The two most promising events this week revolve around video & performance: tonight (Tuesday), postTV launches at Cabinet with live performances. postTV is a new organization that exhibits and produces video and performance. The event at Cabinet will be streaming live on their website postTV.org. And, Thursday, the final installment of Seven Easy Steps video program curated by Amanda Schmitt begins at 7pm at Horton Gallery. The previous screenings have been excellent and this installment titled "Artistic Masterpieces" looks to be good as well.

As part of the last week of the Whitney Biennial, Michael Asher will have the museum "Remain Open Around The Clock For Three Days" (Wednesday Midnight through Friday Midnight). Read more about the event on Artcards Review.

Tuesday:
+ Screening: Andrew Steinmetz, Frank Zadlo, Jashin Friedrich, Jennifer Sullivan, Keith Telfeyan, Kitty Huffman, Koen Hauser, Larry Carlson, Shana Moulton, Willie Thurlow "Seven Easy Steps: Spiritual Ecstasies" curated by Amanda Schmitt at Horton Gallery
+ Benefit: "The Party in the Garden: honoring Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder" at MoMA
+ Performance: "postTV : LIVE" at Cabinet

Wednesday:
+ Michael Asher "Whitney Museum To Remain Open Around The Clock For Three Days" part of the final week of the Whitney Biennial 2010 at Whitney Museum of American Art

Thursday:
+ Sana Arjumand "Let's Fly First Class!" at Aicon Gallery
+ Lecture: "ICI's The Curator's Perspective: Sergio Edelsztein on political activism in Israeli video art" at 303 Gallery
+ Screening: Andrew Steinmetz, Avi Krispin, Dana Levy, Leidy Churchman, Mads Lynnerup, Michael Smith, Oyvind Aspen, Pascual Sisto, Stephen Hilyard, William Wegman "Seven Easy Steps: Artistic Masterpieces" (last program of curated by Amanda Schmitt at Horton Gallery

Friday:
+ Adam Marnie, Andrea Longacre-White, Carter, J. Parker Valentine, Julia Dault, Kadar Brock, Michael Brown, Ned Vena, Ryan Sullivan "Substance Abuse" curated by Colin Huerter at Leo Koenig, Inc. (Projekte)

+ Ania Diakoff, Anne Yalon, Colby Bird, Deric Carner, Elena Bajo, Eric Angles, Ethan Miller, Georgia Sagri, J. Parker Valentine, Jen Liu, Joshua Smith, Justin Craun, Justin Samson, Lisa Oppenheim, Peter Coffin "36 Dramatic Situations" curated by Scott Kiernan at Louis V E.S.P.

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Sunday:

+ Aviram Cohen, Bella Foster, Cult of Youth, J. Penry, Jeff Davis, Megan Pflug "The Ritual" curated by J. Penry at By And By

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Tuesday, May 25

Artist Talk: "Dash Shaw and Keith Mayerson in Conversation" at Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA)
Soho: 594 Broadway, b/w Houston and Prince streets, suite 401, $5, 7pm

Book Signing: Marilyn Minter "monograph release & signing" at Strand Book Store
12 street: 828 Broadway, at 12 street, 7pm

Amanda Besl, Jazz-minh Moore at Lyons Wier Gallery
20 street: 175 Seventh avenue, at W 20 street, 6-9pm

+ Screening: Andrew Steinmetz, Frank Zadlo, Jashin Friedrich, Jennifer Sullivan, Keith Telfeyan, Kitty Huffman, Koen Hauser, Larry Carlson, Shana Moulton, Willie Thurlow "Seven Easy Steps: Spiritual Ecstasies" curated by Amanda Schmitt at Horton Gallery
22 street: 504 W 22 street, 7-8:30pm

Jeff Miller "Loosen Up!" at Atlantic Gallery
29 street: 135 W 29 street, floor 6, 6-10pm

Meera Thompson "New Paintings" at Atlantic Gallery
29 street: 135 W 29 street, floor 6, 6-8pm

Luigi Di Sarro "Anatomy, Persona, and the Moment: 70's Experimental Photographs" curated by Allen Frame, Giovanna Pennacchi at Camera Club of New York
37 street: 336 W 37 street, 6-8pm

