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Next Weekend, May 18 - 19, 78 Arts Events

  • Saturday May 18
  • May 18
    Sat 10:30 AM
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    18 Sat

    Carolina Caycedo: Spiral for Shared Dreams

    10:30 AM at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - 11 West 53rd Street

    How can art draw our attention to models of resistance to environmental threats? For more than a decade, Carolina Caycedo has posed this question through video, performance, and sculpture, investigating the impact of hydroelectric dams and other infr... read more

    Occurs 1 more times through May 19
  • May 18
    Sat 10:30 AM
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    18 Sat

    Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design

    10:30 AM at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - 11 West 53rd Street

    Any act of good design must also be an act of empathy, respect, and responsibility toward all living organisms and ecosystems—as well as future generations. By translating scientific, technological, and social revolutions into objects and behaviors, ... read more

    Occurs 50 more times through Jul 07
  • May 18
    Sat 11:00 AM
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    18 Sat

    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 66 more times through Aug 18
  • May 18
    Sat 11:00 AM
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    18 Sat

    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 56 more times through Aug 04
  • May 18
    Sat 11:00 AM
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    18 Sat

    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 36 more times through Jul 07
  • May 18
    Sat 11:00 AM
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    18 Sat

    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 36 more times through Jul 07
  • May 18
    Sat 11:00 AM
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    18 Sat

    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 36 more times through Jul 07
  • May 18
    Sat 11:00 AM
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    18 Sat

    Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory

    11:00 AM at El Museo del Barrio - 1230 Fifth Ave

    The first retrospective exhibition by the pioneering artist, curator, and theorist. Born in 1943 to a Mexican immigrant family, Mesa-Bains has been a leading figure in Chicanx art for nearly half a century.  Her practice explores intersectional ... read more

    Occurs 49 more times through Aug 11
  • May 18
    Sat 11:00 AM
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    18 Sat

    Cuerpo: Carlos Martiel

    11:00 AM at El Museo del Barrio - 1230 Fifth Ave

    This groundbreaking survey encapsulates Martiel’s performance-based practice of nearly two decades. Employing his body as a primary medium, Martiel utilizes endurance performances in both public and gallery spaces to delve into the complex legacies o... read more

    Occurs 61 more times through Sep 01
  • May 18
    Sat 11:00 AM
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    18 Sat

    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 170 more times through Nov 04
  • May 18
    Sat 12:00 PM
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    18 Sat

    Queens International Children's Festival

    12:00 PM at Jamaica Performing Arts Center

    JCAL's Queens International Children's Festival has returned with free entertainment and activities for the entire family to enjoy. The fun-filled family event brings high-quality arts performances and craft activities to inspire young people and fam... read more

  • May 18
    Sat 1:30 PM
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    18 Sat

    BYENVENI Haitian Flag Day Curatorial Talk with Yvena Despagne & Artists

    1:30 PM at CCCADI Firehouse

    Haitian-American art curator Yvena Despagne will lead a discussion about BYENVENI, The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institution (CCCADI)’s current multimedia exhibition celebrating contemporary Haitian Diasporic art.This exhibition shin... read more

  • May 18
    Sat 3:00 PM
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    18 Sat

    Pleiades Gallery Celebrates 50 Years!

    3:00 PM at Pleiades Gallery

    Pleiades Gallery to Celebrate 50th Anniversary Pleiades Gallery, one of the oldest and most established cooperative galleries in New York City, announces their 50thAnniversary Celebration.  A reception will be held at the gallery on Saturda... read more

  • May 18
    Sat 5:00 PM
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    18 Sat

    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

    Occurs 1 more times through May 19
  • May 18
    Sat 6:00 PM
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    18 Sat

    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

    Occurs 1 more times through May 19
  • May 18
    Sat 7:00 PM
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    18 Sat

    MATA Festival at Fotografiska New York

    7:00 PM at Fotografiska New York - 281 Park Ave South

    MATA presents, supports, and commissions new music by early-career composers at an internationally recognized concert festival each spring in NYC. The organization will return to its Manhattan roots for the 26th annual MATA Festival, presented over t... read more

  • May 18
    Sat 7:00 PM
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    18 Sat

    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

    Occurs 1 more times through May 19
  • May 18
    Sat 7:30 PM
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    18 Sat

    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

    Occurs 1 more times through May 19
  • May 18
    Sat 8:00 PM
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    18 Sat

    (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 7 more times through May 25
  • Sunday May 19
  • May 19
    Sun 9:30 AM
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    By Way Of: Material and Motion in the Guggenheim Collection

    9:30 AM at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - 1071 Fifth Avenue

    One of the most prominent features of art from the late eighteenth century onwards, particularly after World War II, is artists’ tendency to evolve traditional artmaking methods outside the studio’s boundaries. This exhibition will examine the ways i... read more

    Occurs 115 more times through Sep 11
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