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2010  

  Almost Famous Reading Series: Summer Edition
apexart continues its reading series with a summer edition featuring 12 new authors

wed, july 28: 6:30 pm
Samantha Cohen, Tiphanie Yanique, Seth Fried, Emily St. John Mandel

wed, july 21: 6:30 pm
Nelly Reifler, Leigh Newman, Alex Morris, Sara Finnerty

wed, july 14: 6:30 pm
Brian Trimboli, Wayétu Moore, Courtney Zoffness, Ashley Tomeck
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july 28 video (258MB .m4v)

july 21 video (402MB .m4v)

july 14 video (315MB .m4v)

  sat, july 17: 2-5 pm
Summer In The City
Kids ages 6-12 are invited to create their own New York inside apexart during a on-site mural project, led by artist Yana Dimitrova.
 

  wed, july 7: 6:30 pm
The Art of Celebration
Sina Najafi will talk about the changing practice of goal celebration and how these increasingly flamboyant performances reflect on the sport and those who play it. Introduced by Men With Balls exhibition curator Simon Critchley.
 
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video of talk (519MB .m4v)

  thur, jun 10: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING
Men With Balls: The Art of the 2010 World Cup curated by Simon Critchley
The FIFA World Cup is the most important and widely watched sporting event in the world and will run this year from June 11 - July 11, 2010, in South Africa. This exhibition will create the perfect football environment, a sort of mini-soccer paradise for watching games.
 

  fri, may 28: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING
Digital Domination - Cyber Nation organized by ABACA's Curatorial Studies students
 

  sat, may 22: 4-6 pm
EXHIBITION TALK
Thom Donovan and Sreshta Rit Premnath, at the invitation of Museo magazine, will interview Svetlana Boym and Matthew Buckingham about the potential of unrealized futures.
In conjunction with Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me it's Raining
 
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video of talk (726MB .m4v)

  tue, may 18: 6 pm
EXHIBITION TALK: BRIDGET ELMER and EMILY LARNED INTRODUCE ILSSA
Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts is a membership organization for those who make experimental or conceptual work with obsolete technology.
In conjunction with Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me it's Raining
 

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video of talk (384MB .m4v)


  tue, may 4: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT CONVERSATION
Current apexart Inbound Resident Parisian painter Marine Karbowski in discussion with painter Mimi Gross.
 

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video of talk (268MB .m4v)


  wed, apr 28: 6 pm
EXHIBITION TALK: PAINTERS/PAINTING
Tom Sanford will moderate a panel of five other painters who will talk about painting, including: Kamrooz Aram, Holly Coulis, David Humphrey, Dike Blair and Deborah Kass.
In conjunction with Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me it's Raining
 

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video of talk (579MB .m4v)


  thu, april 8: 6 pm
EXHIBITION TALK: JEFFREY DEITCH AND CARLO MCCORMICK
On the eve of Deitch's departure from New York, McCormick will talk to him about his time and legacy as one of the most visible, dynamic and controversial players in the New York art world.
In conjunction with Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me it's Raining
 

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video of talk (574MB .m4v)


  wed, apr 7: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING
Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me it's Raining organized by Bad at Sports
You have a question, Bad at Sports has an answer. Part retrospective, part answers to submitted video questions, this exhibition will shed some light on the podcast and blog Bad at Sports.
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  thu, apr 1: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT CONVERSATION
Current apexart Inbound resident Maria-Kristiina Soomre in discussion with Anneliis Beadnell, curator of Latatara at the New York Estonian House (opens March 27).
 

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video of talk (362MB .m4v)


  thu, mar 25: 7-9 pm
Literary Event For New Authors organized by apexart
The reading series continues with a final night of selections from recent work, including readings by Rachel DeWoskin Keith Devin Morton, Deji Olukotun and Kerri Schlottman.
 

