Openings of the Week

Alright, it’s the beginning of the new art season and this week is going to be a busy one. Enjoy it, the art world really comes to life this week. Art show openings September 9-12.

Openings

Thursday 9/9

Antonia Guzman: COLOR + COLOR @ Consulate General of Argentina, 12 W 56th St., 6-8 pm, www.bettinawest.com

*Tribble & Mancenido: Hurry Up & Wait @ Sasha Wolf Gallery, 548 W 28th St., 2nd floor, 6-8 pm, www.sashawolf.com

Gabriel Hartley @ Foxy Production, 623 W 27th St., ground floor, 6-8 pm, www.foxyproduction.com

Joshua Marsh: Ten Things @ Jeff Bailey Gallery, 625 W 27th St., 6-8 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Jean-Pierre Roy: A Rational Spectacle @ Rare, 547 W 27th St., suite 514, 6-9 pm, www.rare-gallery.com

Irina Davisz: Nice Girls @ Sputnik Gallery, 547 W 27th St., No. 518, 6-8 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Sarah Peters: “Appeal to Heaven” @ Winkleman Gallery, 621 W 27th St., 6-8 pm, winkleman.com

*Group Show: Used Books; Curatorial Research Lab @ Winkleman Gallery, 621 W 27th St., 6-8 pm, crl.winkleman.com

Zsolt Bodoni @ Ana Cristea Gallery, 521 W 26th St., 6-8 pm, www.anacristeagallery.com

Lori Field: The Sky is Falling @ Claire Oliver Gallery, 513 W 26th St., 6-8 pm, www.claireoliver.com

Rob Swainston: Propositions @ David Krut Projects, 526 W 26th St., 8th floor, 6-8 pm, www.davidkrut.com

Alejandro Almanza Pereda: The heaviest luggage for the traveler is the empty one @ Magnan Metz Gallery, 521 W 26th St., 6-8 pm, www.magnanmetz.com

Joseph Zito: Not Even the Saints Can Help @ Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., 514 W 25th St., 6-8:30 pm, www.thomaserben.com

Christopher Bucklow @ Danziger Projects, 534 W 24th St., 6-8 pm, lennonweinberg.com

Group Show: The Space Between Reference and Regret @ Friedrich Petzel Gallery, 537 W 22nd St., 6-8 pm, www.petzel.com

Keith Edmier and Allan McCollum: Stop Motion @ Friedrich Petzel Gallery, 535 West 22nd St., 6-8 pm, www.petzel.com

Kwon Kisoo @ Flowers Gallery, 529 W 20th St., 3E, 6-8 pm, www.flowersgalleries.com

Group Show: The Interrupted Image @ Nicholas Robinson Gallery, 535 W 20th St., 6-8 pm, www.nrgallery.com

*Rachel Owens: Props @ ZieherSmith, 516 W 20th St., 6-8 pm, www.ziehersmith.com

Tim Roda: Games of Antiquities @ Gasser Grunert, 524 W 19th St., 6-8 pm, gassergrunert.net

Santiago Sierra: Los Penetrados @ Team Gallery, 83 Grand St. (b/t Wooster and Greene), 6-8 pm, www.teamgal.com

*Michael Zelehoski: Object Hood @ Christina Ray, 30 Grand St., ground floor, 7-9 pm, www.christinaray.com

OLEK: Knitting is for Pus**** @ Christopher Henry Gallery, 127 Elizabeth St. (at Broome), 6-9 pm, www.christopherhenrygallery.com

Andra Ursuta: The Management of Barbarism @ Ramiken Crucible, 221 E Broadway (at Clinton St.), 6-9 pm, www.ramikencrucible.com

Group Show: Material Issue and Other Matter @ Canada, 55 Chrystie St. (b/t Hester and Canal), 6:30-8:30 pm, www.canadanewyork.com

Hans Wolf @ The Beast, 638 Bergen St., Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, www.facebook.com/event

Friday 9/10

The Exquisite Landscape: A Transcript of Sight @ International Center of Photography Education Gallery, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 6-8 pm, www.icp.org

Laurent Grasso: SoundFossil @ Sean Kelly Gallery, 528 W 29th St., 6-8 pm, www.skny.com

*Group Show:The Business of Aura @ Elga Wimmer, 526 W 26th St., 3rd floor, 6-8 pm, www.elgawimmer.com

*Angelo Filomeno: The marquis and a bearded dominatrix with a cake in the oven @ Galerie LeLong, 528 W 26th St., 6-8 pm, www.galerie-lelong.com

*Jennifer Steinkamp @ Lehmann Maupin, 540 W 26th St., 6-8 pm, www.lehmannmaupin.com

Roy Lichtenstein: Reflected @ Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 534 W 26th St., 6-8 pm, www.miandn.com

