As we approach another major holiday, many galleries are preparing for their holiday events or vacation. 
However, there are several openings and art events to look forward to this week.
We hope you will find the listings below as a helpful guid to art events around the city. 

As always, be sure to check Artcards.cc regularly as new shows are added daily. 

Tuesday, December 17

"Coffee Talk- A MECCA BLUR with Artist Ryan Foerster and Curator Allen Frame" at Baxter St at CCNY
Chinatown/LES: 126 Baxter street, 3-4pm

"less than half Newsletter + Mobile App Launch Party" at The Pen & Brush
10 street: 16 E 10 street, RSV to Link, 6-9pm

Panel Discussion: "Amy Smith-Stewart in conversation with Nicole Cherubini" at Marisa Newman Projects
32 street: 38 W 32 street, Suite 1602, 5:30pm

Artist Talk: Richard Prince "Reflections on Artistic License with Richard Prince" at The Guggenheim Museum
89 street: 1071 Fifth avenue, at 89 street, $25, $20 members, $18 students. Ticket includes same-day museum admission. Same-day admission tickets may be presented at the door for free entry to the event as space allows., 6:30pm

Book launch: Sonia Leimer "Sonia Leimer: Via San Gennaro exhibition catalog launch" at International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 1040 Metropolitan avenue, Free, 6-8:30pm

Book launch: "Sonia Leimer: Via San Gennaro-Exhibition Catalog" at International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 1040 Metropolitan avenue, 6:30-8pm

Bill Claps "Natural Abstractions IV: China & Japan" at Keyes Gallery
Brooklyn, Greenpoint: 211 McGuinness Blvd, 5-10pm

Open Studio: Michael Alan "Michael Alan, World renowned Chelsea artist opens his Bushwick studio for a Holiday sale. R.s.v.p. DM @michaelalanalien on Instagram" at Michael Alan Studio
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 566 Johnson Ave, Address furnished with R.S.V.P. DM @michaelalanalien at Instagram, Free, 5pm-9pm

Rina AC Dweck "False is Grace and Vain is Beauty" curated by Peter Fulop at Chashama (One Brooklyn Bridge Park)
Brooklyn, Misc.: 360 Furman Street, 6-9pm

Wednesday, December 18

"Public Launch: Storefront's Digital Archive" at Storefront for Art and Architecture
Chinatown/LES: 97 Kenmare street, 6-8pm

Bochun Cheng "Everything After You" at Chinatown Soup
Chinatown/LES: 16 Orchard street, 6-8pm

Performance: Linda DiGusta, Scotto Mycklebust "VibeFIX-ShadowPower - an experience in words and music- in conjunction with the Exhibition Remember When It Winter Was ― Not a Wintermaerchen" curated by Priska Juschka at Lichtundfire
4 Street: 175 Rivington street, 6:30-8:30pm

Screening: "Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus, with an Introduction by A.S. Hamrah" at Swiss Institute
8 street: 38 St Marks Place, 7pm

Artist Talk: "Ottessa Moshfegh on Rachel Harrison" at Whitney Museum of American Art
12 street: 99 Gansevoort Street,, $10 adults; $8 for members, students, seniors, and visitors with disabilities, 7pm

Performance: "N0 ST0NES and Mirene Arsanios Performance" at White Columns
13 street: 91 Horatio, Free, 7:30

"Gift Island" Holiday multiples show at Printed Matter, Inc.
26 street: 231 11th Avenue, 5-8pm

Claire Wilson "An Evening with Muses Finale Gallery Showcase Opening Reception" at Ace Hotel
29 street: 20 West 29th Street, Free, 6-8pm

Closing reception: Members and Volunteers, RBPMW Monitors "Side Hustle!" curated by Louisa Rorschach at EFA (The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts) (Blackburn 20|20)
39 street: 323 W 39th street, 5, 6-10pm

"Dear Zachary: 10th Anniversary Screening with New Epilogue" at Maysles Cinema
128 street: 343 Malcom X Blvd, 7:30pm

Thursday, December 19

"Abxy Holiday Dance Off" at ABXY
Downtown: 9 Clinton St, RSVP through Link, 8-10pm

? Madeleine Bialke "Murder in the Adirondacks" at ChaShaMa
Downtown: 21 Greenwich Avenue, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Tunji Adeniyi-Jones "Patterns & Rituals" at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 327 Broome Street, b/w chrystie and bowery, 6-8pm

Alicia Mccarthy at Jack Hanley Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 327 Broome Street, 6-8pm

Bobby Hill "@BobbyHillArt: THE PRINT SHOW Holiday Pop Up" at Bobby Hill Art
Chinatown/LES: 195 Chrystie Street, Free, 6-9pm

