lessons at 8:30pm and 10:30pm. Partner dancing and line dance requests all night.
Brooklyn Bowl, Williamsburg
Tues at 6p-midnight 🦩🍸
Book Launch: Still Life With Remorse by Maira Kalman POWERHOUSE Arena
One of the great illustrators (Maira Kalman) launches her new book at one of the great book event spaces (POWERHOUSE Arena) tonight. Grab tickets ahead of time here: get free entry by pre-purchasing a copy of the book, or reserve your spot for $5 (which you can repurpose toward any purchase in the store).
POWERHOUSE Arena, Dumbo
Tues from 7-9p 📚
Other Tuesday events, briefly noted:
The Arctic and its Visual Representation talk at the Explorer’s Club (Upper East Side and virtual), 6-7p drink reception, 7p talk 🧠🍸
How to Be a Living Poem: a conversation with Maria Popova and poet Marie Howe, lensed through the original manuscripts of William Blake's Auguries of Innocence and Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain!" at The Morgan (Midtown), 6:30-7:30p 📚 🧠
Powerhouse Arts Conversation Series: Art Rackets: World Building, Collaboration, and Badminton at The Loft at PowerHouse Arena (Dumbo), 6:30-8p 🆓 (with RSVP) 🎭 🎨 🍸📚
The clothed model: drawing & painting sessions at Salmagundi Club (Greenwich Village), 6:30 - 9:30p RSVP required 🎨
Power and Storytelling with Margaret Atwood & Min Jin Lee at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space (Upper West Side), 7p 📚 🧠
An Evening with the New York Times’ Op-Docs 2024 at the IFC Center (West Village), 6:30p screening followed by a conversation with the directors 🎬 🧠
Wednesday, October 16
Jazz+Wednesdays at The American Folk Art Museum
Once per month, the American Folk Art Museum makes you long for retirement, offering a free hour of jazz standards and songbook classics for an hour in the afternoon.
The American Folk Art Museum, Upper West Side
Wed from 1-2p 🆓 🎼
Dia’s Artists on Artists Lecture Series: Alan Michelson on Robert Smithson
This is one of the great recurring lecture series. Tonight, multidisciplinary artist Alan Michelson talks about the great sculptor and land artist, Robert Smithson, at Dia Chelsea. The event is free, but register here to reserve a spot.
Dia Chelsea, Chelsea
Wed from 6:30-7:30p 🆓 🎨 🧠
Other Wednesday events, briefly noted:
Miwako Kurashima: * folding cosmos opens at the Noguchi Museum (Astoria), runs through Nov 17 🎨
Betsy Lerner talks about her new novel Shred Sisters with legend Patti Smith and the genius writer Chloé Cooper Jones at Judson Memorial Church (Washington Square Park), 6p doors 📚. Tickets are sold out, but you can get on the waitlist here.
Lynsey Addario talks about her show, RAW, with curator Danny Moynihan at Lyles and King (Two Bridges), 7p 🆓 🎨 🧠 RSVP to gallery@lylesandking.com
Kinship: Redefining Art, Disability, and Interspecies Bonds at Canal Projects (Tribeca), 7-9p 🆓 🎨 🧠
Thursday, October 17
Egon Schiele: Living Landscapes opens at The Neue Galerie
The fall blockbuster art season is upon us. The great Austrian hitmaker Schiele is best known for portraits of people, but he also produced wildly charismatic portraits of places and plants (ie, “landscapes”) which are on display at this show. FYI, there’s an opening night lecture with the curator, Christian Bauer, at 6:30p. Reserve your spot here.
The Neue Galerie, Upper East Side
Thurs from 11a-6p 🎨 (with a curator’s opening night lecture at 6:30p)
Oscar Yi Hou’s The beat of life opening at James Fuentes
Speaking of portraits: we’re psyched to see this new body of work by the young painter, Oscar Yi Hou, at Fuentes’ new(ish) space in Tribeca. We’ll be here tonight; come say hi.
James Fuentes, Tribeca
Thurs from 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Samantha Joy Groff’s Prophecy of the End opening at Nicodim
After you see the show at James Fuentes, hop over to Nicodim a few blocks north to see new paintings by Samantha Joy Groff that investigate “rituals, backwoods exorcisms and prophecies of the end.” The results are a strange mix of spooky, grotesque, and seductive. Nicodim is so good at finding work that strikes that uncanny balance.