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readings video


  tue, mar 23: 7-9 pm --- wed, mar 24: 7-9 pm
The Almost Famous Reading Series curated by author Bruce Bauman
apexart is pleased to present its inaugural reading series presenting the work of new and emerging authors. Featuring eight writers of diverse genres, the evenings promise to unleash exciting new voices on the American literary landscape.
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mar 23 reading
mar 24 reading

  thu, mar 18: 7-9 pm --- fri, mar 19: 7-9pm --- sat, mar 20: 3-5 pm
And the moral of the story is...: three days of movie screenings curated by Zoë Gray
An extract from the eponymous non-stop film program that took place February 4-7, 2010, as part of the year-long Morality project at Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam.
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  sat, mar 13: 2-5 pm
Saturday afternoon silkscreening workshop for kids ages 6-12
In conjunction with the apexart exhibition free size in Thailand, where artists will work alongside employees inside the Sinudom Silk Screen Factory, the New York space will host a silkscreening workshop for kids. Instructor McKendree Key will teach silkscreening basics and t-shirts will be on hand to purchase for $3.
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franchise2   sat, mar 13: 2-6 pm — apexart opens in Samut Sakhon, Thailand
For Franchise 2010 we received 243 exhibition proposals from 63 countries, and jurors submitted over 5,000 votes to identify a winner. We are pleased to announce that an exhibition to be located in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, authored by Logan Bay, has won.
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  thu, mar 4: 6-8 pm
Come learn about apexart's Franchise Two project and the winning exhibition
free size, which will be on view from March 13 - April 17 in Samut Sakhon, Thailand.
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  tue, feb 23: 7:00 pm
The Law of Capital: Histories of Oppression
Presentation by Marina Grzinic (Ljubljana, Slovenia). Discussion on the topic of
De-linking From Capital and the Colonial Matrix of Power with guests: Neferti X. M. Tadiar, Jonathan Beller and Besnik Pula.
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  feb 16-20
A week of events organized by Antony Hudek, curator of The Incidental Person. The week culminates with a roundtable discussion with Claire Bishop, Noa Latham, Julie Martin, Barbara Steveni and Stephen Wright on Saturday, February 20, 3 pm.
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  sun, jan 17, 7:00 pm
PERFORMANCE
In conjunction with the exhibition The Incidental Person curated by Antony Hudek, join artist Will Holder to celebrate the one million and forty-seventh birthday of art.
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  sat, feb 9
RESIDENT CONVERSATION
New apexart Programs Manager Julia Knight speaks with current Inbound Resident Noy Chum about her month long stay in New York.
 

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  sat, jan 9, 3:00 pm
GALLERY TALK
In conjunction with the exhibition The Incidental Person curated by Antony Hudek, join in the launch of the Polygon Project by Raphaële Bidault-Waddington.
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  wed, jan 6, 2010: 6:30 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING
The Incidental Person curated by Antony Hudek
The late British artist John Latham referred to the 'Incidental Person' as someone who invests a situation, observes it and responds to it in a specific, though not necessarily tangible or practical, way.
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2009        
line   wed, dec 16: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT TALK
Join current apexart resident LINE HALVORSEN in conversation with NIELS VAN TOMME.
 

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  wed, nov 11: 6:30 pm
EXHIBITION TALK:
A Slice of Pie with Alanna Heiss
Discussion between Alanna Heiss, Nancy Hwang and Sandra Skurvida, in conjunction with AVANT-GUIDE TO NYC: Discovering Absence.
 

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  wed, nov 4: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING:
AVANT-GUIDE TO NYC: Discovering Absence maps the art environment of New York of the twentieth century, reconnecting historic sites to their present functions.
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  wed, oct 28: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT TALK
Join current apexart resident EMRE HUNER in conversation with Lauren Cornell, Executive Director, Rhizome.
 

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  wed, sep 30: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT TALK: Poetry and Innocence
Poetry is compared to childhood games as a means to dissolve the distance between subject and object. Join current apexart resident LUIS SAGASTI in conversation with New York based poet and art critic RAPHAEL RUBINSTEIN.
 

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(38MB mp3)