Anjuli Rathod, Beverly Acha, Christie Neptune, Jordan Sullivan, Mo Kong, Ranee Henderson, Raya Terran, Sonia Louise Davis, Tammy Nguyen, Zoe Avery Nelson "Sower" curated by Mike Tan at Rubber Factory
Chinatown/LES: 29c Ludlow street, 6-8pm

Miryana Todorova, Patty Cateura, Tad Wiley, Xin Song "Sitelines" curated by Dandan Christy Qin at VillageOne Space
Soho: 594 Broadway, Suite 701 , Free, 6-8pm

Xeo Chu "Big World, Little Eyes" at Georges Berges Gallery
Soho: 462 W Broadway, 6-8pm

Performance: "The Ghosts of the Night Flock: A Standing on the Corner Art Ensemble" at The Kitchen
19 street: 512 W 19 street, $35 General / $30 Members, 8pm

Sam Heydt "Side Effects" curated by Brianna Hayes at SACI Gallery
19 street: 454 W 19th Street, Free, 6-8pm

Japan Contemporary Artists Team (JCAT) "Made In Japan 2019 Exhibition Team A" curated by Arisa Itami at Noho-M55 Gallery
25 street: 530 W 25 street, Free, 5-7:30pm

"Lotion #9: DATE NIGHT" at Printed Matter, Inc.
26 street: 231 11th Avenue, 6-8pm

"Holiday Potluck Party" at Bronx River Art Center
140 street: 305 East 140th street, Free, 6-8pm

Benjamin Lyon, Celie Gruber, Estefania Velez Rodriguez, Georgie Flores, Io Okazaki, Jess Hoyt, Joshua Gabriel, Kat Ryals, Lexi Campbell, Thomas Hemmerick "It's summer and we're running out of ice" at The Living Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 1094 Broadway, 6-8pm

"Holidaze" at Janet Borden Inc
Brooklyn, Misc.: 91 Water street, 6-8pm

Robert Antonio Martinez "Dominiconics" at Local Project
Long Island City: 11-27 44th road, 6-9pm

Friday, December 20

Joseph Buckley "Cousin Table" at Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space
Chinatown/LES: 88 Essex Street, Free, 6-8pm

Performance: "Toshi Reagon with Juliette Jones featuring Rootstock Republic" at Rubin Museum of Art
17 street: 150 W 17 street, at seventh ave, 7pm and 9:30pm

"la robe and our feelings were made by hand" Discussion and reading with Tan Lin and Pierre Paulin at Printed Matter, Inc.
26 street: 231 11th Avenue, 6-8pm

"Winter Benefit Exhibition" at M. David & Co
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 56 Bogart Street, 6-9pm

Reading: "A Night of Poetry Hosted by: The Song Cave" at Picture Room
Brooklyn, Misc.: 117 Atlantic Avenue, 6-8pm

Screening: "James Fotopoulos' film "Migrating Forms: 20 Years" at Microscope Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 1329 Willoughby Avenue, #2B, Free for Members, General admission $8, Students $6, 7:30pm

Saturday, December 21

Tour: "The Westbeth Winter Show" Annual exhibition of resident visual artists at Westbeth Gallery
12 street: 55 Bethune street at Washington street, 2-4pm

Ken Grimes "Alien Variations" at Ricco/Maresca Gallery
20 street: 529 West 20th Street, 6-8pm

? & Colby Cannon Welsh, Dylan Musler, Taehee Whang "Butter My Bread" at Chashama
23 street: 320 W 23rd Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Performance: Ému, Jonathan Sims, Ksenia Salion, Laurent Fort, Lindsay Packer, Luba Drozd, Night Shining, Paloma Kop, Sizhu Li, Testu Collective "Solstice: An Exhibition of Works in Light" curated by Jonathan Sims at flux factory
Queens: 39-31 29th street, 8pm

Lecture: Ému, Jonathan Sims, Ksenia Salion, Laurent Fort, Lindsay Packer, Luba Drozd, Night Shining, Paloma Kop, Sizhu Li, Testu Collective "Solstice: An Exhibition of Works in Light" curated by Jonathan Sims at flux factory
Queens: 39-31 29th street, 7-11:30pm

Sunday, December 22

Agnieszka Traczewska "Hanukkah in Mea Shearim (Jerusalem) by Agnieszka Traczewska" at 14th Street Y
14 street: 344 E 14th street, Free, 6:30-8:30pm

"Alexander Gray Associates Regina Silveira" at Alexander Gray Associates (Germantown)
Catskill, NY: 222 Main St, 3-6pm

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