Nicodim, Soho
Thurs from 6-8p 🆓 🎨
Other Thursday events, briefly noted:
Fall Plant Sale at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden (Crown Heights), 10a-6p 🌳
Open House New York Launch Party at United Palace (Washington Heights), 6-9p 🎨🦩
Rizzoli at 60: Multidisciplinary artist Laurie Anderson and writer and translator Jhumpa Lahiri have a freewheeling conversation about inspiration, collaboration, and how they make art, in celebration of Rizzoli’s 60th anniversary Laurie at Rizzoli Bookstore (Nomad), tickets required, 6p 📚
October Book Club with Carey Russell: An Introduction to A Sand County Almanac (a classic of nature writing) by Aldo Leopold presented by The Society for Ethical Culture (Online), 7-8:30p 🆓 📚
Friday, October 18
Open House New York Weekend kicks off
Open House New York Weekend is the glorious annual festival “that opens 270+ places across the five boroughs for behind-the-scenes tours and special access at skyscrapers, power plants, artist studios, and everything in between.”
Access two types of events: Open Access (no tickets required, just check open/close times), and Ticketed (tickets required for timed entry.) This Gothamist article breaks down some of the best spots. We tend toward tours of mansions with big gardens for a free shot of nature, like the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in Pelham Bay Park.
Across the city, various times and locations
Fri at various times 🎨 (runs through Sunday)
Anohni and the Johnsons at BAM
When we think about living musical legends, Anohni is toward the top of the list. You may know her from her work as Anthony and the Johnsons, who made a splash in the early 2000’s and released several acclaimed albums. Then Anohni transitioned into herself and embarked on a brief solo career, dropping the sublime solo record Hopelessness in 2016. She reunited with the Johnsons band last year to release My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross and just like that: Anohni and the Johnsons are a band again.
They’re playing two nights at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House (their first live shows in a decade) and, as of the time of this publication, tickets are still available across both nights. We just got a nosebleed seat for Saturday and couldn’t be happier with the purchase.
Howard Gilman Opera House at BAM, Fort Greene
Fri at 8p 🎼 (also Sat at 8p)
An evening with the Modigliani Quartet at The Morgan
We love hearing classical music at the Morgan because it feels timeless (and because we feel extremely interesting and young around the chic, mostly elder patrons). The acclaimed Paris-based Modigliani Quartet presents an evening of chamber music featuring classic works from Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Turina.
The Morgan, Midtown
Fri from 6:30-8:30p 🎼 🎨
Electric Literature's Masquerade of the NEON Death
Our friends at Electric Literature, the lovely nonprofit publisher, are throwing a big party at Littlefield for their most important fundraiser of the year. Celebrating their 15th anniversary, grab a ticket to join hosts and EL editors and authors for a night of drinks and dancing. Get tickets for the VIP cocktail hour from 7-8p “which includes mingling with the hosts, specialty cocktails, and appetizers courtesy of Parklife” or a general admission ticket to get complimentary drinks from 8-10p.
Littlefield, Gowanus
Fri, VIP hour from 7-8p, general party from 8-11p 📚 🍸 🦩
Saturday, October 19
Gowanus Open Studios kicks off today
We love Gowanus Open Studios weekend, which gives you access to creep around the studio spaces of over 400 artists. Expect drinks, fun, new friends, art that’s good enough, and art that’s sublimely genius. It runs all day Saturday and Sunday. Read more here.
A lil plug for our friend Andrew Boos, a great textile artist who works out of Gowanus. Although not officially participating in the open studios, get in touch and set up a studio visit if you’re in the market for the prettiest works you’ve ever seen or touched.
Across Gowanus
Sat 1-6p 🆓 🎨 (also Sunday)
The grand opening of Patricia Field’s new boutique
One of the New Yorkiest New Yorkers is making a splash on Saturday. Patricia Field, the brilliant designer/stylist octogenarian, opens her latest boutique at 211 East Broadway this afternoon. RSVP to events@patriciafield.com to guarantee a spot, and come ready to shop and have a free drink. It’ll be a scene.
