{"title": "Painting and Poetry: A Reading at Hollis Taggart Downtown", "start": "2026-11-13T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Hollis Taggart Downtown", "address": "109 Norfolk St, New York, NY 10002", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/painting", "literature/poetry"], "description": "A literary reading held at Hollis Taggart Downtown, open to the public, with writers Soje, Sigrid Adamsson, Asha Futterman, Hua Xi and Shuling Guo reading their works. It celebrates Shuling Guo's exhibition Temple II, paintings that bring together the female body, botanical forms and devotional imagery as a language shaped by motherhood, memory and loss. Writers and artists come together in conversation through the reading and a reception in the gallery space. Doors open at 6 pm and the reading starts at 7 pm, running until 9 pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/painting-and-poetry-a-reading-at-hollis-taggart-downtown-121630/", "official_url": "https://www.hollistaggart.com/news/1135-painting-and-poetry-a-reading-at-hollis-taggart/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/be486be2a99fb568cf1f4746558c6e99feb1a9c52815fb476b8c19bd12b517bd-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Hollis Taggart Downtown", "address": "109 Norfolk St, New York, NY 10002", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Shuling Guo: Temple II", "start": "2026-10-15T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-12-05T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Hollis Taggart Downtown", "address": "109 Norfolk St, New York, NY 10002", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting/figurative-painting"], "description": "Temple II is a solo exhibition of new paintings by Shuling Guo, with an opening reception on the evening of October 15. The Philadelphia-based artist brings together the female body, botanical forms, and devotional imagery in work shaped by motherhood, memory, and loss. Created after the birth of her daughter and the death of her grandmother, the paintings return to the temple imagery and folk traditions of her childhood in Chaoshan, China, and the show debuts her first mural, conceived as part of the gallery's transformation into a sacred space.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/shuling-guo-temple-ii-53037/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ab84b066ff08b5ea0584f7d20121e2425e1e4fa4c50bbc96d4cced47d4ecc7d8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes", "start": "2026-10-24T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-12-05T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Stand4 Gallery and Community Center", "address": "78th Street 414, 11209 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/parenting"], "description": "An exhibition titled 'And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes' running from October 24 to December 5, 2026. It is an exhibition by Mother Creatrix Collective, inspired by Sylvia Plath's poem Tulips. The featured artists explore transformation, grief, and empathy in motherhood, showing the link between their identities and their children's, with approaches from including their children in their work to community-based art and activism as caregiving as social practice. The show also includes artistic collaborations inspired by childbirth and parenting experiences.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/and-i-am-aware-of-my-heart-it-opens-and-closes-79603/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Author Talk with Hettie Judah", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Stand4 Gallery and Community Center", "address": "78th Street 414, 11209 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "14.64", "price_to": "14.64", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art", "literature"], "description": "An 'After Session' author talk with Hettie Judah at Stand4 Gallery, held alongside the exhibition 'And I am aware of my heart, it opens and closes'. Mother Creatrix Collective artists open with short presentations on their work in the show, including entering or reentering the art world after becoming caregivers. Hettie Judah then leads an open, hour-long conversation with questions about the art world, her work, and navigating a creative life. She will sell and sign copies of her new book, 'How to Enter the Art World... AFTER a late start, a first career, illness, raising children, a crisis of confidence, leaving it in disgust', and refreshments follow.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/author-talk-with-hettie-judah-79604/", "official_url": "https://www.mothercreatrixcollective.com/events/author-talk-with-hettie-judah", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6f4451de70eca7a0b331b5d249d5f5226b2bad39b97bc710aef862936ddf9d4b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Belladonna Collaborative Poetry Reading and Chaplet Release w/ Sol Cabrini and Joey Baer", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "P.I.T. Records and Books", "address": "South 5th Street 411, 11211 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A collaborative poetry reading and chaplet release presented by Belladonna. Poets Sol Cabrini and Joey Baer will read, marking the release of a new chaplet. The event takes place at P.I.T. Records and Books in Brooklyn.