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Armory Arts Week Kicks Off Uptown

By Amy Zimmer | March 1, 2011 6:55am | Updated on March 1, 2011 10:45am
The Guggenheim during last year's Museum Mile Festival.
The Guggenheim during last year's Museum Mile Festival.
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By Amy Zimmer

DNAinfo News Editor

MANHATTAN — The Armory Show is getting a head start on its official Wednesday opening at Piers 92 and 94 along the Hudson, hosting a preview event Tuesday that includes events at museums and restaurants from Washington Heights to the Upper East Side.

Billed as "Uptown and Museum Mile Day," the opening day includes extended hours at the Studio Museum in Harlem and discounted admission at the Jewish Museum on the Upper East Side, which currently has an exhibition on Harry Houdini, called "Art and Magic."

The festivities are part of what's become known as "Armory Arts Week," gathering together artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from around the globe to view contemporary art in the Armory Show and the many other art fairs that have sprung up around it.

The Armory will open for previews from 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, with a gala event at the Park Avenue Armory at Park Avenue and 67th Street.

The Dia at the Hispanic Society of America on Audubon Terrace near West 155th Street and Instituto Cervantes are also hosting events, as are a host of other local venues.

The Guggenheim Museum will open its new seasonal "Art After Dark" program on Tuesday from 9 p.m. to midnight to celebrate the opening of the "Deutsche Bank Series at the Guggenheim: Found in Translation," which features video, film and new media by such artists as Patty Chang, Sharif Waked and other contemporary artists. The evening will also allow visitors to have a private viewing of all exhibitions set to a music playlist by curator Nat Trotman.

Food and art collaborations — which seem to be fashionable these days  — are also on Tuesday's agenda.

The Harlem Biennale Armory VIP preview offers an exclusive tour of the Harlem Biennale show as well as a tour of some of Harlem's burgeoning foodie scene. The tour kicks off at artist Edward Hillel’s brownstone and a tour of Harlem's Mount Morris Park neighborhood. The tour ends at the Settepani Restaurant where a prix-fixe dinner costs $45, including the price of the arts tour.

The Anonymous Gallery will host the first of its "In Good Taste" dinner events on Tuesday that pair an artist with a chef in the different neighborhoods featured on the Armory Arts Week schedule.

Sculptor Will Ryman — whose massive site-specific art installation, "The Roses," sprouted up nearly 25 feet along 10 blocks of Park Avenue — partners with chef Michael Hartnell on Tuesday at Le Caprice, the elegant London brasserie imported to the Pierre Hotel on Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park. The event is called "In Good Taste: Uptown."

The $200 event includes a menu of wild mushrooms on toast, shepherd's pie and Scandinavian iced berries with white chocolate sauce.

The neighborhood-specific roundup of Armory-related events continues with an opening night preview benefit at MoMA on Wednesday, SoHo night on Thursday, Chelsea day on Saturday and Lower East Side and Downtown night on Sunday.