ART

THE WORLD OUTSIDE An artist of Cuban-Dominican heritage, Quisqueya Henriquez is given her first major survey, at the Bronx Museum, with a selection of sculptures, installations, drawings, photographs, videos, and light/sound works. The artist’s pieces frequently explore themes such as environment and its role in how cultural clichés are produced. This exhibit collects art works created between 1991 and 2007. Ms. Henriquez aligns herself with an avant-garde group of Cuban artists that rose to prominence in the 1980s. Through Sunday, January 27,2008, Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street, 718-681-6000, $5 general, $3 students and seniors.

A VIEW TO A PRINT Ancient Japanese screens, woodblock prints, scrolls, bronzes, and contemporary ceramics by leading contemporary artists are on view in the exhibit “Views from the Past, Visions of the Future: Masterworks of Japanese Art.” The show marks the inaugural exhibition at the newly opened Joan B. Mirviss Gallery. Ms. Mirviss was formerly a private dealer. Designed by the architectural firm Hut Sachs Studio, the gallery is imbued with Ms. Mirviss’s affinity for nature, and captures the Japanese art aesthetic on view at the 1,500-square-foot space. The gallery also makes use of sustainable materials such as anodized steel, barn wood, glass, terra-cotta and recycled plank pine. Tomorrow, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., through Monday, October 15, Monday–Friday, 11 a.m–5 p.m., Joan B. Mirviss Gallery, 39 E. 78th St. at Madison Avenue, 212-799-4021, free.

ABSTRACT THOUGHTS “The Abstract Impulse,” an exhibit that celebrates 50 years of abstract art, is presented by the National Academy Museum. The show includes a variety of works (dating from 1956–2006) from its permanent collection, and explores the impact of abstract art over the last half century and its continuing relevance today. Also on view is American landscape artist Asher B. Durand (1796). Reception tonight, 6–8 p.m., exhibit through Sunday, January 6, 2008, Wednesday and Thursday, noon–5 p.m., Friday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street, 212-369-4880, $5 general, free for students.

SHAPES AND SHAPES “Prakriti” is the intriguing title of the latest work by artist Anil Revri. Mr. Revri’s geometric abstractions employ a variety of dotted, curved, and slanted lines that create an illusion of three-dimensional space. Mr. Revri uses an abstract language of serialized stripes, dots, and circles to replicate the meditative aspects of Middle Eastern arts. The opening cocktail reception is held at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery, noted for its commitment to developing artists that engage in the current spiritual, social and aesthetic dialogues of this increasingly globalized world. Reception tonight, 6:30–8:30 p.m., exhibit through Saturday, October 13, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 547 W. 27th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-677-4520, free.

FILM

BATTLE FOR A BLUEPRINT The Czech Center New York hosts a screening of Jakub Wagner’s “Jan Kaplicky — Profile” (2005), a documentary that depicts the battle that ensues over an architectural plan for the new National Library building in Prague, and the renowned architect who stands at the center of the debate. Mr. Kaplicky is the founder of the London-based studio, Future Systems, and is recognized as a radical forerunner of what is now known as bionic architecture. Tonight, 7 p.m., Bohemian National Hall, 321 E. 73rd St., between First and Second avenues, 212-452-0544, free.

FOOD AND DRINK

A LITTLE CHILE A selection of restaurants and wine retailers celebrate Chilean Independence Day — September 18 — with a two-week long, citywide festival. During “Salud! Chilean Wine Fest,” New Yorkers can sip Chilean Carmenere by the glass at Dos Caminos or Churrascaria Plataforma. At Astor Wines & Spirits and Chelsea Wine Vault, free tastings are on offer, and Havana Central hosts wine classes with an eye on Chilean vineyards. Today through Sunday, September 30. For a complete schedule and list of participants, visit winesofchile.org.

PHOTOGRAPHY

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE “American Summer,” a solo exhibit of work by photographer Jessica Craig-Martin, is on view at the Greenberg Van Doren Gallery. The show features 16 glossy color photographs taken at privateparties, galas, andbenefits. Ms. Craig-Martin has long enjoyed access to the goings-on of well-heeled society. In her new works, she focuses on the Hamptons, where she documented events such as the Parrish Art Museum annual gala. “Image after image,” critic David Cohen writes in the August 6 New York Sun, “amputates or decapitates her revelers, homing in on torsos, legs or feet, or a snatch of mouth.” It is a subversive take on the society pages and the public fascination with them. Selections include “Real Estate Brokers, Southampton 2007 (NewJeans, New Pool)” (2007), above. Through Saturday, October 6, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, 730 Fifth Ave. at 57th Street, 212-445-0444, free.

READINGS

STORIES FROM BELOW “Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), by editor David Friend, is a collection of essays and interviews gathered from professionals and bystanders who were on site to record the events of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The Picador publishing house is rereleasing the book, and Mr. Friend, an editor of creative development at Vanity Fair magazine, reads from and discusses his collection. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., the Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl. in Battery Park City, 212-968-1961, free.

THEATER

SINGING IN THE STREETS Passersby may not realize they have stumbled into Miami-based artist Dara Friedman’s live performance piece, “Musical.” In the next three weeks, some 100 office workers, schoolchildren, taxi drivers, doormen, and tourists in Midtown will break spontaneously into song. The exact locations and times of the performances are unannounced and the performances appear spontaneous. Ms. Friedman last showed her work in New York at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise. Through Friday, October 5, specific times unannounced, between Grand Central Station and Central Park South, and between Broadway and Park Avenue, 212-980-4575, free.

LUCK OF THE IRISH When John Keane’s sexually charged “Sive” was first performed in 1959, his tale of a young schoolgirl forced into an arranged marriage with a lecherous old man proved scandalous to theatergoers. This revival, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly, delivers a glimpse of 1950s rural Ireland and a landscape inhabited by traveling tinkers, bitter housewives, and scheming matchmakers. Thursday through Sunday, November 11, Tuesday–Saturday, 8 p.m., Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 W. 22nd St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-727-2737, $55–$60.

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