+ Benefit: "The Party in the Garden: honoring Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder" at MoMA
53 street: 11 W 53 street, $1,000, 7pm cocktails, 8pm dinner, after-party 9pm-midnight

Darren Bader at Alex Zachary
77 street: 16 E 77 street, 6-8pm

Anit, Arden Scott, Cheryl Goldsleger, Claire Siedl, Cris Gianakos, Daniel Berlin, Deborah Freedman, Elke Solomon, Eric Holzman, John King, John Schiff, Joseph Haske, K.K. Kozik, Marjorie Van Dyke, Mark Mullin, Mark Saltz, Mel Pekarsky, Mimi Gross, Nancy Lasar, Pamela Lawton "VanDeb Editions: Monotypes + Etchings from a Printmaking Atelier" curated by Emily J. O'Leary at Hebrew Home at Riverdale
260 street: 5901 Palisade Avenue, 6-8pm

"Siamese Connection: 25 Emerging Thai Artists In New York" at Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) Brooklyn, Dumbo: 30 Washington street, 7-9pm

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Screening: Chuck Jones, he Dziga Vertov Group "Duck Amuck; and, Wind from the East" at Light Industry
Brooklyn, Misc.: 177 Livingston street, $7, 7:30pm

+ Performance: "postTV : LIVE" at Cabinet
Brooklyn, Misc.: 300 Nevins street, 6:30-11pm

Kiyo "Nagomi" at Ouchi Gallery Brooklyn, Misc.: 170 Tillary street, suite 507, 7-10pm

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Wednesday, May 26

Valentina Celada "Figuring it out" at 255Canal
Chinatown/LES: 255 Canal street, floor 4, RSVP 255canal@gmail.com, 6-9pm

Rachel Hovnanian "Too Good To Be True" at Collette Blanchard Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 26 Clinton street, 6-8pm

Lecture: "Liza Bear and Christophe Cherix in Conversation regarding Avalanche Magazine" at Artists Space
Soho: 38 Greene street, floor 3, 7pm

Benefit: "Spring Gala Benefit honoring David Byrne" at The Kitchen
19 street: 512 W 19 street, tickets, 6-8pm

Araki, Katsumi Watanabe, Kohei Yoshiyuki, Miwa Yanagi, Ryoko Suzuki, Shuji Terayama, Tomoko Sawada "Provocateurs of Japanese Photography: Films, Books and Photography" curated by Kathleen Cullen, Russet Lederman at Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts
26 street: 508 W 26 street, 6-8pm

"Street Smart" curated by Heidi Lee at Affirmation Arts
37 street: 523 W 37 street, 6-8pm

Cammi Climaco, Enoc Perez, Karlos Carcamo, Steve Lambert, William Powhida "Editions 10'" at Lower East Side Printshop
37 street: 306 W 37 street, floor 6, 6-8pm

Clemens Von Wedemeyer, Cory Arcangel, Dariusz Kowalski, Flora Watzal, Florian & Michael Quistrebert, Gerold Tagwerker, Hanne Mugaas, Jordan Wolfson , Judith Fegerl, Kobas Laksa, Mark Lombardi, Nicolas Grospierre, Paul Laffoley, Rachel Owens, Tris Vonna-Michell "NineteenEightyFour" curated by David Harper, David Komary, Martha Kirszenbaum at Austrian Cultural Forum 52 street: 11 E 52 street, 6-8pm

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Donald Silverstein, Karen Green Recor "Slope" at Gallery Sakiko
68 street: 155 W 68 street, suite 1127, 6-8pm

Lecture: "Final Dulwich Program: Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery" at The Frick Collection
70 street: 1 E 70 street, 6pm

+ Michael Asher "Whitney Museum To Remain Open Around The Clock For Three Days" part of the final week of the Whitney Biennial 2010 at Whitney Museum of American Art
75 street: 945 Madison avenue, at 75 street, (pay what you wish after 11pm Wed/Thur, and after 6pm Friday), Wednesday midnight - Friday midnight

