Editors’ Picks: 10 Events For Your Virtual Art Calendar This Week, From a Thesis Show on ‘Mars’ to a Talk With a Hand-Sanitizer Artist

Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting and
thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. In light of the
global health crisis, we are currently highlighting events and
exhibitions available digitally. See our picks from around the
world below. (Times are all EST unless otherwise noted.)

Tuesday, June
2

1. “Broadcast: Alternate Meanings in Film and Video
Chapter 2” at Gagosian

Chapter 2 of Gagosian’s exclusive online exhibition “Broadcast:
Alternate Meanings in Film and Video” begins on Tuesday with videos
by Carsten Höller, Ed Ruscha, and Nam June Paik. Each artist’s
video work corresponds with the phrase “Turn on, tune in, drop
out,” made popular by psychologist Timothy Leary in the 1960s as a
reflection on a time of great social upheaval, respectively. The
“chapters” will be on view for a few weeks at a time, with the
first one having gone online on May 19. In addition to these three
artists, the show will consist of other Gagosian heavy-hitters such
as Chris Burden, Rachel Feinstein, Theaster Gates, Sterling Ruby,
and Richard Serra. This show is exclusively available on Gagosian’s
website.

Price: Free
Time: Tuesday morning

—Neha Jambhekar

2. “Housing is Healthcare” with the Art World
Conference

New York rents have caused
crises long before coronavirus—but now, with numerous businesses
closed and jobs lost, meeting rent has become an impossibility for
many, including for members of the arts community. Landry Haarmann,
a housing advocate and member of the housing rights organization
Met Council, will lead a 75-minute conversation about tenants’
rights, options for those who cannot pay rent on time, and how
people can become involved in the fight for housing
justice. 

Price: Free with
registration 

Time: On Zoom live 
6:00–7:15 p.m. EST

—Katie White

3. “Guardians of the
Galleries: Q&A With Security Staff Members” at the Blanton Museum at the
University of Texas, Austin

A Zoom session with museum security
supervisors Samantha Bull and Chasen Igleheart, featuring gallery
assistants Vanessa Curtis, Diana Lopez, Manami Maxted, Christopher
Rodriguez, Richard Rominger IV, and Michelle Toth. They will
discuss how their jobs have changed since the museum closure,
reminisce about memorable gallery anecdotes, and answer questions
from viewers. The event is part of the Blanton’s ongoing “Curated
Conversations” aimed at highlighting the breadth of experiences
within the museum’s staff. There are even recommended cocktail
recipes for attending.

Time: 5 p.m. CST (6
p.m. EST)
Price: Free on Zoom with registration here

—Eileen Kinsella

Wednesday, June
3

4. “DIY Resistance: Sex Workers
+ Organizers Talk Artmaking and Mutual Aid for
International Whores’ Day” at the Museum
of Modern Art, New York

Red Schulte, curator of the International Whores’ Day
Zine and co-organizer of today’s International Whores Day
NYC 2020 Digital Rally will talk with zine contributors JB
Brager, Mistress Velvet, Ariel Wolf, and Empress Wu about the power
of activist art and the “whorestories” of zine-making.

Price: Free with registration
Time: 8 p.m.

—Sarah Cascone

5. “Virtual Conversation with
Artist Zoë Sheehan Saldaña and Curator Glenn Adamson” at the
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield,
Connecticut

Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, who has been making hand sanitizer as part
of her art practice for a decade, well ahead of the recent
shortages led many to venture into DIY territory. She’ll talk with
Aldrich curator Glenn Adamson about how survival and
self-reliance factors into “There Must Be Some Way Out of Here,”
her show at the museum, which is scheduled to run through October
4.

Price: $10
Time: 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

—Sarah Cascone

Thursday, June
4

6. DFW: Cheval Live for Zabludowicz Collection, London

The Zabludowicz Collection has
launched a new series of performances on IGTV called “Down for
Whatever,” which gives space to artists, musicians, and performers
whose shows have been postponed or canceled. Curated by Mamiko
Motto, the first session was a performance by Asian Dope Boys, but
on Thursday, the techno DJ, label owner, and producer Cheval will
be taking the stage. Broadcasting from Il Museo Luigi Bailo, Cheval
will spin a range of his hypnotic and trippy sounds.

Price: Free

Time: 5 p.m. BST (12 p.m.
EST)

—Naomi Rea

Thursday, June 4–Sunday,
June 7

7. DUMBO Open
Studios

The DUMBO Open Studios are still on! Virtually, that is. The
event will showcase artwork for sale and arts programming featuring
resident artists at Smack Mellon, Triangle NYC, the Sharpe-Walentas
Studio Program, and the New York Studio School. DUMBO based
galleries, A.I.R. Gallery, Janet Borden Inc., Klompching Gallery,
and Platform Project Space will hold exhibitions.

Price: Free
Time: 24/7

—Cristina Cruz

Friday, June
5

8. Degree Show on Mars, John Moores
University, Liverpool

University degree shows are being postponed, canceled, or taken
online so Liverpool’s John Moores University students have decided
to hold their final show on Mars‚ metaphorically speaking. “The
planet is currently broken,” write the students. They are using
NASA 3D scans to use the Gale crater on Mars as a backdrop (far
from a white cube). On June 5, during a private view, visitors can
enter into “wormholes” to see exhibitions staged prior to lockdown
as well as check out work made during the lockdown. Guest examiners
include Ryan Gander and Hans Ulrich Obrist. The live opening will
contain curated walkthroughs.

Price: Free
Time: 5:30 p.m. GMT

—Kate Brown

Sunday, June
7

9. “Artist Commentary and
Public Chat for Theo Triantafyllidis: Ritual” at Meredith Rosen
Gallery

The innovative media artist Theo Triantafyllidis returns with
another project that smears the border between the physical and
digital worlds in captivating ways. “Ritual” encompasses multiple
components: a “live” simulation of an ever-mutating landscape, run
on a video-game engine and populated by a host of creatures each
imbued with its own artificial intelligence; a series of objects
created by the sentient creatures inside the digital world (such as
a VR headset partially eaten by a hyena), then translated into
physical sculpture by Triantafyllidis; and documentation of those
same physical sculptures integrated into an IRL landscape that
corresponds to the digital one in which they were each fashioned.
For the virtual opening, the artist will live-stream the simulation
while providing running commentary on his complex world’s
development, as well as take questions from viewers in a public
chat.

Price: Free
Time: 6 p.m.–7 p.m.; exhibition will remain
online through Sunday, July 12

—Tim Schneider

Through Tuesday, June
9

10. “E-Motionø Support Group” at Art of This
World

As the art world shifted online in March, curator Lauren Powell
couldn’t help but feel that something was lacking in the virtual
art experience. The only medium that seemed truly suited to
watching from your phone or laptop was animation—so, she recruited
39 artists to share their animated art for a month, releasing new
works each day. She’s calling the online exhibition, which features
artists such as Robin F. Williams, Benjamin Cabral, Claudia Bitran,
and Michael Hambouz, a “collection of animations to help you feel
better.”

Price: Free
Time: New artworks released daily

—Sarah Cascone

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