211 East Broadway, Two Bridges
Sat from 12-7p 🆓 🍸
Ragas Live Festival 2024
The annual 24-hour durational performance of meditative music kicks off at Pioneer Works. You can pop in and out, staying for as brief or long as you’d like, throughout the performance.
Pioneer Works, Red Hook
Sat at 6p doors, 7p show (runs 24 hours) 🎼
The Jason Rhoades Variety Show at Hauser & Wirth
This is your last day to see Rhoades’ Drive II show at Hauser & Wirth on 22nd St.
Meanwhile at the 18th Street location from 3-5p, catch a variety show with special guests including “performer Morgan Bassichis, artist Alex Da Corte, curator Dr. Adrienne Edwards and art historian David Lewis, alongside exhibition curator Ingrid Schaffner. The show will take place in the amphitheater at the gallery’s 18th Street location in Chelsea. The Variety Show will consist of short, snappy presentations on Rhoades-adjacent topics.”
Hauser & Wirth 18th St, Chelsea
Sat from 3-5p 🆓 🎨
Cult of Domesticity opens at LUmkA
The Cult of Domesticity is “a group presentation showcasing the work of Ilayda Çelik, Ruby Chen, Nereida Patricia, Sophia Nuñez, and Eden Taff….[T]he exhibition, installed site-specifically to a bedroom, is accessible only by appointment.” Nothing like constraints to make us interested. Drop a line to info@lumka.com to schedule an appointment.
LUmkA, Two Bridges
Opens Sat by appointment only 🆓 🎨
Last call for these art shows closing today:
Melissa Stern’s A Leg to Stand On at DIMIN (Tribeca), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨 (meet the artist and learn about her process at the gallery on Thursday 10/17 from 5-7p)
Stephen Thorpe’s Dream house at DIMIN (Tribeca), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Maris Van Vlack’s Time Warp at Superhouse (Chinatown), 12-6p 🆓 🎨
Iria Leino: 1968–1970 at Harper’s (Chelsea), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Leslie Baum’s a garden in a vase, echoes at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery’s Project Space (Tribeca), 11a-6p 🆓 🎨
Teresa Baker’s Mapping the Territory at Broadway Gallery (Tribeca), 11a-7p 🆓 🎨
Abbey Williams’ Natural Sound at The Project Room of Broadway Gallery (Tribeca), 11a-7p 🆓 🎨
Alexandre Lenoir’s Between dogs and wolves at Almine Rech (Tribeca), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Anna Plesset’s American Paradise at Jack Barrett (Tribeca), 11a-6p 🆓 🎨
Élise LaFontaine’s Les Vagues at Jack Barrett (Tribeca), 11a-6p 🆓 🎨
Suzanne Jackson’s light and paper at Ortuzar Projects (Tribeca), 11a-6p 🆓 🎨
Jason Rhoades’ Drive II at Hauser & Wirth on 22nd St (Chelsea), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Leon Golub Et in Arcadia ego conceived by Rashid Johnson at Hauser & Wirth on 22nd St (Chelsea), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Christian Marclay’s Subtitled at Paula Cooper Gallery (Chelsea), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Thomas Houseago: Night Sea Journey at Lévy Gorvy Dayan (Upper East Side), 10a-6p 🆓 🎨
Nan Goldin’s remarkable You Never Did Anything Wrong at Gagosian on 21st St (Chelsea), 11a-6p 🆓 🎨
Sunday, October 20
Great Trees of Green-Wood walking tour
It’s the best time of year for Green-Wood’s 8,000+ trees to show off their autumn looks. Join a walking tour (or go on your own) to see ‘em in all their glory. We recently learned that Green-Wood Cemetery is one of just 46 sites in the world accredited as a Level III Arboretum. Those dead people are lucky, and so are we.
Green-Wood Cemetery, Greenwood Heights
Sun from 2-3:30p 🌳
Other Sunday events, briefly noted:
Birding in Peace at Greenwood Cemetery (Greenwood Heights), 7:15a 🌳
Last day to see Walton Ford’s Birds and Beasts of the Studio at the Morgan (Midtown), 10:30a-5p 🎨
Last day to see Christine Tien Wang’s CryptoFIRE Degen at The Hole (Bowery), 11a-6p 🆓 🎨
Rizzoli at 60: Rizzoli Music Aperitivo Presents Tredici Bacci at Rizzoli Bookstore (Nomad), 5p 📚
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