We have had several fantastic days this past week and every flower around my home is blooming. The art world is blooming too with a week of exciting openings, performances, fairs, and more.

Back for its fourteenth year, the “Annual New York Indian Film Festival" at Indo-American Arts Council, inc (IAAC). 

There is also a two day "Novella Gallery Benefit Auction: 70 artists will be on view" at NOVELLA.

Make sure to keep checking the site as we add more and more exciting things daily -- see what you can see this week.

- Alexandra Schoell, Editor

Wednesday:
+ Screening: Linda Simpson "The Drag Explosion-Expanded!" curated by Dirty Looks NYC at Participant Inc.

Thursday:
+ Fred Tomaselli "Current Events" at James Cohan Gallery

+ Lucy Williams "Festival" at McKee Gallery

view image »

Friday:
+ Michael Berryhill "Beggars Blanket" at KANSAS
+ Lee Bul at Lehmann Maupin
+ Matthew Monahan at Anton Kern

Saturday:
+ Keith Haring at Gladstone Gallery

Sunday:

+ Artist Talk: Arnold Mesches "Eternal Return" curated by Michael David at Life on Mars Gallery

view image »

Tuesday, April 29

"Letters to the Mayor" at Storefront for Art and Architecture
Chinatown/LES: 97 Kenmare street, 7pm

David Melrose "Time" at Wild Project
4 Street: 195 E 3 street, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: Brian Frye "The Waste Books" at Light Industry
Brooklyn, Greenpoint: 155 Freeman St, 7:30pm

Shiori Yajima "Beyond the Forest" curated by Arisa Itami at Ouchi Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 170 Tillary street, Suite 105, 7-10pm

Atsushi Adachi "Kioku" curated by Asako Zenna at Ouchi Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 170 Tillary street, Suite 105, 7-10pm

Wednesday, April 30

? Lauren Henkin "The Park" at Foley Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 97 Allen Street, at delancey st, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

+ Screening: Linda Simpson "The Drag Explosion-Expanded!" curated by Dirty Looks NYC at Participant Inc.
Chinatown/LES: 253 E Houston street, $8, 8:30pm

Performance: Robert Hickerson "JOAN" at AMO Studios Chinatown/LES: 106 Eldridge street, 1pm-6pm

view image »

Dora Frost "Heads and Hands" Men of the 20th Century curated by Ronny Cohen, Ph.D at 215 Bowery space 4 Street: 215 Bowery, 6-8pm

view image »

Judy Pfaff, Ursula von Rydingsvard "Lifetime Achievement Award Gala" curated by International Sculpture Center at Metropolitan Pavilion
18 street: 125 W 18 street, Visit www.sculpture.org/pfaffUVR for tickets or contact the events department at the International Sculpture Center at (609)689-1051 x302 or events@sculpture.org, 6-10pm

"It's An Invasion" at National Arts Club
20 street: 15 Gramercy Park South, 6-8pm

Frank Stella "Polish Village" at Van Doren Waxter
73 street: 23 E 73 street, 6-8pm

Elizabeth Hamby "Alphabet City" curated by Christine Licata at Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education
163 street: 928 Simpson street, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: A Celebration of Muriel Spark "A Celebration of Muriel Spark" curated by Issue Project Room at Issue Project Room
Brooklyn, Misc.: 22 Boerum Place, 8pm

Thursday, May 1

Andy Rementer "Meet Me Later" at Mondo Cane
Downtown: 174 Duane street, 6-9pm

? Il Lee "New Ballpoint Works" at Art Projects International (API)
Downtown: 434 Greenwich street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Lauren Seiden "Querencia" at Denny Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 261 Broome St, 6-8pm

Amy Myers "Natal Curve" at ROX
Chinatown/LES: 86 Delancey Street, 6-10pm

Patrick Hughes "STUDIOLOSPECTIVE" at Flowers Gallery
20 street: 529 W 20 street, 3rd floor, 6-8pm