  thur, sep 24: 6-8 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM
In conjunction with the exhibition A Way Beyond Fashion and SOHO Night: Wear ParKour (wear) by Jenny Marketou
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  fri, sep 18: 6:30 pm
EXHIBITION TALK
A Way Beyond Fashion exhibition curator ROBERT PUNKENHOFER moderates a discussion with JENNY MARKETOU, VITO ACCONCI and CARLA FERNANDEZ.
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  wed, sep 16: 6-8 pm
OPENING RECEPTION: A Way Beyond Fashion
Art and fashion's influence on the definition of society, identity and culture as well as the relationship between fashion design, cultural engagement and performative action constitute the thematic core of this exhibition.
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  wed, july 29: 6:30 pm
Current apexart resident British artist KELLY WARMAN, and MATTHEW LYONS, curator for the Kitchen, discuss the translation of the written word into performative, mediated and cinematic space, focusing on contemporary literature and film that has evolved from the novel form. In addition, Kelly Warman will read excerpts from her residency diary.
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  wed, july 8: 6 pm
Kick off party for Wondermare curated by Susan McIntosh and Albert Wilking
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  wed, july 1: 6:30 pm
MODULAR CULTURE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE ART WORLD'S GREAT FRANCHISE EXPERIMENT
As part of apexart's Franchise Project JOSEPH GRIMA will discuss the role of architecture and how it relates to the success story of franchising in the U.S., examining the standardized architectural prototypes of franchising alongside the typography of the "white cube" gallery space.
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  wed, june 24: 6:30 pm
STANISLAW RUKSZA (curator, art historian) and MARTHA KIRSZENBAUM (curator) consider stereotyped myths of Poland and communism, peripheries as stimulating places, and European politics and the conservative shift. They will also discuss the power of utopia, Polish critical art, history, and curatorial strategies.
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    various dates and times
See X, Y, Z, and U events program for related workshops, discussions and community interventions in Los Angeles in conjunction with apexart's Franchise in Los Angeles
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wed, jun 10: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for apexart's Franchise in New York City

thu, jun 4: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for apexart's Franchise in Los Angeles

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  wed, may 20: 6:30 pm
ser·en·dip·i·ty (srn-dp-t): Current apexart resident Rebecca Key and curator/media historian Michael Connor meet for the first time in person. What can you learn about a person in the first meeting? What will they talk about? Anything.....everything......or nothing?
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  thur, may 14: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for I can't get no satisfaction: Contemporary views on the everyday organized by ABACA's Curatorial Studies students
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  wed, apr 29: 6:30 pm
Plastic Surgeon: Craftsman or Artist?
Anthony Berlet, M.D., curator of apexart's current exhibition I Am Art discusses historical practices, modern procedures and the fine line between craftsmanship and art in contemporary plastic surgery.
 

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  wed, apr 22: 6:30 pm
resident/alien: current apexart's Inbound Resident Conrado Uribe in conversation with Carlo McCormick.
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  wed, apr 15: 6:30 pm
Cosmetic surgery, commercialization and culture: The case of the 'designer vagina'
A talk by Dr. Virginia Braun in conjunction with the exhibition I Am Art, curated by Anthony Berlet, M.D.
 

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  sat, mar 28: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for I Am Art curated by Dr. Anthony Berlet
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  wed, mar 11: 6:30 pm
resident/alien: Come and hear apexart's Inbound and Outbound Residents Sofija Grandakovska, Edwin Ramoran, and Jayson Keeling talk with Carlo McCormick about their experiences as an apexart resident.
 

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  thur, feb 26: 6:30 pm
apexart welcomes Brett Loudermilk, one of today's top sideshow performers and authority on the strange, the odd and the bizarre. Brett will discuss what it was like growing up in a Pentecostal Faith Healing tent show, traveling in the last carnival Ten-in-One sideshow in America, and how he became the youngest sword swallower in the world. Brett will perform select pieces from his one-man show and will answer any questions the audience may have. Not only is the event free, but as a bonus after all questions have been addressed, visitors will be shown the Egress. In conjunction with Kick My Heart's Ass.
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  wed, feb 11: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for Kick My Heart's Ass curated by Davy Rothbart
If the secrets to finding true love are often elusive, well, so are the secrets to making films about love. How do you inject humor into a film about heartbreak? How do you portray a happy romance without being too saccharine and oversentimental? Author and filmmaker Davy Rothbart, at work on a personal documentary called My Heart Is An Idiot, has asked a collection of talented and eclectic friends to explore these and other challenges by producing short, love-related films of their own.
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  thur, jan 28: 6:30 pm
resident/alien: Come and hear apexart's Inbound and Outbound Residents Shawna McLeod and Michelle Rosenberg talk with Carlo McCormick about their experiences as an apexart resident.
 

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(23MB mp3)



 

2008

       
  tue, dec 16: 6:30 pm
Join apexart resident Lonnie van Brummelen in conversation with critic and curator Carlo McCormick.
 