Scott Kiernan: CMIKB; Mark Mulroney: Really Creative Pictures @ Mixed Greens, Glow Room Project Space, 531 W 26th St., 6-8 pm, www.mixedgreens.com

Kenneth Brown: Interior Situations @ Reaves Gallery, 526 W 26th St., Suite 503, 6-9 pm, www.reavesgallery.com

*Haruto Robert Imamura: L’ Ange Noir @ Fischbach Gallery, 210 Eleventh Ave (at 25th St.), 5-7 pm, www.fiscbachgallery.com

Sandow Birk: American Qur’an @ PPOW Gallery, 511 W 25th St., Room 301, 6-8 pm, ppowgallery.com

Liao Yibai: Real Fake @ ATM Gallery, 542 W 24th St.; and Mike Weiss Gallery, 520 W 24th St., 6-8 pm, www.atmgallery.com

*Christopher Bucklow @ Danziger Projects, 534 W 24th St., 6-8 pm, www.danzigerprojects.com

Justin Craun: Anguish @ Fredericks & Freiser, 536 W 24th St., 6-8 pm, www.fredericksfreisergallery.com

Pipilotti Rist: Heroes Of Birth @ Luhring Augustine Gallery, 531 W 24th St., 6-8 pm, www.luhringaugustine.com

Paco Pomet: Montaigne’s Nightmare @ Monya Rowe Gallery, 504 W 22nd St., 2nd floor, 6-8 pm, monyarowegallery.com

Janaina Tschape: Acqua Alta @ Sikkema Jenkins & Co., 530 W 22nd St., 6-8 pm, www.sikkemajenkinsco.com

Adam Bateman: IN A DRY YEAR @ hpgrp gallery, 529 W 20th St., #2W, 6-8 pm, www.hpgrpgallery.com

Arlene Shechet, The Sound Of It @ Jack Shainman Gallery, 513 W 20th St., 6-8 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

*Chris Verene: Family @ Postmasters Gallery, 459 W 19th St., 6-8 pm, www.postmastersart.com

Alex Hubbard: Death Never Sleeps; and Sean Raspet: As If Written In @ The Kitchen, 512 W 19th St., 6-8 pm, www.thekitchen.org

Be Black Baby: A House Party Presents Michael Jackson 2004 @ Recess, 41 Grand St., 6-12 am, recessart.org

Claudia Wieser: Poems of the Right Angle and Gerhard Richter: Lines which do not exist @ The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster St., 6-8 pm, www.drawingcenter.org

Brian Montuori: Cold Sweat @ Allegra LaViola Gallery, 179 E Broadway, 6-9 pm, www.allegralaviola.com

Bob Flanagan, Sheree Rose, Jana Leo and Hannah Wilke: Mine @ Invisible-Exports, 14A Orchard St., invisible-exports.com

Derek Henderson: Mercy Mercer @ Jen Bekman Gallery, 6 Spring St. (b/t Elizabeth St. and Bowery), 6-8 pm, www.jenbekman.com

Rachel Stokoe: This Ain’t No Shangri-La @ NY Studio Gallery, 154 Stanton St., 7-9 pm, www.nystudiogallery.com

Group Show: FIT @ allan nederpelt, 60 Freeman St., Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, www.allannederpelt.com

What Art Can Do @ Art 101, 101 Grand St., Brooklyn, 6-8 pm, www.art101brooklyn.com

Gina Dawson, Eric Doeringer, Todd Kelly, and Matthew Langland: Crowd Scene @ Camel Art Space, 722 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, camelartspace.com

Exploring 100 Years of Figurative Art @ FigureWorks, 168 North 6th St., Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, www.figureworks.com

Stephen Mallon: Next Stop Atlantic @ Front Room Gallery, 147 Roebling St., Brooklyn, 7-9 pm, www.frontroom.org

*Lauriston Avery:Invisible Moon @ Hogar Collection, 362 Grand St., Brooklyn, 6:30-9:30 pm, www.hogarcollection.com

Group Show: Rhyme, Not Reason @ Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, 205 Norman Ave, Brooklyn, 7-9 pm, www.janetkurnatowskigallery.com

George Underwood: Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough to Pretend @ K&K, 109 Broadway, Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, kkbroadway.com

*Group Show: Duck and Decorated Shed @ NURTUREart Non-Profit, Inc., 910 Grand St., 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, 7-9 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

David Scher: regular is best @ Pierogi, 177 N 9th St., Brooklyn, 7-9 pm, www.pierogi2000.com

William Lamson: A Line Describing the Sun @ The Boiler, Pierogi, 191 N 14th St., Brooklyn, 7-9 pm, www.pierogi2000.com

Saturday 9/11

An Unearthly Child by Allyson Mellberg @ Cinders Gallery, 103 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, blog.cindersgallery.com

*recommended

Openings of the Week

Art show openings and events, August 26-29.