Ibrahim El-Salahi "Selected Works 1962-2010" at Skoto Gallery
20 street: 529 W 20 street, floor 5, 6-8pm

Gehard Demetz "The Invocation" at Jack Shainman Gallery
20 street: 513 W 20 street, 6-8pm

Sarah Leahy "At Once" at Kim Foster Gallery
20 street: 529 W 20 street, 6-8pm

Open Studio: "Spring 2014 Open Studios" at SVA
21 street: 133 W 21 street, at 6 avenue, Floors 4 & 6, 5-8pm

Simryn Gill "Blue" at Tracy Williams Ltd
23 street: 521 W 23 street, 6-8pm

Cathy Choi "Ambient Pressure" at Margaret Thatcher Projects
23 street: 539 W 23 street, ground floor, 6-8pm

Book launch: Martin Hyers, William Mebane "EMPIRE" at Steven Kasher Gallery
23 street: 521 W 23 street, 6-9pm

Alex Kanevsky "Beautiful and Profound Paintings" at J. Cacciola Gallery 23 street: 537 W 23rd st, 6-8pm

view image »

? Solange Knopf "Spirit Codex" at Cavin-Morris Gallery
24 street: 210 Eleventh avenue, floor 2, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Toyin Odutola "Like the Sea" at Jack Shainman Gallery
24 street: 524 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Shirley Kaneda "Space Without Space" at Galerie Richard
24 street: 514 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Greg Smith at Susan Inglett Gallery
24 street: 522 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Blane de St. Croix "Dead Ice" at Fredericks & Freiser
24 street: 536 W 24 street, 6-8pm

? Erik Den Breejen "There's a Riot Goin' On" at Freight + Volume
24 street: 530 W 24 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

David Datuna "Elements" at Birnam Wood Galleries
24 street: 514 West 24 st, 3W, 6-8pm

David Datuna "Elements" at Birnam Wood Galleries
24 street: 514 West 24 st, 3W, 6-8pm

"HALFTONES AND ISHIDOTS...THE NEW ABSTRACT!" at Paul Kolker (formerly Studio 601)
25 street: 511 W 25 street, 6-8pm

Martine Villandre "Falling Blocks" at Noho-M55 Gallery 25 street: 530 W 25 street, 6-8pm

view image »

"The Best of Contemporary Art at Agora Gallery" at Agora Gallery (chelsea)
25 street: 530 W 25 street, 6-8pm

Alexandra Lerman, with a performance by Madeline Hollander "Immediate Release" curated by Ceren Erdem at Tina Kim Gallery
25 street: 545 W 25 street, floor 3, 6-8pm

Wafaa Bilal "The Ashes Series" at Driscoll | Babcock
25 street: 525 W 25th Street, 6-8pm

+ Fred Tomaselli "Current Events" at James Cohan Gallery
26 street: 533 W 26 street, 6-8pm

? Jay DeFeo at Mitchell - Innes & Nash (Chelsea)
26 street: 534 W 26 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Eddie Martinez, Joseph Hart "Dread Blush" at David Krut Projects
26 street: 526 W 26 street, floor 8, 6-8pm

Gabi Trinkaus "Paradise with a Limp" at Claire Oliver
26 street: 513 W 26 street, 6-8pm

? Eddie Martinez, Joseph Hart "Dread Blush" at David Krut Projects 26 street: 526 W 26 street, floor 8, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

view image »

Joris Laarman "Joris Laarman Lab 2.0" at Friedman Benda Gallery
26 street: 515 W 26 street, 6:30-8:30pm

Derek Buckner "Recent Work" at George Billis Gallery
26 street: 525 W 26 street, 6-8pm

Walton Ford "Watercolors" at Paul Kasmin Gallery
27 street: 293 Tenth avenue, at W 27 street, 6-8pm