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  fri, dec 12: 10 am - 5 pm
Parallel symposium in conjunction with apexart exhibition Nameless Science at The Cooper Union (Wollman Auditorium). Concerning the Significance of Artistic Research for Art Education with presentations by artists in the exhibition, discussions with critical referents and keynote statements by Sarat Maharaj, Grant Kester and George Smith.
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  wed, dec 10: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for Nameless Science curated by Henk Slager
The debate on artistic research emerging worldwide in the field of visual art for some five years focuses on what artistic research could be or should be. Nameless Science aims to expand this debate by showing the outcome of artistic research in seven examples of best practices from artistic PhD projects.
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  due date: dec 1, 2008
apexart - The Franchise

Submit up to a 250-word statement on why apexart should Franchise in your city or town, anywhere in the world. Details at: apexart/franchise.htm.
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  thur, nov 13: 6:30 pm
How innocent is that?

Join current apexart resident Eugen Radescu in conversation with Bosko Blagojevic about the role of innocence in the post societies. Coming from Romania, a post communist, post modern and post conceptual society, Eugen Radescu will be talking about the subject of innocence and its political and social implications in modern day Romania.
 

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  sun, nov 2: 7 pm
SNOW by John Jesurun at Monkeytown in Brooklyn
A toxic American cocktail of death, desire, technology, and television. Jesurun's four screen mixdown of the original 2000 performance launches four "characters" and twenty-two shifting POVs through the unforgiving eye of one virtual actor. Admission is free.
In conjunction with Perverted by Theater.
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  sat, nov 1: 4-7 pm
Kabir Carter's performance Shared Frequencies is a portable sound installation and performance environment that relies on multiplex radio communications events as its primary performance material.
In conjunction with Perverted by Theater.
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wed, oct 22: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for Perverted by Theater with performance by Trajal Harrell.
This exhibition selects art for its theatricality and installing it in an environment molded by theater, invoking the temporal dimension, the subject/object relation, the audience, the presence of the actor, the event of attending the theater, character, plot structure, the use of text in performance, and mimesis in order to reexamine the triangulation of visual art, performance, and theater.

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  thur, oct 16: 7-9 pm
fauxgala '08

We request the presence of your attendance at apexart's premiere fauxgala '08 during which there will a special event exhibition entitled the The Man Piece, a Group Show, curated by Vanessa Walters.
 

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  thur, oct 2: 6-9 pm
Public Program

Discussion with Melissa Rachleff Burtt, Jem Cohen, Dr. Bonnie S. Kaufman, M.D., Luc Sante and Harley Spiller, including a screening of Jem Cohen's 1996 film Lost Book Found.
 

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  wed, sep 24: 6-8 pm
Public Program

Join apexart and Mark Elijah Rosenberg, Founder & Artistic Director of ROOFTOP FILMS, in a discussion on the technological movement in cell phone capability that is influencing and altering the public’s ability to capture moments, generate content, and create entirely new modes of communication.
 

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(50MB mp3)
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(87MB mp4)


  thur, sept 4: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for SCRAWL

Nearly 100 handmade pronouncements collected from the streets and subways of New York City over the last 25 years.
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  wed, july 23: 6:30, 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00 pm (tours every 30 min)
Special Tours for Nessie Does New York

Join Dr. Alexis Macnab, Cryptozoologist, as she explores and explains the origins, symbolism and hoaxes that populate the field. Hear tales of sightings, notorious exploits, scandals and fantasy that surround these tales and the science that guides Cryptozoologists.
 

  wed, july 9: 6:30 pm
Three Moons of Jupiter: A Conversation from the Post-Communist Universe

Join current apexart resident Simon Rees in conversation with ISCP residents Diana Artus and Jan Serych as they explore legacies of communist modernity and its impact on Lithuania, the former DDR, and the Czech Republic.
 

  wed, july 2: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for Nessie Does New York

Think that the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, Chupcabra and other creatures don't exist? THINK AGAIN! Coming to apexart July 2 through August 2.
 

    sat, jun 4
public program:
Response: incomplete world
New York video artist Shelly Silver organizes a day of activity around issues of individual and collective responsibility, which includes a preview of her soon to be finished film incomplete world.
 

    thur, jun 12
public program:
Abecedarium for Our Times
Radhika Subramaniam launches an Abecedarium for Our Times - a chapbook for re-visioning our words and our world with contributions from 26 writers and artists.
 

    wed, jun 11
public program:
Supermasochist
Sheree Rose, companion and dominatrix of Bob Flanagan shows unseen segments of and talks about Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist. Preceded by daytime film screenings.
 

