Keeping Track of Openings and Shows

Who's up when? What night is the opening? What is going to be showing on our trip to _______ (insert NY, London, Los Angeles, etc.)?

Keeping track of who, what, when, and where in the world of contemporary art can be tricky and sometimes overwhelming. Here are a few free email services to which I subscribe to keep abreast of openings and shows:

zingrecommends by zingmagazine
Weekly email updates of New York shows in list form. Pro: Thorough; Con: No links

artupdate
Twice a month emails listing worldwide art openings. Pro: Their website; Con: Currently more UK/Europe focused. (NB: check out the very cool and downloadable maps of New York and London updated every two months. Includes location of art fairs. Great tool if you are planning a visit to one of these cities.)

flavorpill
Weekly email list of "filtered cultural stimuli", which means the highlights and only the highlights. (The list includes events in art, music, film, theater, reading, multi-media, and more...) Target cities: NY, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Los Angeles. Pro: Each listing includes a brief write-up and all of the pertinent info - date, time, location, and links; Con: Too few art listings.

DKS List
A blog about the New York contemporary art scene delivered to your email box. This list of openings is generated by one man, Douglas Kelley, and appears about once a month. The emails often contain his personal reviews of shows or goings-on in the art world. Pro: Thorough; Con: Not always accurate so check before you go. (NB: To get on the DKS email list you need to send an email to [email protected] with 'YES' in the Subject line.)

e-flux
A daily, and sometimes more than once a day, email generated by a "New York-based information bureau dedicated to world wide distribution of information for contemporary visual arts institutions via the Internet." Most emails announce museum shows. Pro: Interesting global view; Con: Frequency of emails.

And, if you are planning a trip to Chelsea, don't leave home without checking out Chelsea Art Galleries, an extremely informative and easy to navigate website on all things Chelsea. The coolest aspect of the website is the ability to build a printable "gallery tour" by clicking on your galleries of choice. Edward Winkleman recommends Chelsea Art Galleries, too.

Please add other lists or services in a comment. Thanks.

Update: ArtCal is another great resource for openings and gallery shows. Thanks Barry.

Comments

[Barry]

What, no ArtCal mention? It's there in your links on the right. No e-mail, but there are RSS and iCal feeds.

[Paige]

Barry - Thanks for the addition. I knew I'd leave out a few good ones.

[Patrick May]

Flavor Pill offers focused art info through Artkrush.

A second on ArtCal too :-)

[Zeke]

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[Danny]

zingrecommends link changed:

http://zingmagazine.com/drupal/zingrecsNY

They also started covering Los Angeles and Denver.