ABC No Rio - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for ABC No Rio. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
-
“InFinite Futures + The Past Will Be Present” Exhibition
InFinite Futures Kevin Caplicki with Alexander Drywall, Peter Cramer + Jack Waters, Barrie Cline with Paul Vance, Jody Culkin + Christy Rupp, Mike Estabrook, Fly, Brian George + Kelly Savage, Julie Hair...More »
-
“Hardcore Architecture: Where NY Bands Lived in the 1980s” Exhibition
Hardcore Architecture explores the relationship between the architecture of living spaces and the history of underground American hardcore bands in the 1980s. Hardcore Architecture uses Google Street View,...More »
-
“Making Room: Cultural Production in Occupied Spaces” Exhibition
This exhibition expands on the new book of the same name and examines the post-1968 squatting movement in Europe, focusing on creative production and cultural innovation. In Making Room, “cultural production”...More »
-
“The Saturday Matinee at ABC No Rio 1990-91: A Visual Retrospective” Exhibition
Photography by Chris Boarts, Brett Beach, Justine DeMetrick, Tracy Sham, John Hiltz, Chuck Miller + Boiling Point Zine And with a collection of show flyers, fanzine covers + other ephemera! SCREENING:...More »
-
“Purloined Letters” Exhibition
On reasoning and rational thought, detection and dissembling, correspondence and opposition, and the role of the detective and his milieu. Exhibition funded in part with support from the New York City...More »
-
“We Are Here” Exhibition
We are Here is a collection of art works by a group of young artists who attend the Streetwork Project. Streetwork is a program of Safe Horizon’s youth division that provides crisis support and shelter...More »
-
“If These Walls Could Talk” Exhibition
-
“Vanished Spaces” Exhibition
Artist participants of vanished spaces on the Lower East Side represent the history and activity of the spaces and projects in which they were involved: Gargoyle Mechanique Gas Station Generator Nada...More »
-
“RESx” Exhibition
Complementing the exhibition at James Fuentes Gallery of original work from the Real Estate Show of 1980, this show features new work on the theme of real estate, land-use, and the right to a safe home. From...More »
-
“Collect, Store, Retrieve” Exhibition
Exploring the mechanics, makeup, fallibility, and plasticity of memory. Featuring work by Mónica Félix, Brian George, Michelle Harvey, Carla Hernandez, Maki Naro, and Kelly SavageMore »
-
"Toothsome" Exhibition
"Toothsome" brings together artists that work with sugar, honey and candy. Rather than being turned off by the materials' inherent susceptibility to humidity, time, and vermin, the artists instead explore...More »
-
"DOMA / At Home" Exhibition
-
"Gaming the System" Exhibition
Dissimulation. Manipulation. Scams, cons and ruses. Fun.More »
-
"The Cocktail Party" Exhibition
“Only when sex means more than male or female, only when the word ‘woman’ cannot be coherently understood, will oppression by sex be fatally undermined.” — Mary Joe FrugMore »
-
"Decorative Punch: The *&^%$#@ of Logorrhea" Exhibition
Exhibition supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Deptartment of Cultural Affairs and the Dedalus Foundation.More »
-
"Document" Exhibition
Curated by Mona Kamal "Document" showcases four artists who utilize family photographs or film footage to push the notion of identity. Exhibition funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts,...More »
-
Valerie Caris Blitz "Woman in Yesod: Selected Works"
ABC No Rio honors downtown artist Valerie Caris Blitz with an exhibition of her last works. Caris Blitz died at the age of 52 on July 28, 2009, after a long illness. She was well known for her performance...More »
-
"ABC No Rio's Ides of March: The Seventh Biennial Building-Wide" Exhibition
-
Art Work Discussion
With the economic downturn, there is less money available to almost everyone. How can artists survive, and find money for their work? Do we have a right to? What kinds of projects can emerge from this...More »
-
"The Universe Has Us in its Crosshairs" Exhibition
Inspired by Philip Plait's book "Death from the Skies."More »
-
"Hanging Out at No Rio" Exhibition
Taking place from May-October 2009, Hanging Out at No Rio is project that invites nine visual artists to explore the history of ABC No Rio and the multiple communities it serves. From August thru October...More »
-
"Growing Awareness" Exhibition
-
"Submission" Exhibition
-
"House Magic: Bureau of Foreign Correspondence" Exhibition
"House Magic: Bureau of Foreign Correspondence" is a first step in a project to explore squatted social centers in Europe. The social center was a key feature of the Italian Autonomist movement of the...More »
-
Mary Button "Board Game Trials: 'Settlement'"
Part of the WW$: MONEY MONEY MONEY!! exhibition, 'Settlement' is a board game in which players trade paper currency for the resources used to build a city. Combining elements from the game Monopoly, children's...More »
-
Mary Button "Board Game Trials: 'Settlement'"
Part of the WW$: MONEY MONEY MONEY!! exhibition, 'Settlement' is a board game in which players trade paper currency for the resources used to build a city. Combining elements from the game Monopoly, children's...More »
-
"WW$: Money Money Money!!" Exhibition
Curated by Doris Cacoilo and Vandana Jain, "WW$" features works by ten artists who explore how money manages to affect every part of our lives– from our relationships with our families, to how we buy food,...More »
-
"Common Denominator" Exhibition
Curated by Joyce ManaloMore »
-
"Homecoming" Exhibition
-
"Common Spaces" Art Party
Common Spaces is a party and a open house. Join in Celebrating Ten Years of ABC No Rio Facilities & Resources: Printshop — Darkroom — Zine Library — Computer Center With Special Guests: Books Through...More »
-
"(No) Vacancy" Exhibition
(No) Vacancy explores ideas about nature and its capacity to provide for the mass-consumption and our cultural demands for speed. Through content or process, the artists will address social, political...More »