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    sat, jun 7
public program:
Love Thy Neighbor
Berlin-based artist Daniel Seiple curates Love Thy Neighbor, including works by Peter Fend, Robert Longo, Michael Smith, and Lester Miller.
 

    fri, jun 6
public program:
Jocasta preview
Vicky Shick curates excerpts projected on the walls from Elise Kermani's film, Jocasta, along with objects in the gallery space by Barbara Kilpatrick.
 

    wed, jun 4
resident performance:
Azeb Worku Sibane
The Devil's Scarf and The Lion's Whiskers. Traditional Ethiopian Fairy Tales. apexart’s current international resident Azeb Worku Sibane, Addis Ababa, engages the audience in stories originating from her native Ethiopia.
 

    may 26
exhibition opening:
ABACA
ABACA (Arts Benefits All Coalition Alternative) high school students
Opening Reception, Blue Print. From the Ground Up.
With special student presentation at 7pm.
 

    apr 30
film screening:
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Delve into the artistic genius and manic depression of singer/songwriter/artist Daniel Johnston to learn about madness, creativity and love. Current footage, vintage performances, home movies and interviews with friends and families draw an intimate portrait of one of the founders of Indie music. Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig.
 

    feb 29
exhibition talk:
Boris Groys
Please join apexart and Boris Groys in a public discussion of the current exhibition, Thinking in Loop: Three videos on iconoclasm, ritual and immortality. Groys will describe the inception and method behind his video collages, followed by questions from apexart Executive Director Steven Rand and the audience.
 

    feb 20
exhibition opening:
Boris Groys
Thinking in Loop: Three videos on iconoclasm, ritual and immortality
 

    feb 16
performance:
Already in Progress
Join us for Already in Progress, a multimedia comedy about the best modern art America is producing today...television!
 

    feb 6
public program:
Out of the Studio
A conversation between apexart resident Stefan Çapaliku (Albania) and ISCP residents Miha Presker and Luiza Margan (Slovenia), who are working in the literary and visual arts, respectively.
 

    jan 9
exhibition opening:
The (Self)Promotion Show
apexart held an open call, requesting submissions of a 30-second TV commercial about us from individuals and collaborative groups. In addition to being on view as part of the living-room-style installation, the commercials are available for viewing on our website, where viewers voted for their favorite commerical which aired on TV.
 


 
2007      
    dec 12
resident talk: Maria-Ines Rodriguez
Resident Maria Inès Rodriguez, a Colombian-born curator working in France and Spain, discussed her recent project -- part exhibition, part seminar, part meeting place -- entitled Habitat / Variation.
 

    nov 30
artist talk: Amy Balkin and Jens Haaning
Jens Haaning and Amy Balkin on Art and Public Domain in conjunction with the exhibition Land Grab.
 

    nov 29
public workshop: Land Grab
"Strategies of Occupation: Grabbing Land and The Political Agency of The Artist" Join Land Grab curators for a Public Workshop at Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School.
 

    nov 13
resident talk: Dorothy Amenuke
Resident Dorothy Amenuke (Kumasi, Ghana) in discussion with Judy Sigunick.
 
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    nov 11
artist talk: John Hawke
The artist gives an on-site talk about his intervention in a bus shelter in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, in conjunction with the exhibition Land Grab.
 

    nov 9
artist talk: Lars Vilks
Lars Vilks discusses his large-scale outdoor sculpture and the politics of keeping it alive, in conjunction with the exhibition Land Grab.
   

    nov 7
exhibition opening: Land Grab
curated by Sarah Lookofsky and Lillian Fellmann
   

    nov 3
exhibition talk: Beyond Nostalgia
The exhibition's curators and special guests Croatian artist Sanja Ivekovic and Russian-American theoretician Svetlana Boym discussed in conjunction with the current exhibition Stalking with Stories: The Pioneers of the Immemorable.
   

    oct 25
panel discussion: The State of Residency
Residency programs have become an essential component of the arts community, bringing hundreds of artists, curators and others to New York each year. apexart presents a discussion with program administrators, funders, and artists on the residency as an institution. Nathalie Angles, Fritzie Brown, Alexandra do Carmo, Kambui Olujimi and Steven Rand in conversation.
 

    oct 10
resident talk: Eduardo Verderame
Brazilian artist and curator Eduardo Verderame, discussed the complex and ever-changing role played by public art in Brazil -- and, by way of comparison, New York -- based on his experience as an organizer of several large-scale arts events that are part festival, part street intervention.
 