Elisa Garcia de la Huerte "Vibrations/Vibraciones" at SOHO20 Gallery
27 street: 547 W 27 street, suite 301, 6-8pm

Ilan Averbuch "Thoughts" at Nancy Hoffman Gallery
27 street: 520 W 27 street, 6-8pm

Inhye Lee "Face Play" at SOHO20 Gallery
27 street: 547 W 27 street, suite 301, 6-8pm

Coeleen Kiebert "Navigating Other Realms" at SOHO20 Gallery
27 street: 547 W 27 street, suite 301, 6-8pm

Alan Bray "New Paintings" curated by Liz Garvey at Garvey Simon Art Access
27 street: 547 W 27th Street, suite 207, 6-8pm

Alan Gaynor "Remembrances" at Viridian Artists
28 street: 548 W 28th, suite 632, 6-8pm

Charles Quiles "Fais-moi l'amour: Photography by Charles Quiles" at ArtNowNY
28 street: 548 W 28th Street, 2nd floor, 6-9pm

"Codification of Intimacy" Works on Niklas Luhmann at David Nolan Gallery
29 street: 527 W 29 street, 6-8pm

Davida Adedjouma, Dick Lubinsky, Keith Pavia, Mercedes Kelly "Outsider?" at Fountain Gallery
48 street: 702 Ninth avenue, at 48 street, 6-8pm

Guillermo Muñoz Vera "The Light of the Alhambra" at Forum Gallery
57 street: 730 Fifth avenue, 6-8pm

+ Lucy Williams "Festival" at McKee Gallery 57 street: 745 Fifth avenue, at w 57 street, 6-8pm

view image »

Billy Al Bengston "Transcendental Bengston-tation" at Franklin Parrasch Gallery
57 street: 20 W 57 street, 6-8pm

Roberto Bernardi "New Candy Paintings" at Bernarducci Meisel Gallery
57 street: 37 W 57 street, at w 57 street, 6-8pm

? Raphaella Spence "Recent Paintings" at Bernarducci Meisel Gallery
57 street: 37 W 57 street, at w 57 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Eiichi Shibata "Soap" at Yoshii Gallery
77 street: 980 Madison avenue, 3rd floor, 6-8pm

Dennis Redmoon Darkeem, Ryan Garvey, Skowmon Hastanan "The Other/ Under Side" at BRONXARTSPACE 140 street: 305 E 140 street, 1B, 6-9pm

view image »

Maude Boltz "Devolution (passing on from stage to stage)" at A.I.R. Gallery
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front street, #228, 6-9pm

Ann Pachner "You Are My Dear Blossoms " at A.I.R. Gallery
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front street, #228, 6-9pm

Jayanthi Moorthy "Assumptions" at A.I.R. Gallery
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front street, #228, 6-9pm

"Honorable Mention" at New York Studio Residency Program Brooklyn, Dumbo: 20 Jay street, Suite M10, 4-9pm

view image »

Performance: Christopher Trapani, Pete Swanson "Yarn/Wire/Currents" curated by Issue Project Room at Issue Project Room
Brooklyn, Misc.: 22 Boerum Place, 8pm

Panel Discussion: Alexis Clements, and An Xiao., Kareem Estefan, Mira Schor, with Gabby Bess "The Art of Feeling: Contemporary Arts Writing and the Internet"" at Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, Misc.: 200 Eastern Parkway, Free with Museum Admission, 7-9pm

"SHADOW ODYSSEY" at Mahlstedt Gallery
New Rochelle: 415 Huguenot street, 6-9pm

Friday, May 2

Tour: "Fortunato Depero" at CIMA Center for Italian Modern Art
Downtown: 421 Broome street, RSVP required $10, free for students, 11 am, 1pm, 3 pm

+ Michael Berryhill "Beggars Blanket" at KANSAS
Downtown: 59 Franklin street, 6-8pm

+ Lee Bul at Lehmann Maupin
Chinatown/LES: 201 Chrystie street, at Stanton street, 6-8pm

