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India: Public Places, Private Spaces in Newark

The Newark Museum may be off the map for some, but there is a show there that features contemporary Indian art that seems interesting and comprehensive. Through Jan 8, 2008. (details below)

Hunter's New MFA Faces

Hunter College MFA Spring 2007
Thesis Exhibition
May 16 - June 16
Opening Reception:
Wednesday May 16, 6 - 8 PM
Times Square Gallery • Hunter College MFA Building  • 450 West 41st Street • between 9th & 10th Avenues
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 1 - 6 PM
212.772.4991   • Please visit the website for images and information:
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/art/MFAThesis_Spring07/index.htm

LIC at Socrates (and vice versa)

Opening Sunday, May 6th, is a new exhibition at the Socrates Sculpture park which features local LIC artists. Take a look at the work of Nicole Tschampel.

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Bayside High Art Show

Bayside High School in Queens is 
holding its annual 
Art Exhibition, 
Imprints, Friday 5/4 7-9pm. 
see the mural unveiling, 
senior portfolio 
competition... a raffle, 
chamber music and 
refreshments are planned. 
$3.00 entry fee. 
http://www.baysidehighschool.org/

Brent Wilson:Journals & Journeys

The Pearl Street Gallery in Brooklyn is exhibiting art educator Brent Wilson's travel notebooks  in a show that reveals a "lifetime's worth of journeys...imaginary and otherwise." He is a model of an art educator curious about the world and restless in his pursuit of experiences to feed art making.  (Mar 3 - Apr 1 ). Reception: March 17. www.pearlstreetgallery.net 

High Times, Hard Times

Remember the joke, "If you can remember the 60s, you weren't there"? Well, just in case that is true Katy Siegel has put together an exhibition at the National Academy of Design called High Times, Hard Times:  New York Paintings 1967-1975. The exhibit presents a wide view of experimental abstract painting in works by 38 diverse artists. There are some great lectures that accompany the show too. (details below) http://www.ici-exhibitions.org.

Altered, Stitched, Gathered

For those of you who are nostaligic for the domestic art of sewing or who live for revisionist twists, PS 1's new show (opening Dec 14 – Jan 22) Altered Stitched, Gathered should be a treat. Details below. Image: Gunilla Klingberg. Mandala Poster / Repeat Pattern. 2006.

Tiny Whitney

Question: What is the Whitney, but not the Whitney...a tiny, corporate, disguised Whitney? Answer: the ATLRIA space across from Grant Central Station, Park at 42nd. In this under-visited museum space, they seem to curate bigger risks. This month "Breakout Spaces" continues to challenge the boundaries between street and high culture. Past breakout lectures have included visits by Vito Acconci, for instance (and if you are curious about whether or not he can still masturbate on demand and for a prolonged period...sorry I can't address that question!) But ... ALTRIA is worth a visit. Upcoming events below.

Cai Guo-Qiang on Roof

Nontransparent Monument (2006) is a work by Cai Guo-Qiang on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum for a few more weeks. (Hurry before the roof closes for the season!) The large low-relief granite carving illustrates major news events post-911. It is fun to guess what the images can be: Disney, International Art Fairs, Dictators, Storms...the catalog explain what the complex interwoven images are. The dead pigeon piece is tasteless and the alligators are dramatic against the park backdrop. Worth a visit beautiful fall day visit.

Kerry Stevens on Beauty

New York-area artist Kerry Stevens is participating in a group show at Headbones Gallery, a Toronto Gallery specializing in drawing. Her large goauche monotone figures are twice removed from life––a small figure in clay is formed, tinted, then  drawings are made from the 3D figure. After the opening, each artist's work stays on file for a year giving visitors access to over 1000 drawings at a time.  From the exhibition description: Beauty & Obsession meet each other in the realms of love & art where an allowance is made for the indiscretion of indulgences. 
Dates: Sep 6 – Oct 9, 2006 • Headbones Gallery, 260 Carlaw Ave. 202B, Toronto