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Openings / Events
Black Forest School with interdisciplinary conceptual artist Ekene Ijeoma at DOT, The Essex Crossing Rooftop Farm, Aug 19, 5-8pm, Free, RSVP to join waitlist—fiona@projecteats.org
Late Shift: Block pARTy at Guggenheim, 88th St—UES, Aug 20, 5-8:30pm

Closing Soon
Baoying Huang, Alexandria Mento, Nina Molloy, Cate Pasquarelli at Alexander Berggruen, Midtown, thru Aug 20
Blair Saxon-Hill: Peace Piece at Shrine, Tribeca, thru Aug 21
No Neutral: group exhibit at YveYANG, Tribeca, thru Aug 21
Richard Estes: My Camera is My Sketchbook at Schoelkopf, Tribeca, thru Aug 21
Don’t Stop: group exhibit at Whaam!, LES, thru Aug 21
Before Time: group exhibit at Lichtundfire, LES, thru Aug 21
Navot Miller: Sweet Liberty at Yossi Milo, Chelsea, thru Aug 21
Niu Systems: group exhibit at Ryan Lee, Chelsea, thru Aug 21
Natural Responsibility: group exhibit at Van Doren Waxter, UES, thru Aug 21
Curtis Kulig: Studio Visit at The Hole, Tribeca, thru Aug 22
Joey Gonnella: Love Will Return in a Different Way at Parent Company, LES, thru Aug 22
Marcel Duchamp at MoMA, Midtown, thru Aug 22
Grant Whipple: Redwood Ripples at Amos Eno, LES, thru Aug 23
New Traditionalists: group show in collaboration with Adam D Miller at The Hole, Bowery, thru Aug 23
Pastime: group exhibit at PLATO, LES, thru Aug 26
New Humans at New Museum, LES—Partial View thru Aug 30

Film
A Bright Future (2025) at MoMI, Astoria, Aug 21, 7pm
Stroszek (1977) at MoMA, Midtown, Aug 25, 7pm
The Odyssey (2026) 70mm IMAX only at AMC Lincoln Sq 13, UWS, extended thru Sep 16—tix hard to get but Gothamist has some advice

Performance
Flowersfest 2026 at Essex Flowers, LES, Aug 21-Aug 30, $10
Shakespeare in the Park: The Winter’s Tale at Delacorte Theater, Central Park, thru Aug 23
Warm Up: outdoor music series featuring underground artists at MoMA PS1, LIC, thru Aug 28

Talk
You Weren’t There: ‘90s Graffiti in New York launch / panel at Printed Matter, East Village, Aug 20, 6-8pm
Derek Fordjour in conversation with Cecilia Alemani at High Line, 22nd St, Aug 22, 3-4pm—space limited
Asmaa Walton and OlaRonke Akinmowo at The Drawing Center, Tribeca, Aug 22, 4-6pm

Summer
Summer Streets, thru Aug 22

Black Out
New York Times Announces Another Thing You May Not Have Thought to Be Afraid of Yet
Happy (Belated) Birthday to That One Time the Power Went Out Across NYC
. . . as Famously Depicted in Heart-Warming Rom-Com with Real Orgy, Shortbus (2006)
Let’s Revisit Some Essential Art History of the 20-teens
Just a Cool AF Mood Ring

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