Closing reception: Robert Hickerson "JOAN" at AMO Studios Chinatown/LES: 106 Eldridge street, 6-9pm

view image »

Tim Barber "Relations" at Capricious 88 Chinatown/LES: 88 Eldridge street, 5 floor, 6-8pm

view image »

Elling Reitan, Lida van Bers, RICHARD VAUX, ROBERT NIESSE, YUJI ASHIKAWA "GROUP SHOW" curated by ASHOK JAIN at Ashok Jain Gallery Chinatown/LES: 58 Hester street, 6-8pm

view image »

"NOVELLA GALLERY BENEFIT AUCTION (DAY 1): 70 artists will be on view" at NOVELLA
Chinatown/LES: 164 Orchard Street, 6-10pm

Alexandra Rubinstein, Ambrose & Wether, Azmi Mert Erdem, Betty Tompkins, Constance & Eric, Daniel Maidman, Faith Holland, Frank & Moskowitz, Genevieve White, Jazz-minh Moore, Joanne Leah, Katie Peyton, Keren Moscovitch, KM Copham, Linda Griggs, Lowell Boyers, Marne Lucas, Pretty Offensive, Randy Polumbo, Trevor Guthrie, Yuliya Lanina, [dNASAb] "HOTTER THAN JULY" Eat Your Art Out curated by Savannah Spirit at NY Studio Gallery (NYSG) Chinatown/LES: 154 Stanton street, at Suffolk street, Suggested Donation: $5 for performers, 7-10pm

view image »

Performance: "The Voice of Kristin Norderval" at New Museum of Contemporary Art
Soho: 235 Bowery, $10-$12, 7pm

Kerstin Bratsch, Mark Handforth, Mark Leckey at Gavin Brown's Enterprise
Soho: 620 Greenwich street, at leroy street, 6-8pm

Jennifer Guidi at Nathalie Karg 4 Street: 41 Great Jones street, 6-8pm

view image »

Closing reception: Tashi Norbu & Tenzing Rigdol "Artist Talk Event with Poetry by Tenzing Rigdol" curated by Zola Nyambuu at Tibet House Museum/Gallery
15 street: 22 W 15 street, 6-8pm

Tour: "Visual Antidotes" The Stories behind Himalayan Art at Rubin Museum of Art
17 street: 150 W 17 street, at seventh ave, 7-7:45pm

? Thilo Heinzmann at Bortolami
20 street: 520 W 20 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

+ Matthew Monahan at Anton Kern
20 street: 532 W 20 street, 6-8pm

Ben Schumacher, Carlos Reyes, Dena Yago, Elaine Cameron-Weir, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Jared Madere, Jason Matthew Lee, Lena Henke, Marlie Mul "Bloomington: Mall Of America, North Side Of Food Court, Across From Burger King & The Bank Of Payphones That Don't Take Incoming Calls" at Bortolami
20 street: 520 W 20 street, 6-8pm

Clint Jukkala "Cosmic Trigger" at BravinLee programs
26 street: 526 W 26 street, suite 211, 6-8pm

Zilia Sánchez "Heróicas Eróticas en Nueva York" at Galerie Lelong
26 street: 528 W 26 street, 6-8pm

and Tracie Williams., Anna Ekros, Beau Torres, Connor McNicholas, Daniel Terna, Esther Nila Bosche, Jessica Thalmann, Joseph Desler Costa, Kat Shannon, Kimberly Wade, Marie Louise Omme, Marisa Sottos, Stephanie Colgan "ICP-Bard SlideFest" at International Center of Photography (ICP) (School)
43 street: 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 7-9pm

Mark Rothko "Mark Rothko: Works on Paper 1941-1947" at Pace Gallery
57 street: 32 E 57 street, 6-8pm

