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Architecture Tour: Austrian Cultural Forum

Austrian Cultural Forum New York 11 East 52nd Street, New York City, NY, United States

Architectural historian Kenneth Frampton called the Austrian Cultural Forum, designed by Austrian architect and theorist Raimund Abraham (1933–2010), the most spectacular modern structure built in New York since the Seagram Building and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum. The Austrian Cultural Forum provides visitors the opportunity to tour the architectural landmark building in midtown Manhattan.

Conversion / After Afghanistan

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place, New York City, NY, United States

From the Goethe-Institut: "Berlin- and Hamburg-based costa compagnie, an open collaboration of artists at the intersection of documentary, dance, and performance, presents fragments from its piece Conversion / After Afghanistan, followed by an artist talk. Shortly before the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) pulled out of Afghanistan in December 2014, costa compagnie travelled to Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif to interview locals,…

Borrowed Time Opening Reception

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Join us Saturday, October 15, 2016 to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition—Borrowed Time: Icelandic Artists Look Forward—with refreshments and remarks from curator Ásthildur B. Jónsdóttir. Borrowed Time: Icelandic Artists Look Forward presents the work of contemporary Icelandic artists currently engaging in the global dialogue on sustainability and the ethical issues—environmental, economic, cultural, and social—that surround it. Featuring photography,…

Massimiliano Gatti: The Day Memory Dissolved

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Exhibition: An artistic perspective on endangered archaeological sites in the Middle East.

Urban Poetry: St. Petersburg – New York

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City, NY, United States

Please join us for an opening reception for the exhibit "Urban Poetry: St. Petersburg – New York." with photography by Mark Serman. Exhibit on display October 19, 2016 - December 16, 2016, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. This show features an abridged collection of the photography of Mark Serman, with works spanning from his birthplace of Leningrad, U.S.S.R. to New York City, where…

Various Small Grunewalds

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents Various Small Grunewalds, an exhibition of photographic black and white prints by the writer-in-residence Ulf Erdmann Ziegler. “Not a stranger to the city of Berlin at all, back after 16 years, I was suddenly a resident of the Grunewald colony, villas and bungalows near small lakes with public access. I bumped into a policeman on…

KRHONIKY: The Alternative Folklore of the Region

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City, NY, United States

Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University for a talk with artist Lucia Nimcova about her project KHRONIKY, an archive of photography, video and sound recordings from western Ukraine. From Lucia Nimcova: KHRONIKY "Throughout history, traditional music and culture has been appropriated and misrepresented; presently in Ukraine, patriotic songs play an important role in fueling a populist romantic nationalism. In contrast, I seek…

A Connoisseur’s Eye: Carl Gustaf Tessin and Transformations in Taste and Collecting in 1740’s Paris

The Morgan Library 225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, United States

The art collection of Count Carl Gustaf Tessin in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, is a unique example of the prevalent taste during the rococo period in Paris. Magnus Olausson, Director of Collections and Research at the Nationalmuseum, explores the ideals that shaped Tessin’s collecting. The exhibition Treasures from the Nationalmuseum of Sweden: The Collections of Count Tessin will open at 5:30 pm for program…

Gallery Talk: Count Tessin’s Dutch and Flemish Drawings.

The Morgan Library 225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, United States

A gallery talk on the exhibition "Treasures from the Nationalmuseum of Sweden: The Collections of Count Tessin" at the Morgan Library. Ilona van Tuinen, Annette and Oscar de la Renta Assistant Curator, Drawings and Prints All gallery talks and tours are free with museum admission; no tickets or reservations necessary. From the Morgan Library.

Exhibition Opening: Seeing Through / Vedere Attraverso

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Works by Antonio Scaccabarozzi and Marthe Keller. Conceived and curated by contemporary art historian Elisabetta Longari On view through March 16, 2017 — Mon-Fri 10-5 Antonio Scaccabarozzi (Merate, Italy 1936-2008) and Marthe Keller (b. New York, 1948) belong to different artistic generations, had different cultural upbringings, lived on different continents, (although Keller has been present in Europe, and particularly in…