http://www.nypress.com/articles.sec-27-1-24_7-art.html THIS CRAMPED CHELSEA office could be mistaken for a telemarketing operation, except for the small bookshelf lined with titles like Delirious New York and Women Artists of Italian Futurism.]]> Honor Among Thieves Nov. 9, The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St. (at Stanton St.), 212-253-7246; 7 and 9, $10 We’ve seen some logic-defying acts at here, but things promise to get extra bizarre ]]> Moon Mass Party Oct. 22, 123 Baxter St. (betw. Canal & Hester Sts.), no phone; 6, Free Since the lunar landing was a conspiracy hoax anyway, this art party and group show might as well substitute]]> Already an accomplished artist, actor, musician, composer, director and cult television master, one wonders what’s left for John Lurie to do. He seems to indicate as much by opening the door to his Soho loft on a damp Monday night wearing an open dress shirt that exposes his bare chest. He’s just finishing dinner—a straight steak, no side, plus a glass of whiskey—yet looks like a man who has worked too much, received too little recognition and is ready to air out the posers who’ve taken over the City he used to run.]]> When most large white things turn 50, they celebrate with a trip to Sandals, or if they are daring, to Hedonism.The Guggenheim, however, is taking a different approach by opening its doors to all art lovers for the low price of nothing.There are a slew of events to draw you close into its snail like center plus, of course, its wonderful collection, a Kandinsky exhibition and free cookies.]]> The Esopus Creek is a renowned troutfishing stream that flows through the Catskill Mountains into the Ashokan Reservoir, a principle water source for New York City. It is also the name of a non-profit foundation, a magazine and now a gallery that all celebrate the quirky, literate and inspired vision of its founder, Tod Lippy.]]> Dress Codes Oct. 2, International Center of Photography, 1133 6th Ave. (betw. W. 43 & W. 44th Sts.), 212-575-5333; times vary, $12 The third Triennial of the ICP focuses on fashion. (Funny h]]> Bitforms Gallery specializes in media-driven, (mostly) digital works and is one of the more distinctive galleries in the city. They have included robotic installations, sound-scapes (that respond to the viewers interactions) and automated paintings. The current exhibition of Michael Najjar’s work, High Altitude, seemed like a departure at first: Twelve panoramic ink jet prints of photographs of mountain landscapes.]]> AT A CERTAIN point in every New Yorker’s life, he or she reaches a saturation level with tourist attractions. Either you’ve done the things everyone is supposed to do—the trips to the Empire State Building and the Met—or entertained out-of-state guests with those same trips. But for anyone who thinks they’ve seen it all, New York City still has a lot to offer—especially when it comes to museums. Here are seven of them worth checking out.]]> IT’S 10 A.M. AND Anne Pasternak, president of the 33-year-old public art organization Creative Time, is listing the tasks she’s already completed for the day. “I sat on my yoga mats, went to the bank, sent my daughter a care package, wrote a grant”—she paused briefly before cheerily continuing—“sent three thank you letters and did all my emails for the day.”]]> Several weeks I visited James and Karla Murray’s exhibit/book release party for Storefronts. For 10 years, this married couple documented small businesses while witnessing their increasing disappearance. Prints of the works were on the walls creating quite a melancholic experience of a fading uniqueness. Now the exhibit has left the gallery and has been transformed into something altogether original.]]> IN 1844, SAMUEL MORSE transmitted the first telegraph message, asking the world via a series of electrical pulses, “What hath God wrought?” One hundred and sixty-five years later, a group of 20 or so New Yorkers is gathered around a speaker-size black box beside the Gowanus Canal, awaiting the answer.With little more than some wood pieces, 500 feet of wire and a pair of bronze 1930s ham radio keys from eBay, artists Benjamin Cohen and Sierra Pettengill have assembled two telegraph stations linking the banks of the Gowanus.]]> Summer in New York is long, slow, hot and brutal—especially for art galleries. Many of the people who might actually buy something are out of town, and the traditional tourist is not known as a big art consumer. Few artists or galleries want to commit the time and money to a one-person show. Hence the rise of the phenomenon known as the “summer group show.” Galleries come up with overarching themes that give them good excuse to mount large group shows that often have a little of something for everyone.They’re lots of fun, but rarely earth shattering.]]> DON’T BOTHER WITH the back room at Café Select. Forget the basement of La Esquina.The new place to be in Soho is the burnt out meth lab on Wooster Street. Beginning July 2 at the Deitch Projects annex on Wooster Street, you’ll find an artistic mishmash so thought provoking and racy that it will give the neighborhood’s usual debauched haunts a run for their (rolled up) money. I’m talking jars of mystery meat and faux fetuses, strewn kitty litter, a library, visual and auditory deconstruction, Chinese herbs, astrological pelts, the aforementioned meth lab, a blown up RV, aquarium rocks and a replicated penthouse art gallery. Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe, two New York-based artists completing their third collaboration, are the architects and alchemists behind this secret world.Welcome to the Black Acid Co-op. ]]> For a quarter of a century, Parkett has been putting out limited and very nice art books you likely couldnt afford by artists you most definitely have.]]> LETS GET THE obvious question out of the way: A snatch block is the part of a crane that the hook is attached to. Given that the co-owners and curators of Snatch Block Projects are hard-core steel welders, this seemed like a natural name for their new art venue.]]> Last week, the Joshua Liner Gallery seemed more like a museum of dreams, themes and schemes than a mere gallery. The Mike Davis paintings in the exhibit Stories From the Other Side of the Bridge had a centuries-old quality with a layering, craftsmanship and attention to detail that one doesn’t encounter often. Of course, there’s a twist to these twisted narratives that border on the surreal.]]> This first-ever biennial celebrates Bushwick pre-gentrification but also pre-industrialization, back when the neighborhood was a crafty village of artisans.The show encompasses three galleriesNurtureArts, English Kills and Pocket Utopiamixed media and many more artists.]]> For as long as I can remember, the Lower East Side has always been a hotbed for creative minds, even during the dark (some would say glorious, but that is debatable) days of squats and heroin addicts.]]>