Events

*Convergence NYC @ The 69th Fighting Regiments Armory, 68 Lexington Ave (at 25th St.), Friday 8/26 9 am-1 am, Saturday 8/27 9 am-1 pm, Sunday 8/28 9 am-5 pm, convergencenyc.wordpress.com

Openings

Thursday 8/26

*Group Show: Contemporary Indian Art Show @ A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, 24 W 57th St., 6-8 pm., www.artslant.com/ny/events

Group Show: PRIVATE @ Skylight Gallery, 538 W 29th St., 2nd floor, 6-9 pm, skylightgallerynyc.com

*Group Show: Maria Creyts / Mariaurora @ Lyons Wier Gallery, 175 Seventh Ave (@20th St.), 6-9 pm, www.lyonswiergallery.com

James Holland: Sky Lines @ Envoy Enterprises, 131 Chrystie St., 6-8 pm, www.envoyenterprises.com

Group Show: New Americana @ Bond Street Gallery, 235 Bond Street, Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, www.bondstgallery.com

Friday 8/27

Studio Residency for New York City Arts Workers @ EFA Project Space, 323 W 39th St., 2nd floor, 6:30-9 pm, www.efanyc.org

*Audra Wolowiec: Market @ Chashama 266 Gallery, 266 W 37th St., 6-9 pm, www.chashama.org

Nina Katchadourian: Studio On The Street – What I Did This Summer (Open Studio Weekend) @ FOREVER & TODAY, INC., 141 Division St., ground floor, 6-8 pm, www.foreverandtoday.org

Julie West: Itsy Bitsy @ My Plastic Heart, 210 Forsyth St., 6-9 pm, www.myplasticheartnyc.com

5th Annual ARTcamp Studio Residency Program @ NY Studio Gallery, 154 Stanton St., 7-10 pm, www.nystudiogallery.com

Group Show: The Art of Handcrafting Jewelry @ LILOVEVE Gallery, 457 Grand St., Brooklyn, 5-9 pm, www.liloveve.com

Eddie Ochoa: Amalgamations @ Pandemic Gallery, 37 Broadway, Brooklyn, 7-11 pm, www.pandemicgallery.com

Group Show: String Theory @ STOREFRONT, 16 Wilson Ave, ground floor, Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, www.storefrontbk.com

Saturday 8/28

WET! @ McCarren Park (Lorimer and Driggs Ave), Brooklyn, 11-6 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Davyd Whaley: Anima Speaks @ Brooklyn Artists Gym, 168 7th St., 3rd floor, Brooklyn, 6-8 pm, www.brooklynartistsgym.com

*recommended

Openings of the Week

Art show openings, August 19-21.

Openings

Thursday 8/19

*Parris Jaru: New Works 2010 @ MIDOMA, 545 8th Ave, Suite 750, 6-8 pm, www.midoma.com

*Lacey Kim: DIALOGUE OF SILENCE @ Chelsea West Gallery, 547 W 27th St., 3rd floor, #307, 6-8 pm, www.chelseawestgallery.com

*”Closed for Installation” 303 Gallery Staff Group Show: Past and Present @ 303 Gallery, 547 W 21st St., 5-7:30 pm, www.303gallery.com

Group Show: G2 @ Avenue A Restaurant, 103 Ave A (b/t 6th and 7th st.), 7-11 pm, www.facebook.com/event

Group Show: The Business of Aura @ Broadway Gallery, 473 Broadway, 7th floor, 6-8 pm, www.broadwaygallerynyc.com

*Group Show: Project Birch Forest – Part II @ White Box, 329 Broome St., 7-9 pm, www.whiteboxny.org

Friday 8/20

*Group Show: The August Art Bazaar @ Lyons Wier Gallery, 175 Seventh Ave (at 20th St.), 6-9 pm, lyonswiergallery.com

Friese Undine: Substructure Superstructure @ Observatory, 543 Union St., Brooklyn, 9:30-11:30 pm, observatoryroom.org

Group Show: Play America (life is short, wear your party pants) @ Saint Cecilia Convent, 21 Monitor St., Brooklyn, 7-11 pm, www.artslant.com/ny/events

Saturday 8/21

*Group Show: New Paintings pop-up exhibition @ Staley-Wise, 560 Broadway, Suite 305, 6-8 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Stefan Raasch, Robert leBiez, Cecilia Flaten, Micci Cohan, Graciela Cassel, Michel Beaucage, Carlos Aquilino and Nabeela Al-Khayer.: Summer in SoHo @ Ward-Nasse Gallery, 178 Prince St., 6-8 pm, www.artslant.com/ny/events

Group Show: On the Grid @ Camel Art Space, 722 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, camelartspace.com

Miguel Cordera: SNAPSHOT #1 @ Eyelevel BQE, 364 Leonard St. (at Withers), Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, eyelevelgallery.arloartists.com

*recommended

Openings of the Week

Art show openings, August 12-15.