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    sep 19
exhibition opening: Antonia Majaca and Ivana Bago
Stalking with Stories: The Pioneers of the Immemorable
   

    jul 25
exhibition talk
In conjunction with The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe: A talk with Carlo McCormick, Sara Reisman and Steven Rand
 

    jul 6
exhibition opening
The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe
   

    jun 26
film screening: Terror Tactics
In connection with the films screening Terror Tactics, Olga Kopenkina, independent curator and art critic, discusses issues related to paranoia with Mark Boswell, Jim Finn and Anton Koslov.
   

    jun 13
residency talk: Stella Brennan
"There and Back Again: Location, Situation and the Export Imperative" talk by current resident Stella Brennan
   

    may 16
exhibition opening: Luc Sante
The Museum of Crime and the Museum of God organized by Luc Sante
   

    may 9
residency talk: Dejan Krsic
Is it possible to be a great (and) Eastern European artist?
Current apexart resident Dejan Krsic (Designer and artist, Sarajevo) in dialogue with Gary Dufour
   

    may 1
exhibition opening
Don't Get It Twisted: Violence affects everyone organized by ABACA's Curatorial Studies students - Curators' Talk at 7 pm
   

    apr 20
residency talk: Boyan Manchev
"Our Capital is Joy" - Current apexart resident Boyan Manchev (Philosopher, Paris, Sofia) in dialogue with Radhika Subramaniam, Director of Cultural Programs at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; Boyan Manchev will discuss "open concepts" such as disorganisation, resistance, joy and community, while reflecting on the question: can contemporary art still be radical if it can be at all.

   

    apr 18
film screening: Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Maurits Script by Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Discussion with filmmaker and Emily Pethick (Director of Casco Office for Art, Design and Theory, Utrecht ) will follow the screening.

   


 

2006

       
  dec 5
Residency talk
Current apexart resident Hinako Kasagi (curator, Nagoya City, Japan) and New York-based video artist and filmmaker Shelly Silver discuss the past, present and future role of Japanese women in the arts in Japan and abroad.
   

  nov 29
exhibition opening
Thanks: Returning the Favor reconsiders the relationship of philanthropy, hidden meaning, and gift giving.
   

  nov 15
public program

Jeff Howe (WIRED Magazine) discusses "crowdsourcing" as a new corporate and cultural methodology.
   

  nov 8
public program

FOUND Magazine's Davy Rothbart & Jason Bitner share the latest, greatest finds to land at FOUND HQ and talk about publishing FOUND Magazine. Featuring music from celebrated one-man 80's band Anvil.
   

  nov 1
residency talk

Current apexart resident Erzen Shkololli (artist and curator, Kosovo) in conversation with New York-based artist and writer Sabrina Gschwandtner.
   

    oct 18
exhibition opening

Phantom Captain: Art and Crowdsourcing curated by Andrea Grover, the founder of the Aurora Picture Show, a non-profit center for film, video and new media in Houston, Texas.
   

    sep 6
exhibition opening

Neo-Con. Contemporary Returns to Conceptual Art curated by Cristiana Perrella, curator of the Contemporary Arts Program of the British School at Rome.
   

    aug 2
public program

Visual artist and musician Satch Hoyt will present improvised, self-conducted "soundscapes" on flute, percussion, and toys, with special guest Charles Fambo.
   

    jul 5
exhibition opening

Gifts go in one direction curated by Alexander Nagel, a writer and art historian who teaches at the University of Toronto
   

    MAY 24
exhibition opening

Sweet Taboos: A Mini Tirana Biennale in New York curated by Edi Muka, a freelance curator based in Tirana and Stockholm.
   

  MAY 17
exhibition talk

Displaced Histories: What are the potential gains of physical and intellectual relocation? And, more importantly, can we displace our focus without losses? Aniko Erdosi (curator and art historian, Budapest, Hungary), Hakan Topal (artist and founding member of Xurban_Collective, New York - Istanbul), and Katarina Sevic (artist, Budapest) will discuss issues of transference and displacement as addressed by the exhibition.
   

    MAY 10
residency talk

Current apexart resident Tamara Diaz Bringas (curator and writer, Costa Rica) and New York-based artist Pablo Helguera discuss creative trends in Central America.
   

    APR 12
exhibition opening

Re_dis_trans curated by Aniko Erdosi, an art historian and independent curator from Budapest.
   

