Beat Nite 10 boasted an artful evening any art lover would envy. Hosted by gallery Norte Maar, February 28 became the premier gallery crawl with 11 exhibition spaces opening their doors to NYC art lovers. Painting, drawing, sculpture, multi-media installation, sound and performance art jam-packed into one night is sure to make even the most seasoned gallery hopper giddy. From gallery to gallery, art enthusiasts socialized over spirits and crudités in the accompaniment of cutting-edge art. A chaperoned evening complete with a well-curated tour by Austin Thomas and a charter bus to transport curious—and cold—press and collector from one gallery to the next, the evening was a premier occasion for a hustling art-filled night out on the town. Thanks to time-master Jason Andrew, each gallery was given a 10 minute grace period to peruse the art and indulge in cocktails and treats—think speed dating, but with art. While ten minutes was enough time to sneak in a kiss on the cheek, get a couple numbers and make sure to go back to give ’em a worthy second date!
1. Norte Maar
Beat Nite event host Jason Andrew’s gallery-home Norte Maar was the meeting place of the evening. Norte Maar for Collaborative Projects in the Arts is a non-profit arts organization founded in 2004 by curator Jason Andrew and choreographer Julia K. Gleich. This intimate space exhibited a salon-style group show and was the perfect entry point to an eventful evening.
2. Elisabeth Kley Triple Masquerade: Ink Drawings, Vessels, Notebooks @ Schema Projects
Clad with to-go cups of home-made hot cider, the Beat Nite crew walked from Norte Maar to the illuminated Schema Projects just around the corner. Elisabeth Kley’s exhibition at Schema is delicate and serene—her sometimes color-filled, sometimes black and white ink drawings on paper house tribal-like designs both meditative and meticulous. Her use of negative white space emphasizes her organic designs and places her bold drawings, vessels and notebooks at center stage for hypnotic revelry.