Openings

Thursday 8/12

Group Show: Younger Than Moses: Idle Worship @ Benrimon Contemporary, 514 W 24th St., 2nd floor, 6-9 pm, www.bcontemporary.com

*Gregory Costanzo: Desperate Housewives/Private Moments @ Chair and the Maiden Gallery, 19 Christopher St., 6-8 pm, www.chairandthemaiden.com

Sonny Smith: 100 Records @ Cinders Gallery, 103 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, blog.cindersgallery.com

Friday 8/13

Joseph Beuys and David Kastner: Distraction @ ICO Gallery, 606 W 26th St., 8-10 pm, www.icogallery.com

Group Show: Cannonball Press @ 99% Gallery, 99 N 10th St., Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, ninetyninegallery.com

Group Show: Drifting Away: Summer Group Exhibition @ Like The Spice Gallery, 224 Roebling St., Brooklyn, 6:30-10 pm, www.likethespice.com

Saturday 8/14

Summer Group Exhibition @ Joshua Liner Gallery, 548 W. 28th Street, 3rd floor, 6-9 pm, joshualinergallery.com

Group Show: Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Art & Law Residency Exhibition @ Maccarone, 630 Greenwich St., 6-8 pm, www.vlany.org

Group Show: Eight Artists: From The AAAC Archive @ Cuchifritos, 120 Essex St., (b/t Delancey and Rivington: inside the Essex St. Food Market at the South end of the building), 4-6:30 pm, www.aai-nyc.org

*recommended

Openings of the Week

Art show openings August 5-8.

Openings

Thursday 8/5

Bowery Gallery 18th National Juried Exhibition @ Bowery Gallery
530 W 25 St., 4th floor, 5-8 pm, www.bowerygallery.org

Jack Toolin: Perfect View @ Chelsea Art Museum, 556 W 22nd St., 6-8 pm, www.chelseaartmuseum.org

Jessee Egan: Mental Objects @ Michael Mut Gallery, 97 Ave C (b/t 6th and 7th), 6-9 pm, www.michaelmutgallery.com

Group Show: LONDON BIENNALE NYC SATELLITE EVENT @ Christopher Henry Gallery, 127 Elizabeth St., 6-9 pm, www.christopherhenrygallery.com

Group Show: __Tension @ Christina Ray, 30 Grand St., ground floor, 7-9 pm, www.christinaray.com

*Beth Livensperger: Visible Storage @ Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St., 6-8 pm, www.henrystreet.org

Kal Spelletich: Cosmicism and Contemporary Forestry from Northern California @ Jack Hanley Gallery, 136 Watts St., 6-9 pm, jackhanley.com

Artsrun Apresyan, Tigran Asatryan, David David Arthur Hovhannisyan, Armen Vahramyan: Contemporary Armenian Art @ Fez Art Cafe, 240 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, www.fezartcafe.com

Friday 8/6

Open Studio: MFA Photography and Related Media @ Parsons The New School for Design, 25 E 13th St., 5th floor, 6-8 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Group Show: On Display @ STOREFRONT, 16 Wilson Ave, ground floor, Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, www.storefrontbk.com

Group Show: LIVING with Other People @ Engine 212 Firehouse. Williamsburg, 134 Wythe Ave, (b/t N 8th & N 9th St.) Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, www.alivingcompany.com

Saturday 8/7

*Group Show: AMPLIFIED PHOTOGRAPHIES @ Badcat Mobile, 223 W 10th St., 6-9 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Julian Dashper: It is Life @ MINUS SPACE, 98 4th St., Brooklyn, 3-6 pm, www.minusspace.com

Group Show: Tunneling @ Famous Accountants, 1673 Gates Ave, Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, famousaccountants.wordpress.com

*Michael Zachary and S. Billie Mandle: New Work @ Fountain Studios, 604 Grand Ave, Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, fountainstudiosny.com

*Henry Chung: Identity/Anonymity @ Screwball Spaces, 183 Lorraine St., 3rd floor, Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Sunday 8/8

Ann Rosen: Brooklyn Portraits @ FiveMyles, 558 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, 4-7 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

*recommended

Openings of the Week

Art show openings for July 29-August 1.