    JAN 22
exhibition opening

Neo Sincerity: The Difference Between the Comic and the Cosmic is a Single Letter curated by Amei Wallach, art critic based in NYC
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    JAN 11
exhibition opening

One Brief Moment curated by Mark Soo, artist based in Vancouver
   


2005

       
    MAR 30
residency talk

Nathalie Zonnenberg curator (Netherlands/Berlin)
   

    MAR 19
gallery talk

Curator Jonas Ekeberg talks about Social Democracy Revisited
   

    MAR 16
exhibition opening

Social Democracy Revisited curated by Jonas Ekeberg, Director, The Preus Museum (Horten, Norway)
   

    MAR 12
exhibition opening

Maurizio Couldn't Be Here
Bootlegs by Eric Doeringer, organized by Fernanda Arruda
   

    MAR 15
exhibition opening

Maurizio Couldn't Be Here

The Taste of Others - video, installation, performance works and traditional Afghan dish tasting) curated by Leeza Ahmady
   

    FEB 26
exhibition opening

Maurizio Couldn't Be Here

New Humans + Matthew Suib and VOY + Kirby Conn, + tba - live collaborations between bands + video artists
   

    FEB 23
residency talk

Kai Ozawa, curator (Tokyo, Japan) with Yukie Kamiya, Associate Curator, New Museum (NYC)
   

    FEB 19
exhibition opening

Maurizio Couldn't Be Here

ARTCOM - The Final Frontier Professional TV directors create 30 or 60 sec. spots featuring artists and their work
   

    FEB 12
exhibition opening

Maurizio Couldn't Be Here
Harrell Fletcher presents Come Together (NYC) - an all day event with 25+ special guest speakers
   

    FEB 9
exhibition talk

Too Much Pollution to Demonstrate with Negar Azimi, Abbas Milani, and Farhad Moshiri at the Tribeca Grand, Grand Screen room
   

    OCT 27
residency talk

Beatriz Santiago Muñoz will speak about the contemporary art scene in Puerto Rico and screen some Puerto Rican archival films alongside some of her recent videos. Co-Director and Co-Founder of Cinema Tropical (NYC) Carlos Gutierrez will introduce Beatriz and moderate a discussion following.
   

    JAN 5
exhibition opening

Too Much Pollution to Demonstrate: Soft Guerrillas n Tehran's Contemporary Art Scene curated by Amiel Grumberg
   


2004
    NOV 10
exhibition opening

Drafting Deceit curated by Marta Kuzma
   

    OCT 27
residency talk

A talk about recent representational trends in South Eastern Europe, current apexart residents Adrian Paci and Natasa Petresin introduce their own work and the work of their peers from this region.
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    OCT 20
special program

A Residency Mixer for NY-based art residency programs - ArtsLink, iscp, Art in General, LMCC and others.
   

    OCT 16
gallery talk

Vittorio Messina (Italy) and Anila Rubiku (Albania) speak about their work in the Place for the Self.
   

    OCT 13
exhibition opening

Place for the Self curated by Amnon Barzel
   

    OCT 2
special program

Sina Queyras (writer, Brooklyn) will introduce Etgar Keret (writer, Israel), who will then read some of his award-winning short stories, followed by a question and answer session.
   

    SEP 29
residency talk

Belgian curator and writer Philippe Pirotte will speak on notions of the idyll as a reflection on temporality.
   

    SEP 22
gallery talk

Artists Gregory Green and Beryl Korot speak about their work in the exhibition Building the Unthinkable curated by Christian Stayner.
   

    SEP 8
exhibition opening

Building the Unthinkable curated by Christian Stayner
   

    JUL 14
gallery talk

Cay Sophie Rabinowitz will speak with artist Wade Guyton about how his work relates to the 2004 Summer Exhibition selection.
   

    JUL 8-15
CONFERENCE 3

Inside Out: Reassessing International Cultural Influence at The Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawai'i
   

    JUN 30
exhibition opening

2004 Summer Exhibition curated by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz
   

    JUN 2
residency talk

Rasha Salti (ArteEast, NYC & Ashkal-Alwan, Beirut) will introduce Adania Shibli (writer, Palestine), who will then read from a selection of her short stories about daily life in Palestine in both Arabic and English. A discussion following will be lead by Suhail Shadoud (Adjunct Professor, Arabic Language at Columbia University)
   

    MAY 12
special program

The Reemergence of the Oral Tradition in the Digital Age: POETRY TV! Bob Holman, poetry pioneer and founder of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York, will present some of his poems and show excerpts from The United States of Poetry.
   

