Events on Thursday, January 3

Tony Conrad w/ M.V. Carbon

Music

Tony Conrad

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Issue Project Room

Minimalist composer and filmmaker Tony Conrad doesn't go in much for bells and whistles — unless, of course, they're played for... 

Mr. Oizo

Music: DJ

Mr. Oizo

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Hiro Ballroom

The Gauls owned electro in '07 and Ed Banger's Mr. Oizo serves as frank proof. The mysterious producer, who made the... 

Ongoing Events

Poul Kjærholm: <I>Structures and Surfaces</I>

Art

Poul Kjærholm

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Sean Kelly Gallery

Born in a tiny Danish village, Poul Kjærholm rose rapidly from skilled teenage cabinetmaker to icon of international design with his... 

Otto Preminger

Film

Otto Preminger

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Film Forum

Director Otto Preminger was a Jewish refugee of Austrian origin whose unflinching independence led to innovations in both storytelling and social... 

<i>New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006</i>

Art

New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006

Thursday 1/ 3 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

With New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006, MoMA rolls out more than 200 recently acquired works by Latin American artists,... 

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Museum of Art and Design

Following the success of its Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting exhibition, the Museum of Arts and Design again draws glares from... 

Keith Edmier: 1991-2007

Getaways

Keith Edmier

Thursday 1/ 3 @ CCS Bard Hessel Museum

Sculptor Keith Edmier learned his trade in a Tinseltown special-effects studio; like Oscar-winning films, Edmier's meticulous sculptures traffic in grandiose sentimentality,... 

Do Ho Suh: <I>Reflection</I>

Art

Do-Ho Suh

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Lehmann Maupin

Korean artist Do Ho Suh inaugurates Lehmann Maupin's new Chrystie Street space — located in the shadow of the new New... 

Charles Ray

Art

Charles Ray

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Matthew Marks Gallery

The most influential sculptors in contemporary art aren't the formal purists of MoMA's recent exhibitions (Serra and Puryear), they're a coterie... 

<I>blog.mode: addressing fashion</I>

Special Event

blog.mode

Thursday 1/ 3 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fashion is a relative newcomer to the reputable Metropolitan, but now the Upper East Side institution is stepping into the fracas... 

<I>And Who Are You?: Work from Saatchi Online</I>

Art

And Who Are You?

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Sara Tecchia Roma

Saatchi's online gallery boasts 50 million daily hits in the US alone. Now, young curator Ana Finel Honigman has pulled together... 

<i>Projects 86</i>: Gert & Uwe Tobias

Art

Gert & Uwe Tobias

Thursday 1/ 3 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

The colorful woodcuts of Gert and Uwe Tobias are the stuff of Grimm fairy tales — narrow paths worn through the... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Imperial Theatre

Set in present-day Oklahoma, Tracy Letts' August: Osage County has a bad case of "the plains," as... 

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Hispanic Society of America

While Dia searches for a new home, the arts org has teamed up with Washington Heights' Hispanic Society on a three-year... 

<I>Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century</I>

Art

Unmonumental

Thursday 1/ 3 @ New Museum of Contemporary Art

The new New Museum inaugurates its faux-gritty emporium with three-part exhibition Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century. An ace curatorial... 

Jaishri Abichandani: <I>Reconciliations</I>

Art

Jaishri Abichandani

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Queens Museum of Art

Born in Bombay (now Mumbai), Jaishri Abichandani immigrated to Queens when she was 14 and has since become both an accomplished... 

Beth Campbell: <I>Following Room</I>

Art

Beth Campbell

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

In 2000, Beth Campbell first exhibited in New York with her installations of two identical, but otherwise nondescript, bedrooms.... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Paragraph

Joy Parisi and Lila Cecil understand the importance of having a room of one's own. At Paragraph, their Union Square writing... 

<i>Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now</i>

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Thursday 1/ 3 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

MoMA's permanent collection gobbles up so many artworks that many aren't ever seen again, which is why Multiplex: Directions in Art,... 

<i>Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art</i>

Art

Infinite Island

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

The Brooklyn Museum's exhibition of contemporary Caribbean art gathers works from 14... 