Openings

Thursday 7/29

Okay Mountain collective: Benefit Plate @ Freight + Volume, 542 W 24th St., 6-8 pm, www.freightandvolume.com

Group Show: Persistence of Vision Part II: SPECULATIVE TOPOGROPHIES @ Badcat Mobile, 223 W 10th St., 6-9 pm, www.badcat-salon.com

*Melanie J. Moczarski: Unlikely Light @ Y Gallery, 355A Bowery (basement), 7-10 pm, www.ygallerynewyork.com

Group Show: Circus Gold Presents: Neighborhood Watch @ Live With Animals, 210 Kent Avenue (corner of Metropolitan), Brooklyn, 6-11 pm, www.livewithanimals.org

*Amanda Wojick: 12 Collages @ Gridspace, 122 Rogers Ave, Brooklyn, 7-9 pm, gridspace.org

Rebecca Sherman: BHEKI; Angel Jackson: IN STITCHES; LOVE and afFUNCTION @ Brooklyn Kingdom, 170 N 4th St., Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, www.brooklynkingdom.com

Friday 7/30

2010 Recipients of the Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Workshop Fellowship @ National Academy School of Fine Arts, 5 East 89th St., 5-7 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Arielle Falk: Lego My Ego @ LZ Project Space, 164 Suffolk St., 7-9 pm, lzprojectspace.blogspot.com

Rohby, Phu!: Chapter One : The Confrontation @ myplasticheart nyc, 210 Forsyth St., 6-9 pm, www.myplasticheartnyc.com

*Group Show: Summer Projects Party @ Marian Spore, 55 33rd St., 4th floor, Brooklyn, 8-10 pm, marianspore.com

Saturday 7/31

Nu Ryu, Bruce Waldman, Marshall Arisman, and Frances Jetter: Dark Visions: A Collection of Printmaking From New York @ Sacred Gallery, 424 Broadway , 2nd floor, 7-11 pm, www.sacredgallerynyc.com

Don Pablo Pedro: Fuck Don Pablo Pedro @ Pandemic Gallery, 37 Broadway, Brooklyn, 7-11 pm, pandemicgallery.blogspot.com

Sunday 8/1

no openings

*recommended

Openings of the Week

Okay, I’m back and here are the art openings and art events for July 22-25.

Art Events

*”NO Biting!” Art show @ 320 W 37th St., 14th floor, Thursday, July 22, 6 pm-2 am, Friday, July 23, 11 am-midnight, www.facebook.com/event

*Midsummer Art Bazaar @ Lyons Wier Gallery, 175 Seventh Ave (@20th St.), Friday, July 23rd, 11 am-9 pm, opening reception 6 pm-9 pm; Saturday, July 24th, 11 am-8 pm; Sunday, July 25th, 12 pm-8 pm, www.facebook.com/event

Openings

Thursday 7/22

Group Show: New Creative Constructs @ Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 547 W. 27th St., 6-8 pm, www.sundaramtagore.com

Group Show: 15th Annual Juried Exhibition with Juror PHONG BUI @ SOHO20 Gallery Chelsea, 547 W 27th St., Suite 301, 6-8 pm, www.soho20gallery.com

Raúl Martínez: Eagerly Awaiting @ Magnan Metz Gallery, 521 W 26th St., 6-7 pm, www.magnanmetz.com

Group Show: TWELVE @ Noho Gallery in Chelsea, 530 W 25th St., 4th floor, 6-8 pm, nohogallery.com

Open Portfolio New York @ Chelsea Art Museum, 556 W 22nd St., 5-8 pm, www.chelseaartmuseum.org

*Group Show: Young Curators, New Ideas III @ PPOW Gallery, 511 W 25th St., Room 301, 6-8 pm, ppowgallery.com

*Seamus Mulholland: Sketches of a Wicket for Gravity @ Chair and the Maiden Gallery, 19 Christopher St. (b/t 6th & 7th Ave), 6-8 pm, www.chairandthemaiden.com

Danielle Thillet: Feels Like Home @ Fringe Salon, 248 Broome St., 8-11 pm, www.fringeny.com

*Sean Capone: Field Transitions | Memory Screens @ Dumbo Arts Center, 30 Washington St., 6:30-9:30 pm, www.dumboartscenter.org

Friday 7/23

Group Show: Art in a Valise @ Chashama, 112 West 44th St., 6-10 pm, www.chashama.org

Saturday 7/24

no openings

Sunday 7/25

Alison Wilde: Why Neutral @ The Invisible Dog, 51 Bergen St., Brooklyn, 11-7 pm, recessionartshows.com

*recommended

Openings of the Week

Art show openings, July 8-10.

Weekend Art Events

art + architecture show @ Gowanus Ballroom, 55 9th St. (at Smith St.), Brooklyn, opening Thurs July 8th, 6–11 pm; Fri July 9th, 6–1 am; Sat July 10th, noon-1 am; Sun July 11th, noon-11 pm, gowanusballroom.com

I Know What You Did Last Summer @ Saint Cecilia Convent, 21 Monitor St., Brooklyn, open July 9-14, Opening Reception & Performances, July 9th, 6-9 pm; Video Screenings, July 10th, 3-5 pm; Guided Tours, July 11th & 12th, 2 pm & 5 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Openings

