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Zhe Zhe Season Two Premiere
May 17, 2017THE SURREAL SATIRICAL CULT WEB SERIES IS BACK Join Howl Happening: an Arturo Vega Project as we welcome Zhe Zhe to the gallery. Starting at 7pm, TONIGHT, we’ll be premiering Zhe Zhe Season Two. Here is the trailer: In case you don’t know, Zhe Zhe is a hilarious satirical web series about the glamorous misadventures of three…
ContinuedDan Cameron Comes to Howl! for Sexo, Drogas y Rock ‘n’ Roll
April 12, 2017Lower East Side curator and critic Dan Cameron, who organized the exhibition When Jackie Met Ethyl for Howl! Happening in May 2016, and wrote texts for both our Arturo Vega and Pyramid Lounge publications, returns to give a talk on a part of Vega’s life and career that until now has been left unexplored:…
ContinuedThe Evolution of FORGET ABOUT THAT SWEET FUCK BABY
April 5, 2017From Poem to Audio to Film to Tribute to Must-Have Tee In case you’re wondering… The trajectory of the FORGET ABOUT THAT SWEET FUCK BABY tribute starts with a photo of Arleen by Toyo Tsuchiya from his No Se No series taken in 1983 (and shown at Howl! Happening in 2016). In it, she is…
Continued#HowlWrites Series: Featuring Quintan Ana Wikswo
March 22, 2017In this autobiographical performance work, an American woman and a German woman go on a blind date in Berlin. As they eat, drink, and begin to dance, they discover their mothers were both patients of a Nazi gynecologist war criminal: one tortured in medical eugenics atrocities, the other celebrated as a SS officer’s pregnant wife….
ContinuedEmpire: An Arturo Vega Retrospective
March 16, 2017Opening Reception: March 23, 2017 / 6 PM I want my paintings to look like what’s going on outside my window… —Robert Rauschenberg My ideas come from the streets. —Arturo Vega Howl! Happening is delighted to announce Empire: An Arturo Vega Retrospective—originally curated by Jade Dellinger for the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery of Florida SouthWestern State…
ContinuedTom Murrin Archives & the Full Moon Show
March 8, 2017On Sunday the 12th, Howl! will present the Full Moon Show. An homage to the great Performance Artist Tom Murrin, The Full Moon Show happens monthly on (you guessed it!) the full moon. The performance is always free to attend – and all are welcome. Howl! Happening houses the archives of Tom Murrin. Murrin, aka…
ContinuedBeth B VOYEUR / Lydia Lunch & Birdthrower
March 1, 2017Beth B VOYEUR opened on February 18th and we have lots of photos from the night to share. From Carlo McCormick to Anthony Haden-Guest to Curt Hoppe to Marcia Resnick, Howl! was packed with our favorite downtown folks. Next up on the calendar of events… Lydia Lunch and Birdthrower will be at the gallery…
ContinuedBeth B: Voyeur
February 15, 2017Opening Reception: Saturday, February 18, 6–8 PM. Saturday, February 18– Thursday, March 16, 2017 Howl! Happening is pleased to present Beth B’s Voyeur, an installation of video, photography and sculpture that explores the varied perceptions of the female and male gaze, instead of saying females don’t have a gaze, and that male gaze is only…
ContinuedFeatured Instagram Photos from Jonny Detiger’s Amplified Space Exhibition
February 8, 2017“I am an artist and designer who through my work have always explored the understanding and communication of the human condition of happiness,” says Jonny Detiger. “Using color, sound, smell and shape, I design living interactive art environments with the aim of heightening this positive state of mind.” Staff at Howl! could barely keep up…
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