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Today, May 19 2024, 43 Arts Events

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    Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing

    10:00 AM at Whitney Museum of American Art - 99 Gansevoort Street

    Seventy-one visionary artists and collectives will participate in the eighty-first installment of the Whitney Biennial, opening March 20, 2024. Tickets are now on sale and Members will enjoy five days of previews, beginning March 14. The artists... read more

    Occurs 72 more times through Aug 11
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    Trust Me - Photographic Works from the Whitney Collection

    10:30 AM at Whitney Museum of American Art - 99 Gansevoort Street

    Drawn from the Whitney’s collection, Trust Me brings together photographic works that invite shared emotional experience. The artists in the exhibition embrace intuition and indeterminacy as part of their creative process and recognize that vulnerabi... read more

    Occurs 155 more times through Nov 16
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    Harold Cohen: AARON

    10:30 AM at Whitney Museum of American Art - 99 Gansevoort Street

    This exhibition traces the evolution of Harold Cohen’s AARON, the earliest artificial intelligence (AI) program for artmaking. Leaving behind his practice as an established painter in London, Cohen (1928–2016) conceived the software in the late 1960s... read more

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    Futuristic Ancestry: Warping Matter and Space-time(s)

    10:30 AM at Fotografiska New York - 281 Park Ave South

    Through a multi-sensory video experience, biomorphic sculptures, and photomontages printed on plexiglass and aluminum, this exhibition explores the artist’s deep interest and research into African mythology, biological processes, science fiction, and... read more

    Occurs 5 more times through May 24
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    Daniel Arsham: PHASES

    10:30 AM at Fotografiska New York - 281 Park Ave South

    Fotografiska New York presents the first-ever exhibition dedicated to artist Daniel Arsham’s photography practice. Best known for his sculptures and design collaborations with brands including Tiffany & Co and Hot Wheels, Arsham has taken photogr... read more

    Occurs 26 more times through Jun 14
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    Thannhauser Modern Art Collection at the Guggenheim

    11:00 AM at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - 1071 Fifth Avenue

    The Thannhauser Collection, formed by the collector and art dealer Justin K. Thannhauser (1892–1976), introduced to the Guggenheim’s holdings works by such groundbreaking artists as Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, and Vincent van Gogh, and more than thir... read more

    Occurs 181 more times through Nov 16
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    Frederick Kiesler: Vision Machines

    11:00 AM at The Jewish Museum

    This exhibition is a concise yet rich examination of Frederick John Kiesler’s (1890-1965) experimental design practice through the activities of his Laboratory for Design Correlation at Columbia University from the late 1930s to the early 1940s. ... read more

    Occurs 40 more times through Jul 28
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    Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm

    11:00 AM at Brooklyn Museum - 200 Eastern Parkway

    As The Beatles captured the hearts of millions, founding member Paul McCartney captured it all on his Pentax camera. Traveling from the UK to New York—just as “the boys” did six decades ago—Eyes of the Storm takes us inside the frenzy of Beatlemania ... read more

    Occurs 65 more times through Aug 18
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    Museum Spotlight: 200 Years of Learning and Creativity with American Art

    11:00 AM at Brooklyn Museum - 200 Eastern Parkway

    A single artwork can contain a multitude of meanings; an art educator can help us unravel and understand them all. For two centuries, education has been central to the Brooklyn Museum. As we count down to our 200th anniversary celebration this fall, ... read more

    Occurs 52 more times through Aug 18
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    Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo (feat. Takashi Murakami)

    11:00 AM at Brooklyn Museum - 200 Eastern Parkway

    What are the must-see locations in your favorite city? Where do you go when you need a breath of fresh air? What makes certain neighborhoods famous? Join an artist-insider on a tour of nineteenth-century Tokyo (then known as Edo), from lumberyards to... read more

    Occurs 55 more times through Aug 04
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    Nona Faustine: White Shoes

    11:00 AM at Brooklyn Museum - 200 Eastern Parkway

    “What does a Black person look like today in those places where Africans were once sold, a century and a half ago?” asks artist Nona Faustine (born 1977). Using her own body, she interrogates this question in her photographic series White Shoes. More... read more

    Occurs 35 more times through Jul 07
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    In the Now: Gender and Nation in Europe, Selections from the Sir Mark Fehrs

    11:00 AM at Brooklyn Museum - 200 Eastern Parkway

    In the Now unites nearly fifty women artists who are resisting traditional ideas of gender and nationality, as well as of photography itself. The first museum survey of photography-based works by women artists born or based in Europe, this exhibition... read more

    Occurs 35 more times through Jul 07
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    Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

    11:00 AM at Brooklyn Museum - 200 Eastern Parkway

    Gordon Parks. Jean-Michel Basquiat. Lorna Simpson. Kehinde Wiley. Nina Chanel Abney. These names loom large in the past and present of art—as do many others in the collection of musical and cultural icons Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys. E... read more

    Occurs 35 more times through Jul 07
  • May 19
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    The Little Mermaid - Presented by AfterWork Theater

    4:00 PM at Speyer Hall

    In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid, Ariel, longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above.Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney’s The Little Merma... read more

  • May 19
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    Lux Contemporary Presents “Henri’s World” by 16-year-old artist Henri Reed

    5:00 PM at Lux Contemporary

    Lux Contemporary, the newest Chelsea gallery adjacent to Rolls Royce New York, will launch “Henri’s World,” a new solo exhibition by 16-year-old LA-based emerging artist Henri Reed.Henri, who has already created buzz across the country with collector... read more

  • May 19
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    Subway Shark - One Night Only Film Screening

    5:30 PM at Film Noir Cinema

    Subway Shark is a mockumentary about an intrepid young reporter, Sarah McFieldston, who heads down into the NYC subways to interview strangers and investigate the legend of the subway shark. It will be screening theatrically for one night only, and a... read more

  • May 19
    Sun 6:00 PM
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    The Colombian Film Festival New York

    6:00 PM at Quad Cinema

    Experience the Magic of Colombia—No Passport Required! 🌟🇨🇴Join us for an unforgettable journey into the heart of Colombian culture at the Colombian Film Festival in New York! Dive into the vibrant stories, captivating landscapes, and Colombia's sp... read more

  • May 19
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    The Braata Singers: Still Standing

    7:00 PM at 154 on Christopher

    The Braata Singers mark their 15th Anniversary with STILL STANDING, a jubilant Off-Broadway celebration of Caribbean music and folklore. This highly theatrical concert includes a medley of songs by Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff Medley, the Haiti... read more

  • May 19
    Sun 7:30 PM
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    The Billie Presents Lynn Nottage's Fabulation,or the Re-Education of Undine

    7:30 PM at The Billie Holiday Theatre

     The Billie Holiday Theatre, one of the nation’s preeminent arts and culture organizations located in the heart of Bed Stuy, today announced that it will launch its Spring 2024 Season – “RESISTANCE”- with a revival of Fabulation, or The Re-Educa... read more

  • May 19
    Sun 8:00 PM
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    (holy) BLOOD

    8:00 PM at MITU580

    (holy) BLOODMay 16th - May 25th(FOR 10 PERFORMANCES ONLY)This piece is about obsession.Our guilty obsession with a 1989, cult, B-horror film.Our gory obsession with fake blood pyrotechnics.Our sonic obsession with experimental electronic music.Our ho... read more

    Occurs 6 more times through May 25
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