A more relaxed week ahead as many galleries prepare to take a break before fall. However there is still plenty to see and do. Be sure to take a look below, to see what exciting shows open this week. And be sure to stop by the site as new happenings are added daily. - Alexandra Schoell, Editor.

Tuesday:
+ Sophocles Polkamakis "Metro manga" at Ouchi Gallery

Monday:
+ Screening: "Waking the Green Tiger" Documentaries from the Front Lines of China's Environmental Crisis at Asia Society

Tuesday, August 12

+ Sophocles Polkamakis "Metro manga" at Ouchi Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 170 Tillary street, Suite 105, 7-10pm

Seiichiro Okuno "Strange Curve" at Ouchi Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 170 Tillary street, Suite 105, 7-10pm

Wednesday, August 13

Jordan Casteel "Visible Man" at Sargent's Daughters
Chinatown/LES: 179 E Broadway, 6-8pm

Chaval, Daniel Fiorda, Jose Landoni, Richard Shaoul, Santiago Fuentes Bo "Argentinean Affair" at Lilac Gallery 19 street: 144 5th avenue, 7-9pm

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Lecture: Murray Moss "TERTIUM QUID" Pictorial narratives created from vintage press photographs curated by Moss Bureau & Edelman Arts at Edelman Arts
74 street: 136 E 74 street, 6-7pm

Thursday, August 14

? Closing reception: Aaron Flint Jamison, Alisa Baremboym, Jean-Luc Moulene, Lucy Skaer, Mario Garcia Torres, Robert Breer, Sam Lewitt, Trisha Baga, Yuri Ancarani "Sequence 5" at Miguel Abreu Gallery
Downtown: 36 Orchard street, at hester street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Performance: "KING w/ Jennah Bell" at Le Poisson Rouge
Soho: 158 Bleecker street, b/w Thompson & Sullivan, $12-$15, 7:30pm

"Coded After Lovelace" curated by Faith Holland & Nora O’ Murchú at Whitebox Art Center
Soho: 329 Broome street, 6-8pm

Joey Frank "Summer Puzzles (Internal Return of the Grievous Angel)" at Recess Activities, Inc.
Soho: 41 Grand street, 6-8pm

Alfredo Martinez "New Works" at Amy Li Projects
Soho: 166 Mott street, 7-9pm

Group Show "Permanency: Selections From The Permanent Collection " curated by Museum Staff at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
Soho: 26 Wooster street, 6-8pm

Annie Sprinkle, Arthur Tress, Deborah Kass, Duane Michals, Dyke Action Machine (DAM), George Platt Lynes, Harmony Hammond, James Bidgood, Nan Goldin, Red Grooms, Robert Indiana "Permanency" Selections From The Permanent Collection at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
Soho: 26 Wooster street, 6-8pm

Dan Christensen, Edward Avedisian, Larry Zox, Paul Jenkins, Stanley Boxer, Walter Darby Bannard, William Perehudoff "Color Field" at Berry Campbell 24 street: 530 W 24 street, 6-8pm

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Youngho Kim "A Memory" curated by Able Fine Art NY at Able Fine Art NY Gallery
25 street: 511 W 25 street, suite 607, 6-8pm

Anthony Gordon (Canada), Barebrush Group Exhibition, Bruce Erikson (Ohio), Cynthia Angeles (Washington Dc), Dan McCormack (New York), Darlene Kuhne (Colorado), Donald Kolberg (Florida), Emily Stedman (New York City), Gabriel Sanchez (Mexico), Jean Marcellino (New York City), Jerry Ralya (Vermont), Joe Moroni (Wisconsin), Jon Rettich (New York City), Joseph Mays (Kentucky), Marie-Paule Martin (New York City), Pacifico Palumbo (Massachusetts), Peggy Dean (New York), S. Jeliseieff (Russia), Svetlana Kanyo (Canada), Szn Kraft (California) "Undressed & Not ...a sweet show" curated by Gavin Skeen, Operations, Ilene Skeen, Founder, Barebrush.com at Noho-M55 Gallery 25 street: 530 W 25 street, 6-8pm