Panel Discussion: Brent Wells, C Bangs, Giacomo Mancini, Lynn Sures "Art and Evolution" a Work in Progress curated by Yasmin Tayag at Central Booking
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front street, suite 210, $5, 7pm

Kim Jones "mountain girl door" curated by Joe Amrhein at Pierogi
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 177 N 9 street, 7-9pm

Daniel Canogar, Kate Gilmore, Melanie Bonajo, Rafael Rozendaal, Rico Gatson, William Lamson, Wojchiech Gilewicz "SEVEN / VIDEO" at Pierogi (The Boiler)
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 191 North 14th street, 6-9pm

Thomas Broadbent "Adaptation" at Front Room Gallery
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 147 Roebling street, 7-9pm

Zak Bush "Revisions" at Picture Farm Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 338 Wythe Ave, 6-9pm

view image »

David Ambrose "Straitjacket Kaleidoscope" at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, Greenpoint: 205 Norman avenue, 7-9pm

view image »

Andrea Crespo, Emily Clayton, Justin Kemp, Michael Pybus, Mikkel Carl, Mitchell Charbonneau, Paul Wiersbinski "#ArtistsBeLike" curated by Loney Abrams, Project Curate at NURTUREart Gallery
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 56 Bogart Street, 7-9pm

Fanny Allie, Jennifer Gustavson and Moira Ricci, Lisa Fairstein, Margaret Coleman "Dancing Queen" at Fresh Window
Brooklyn, Misc.: 56 Bogart street, 7-9pm

Mike Taylor "Bad Credit" at Wayfarers
Brooklyn, Misc.: 1109 Dekalb avenue, 7-10pm

Lizbeth Mitty "Emerald City" at Elgin Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 52 Tompkins avenue, 6:30-9pm

Briana Phelps, Christine Sajecki, Cynthia Mason, Ellen Mueller, Lauren Howard, Magnolia Laurie, Maria Raquel Cochez, Megan Hildebrandt, Megan Piontkowski, Michelle Hagewood, Sara Holwerda, Sarah Kelly "Practical Feminism" curated by Eyesplice Collective at Radiator Gallery
Queens: 10-61 Jackson Ave, 6-9pm

"Top Drawer" at Imogen Holloway Gallery
Saugerties, NY: 81 Partition St, 6-10pm

Betty McGeehan at Speakeasy Art Gallery
Boonton: 816 main street, 6-9pm

Saturday, May 3

Erika Mahr "Screens and Shrouds" at Launch F18
Downtown: 373 Broadway, floor 6, 6-8pm

Tour: "Fortunato Depero" at CIMA Center for Italian Modern Art
Downtown: 421 Broome street, RSVP required $10, free for students, 11 am, 1pm, 3 pm

"NOVELLA GALLERY BENEFIT AUCTION (DAY 2): 70 artists will be on view" at NOVELLA
Chinatown/LES: 164 Orchard Street, 6-10pm

"Retrogarde Pro-jects'" curated by Jean Promutico at Westbeth Gallery
12 street: 55 Bethune street at Washington street, 6-8pm

Brandon Sines "Dealing With Things Is Tricky" at Specials on C
13 street: 195 Avenue C, 7-10pm

Claudia Hart "Welcome to Alice's Gift Shop!" at bitforms gallery
20 street: 529 W 20 street, floor 2, 6-8pm

? Adrian Piper "The Probable Trust Registry" at Elizabeth Dee Gallery
20 street: 545 W 20 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

"CARLITO CARVALHOSA" at Sonnabend Gallery
22 street: 536 W 22 street, 5-7pm

"GILBERTO ZORIO" at Sonnabend Gallery
22 street: 536 W 22 street, 5-7pm

"ROBERT FEINTUCH" at Sonnabend Gallery
22 street: 536 W 22 street, 5-7pm

+ Keith Haring at Gladstone Gallery
24 street: 515 W 24 street, 5-7pm

"Hannah van Bart" at Marianne Boesky Gallery 24 street: 509 W 24 street, 6-8pm

view image »