Artist Talk: Walead Beshty "Conversations With Contemporary Artists" at The Guggenheim Museum
89 street: 1071 Fifth avenue, at 89 street, $10, 6:30pm

Lecture: "Making the Net Work: How can we build stronger collaborations?" Brooklyn Arts in Education Roundtable Series at Bric Rotunda Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 33 Clinton street, 4-6pm

Thursday, May 27

Artist Talk: Detext, Erin Goldberger, Ingrid Burrington, Jessica Angel "Digital Domination - Cyber Nation" organized by ABACA's Curatorial Studies students at apexart
Downtown: 291 Church street, b/w Walker & White, 6-8pm

David Flinn "R.I.P" at Envoy Gallery (Lower East Side)
Chinatown/LES: 131 Chrystie street, 6-8pm

William Anthony "Ironic Icons" at Christopher Henry Gallery Chinatown/LES: 127 Elizabeth street, 6-9pm

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Artur Zmijewski, Gianni Motti, Maja Bajevic, Maria Eichhorn, Teresa Margolles "Kratos - About (Il)legitimate(d) Power" curated by Raphael Gygax at Team
Soho: 83 Grand street, b/w wooster & greene, 6-8pm

Workshop: "Art Salon: Where Creativity is Cause for Celebration!" at Gilles Larrain Studio
Soho: 95 Grand street, $24, 6:30-11pm

Lecture: "Is it possible to defy the politics of cultural identity in an art world loaded with stereotypes and prejudice?" Panelists: Adel Abidin, Carol Becker, Sam Bardaouil, Moderator: Claudia Calirman at Location One
Soho: 26 Greene street, 7pm

+ Sana Arjumand "Let's Fly First Class!" at Aicon Gallery
4 Street: 35 Great Jones street, RSVP required to newyork@aicongallery.com, 6-9pm

Brent Ridge "Loose Wires" curated by Amy von Harrington at Heather's Bar
13 street: 506 E 13 street, b/w avenues A and B, 6-9pm

"Undercurrents: Experimental Ecosystems in Recent Art" curated by Amanda Parmer, Anik Fournier, Michelle Lim, Robert Wuilfe at The Kitchen
19 street: 512 W 19 street, 5-8pm

+ Lecture: "ICI's The Curator's Perspective: Sergio Edelsztein on political activism in Israeli video art" at 303 Gallery
21 street: 547 W 21 street, 6:30-8:30pm

+ Screening: Andrew Steinmetz, Avi Krispin, Dana Levy, Leidy Churchman, Mads Lynnerup, Michael Smith, Oyvind Aspen, Pascual Sisto, Stephen Hilyard, William Wegman "Seven Easy Steps: Artistic Masterpieces" (last program of curated by Amanda Schmitt at Horton Gallery
22 street: 504 W 22 street, 7-8:30pm

Joel Grey "1.3: New Color Work" at Steven Kasher Gallery
23 street: 521 W 23 street, 6-8pm

"Autochromes: Early Color Masterpieces from National Geographic" at Steven Kasher Gallery
23 street: 521 W 23 street, 6-8pm

Medrie MacPhee "What It Is" at Von Lintel Gallery
23 street: 520 W 23 street, 6-8pm

Larry Johnson at Marc Jancou Contemporary
24 street: 524 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Alex Roulette, Andrew Jones, David Leonard at George Billis Gallery
25 street: 555 W 25 street, 6-8pm

Carol Heft "Transformation and Chaos: Bits and Pieces" at Blue Mountain Gallery
25 street: 530 W 25 street, floor 4, 5-7pm

Phyllis Floyd "Anne, Zoe, Emil & Other Subjects" at First Street Gallery
26 street: 526 W 26 street, floor 9, 6-8pm

Aaron Simonton, Alan Reid, Anais Daly, Annie Shaw, Brendan Carroll, Brian Fridge, Colleen Asper, Danielle Webb, Eric Graham, Filip Noterdaeme, Graham Collins, Hawley Hussey, Johanna Taylor, Nader Sadek, Nicole Arendt, Nina Horisaki-Christens, Patrick Killoran, Philip Maysles, Randall Friedman, Tuesday Smilley "Moonlighting" curated by Baseera Khan at Hosfelt Gallery
36 street: 531 W 36 street, 6:30-8:30pm