Thursday 7/8

Group Show: Piles @ AD Projects, 548 W 28th St., 8-11 pm, adprojects.org

Group Show: Side Philadelphia Painters @ The Painting Center, 547 W 27th St., 5th floor, 6-8 pm, www.thepaintingcenter.org

*Group Show: Big Picture @ Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, 547 W 27th St., 2nd Floor, 6-9 pm, www.priskajuschkafineart.com

*Ala Dehghan: I Can Explain Everything! @ Thomas Erben Gallery, 526 W 26th St., 4th Floor, 6-8 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

*Brian McKee: The Power Suites @ VogtBernal Gallery, 526 W 26th St., Suite 814, 6-8 pm, vogtbernal.com

Group Show: Side Who’s Afraid of Pattern and Decoration? @ Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, 526 W 26th St., Suite 605, 6-8 pm, www.kathleencullenfinearts.com

*Group Show: Some (Are) Painting @ Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, 532 W 25th St., 6-8 pm, articleprojects.blogspot.com

*Jennifer Dalton: Making Sense @ FLAG Art Foundation, 545 W 25th St., 9th floor, www.flagartfoundation.org

Group Show: Long Long Gone @ Leo Koenig, Inc., 545 W 23rd St., 5-7 pm, leokoenig.com

*Michael Alan: Harmonious Opposites @ Gasser Grunert, 524 W 19th St., 6-8 pm, www.michaelalanart.com

LUSH LIFE | Chapter 3: First Bird (A Few Butterflies) @ Invisible-Exports, 14A Orchard Street, 6-8 pm, www.invisible-exports.com

Hurvin Anderson, Nick Goss, Norbert Schwontkowski and Caragh Thuring: dull as I am, I hope to live by these lines @ Simon Preston Gallery, 301 Broome Street, 6-8 pm, simonprestongallery.com

Group Show: Lush Life @ Sue Scott Gallery, 1 Rivington St., 6-9 pm, suescottgallery.com

Group Show: Leisure @ The Ernest Rubinstein Gallery at The Educational Alliance, 197 E Broadway, 6-8 pm, www.edalliance.org

*Group Show: Among Darkened Woods @ Factory Fresh, 1053 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, www.factoryfresh.net

*Mario Tama: Coming Back: New Orleans Resurgent @ Umbrage, 111 Front St., Suite 208 , Brooklyn, 6-8 pm, www.umbragegallery.com

Friday 7/9

*Group Show: You Were There @ Rachel Uffner Gallery, 47 Orchard St., 6-8 pm, www.racheluffnergallery.com

*Oscar Cahén and Gershon Iskowitz: Artists Caught in Hitler’s Web @ SUNDAY, 237 Eldridge St., 6-8 pm, hortongallery.com

Mariko Suzuki: No One Dies @ Lumenhouse, 47 Beaver St., Brooklyn, 7-9 pm, lumenhouse.com

*A Lettuce Slaughter In The Woods @ Real Fine Arts, 673 Meeker Ave., Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

*Megan Cedro: A Wonderful Tragic Life @ Yashar Gallery, 276 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Saturday 7/10

*LAST CALL @ PS122 Gallery, 150 First Ave., 5-7 pm, www.ps122gallery.org

Charles Lutz: Charts, Price Lists, Corrections, and other Relevant Statements @ Five Myles Gallery, 558 St Johns Place, Brooklyn, 5-9 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Temple of Blooom @ Cinders Gallery, 103 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, blog.cindersgallery.com

Jacqueline Skaggs and Doug Young: Love and Freedom @ Sugar, 449 Troutman St., Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, sugarbushwick.com

Openings of the Week

Art show openings, July 1-4.

Openings

Thursday 6/1

Kwesi abensetts, Xenobia Bailey, Linda Hiwot, Carl Musa Hixon, Aaqil Ka, Jasmine Murrell, Nakeisha Gumbs: Homecoming @ Nathan Cummings Foundation, 475 10th Ave. (b/t 35th and 36th St.), 14th floor, www.nathancummings.org

*Jeronimo Elespe @ John Connelly Presents, 625 W 27th St., 6-8 pm, johnconnellypresents.com

*SUMMER SHOW: The Pencil Show @ Foxy Production, 623 W 27 St., 6-8 pm, www.foxyproduction.com

Four Summer Exhibitions: The KIT Collaboration + Robert Saucier: Virutorium, Owen Mundy: You Never Close Your Eyes Anymore; Hannah Ross: I Have Plagiarized; and Jennifer Wroblewski: Get Free @ AC Institute, 547 W 27th St., Fifth floor, 6-8 pm, www.artcurrents.org

*Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don’t Make Work About Being Asian @ Arario Gallery, 521 W 25th St., 6-8 pm, ararionewyork.com

Group Show: SHRED @ Perry Rubenstein, 527 W 23rd St., 6-8 pm, www.perryrubenstein.com