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Performance: A.E. Zimmer, Abdu Ali, BD GRMMR, Chris Udemezue, David Serotte, D’hana Perry, False Witness, Hannah Daly, Juliana Huxtable, MEGA MAX, Peter Fankhauser, Raul de Nieves, Sam Banks, SHY BOI "UR HEAD IS MINE" curated by Yolene and Yulan Grant at AC Institute
27 street: 547 W 27 street, # 210, 6-9pm

Guerilla Science "The Intergalactic Travel Bureau" curated by chashama at chashama
37 street: 266 W 37 street, noon-8pm

? "That Obscure Object of Desire" curated by Stephanie Adamowicz, Tamar Margalit at Luxembourg & Dayan
77 street: 64 E 77th Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Brigid Moore "after/glow" curated by Java Studios Gallery at Java Street Studios
Brooklyn, Misc.: 252 Java street, 7-10pm

Angela Dufresne, Judith Simonian, Kathy Osborn, Matthew Blackwell, Maud Bryt, Ruth Lauer Manenti at John Davis Gallery
Hudson, NY: 362 1/2 Warren Street, 6-8pm

Friday, August 15

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

Screening: Federico León and Marcos Martínez, Luis Ospina and Carlos Mayolo "Under the Same Sun" Art from Latin America Today, Cinema Tropical Series: Under the Same Stars: A humorous meditation on portrayals of poverty in Latin America, revealing how the poor are manipulated by the media curated by Carlos A. Gutierrez, Pablo Léon de la Barra at The Guggenheim Museum
89 street: 1071 Fifth avenue, at 89 street, 1pm

Performance: Colin Bowring, William Tucci "Spectrum" at Gowanus Ballroom
Brooklyn, Misc.: 55 9th street, 7pm-1am

Carl Gabriel, Gapar Marquez, Kim Preston, Rahkeem Taylor, Salvador Espinoza, Tracy winston, Voodoo Fe "Infinite Summer" curated by Kim Preston at Brass bottle Brooklyn, Misc.: 1288 Myrtle avenue, 7-10pm

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Saturday, August 16

Aislap, Cekis, Cern One, Ezo Wippler, Ghost, Jan Kaláb, Ket, Queen Andrea, Sofia Maldonado, Wane COD "Outside, Inside - A detour from graffi ti and street art" curated by Alan Ket at Tabla Rasa Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 224 48 street, 6-8:30pm

Floor Grootenhuis, Francelle Jones, Gustavo Azael Torres, Kerwin Williamson, Michael Britto "Unframed" at FiveMyles
Brooklyn, Misc.: 558 St. Johns place, 5-7pm

Bradford Kessler, Daniel Johnston, Irena Jurek, Johathan Stanish, Mike Ellyson, Robert Costello, Vaughn Taormina, Yasamin Keshtkar "Dull Theatrics" curated by Mark Sengbusch at Penelope Queens: 18-28 Troutman street, 6-9pm

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Sunday, August 17

Closing reception: Anatoli Kaplan, Brian Gormley, Elena Ab, Ford Crull, Gloria McLean, Holly Anderson, Ken Hiratsuka, Linus Coraggio, Peggy Cyphers, Scot Borofsky, ©samo "Metaglyphic" curated by Michael Carter at Elena Ab Gallery Tribeca
Downtown: 185 Church street, 5-8pm

Lecture: Robert Wilson: Experimental Stage Pioneer "Theater and the Theater Outside the Theater" at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
Soho: 26 Wooster street, $30, 6-8pm

Monday, August 18

+ Screening: "Waking the Green Tiger" Documentaries from the Front Lines of China's Environmental Crisis at Asia Society
70 street: 725 Park avenue, https://support.asiasociety.org/pages/box-office-events/waking-the-green-tiger, 6:30-8:30pm

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