Christian Boltanski "No Man's Land" at Armory (Park Avenue Armory / Historic Rooms)
67 street: 643 Park avenue, $12, 2-9:30pm

Lisa Cooperman, Sheila Ross at A.I.R. Gallery
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front street, 6-8pm

Chris O'Donnell, Daniel Albrigo, Luke Barber-Smith, Sam Friedman "Divine Mourning" at Yes Gallery
Brooklyn, Greenpoint: 147 India street, 6-10pm

"David Schnuckel presents Parenthetical Admission (Things Eventually Recognized After the Fact...)" at UrbanGlass Brooklyn, Misc.: 647 Fulton street, 6-8pm

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Friday, May 28

Kelli Williams "Scala Naturae" at Leo Koenig, Inc.
23 street: 545 W 23 street, 6-8pm

+ Adam Marnie, Andrea Longacre-White, Carter, J. Parker Valentine, Julia Dault, Kadar Brock, Michael Brown, Ned Vena, Ryan Sullivan "Substance Abuse" curated by Colin Huerter at Leo Koenig, Inc. (Projekte)
23 street: 541 W 23 street, 6-8pm

Christina Massey, J Carpenter, Jessica Lagunas, Michael Paul Britto curated by Christine Licata, Marcos Dimas at Taller Boricua
105 street: 1680 Lexington avenue, 6-9pm

Conrad Ventur at Momenta Art
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 359 Bedford avenue, 7-9pm

? Martin Reyna at Hogar Collection Gallery
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 362 Grand street, at Marcy, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

"Ten Years Hunting [The Trophy Room]" at Parker's Box
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 193 Grand street, 6-9pm

+ Ania Diakoff, Anne Yalon, Colby Bird, Deric Carner, Elena Bajo, Eric Angles, Ethan Miller, Georgia Sagri, J. Parker Valentine, Jen Liu, Joshua Smith, Justin Craun, Justin Samson, Lisa Oppenheim, Peter Coffin "36 Dramatic Situations" curated by Scott Kiernan at Louis V E.S.P. Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 140 Jackson street, suite 4D, 7-10pm

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Sarah Walker at Pierogi
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 177 N 9 street, 7-9pm

Performance: Leah Aron, Rafael Sanchez, Tymon Mattoszko, Zhenesse Staniec Heinemann at Grace Exhibition Space
Brooklyn, Misc.: 840 Broadway, floor 2, 9-11pm

? Brian Dupont "Gravity and Array" at Soapbox Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 636 Dean street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Saturday, May 29

Eun Hyung Kim, Hyong Nam Ahn, Hyungsub Shin, Janelle Iglesias, Kyung Woo Han, Lishan Chang "Jack In The Space" curated by Heng-Gil Han at Dean Project
Queens: 45-43 21 street, 6-9pm

"Storm" curated by Jill Wickenheisser at Submergedart Gallery
Newark: 210 Market street, 6-10pm

Andra Ursuta, Ann Cleary, David Scanavino, Erin Schneider, Ethan Greenbaum, Julio Monterrey, Kara Lynch, Mark McNamara, Michael DeLucia, Nicholas Emmet, Paul Jacobsen, Yui Kugimiya "One Acre Plot" curated by Andrea Hill, Joshua Druckman at Phillips de Pury & Company (Majestic Farm)
Mountain Dale, NY: 134 Majestic Road, 2pm-midnight

Sunday, May 30

"Great Small Works' Ninth International Toy Theater Festival" at St. Ann's Warehouse
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 38 Water street, 3pm parade, 4pm reception

+ Aviram Cohen, Bella Foster, Cult of Youth, J. Penry, Jeff Davis, Megan Pflug "The Ritual" curated by J. Penry at By And By Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 552 Grand street, 4-7pm

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Shanee Epstein "May his memory be a Blessing" at 440 Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 440 Sixth avenue, 1-4pm

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