Group Show: Christmas in July @ Yvon Lambert Gallery, 550 W 21st St., 6-8 pm, www.yvon-lambert.com

Dineo Bopape, Sally Dennison, Narcissister, and Pinar Yolacan: SIREN @ Anna Kustera, 520 W 21st St., 6-8 pm, www.kusteratiltongallery.com

Yuan Yuan: A World of Yesterday and Tomorrow @ Chambers Fine Art, 522 W 19th St., 6-8 pm, www.chambersfineart.com

Eric Ginsburg, Eva Lewitt, Kazuko, Yuko Konde: Summer Project @ Gallery onetwentyeight, 128 Rivington St. (b/t Essex St. & Norfolk St.), 6-8 pm, www.galleryonetwentyeight.org

Troll: presented by CTRL+W33D @ Envoy Enterprises, 131 Chrystie St., 6-9 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

*Underground on BROADWAY @ Broadway Gallery, 473 Broadway, 7th Floor, 6-8 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Forced Exposure: Lutz Bacher, Tom Burr, Ross Knight, and Bjarne Melgaard @ Team Gallery, 83 Grand St. (b/t Wooster and Greene),6-8 pm, www.teamgal.com

P D Packard: Amoeba to Zebra @ 440 Gallery, 440 Sixth Ave., Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, www.440gallery.com

Anne Foudral, Atara-Baker, Andre Martinez Reed: Native Spirit: Art Without Surrender @ Henry Gregg Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 226, Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, henrygregggallery.com

Group Show: gimme (i)polaroid! @ Magasin Totale, 10 Jay St., Suite 724, Brooklyn, www.artslant.com/ny/events

Friday 6/2

Deniz Ozuygur: Self High Five Machine @ Chashama 266 Gallery, 266 W 37th St., 6-8 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Buddy Nestor: Angelic Possession @ White Rabbit, 145 East Houston St., 7-10 pm, www.artslant.com/ny/events

*Darina Karpov: Wayward @ Pierogi, 177 N 9th St., Brooklyn, 7-9 pm, www.pierogi2000.com

no openings Saturday 6/3-Sunday 6/4

*recommended

Openings of the Week

Art show openings and artist talks, June 24-27.

Openings

Thursday 6/24

Group Show: memories of the future @ Sean Kelly Gallery, 528 W 29th St., www.skny.com

Group Show: Psychedelic Summer: Pop-Up Record Shop & Art Show curated by CMRTYZ @ Rare, 547 W 27th St., suite 514, 6-9 pm, www.rare-gallery.com

Noriko Ambe, Klara Kristalova, Brett Lund, Maria Nepomuceno, Angel Otero, Allison Schulnik: Touched @ Lehmann Maupin, 540 W 26th St., 6-8 pm, www.lehmannmaupin.com

Group Show: Galerie Lelong Summer Show @ Galerie Lelong, 528 W 26th St., 6-8 pm, www.galerielelong.com

Group Show: SHAPE LANGUAGE @ Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, 526 W 26th St. #213, 6-8 pm, nicoleklagsbrun.com

Group Show: 2010 National Juried Exhibition Juror: Robert Storr @ Phoenix Gallery, 210 11th Ave., Suite 902, 6-8 pm, www.phoenix-gallery.com

Lonnie Holley: ASSEMBLAGES AND DRAWINGS @ Jeff Bailey Gallery, 511 W 25th St, #207, 6-8 pm, www.baileygallery.com

Jack Pierson: Go there now and take this with you @ Bortolami Gallery, 510 W 25th St., 6-8 pm, www.bortolamigallery.com

Ragnar Kjartansson @ Luhring Augustine Gallery, 531 W 24th St., 6-8 pm, www.luhringaugustine.com

Group Show: Reflexive Self @ Mike Weiss Gallery, 520 W 24th St., 6-8 pm, www.mikeweissgallery.com

Michel Auder: Keeping Busy: An Inaccurate Survey @ Newman Popiashvili Gallery, 504 W 22nd St., 6-8 pm, www.npgallery.com/

Om soorya: Om Soorya – Solo Show @ The Guild Art Gallery, 45 W 21st St., 6:30-8:30 pm, www.theguildny.com

Marcela Armas, Michel de Broin, Daniel Canogar, Jean Shin: Marcela Armas, Michel de Broin, Daniel Canogar & Jean Shin @ Bitforms Gallery, 529 W 20th St. (b/t 10th and 11th), 2nd floor, 6-8:30 pm, www.bitforms.com

Misha Hollenbach: PINK/BROWN STOOL/STOOL @ Ed. Varie @ 208 E 7th St., 6-9 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

*Group Show: Dead Letter Playground: A Collection of Contemporary Street Art @ Leo Kesting, 812 Washington St., 7-10 pm, leokesting.com

