Pay what you wish—or nothing—at museums:
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave at 89th St (212-423-3587). 5:45–8pm
• International Center of Photography 1133 Sixth Ave at 43rd St (212-857-9700). 5–8pm
• Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave at 75th St (212-570-3600). 5–9pm
• American Folk Art Museum 45 W 53rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-265-1040). 5:30–7:30pm. FREE
• Museum of Modern Art 11 W 53rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-708-9400). 4–8pm. FREE
Check out the new season at these free and cheap venues:
P.S.1
The winter slate includes "Between Spaces," in which artists create the unfamiliar out of the banal, and "1969", a large collection of works produced during the tumultuous titular year. 22-25 Jackson Ave at 46th Ave, Long Island City (718-784-2084). Suggested admission $2.
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Through Feb 7, the NewMu is turning over its entire space to the Swiss provocateur Urs Fischer, who once took a jackhammer to the floor of Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, making the place a theme-park Ground Zero. Expect more of the same at the NewMu, including a Brobdingnagian tongue protruding at visitors from a large hole in the wall. 235 Bowery between Prince and Spring Sts, 212-219-1222, newmuseum.org. Admission $12.
SculptureCenter
Check out "Leopards in the Temple," a group exhibition in which artists use a variety of media to create works inspired by a Franz Kafka parable of the same name. Jan 10–Mar 30. 44-19 Purves St at Jackson Ave, Long Island City, Queens, 718-361-1750. Admission $5.
Team Gallery
At this Soho staple, "Untitled '10" features new paintings by Stanley Whitney, whose blocks of color force the viewer to read them as they might read a text. 83 Grand St between Greene and Wooster Sts, 212-279-9219. FREE
Janos Gat Gallery
Gat, an émigré from the uptown/East side gallery scene, specializes in off-the-beaten-path artists from Eastern and Western Europe, along with some Americans. 195 Bowery at Spring St (212-777-2426) FREE
Eleven Rivington Gallery
The downtown spin-off of 57th Street gallery Greenberg Van Doren features an international cast of exhibitors. 11 Rivington St between Bowery and Christie St (212-982-1930) FREE
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Attend the FREE Advent concert on World Human Rights and Animal Rights Day at Church of the Covenant, 310 East 42nd Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, Thursday, Dec. 10th, 2009, 6:30PM - 7:30PM or church service Sundays 9:30AM or 11AM.