Kathi Packer "Bone Dry Silence" at First Street Gallery 26 street: 526 W 26 street, #209, 3-5:30pm

view image »

Barbro Östlihn, Dóra Maurer, Gina Pane, Lenora de Barros, Lydia Okumura, Lygia Pape, Martha Araújo, Paloma Bosquê, Rosemarie Castoro, Samia Halaby "ULTRAPASSADO" at Broadway 1602 28 street: 1181 Broadway, floor 3, 6-8pm

view image »

Adina Bricklin, Andrew Wertz, Frank Lentini, Jen Plaskowitz, Sono Osato , Steel Stillman, Steve Chellis "Armchair/Shotgun presents TRACES" curated by Gessica Lesser at 7 Dunham Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 7 Dunham Place, b/w Broadway and South 6 st, 6-9pm

view image »

Noa Charuvi "Arabesques" curated by Naomi Lev at The Shirey
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 47 Thames St, #105, 7-10pm

Andrew Graham, Matthew Plummer-Fernandez "Factory Fictions" curated by John J. McGurk at Good Work Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 1100 Broadway, 6-8pm

Dalit Gurevich, Leah Raintree, Matthew C. Wilson, Sarah Rowe "Fluid: Essential for life" curated by Janusz Jaworski at Snug Harbor Cultural Center (Newhouse Center For Contemporary Art)
Staten Island: 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building G, 12-5pm

Ann Pibal, Nathlie Provosty at Halsey Mckay
East Hampton, NY: 79 Newtown Lane, 6-8pm

Sunday, May 4

Elain Lustig-Cohen, Heman Chong "Correspondence(s)" curated by Prem Krishnamurthy at P!
Chinatown/LES: 334 Broome St, 5-7pm

Lucas Ajemian at Marlborough Broome Street
Chinatown/LES: 331 Broome street, 6-8pm

Victoria Fu "Belle Captive" at Simon Preston Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 301 Broome street, 6-8pm

Kent Monkman at Sargent's Daughters
Chinatown/LES: 179 E Broadway, 6-8pm

Jason Loebs "Cold Flow Creep" at Essex Street
Chinatown/LES: 114 Eldridge street, 6-8pm

Chris Jones at Marc Straus
Chinatown/LES: 299 Grand, 5-7pm

? "A Place of Insight" at Pocket Utopia
Chinatown/LES: 191 Henry street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Michael Bauer "Creme Wars - Snoopie" at Lisa Cooley
Chinatown/LES: 107 Norfolk Street, between Delancey and Rivington, 6-8pm

Adam Henry "Alien Beatnik Siren" at Joe Sheftel
Chinatown/LES: 24A Orchard Street, between Hes­ter and Canal, 6-8pm

Daniel Turner "PM" at Team Gallery
Soho: 83 Grand street, b/w wooster & greene, 6-8pm

Closing reception: David Melrose "Time" at Wild Project
4 Street: 195 E 3 street, 3-7pm

Jaya Howey at Bureau
4 Street: 178 Norfolk street, 6-8pm

? Carl Andre "Sculpture as Place, 1958-2010" at Dia Art Foundation
22 street: 535 W 22 street, floor 5, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

+ Artist Talk: Arnold Mesches "Eternal Return" curated by Michael David at Life on Mars Gallery Brooklyn, Misc.: 56 Bogart street, 2-4pm

view image »

Monday, May 5

? Art Fair: "14th ANNUAL NEW YORK INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL" at Indo-American Arts Council, inc (IAAC)
87 street: 517 E 87th street, Suite 1B, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Artcards New York is a weekly email publication led by editor Alexandra Schoell and publisher Morgan Croney. Email event submissions to submit@artcards.cc or use our submission form and add an image to your listing here. Powered by phpList.

+ = Editor's pick
? = Opening not confirmed - check site for updates.