Gigi Scaria, Jayashree Chakravarty, Sanjay Sundram, Damon Kowarsky, Devang Anglay, M. Pravat, Dilip Chobisa, Pooja Iranna, Mahreen Zuberi: Invisible Cities @ AICON GALLERY, 35 Great Jones St., 6-9 pm, www.aicongallery.com

Alessandro D’Andrea: Post No Bills @ Aragon Contemporary Art Gallery, 172 Norfolk St., 6-8 pm, www.artslant.com/ny/events

Brion Nuda Rosch @ DCKT Contemporary, 195 Bowery, 6-8 pm, dcktcontemporary.com

Group Show: from the tongue… @ Lotus Salon/ 34 North Moore St Exhibitions, 34 North Moore St., 8-10 pm, connectivethread.blogspot.com/

Group Show: This Mess We’re In: Reflections on the Metropolis @ Pelavin Gallery, LLC, 13 Jay St., 6-8 pm, www.pelavingallery.com

Maurice Maréchal: MOMO @ The Invisible Dog, 51 Bergen St., 3rd floor, Brooklyn, 6-10 pm, theinvisibledog.org

Joshua Kirsch: Joshua Kirsch Presents Sympathetic Resonance @ 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave., Brooklyn, www.3rdwardbrooklyn.org

Friday 6/25

Abraham Cruzvillegas: Inequality Reexamined Summer 2010 @ Hunter College – Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, E 68th St. and Lexington Ave., 6 pm, huntermfaso.org

April Dolan: April Dolan @ April Dolan Gallery, 237 W 37th St., 4th floor, 4-8 pm, www.aprildolan.com

Group Show: The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 2) @ James Cohan Gallery @ 533 W 26th St, 6-8 pm, www.jamescohan.com

*The Fifth Genre: Considering the Contemporary Still Life @ Galerie Lelong, 528 W 26th St., 5-7 pm, www.galerielelong.com

Einat Amir, Daniel Bozhkov, Xavier Cha, Eteam, Hope Hilton, Nancy Hwang, Dave McKenzie.: The Absolutely Other @ The Kitchen, 512 W 19th St., 6-8 pm, www.thekitchen.org

David Foox: As Within So Without @ Lyons Wier Gallery, 175 Seventh Ave. (@20th St), 6-9 pm, www.lyonswiergallery.com

Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer: Nashashibi/Skaer @ Murray Guy, 453 W 17th St., 6-8 pm, www.murrayguy.com

Tom of Finland and then some @ Feature Inc, 131 Allen St., 6-9 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

*Group Show: Windows of Perception @ CULTUREfix, 9 Clinton St, 7-10 pm, culturefix.tumblr.com
Group Show: Collected: Working Space 10 @ Cuchifritos, 120 Essex Street, Delancey/Rivington (inside the Essex St. Food Market at the South end of the building), 5-7 pm, www.aai-nyc.org

*Polaroid: Instant Joy! @ A.M. Richard Fine Art, 328 Berry St., Brooklyn, 6-8 pm, www.amrichardfineart.com

Group Show: Please Jump Around Here @ STOREFRONT, 16 Wilson Ave., ground floor, 6-9 pm, www.storefrontbk.com

Saturday 6/26

Allison CS Lewis: Cut-Throat Escape @ Noho Gallery, 530 W 25th St., 4th floor, 5-7 pm, nohogallery.com

Jeff Soto: Lifecycle; Dave Cooper: Mangle @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery, 529 W 20th St., 9th floor, 7-9 pm, jonathanlevinegallery.com

*Sarah Rapson: Transcendental Materialism @ Zürcher Studio, 33 Bleecker St., first floor, 6-8 pm, www.galeriezurcher.com

Liubo Borissov: Crowdsource @ Eyelevel BQE, 364 Leonard St. (at Withers), Brooklyn, 6-9 pm, www.eyelevelgallery.com

Chrystal Wagner: Hybrid Jungle @ Famous Accountants, 1673 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, famousaccountants.wordpress.com

Deborah Barlow and Rina Peleg: Midsummer @ Brooklyn Workshop Gallery, 393 Hoyt St., Brooklyn, 7-10 pm, www.artcat.com/exhibits

Sunday 6/27

Group Show: Not Extractions, but Abstractions (Part 2) @ Clifton Benevento, 515 Broadway (b/t Spring and Broome), 12-5 pm, www.cliftonbenevento.com

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue @ LMAKprojects, 139 Eldridge St., 5-8 pm, www.lmakprojects.com

Michel Auder: Keeping Busy: An Inaccurate Survey @ Participant Inc., 253 E Houston St., 7-9 pm, www.participantinc.org

Artist Talk

Thursday 6/24

Jennifer Wroblewski: Process and Intention, an artist talk by Jennifer Wroblewski @ AC Institute [Direct Chapel], 547 W 27, 5th floor, 6-8 pm, www.artcurrents.org