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/belladonna-collaborative-poetry-reading-and-chaplet-release-81442/", "official_url": "https://www.propertyistheft.org/events/vodnlgfkthm0blk2k3naln81zd5jxg", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4acef40c1a5b5765597615b948ea8a29848bf26cd6dc6ec5f96d883c7f3d4b69-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Teruko Yokoi: Seasons", "start": "2026-10-22T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-25T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Hollis Taggart Gallery", "address": "West 26th Street 521, 10001 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "\"Teruko Yokoi: Seasons\" is an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Teruko Yokoi at the Hollis Taggart gallery in Chelsea. It is the second solo show of the artist's work organized by the gallery since it began partnering with her estate in 2025, and it runs through November 25, 2026. The show gathers works from the mid-1950s through the early 2000s that reflect her lasting engagement with the natural world. Across five decades, Yokoi turned her observations of the surrounding landscape into compositions of lyricism and restraint, with the seasons appearing as sensations of light, darkness, growth, and decay rather than literal subjects.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/teruko-yokoi-seasons-53038/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8906a76897d81d0e233bc45f23b46ae5f54dd053fa9a82f73a4a72a31c52dad0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "PROXIMITY In Place: A Conversation with the Artists", "start": "2026-11-14T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-14T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor, Main Hall Gallery, Building C", "address": "", "price": "$10 & Under", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "PROXIMITY In Place: A Conversation with the Artists is a salon-style afternoon in which visitors move through the PROXIMITY exhibition, listen to informal conversations, and ask questions. The participating artists of PROXIMITY, the fall exhibition at the Newhouse Center, will gather throughout the exhibition to discuss their practices, the spaces in which they work, and the connections that emerge between artists and artworks. The exhibition features work by Erin Butler, Linda Butti, Mary Campbell, Lisa Dahl, Griselda Healy, Craig Manister, Ann Marie McDonnell, Mike Shane, Gayle Tanaka, and Martha Trivizas. Gallery admission is included at no additional cost.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/proximity-in-place-a-conversation-with-the-artists-77027/", "official_url": "https://snug-harbor.org/event/proximity-in-place-a-conversation-with-the-artists/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/523ccf568210bcf88f87438648a8747235bdc834098928f93ead6b4532623bb2-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Michaela Yearwood-Dan | A Woman of Will", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-12-12T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Marianne Boesky Gallery", "address": "West 24th Street 509, 10011 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting/abstract-painting", "religion/christian/catholic"], "description": "A Woman of Will is an exhibition of new paintings by Michaela Yearwood-Dan at Boesky Gallery, her third solo show there. The gallery becomes a sanctuary evoking the atmosphere of a cathedral, with 13 small paintings, large lush abstractions in cobalt, gold and maroon, ceramic vases with dried flowers, and tiled wood benches made with Theodore Vass serving as pews. Drawing on her convent school years and a feminist rereading of biblical texts, Yearwood-Dan reimagines Catholic aesthetics, embedding words from pop stars like Britney Spears and Nina Simone into the paintings. The title comes from a poem by Victoria Adukwei Bulley, and the show builds a space for the practice of agape, the love bell hooks writes leads toward liberation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/michaela-yearwood-dan-a-woman-of-will-53789/", "official_url": "https://marianneboeskygallery.com/exhibitions/349-michaela-yearwood-dan-a-woman-of-will/press_release_text/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/72d77fc1059c43e20c692059d0218c455b8b10e7fd7220172e0dcb6718747112-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Some upcoming events", "start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-12-31T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "The Word Is Change", "address": "Tompkins Avenue 368, 11216", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A roundup of upcoming literary events listed by the bookstore The Word Is Change at its Brooklyn location. They include a literary salon called Joy in the Soft Apocalypse with readers including M. K. Thekkumkattil, Amelia Possanza and Ashna Ali, hosted by Kate McDonough and Grazi Ruzzante, a poetry launch for Jay Gao's The Dead One, The Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber (Nightboat) with special guests, a Halloween Open Streets called Trick or Streets, a reading of Brenda Ijima's Shelter Is Necessary for Existence (Two Dollar Radio), Liza Minno discussing Rule of Innocents with Lou Cornum, and a Pinko magazine launch.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/some-upcoming-events-56995/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "IN CONVERSATION: sonia louise davis & Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts", "start": "2026-11-14T14:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Hesse Flatow Gallery", "address": "West 26th Street 508, 10001 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "An In Conversation event at the Hesse Flatow gallery celebrating sonia louise davis's solo exhibition, a promise, a portal, possibility. The artist sonia louise davis talks with Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, author of Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America. The program includes a special performance by davis.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/in-conversation-sonia-louise-davis-sharifa-rhodes-pitts-53014/", "official_url": "https://hesseflatow.com/events/113/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/07dd06ba189ea4110533b2518ec6de4fb9ae2ed5b97f9e02ca588e1fc4c20f2c-2000.webp"}]}