    MAY 5
residency talk

Arik Miranda and Nancy Schwartzman will speak about Xtra Large and Heeb Magazine, the work of their peers, and introduce their own multi-disciplinary art practices.
   

    APR 21
exhibition opening

Black Dragon Society
   

    APR 7
residency talk

Gavin Shettler (curator, Portland, Oregon) will speak about The Modern Zoo: Center for Arts and the Portland contemporary art scene.
   

    MAR 24
gallery talk

AAA speaks in relation to the exhibition The Future of the Reciprocal Readymade curated by Stephen Wright
   

    MAR 20
gallery talk

On the use-value of art, presented by Stephen Wright with the participation of Bureau d'études, Atlas Group, Grupo de Arte Callejero, Yes men and special guests.
   

    MAR 17
exhibition opening

The Future of the Reciprocal Readymade (The use-value of art) curated by Stephen Wright (critic, Paris). What happens when art crops up in the everyday, not to aestheticize it, but to inform it?
   

MAR 10
residency talk

Maria Clara Bernal (art historian, Bogota/London) will give a historical introduction to the terms "Créolité" and "Creolization" – which refer to the way cultures change through exchange. Caecilia Tripp (P.S.1 resident artist, Paris) will screen fragments of her video work Une agor reunionnaise which deals with different aspects of these terms.
   

    FEB 25
exhibition walk-through
With contributors to Treasure Maps, curated by Janine Antoni
Chitra Ganesh, Tim R. Riley, Michael Schumacher, Elizabeth Streb and Vinzenz Unger will speak about their work. In addition, Susan Sollins will speak about the work of Earle Brown.
   

    FEB 11
exhibition opening
Treasure Maps curated by Janine Antoni
   

JAN 28
residency talk
The Jamaican Experience through images and dialogue, examining the differences and similarities between Caribbean and North American art practices. Stanford Watson and Catherine Amidon
   

JAN 31
artist talk

Michael Rakowitz speaks in conjuction with Adaptations
   

    JAN 14
gallery talk

A conversation with artists Oscar Tuazon and Ocean Earth in conjuction with Adaptations
   

    JAN 10
artist talk

Kim Adams (Toronto) and Stealth Group (Rotterdam/Belgrade) in conjuction with Adaptations
   

    JAN 7
exhibition opening

Adaptations curated by Craig Buckley
   


2003        
    DEC 10
residency talk

This talk between Zhang Weiwei and Christopher Phillips will introduce the Pearl River Delta area - the landscape, urbanization, economics, and local culture - as context for exploring Chinese contemporary art and the strategy of Vitamin Creative Space.
   

    DEC 3
special program

Three Artists on Modernism and the Relevance of its Social and Aesthetic Utopia to Their Work organized by independent curator Carin Kuoni: Terence Gower (Mexico City and New York), Nicholas Herman (New York), and Ivan Navarro (Santiago, Chile and New York) will talk about their work and discuss shared—and divergent—takes on Modernism.
   

    NOV 19
special program

A talk by Turkish artist Serkan Özkaya
   

    NOV 15
curator talk

Curator team WHW speaks in conjunction with Looking Awry
   

    NOV 12
exhibition opening

Looking Awry organized by Zagreb-based curatorial collective 'What, How & for Whom' (WHW) - Ivet Curlin, Ana Devic, Natasa Ilic and Sabina Sabolovic
   

    NOV 1
gallery talk

GCH/Galeria Chilena speak in conjunction with To be Political it has to Look Nice
   

    OCT 29
gallery program

Video screening of work by El Vicio, "Posesión Extraterrestre"; Helena Producciones, "El Libro de Ultratumba"; and Miguel Calderón, "Discípula del Velocímetro" led by Carlos Gutiérrez (co-founder and co-director, Cinema Tropical, NYC)
   

    OCT 22
residency talk

Savvas Christodoulides is an artist who was born in Cyprus and is currently obtaining his PhD in Arts Plastique at the University of Provence in Marseille, France.
   

    OCT 14
gallery talk

in conjunction with To be Political it has to Look Nice
   

    OCT 11
exhibition opening

To be Political it has to Look Nice curated by Pablo León de la Barra
   

    OCT 1
special program

A video/film programmed by Gary Cannone (artist, Los Angeles/Rome) selected by Irene Tsatsos, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
   

    SEP 24
residency talk

The Identity of the Mexican Art Scene: Confronting the Mainstream with Douglas Rodrigo Rada Parejas