In this week's 5 Things To Do in NYC column, we've put together a list of must-see art and cultural events taking place through November 8, 2016. Expect to find New York Print Week, performances, a book launch and a symposium on women in the arts. Read on to discover our picks for events in NYC through November 8, 2016.
1. New York Print Week 2016
New York Print Week will be held from October 31 through November 6, 2016. For the full schedule of lectures, exhibitions, demonstrations, gallery talks, and openings on printmaking, click here.
The International Art Fair for Prints & Editions runs from Thursday, November 3 to Sunday, November 6, 2016 at the Park Avenue Armory. An Opening Night Preview will be held on Wednesday, November 2 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $85 and will benefit The IFPDA Foundation.
Expect to find a diverse range of periods and specialties represented by the IFPDA’s (International Fine Print Dealers Association) exhibiting members, known for its rare and exceptional prints, works can be found in all price ranges, including exciting new projects from today’s leading and emerging artists.
Hours: Thursday, November 3 to Saturday, November 5; noon to 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 6; noon to 6 p.m. Daily tickets are $20 and run-of-show tickets are $40. The Park Avenue Armory is located at 643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065. www.ifpda.org.
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The Editions/Artist’s Book Fair runs from Thursday, November 3 to Sunday, November 6, 2016 at The Tunnel in Chelsea. A First View Opening will be held on Thursday, November 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $25.
This year’s Fair will gather over 40 exhibitors from around the US, Europe, and South Africa showing their latest publications. E/AB Fair focuses on new and contemporary prints, multiples, and artists’ books. Renowned for its cultivation of an international community of publishers, E/AB Fair helps to provide a platform for their growth in the art market.
Hours: Friday, November 4 and Saturday, November 5; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, November 6; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is FREE. The Tunnel is located at 269 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011. www.eabfair.org.
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The Editions/Artist’s Book Fair 2015. Photo courtesy of The Editions/Artist’s Book Fair.
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2. Gina Gibney: Folding In Performance
Gibney Dance Company presents the premiere of “Folding In” by Gina Gibney, performances will be held November 2 through 12, 2016 at Gibney Dance. An Opening Night Celebration will be held on Wednesday, November 2 at 7 p.m. Performances will be held Thursday, November 3 to Saturday, November 5, Thursday, November 10 to Friday, November 11 at 8 p.m., and on Saturday, November 12 at 5 p.m. A Closing Night Celebration will be held on Saturday, November 12 at 7 p.m.
“Folding In” is a meditation on the cycle of extension, resolution, and return. The work exposes the natural state of the body and how it seeks inevitable but unknowable endings. Gina Gibney and her company of collaborators seek to learn about and find one another through the process of developing the work. The performances features a score by Icelandic cellist and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, lighting by Asami Morita, costumes by Felicity Sargent, and is performed by Gibney Dance Company: Nigel Campbell, Kassandra Cruz, Amy Miller, Devin Oshiro, and Brandon Welch.
Tickets are $15 - $20 for general admission. Opening and Closing Night Celebration tickets are $150 each. Gibney Dance is located at Studio C at 280 Broadway, New York, NY 10007. www.gibneydance.org.
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"Folding In" by Gibney Dance Company. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. Courtesy of Gibney Dance Company.
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3. Book Launch & Reading
Printed Matter, Inc. presents “Openings: A Memoir from the Women’s Art Movement, New York City 1970-1992,” Book Launch and Reading on Thursday, November 3, 2016 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Artist, writer and activist Sabra Moore reads from and discusses her new book “Openings: A Memoir from the Women’s Art Movement.” The book is a memoir that chronicles twenty-two years of her life and interactions with other women artists, finding ways to create politically and personally meaningful artworks, exhibitions, protests, and institutions in response to war, government corruption, struggles for reproductive freedom, and racial tension – all while fighting for greater representation and opportunities for women in the art world.
Printed Matter, Inc. is located at 231 11th Ave, New York, NY 10001. www.printedmatter.org.
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4. The New York Times Feminist Reading Group
Whitney Museum of American Art presents “The New York Times Feminist Reading Group” on Saturday, November 5, 2016 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The event will take place on floor three, Laurie M. Tisch Education Center, Hearst Artspace.
On the occasion of the historic 2016 U.S. presidential election, artists Jen Kennedy and Liz Linden perform their ongoing project “The New York Times Feminist Reading Group,” which is dedicated to reading the day’s issue of The New York Times from a feminist perspective. This project combines different models of feminist gatherings, including consciousness-raising groups of the 1960s and 70s activism, academic seminar formats, and socially oriented book-clubs most often convened in the hosts’ domestic spaces. Because current events are a fluid and changing subject matter, each performance differs dramatically, shaped as well by the political positions of the participants in the room.
Free with museum admission. Whitney Museum is located at 99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014. www.whitney.org.
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5. Bread and Roses: A Dinner-Symposium on Women and the Arts at MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 presents “Bread and Roses: A Dinner-Symposium on Women and the Arts” on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.
“Bread and Roses” brings together a multigenerational mix of female-identifying artists, writers, and others to exchange ideas about women in the arts over food and drink. Hosted by MoMA PS1 with Negar Azimi, Pati Hertling, Mina Stone and Anicka Yi, the event features a dinner provided by Lil’ Deb’s Oasis, and toasts from Hannah Black, Justin Vivian Bond, Kimberly Drew, Eileen Myles, Alice Waters and others. Drawing upon the Hellenic custom of the symposium (from the Greek sympinein “to drink together”) in which the ancients gathered amid feast, song, and dance to discourse on philosophical questions, this program combines serious discussion with celebration—out of the belief that debate, collectivity, and activism are produced by mind and body alike.
Tickets are $35 and $32 for museum members. MoMA PS1 is located at 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101. www.momaps1.org.
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