Lauren Kalman
Solo exhibition and curatorial selection from the permanent collection at the Museum of Arts and Design.

But if the Crime is Beautiful… Photo by Jenna Bascom. Courtesy of the Museum of Arts and Design.
Solo exhibition and curatorial selection from the permanent collection at the Museum of Arts and Design.
But if the Crime is Beautiful… Photo by Jenna Bascom. Courtesy of the Museum of Arts and Design.
This loan exhibition, presented by the Chapel Art Center in collaboration with Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London, displays a survey of Anne Connell’s paintings and works on paper.
Tony Award-winning playwright and performer Sarah Jones (Bridge & Tunnel) returns to the New York stage as a dazzling medley of characters in Sell/Buy/Date, an exuberant new show inspired by the real-life experiences of people affected by the sex industry. Extended through December 3. Tickets (with promo code activated) can be purchased here.
The first solo exhibition by the artist to feature a selection of paintings from 2010-2016 including pieces made entirely with red wine from different parts of the world. Curated by Bill Carroll and Diane Radycki. Gallery open from 12 noon to 4 PM.
Laurie Wilson and Arezoo Moseni converse about Nevelson’s unshakable self-confidence, her relationship to other artists of her era, the gallerists, curators, and critics who shaped her career. This is an Art Book Series Event. Please see the evite for more details.
This is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery.
Based on Ray Bradbury’s classic novel exploring the origins of Halloween, the opera takes us on an epic journey as a group of children search for a friend who has mysteriously disappeared. Tickets are available online.
Emily Witt is your guide through sexual subcultures and practices redefining possibilities for women in 2016. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
An exhibition of new paintings showing the continued vitality of landscape as a subject. Opening reception Thursday, October 6, 6-8 p.m.
Night and Branches, 2015, oil on canvas, 152.4 x 137.16 cm.
“Like a 1500s Portuguese Marquis trying to get his mind around the concept that the world is round” was Albo’s reaction to being asked to be a sperm donor in 2011. The Times calls this exploration of love and family “funny, provocative and smartly staged.” Tickets on sale online. Multiple performances.
Yaddo novelist Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections, Purity) co-edits the latest Best American Essays collection in its thirtieth-anniversary year. Includes essays by fellow Yaddo writers Laura Kipnis, Amitava Kumar, and William Chatterton Williams.