<I>Behind the Seen</I>

Art

Behind the Seen

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Ad Hoc Art

Michael de Feo (best known as the "flower guy") wants the world to know that street art ain't all aerosol and... 

Jason Rhoades: <I>Black Pussy</I>

Art

Jason Rhoades

Thursday 1/ 3 @ David Zwirner

The late Jason Rhoades was out of control in the best and worst ways, often at the same time. Rumor has... 

Kara Walker: <em>My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love</em>

Art

Kara Walker

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

Employing iconic black-paper silhouettes, Kara Walker — who was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People" earlier this year —... 

<i>The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece</i>

Art

Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece

Thursday 1/ 3 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Having won the 1401 door-design competition for Florence's Battistero di San Giovanni's (Baptistry of St. John) northern portal, native Florentine Lorenzo... 

The Spiritual Art of Salvador Dalí

Art

Salvador Dalí

Thursday 1/ 3 @ William Bennett Gallery

If your knowledge of Salvador Dalí stops at melting clocks, head to Soho's Bennett Gallery, which exhibits two divine collections that... 

Martin Puryear

Art

Martin Puryear

Thursday 1/ 3 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

On the heels of Richard Serra's steel behemoths comes MoMA's full-scale retrospective of the great American sculptor Martin Puryear, who works... 

<em>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

Avid fans of spectacular spectacle De La Guarda are rejoicing with the arrival of Fuerza Bruta: Look Up, a sort of... 

Bridget Riley: <i>Recent Paintings and Gouaches</i>

Art

Bridget Riley

Thursday 1/ 3 @ PaceWildenstein

In the mid-'60s, Time magazine's review of a MoMA exhibition brought the term "op art" into the public consciousness; since then,... 

P.S.1 Fall Exhibitions: <i>Fassbinder: Berlin Alexanderplatz</i>, <i>Senso Unico</i>, Kris Martin and Adel Adbessemed

Art

P.S.1 Fall Exhibitions

Thursday 1/ 3 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

P.S.1 curators have devised the best way to watch (or skim) all 15 hours and... 

<I>New York States of Mind</I>

Art

New York States of Mind

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Queens Museum of Art

Possibly a veiled reference to the Billy Joel song, New York States of Mind is curator Shaheen Merali's look at what... 

Lawrence Weiner: <I>AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE</I>

Art

Lawrence Weiner

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

Wordsmith/conceptualist Lawrence Weiner is best known for all the things he doesn't do with his visually ascetic artwork. In his gigantic,... 

Still Moving: Special New Year's Edition, 2008

Film

Still Moving: Special New Year's Edition, 2008

Thursday 1/ 3 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Because any film worth its salt has already been released in order to achieve 2008 Oscar consideration, the first week of... 

Lucian Freud: <em>The Painter's Etchings</em>

Art

Lucian Freud

Thursday 1/ 3 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Known for mountainous, fleshy portraits, like the painting of Leigh Bowery's backside at the Met, Lucian Freud (grandson of Sigmund) seemingly... 

<em>The Art of Marvin Franklin</em>

Art

Marvin Franklin

Thursday 1/ 3 @ New York Transit Museum

Marvin Franklin spent more than two decades of his life working as a night-shift track inspector for the MTA. This may... 

<em>Jump</em>

Theatre

Jump

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Union Square Theatre

After achieving worldwide success, Korean phenomenon Jump has landed at Union Square — and it's easy to see what makes its... 

Francesca Woodman

Art: Photography

Francesca Woodman

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Marian Goodman Gallery

Francesca Woodman's evocative black-and-white photographs garner acclaim among popular audiences and feminist scholars alike. In this exhibition at Marian Goodman, 40-odd... 

<i>Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York</i>

Art

Making a Home

Thursday 1/ 3 @ Japan Society

Though New York's Japan Society hosts only two exhibitions a year, they're reliably terrific. This fall, young curator Eric C. Shiner... 

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Thursday 1/ 3 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bringing new meaning to the term "pack rat," sculptor Tara Donovan accumulates everyday objects such as Styrofoam cups and drinking straws...