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Opening Reception
Thursday Oct. 15th
7pm - 10pm
431 E 6th street
Buzz #4 and come all the way up!

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Intrigued by cyberspace’s potential for playfulness and rawness, painter @gaohangart returns to a moment when digital illusion was visibly imperfect by manually rendering figures from low-poly video games of the ’90s and early 2000s.

Recently, in the two-person exhibition “SMALL WORLD!”co-presented by @smilersnyc and @laurathegallery, Gao and artist @igorsimicandco have materialized the absurdity of digital space. Think: a nine-hole mini-golf course alongside pixelated, glow-in-the-dark dollar-sign sculptures.

Read Gao’s interview with writer @haileyharcar through our link in bio!

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OPENING WEEK + ARTIST TALK 06.24.26
TYSM to the attendees of our first outdoor artist talk AND to all who have made appointments to putt with us so far :)

GAO+BRIAN=ACES in the 🕳️
@gaohangart 🃏🩻💀
@briandroitcour 👾🚀🧨

missed you @igorsimicandco 💵🗺️⛳️

@smilersnyc @lautighe
@laurathegallery
@temprastudio
@bumpstudio.nyc

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‼️🤑 EVENT 06.24.26 🤑‼️

𖧋 ⎚/ SMALL WORLD! artist, Gao Hang @gaohangart, will join critic, curator, and director of @outland_art, Brian Droitcour @briandroitcour, in a conversation hosted by S M I L E R S both IRLxONLINE.

DOORS 8:30PM
TALK 9PM

Link in bio for more info ^^^^

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Knicks in 5 🧡💙🏀 SMALL WORLD now open ⛳️⛳️⛳️ Rafael at the Met 🦄🦄🦄 Performa on Broadway 🎫 🎫🎫 cold snacks with artists 🍦🍦🍦Elsewhere at Yowie 💙🧡💙

Summer is off to a sweaty // joyous start

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𖧋 ⎚/ SMALL WORLD! :::: 06.12 - 08.16.26
>>>> NIGHT MODE 👾 //// DAY MODE ☀️

🌎🌍🇨🇳🇷🇸🇺🇸🌏🌎 to the artists, friends (best+new), and entire team that worked together for over six months on s m i l e r s’ most EPIC collaboration yet (IRL in makeshift spray booth studios, woodshops, by hauling eighteen 2x5’ chunks of plywood+astroturf up four flights of stairs to install on sweltering rooftop conditions, AND VIRTUALLY via various platforms from three different continents+time zones, including getting around the “Great Firewall”)—-@gaohangart @igorsimicandco @temprastudio @bumpstudio.nyc @laurathegallery—-you are the true heros ⚔️ of this saga and i am 4ever blessed to know you all :) …money 💸 cannot buy the joy you have brought to this project.

SMALL WORLD! is now ●pen thru 08.16.26 by appointment in the late afternoons 🌇 and evenings 🌃, send an email to schedule your *free* tee time.

@gaohangart
@igorsimicandco
@temprastudio
@bumpstudio.nyc
@smilersnyc
@lautighe
@laurathegallery

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Had so much fun at this rooftop mini golf art show, “Small World,” featuring Gao Hang and Igor Simić, at Smilers, cohosted by Laura, the Gallery! I put on my list of art-related Knicks watch parties on my newsletter at SarahCascone.com—but they’ve nixed their event tonight and are open by appointment all summer. Please subscribe to my site and go Knicks! 🧡💙🏀🔥
#artjournalism #artjournalist #artwriter #rooftopart #knicksnation

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мємє яєα∂ιηg ¢ℓυв NY @ @smilersnyc,
photo dump

Ty @lautighe for all the support & hosting 🌻

And thank you everyone for joining, participating and all your memes 🌹🌹🌹🌹

More info:
www.memereading.club

📷 @billysiegrist

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мємє яєα∂ιηg ¢ℓυв Smilers
in NY @ @smilersnyc
Next Wednesday (May 27) from 8–10pm on their roof - yay

RSVP & more info here:
www.memereading.club/smilers
Join us ✌︎

Thank you @lautighe for the support 🌻

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❗️⛳️❗️⛳️❗️🇨🇳🇷🇸🌎🇺🇸🇺🇸❗️⛳️❗️⛳️❗️
⎚/ ⎚/ ⎚/ ⎚/ S M I L E R S and Laura (the gallery) are delighted to announce that SMALL WORLD! (featuring GAO HANG + IGOR SIMIĆ) will open on June 12 and run through August 16, 2026.

Tee times can now be reserved using the scheduling tool at the bottom of the exhibition page linked in our bio. The 9-hole putt-putt course is available to play within select evening hours on Thursdays + Fridays, afternoons on Saturdays + Sundays.

⚠️ Please read course rules + venue information *in full* prior to booking. ⚠️

OPENING NIGHT: rooftop load + safety considered, we cannot guarantee entry if we are at capacity. If you are interested in attending the artists’ reception, send @smilersnyc a DM for details.

#4 !!!! 🏌️🏌️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️

@gaohangart
@igorsimicandco
@smilersnyc
@laurathegallery

Image: Fred Astaire and Hortense Lowits play miniature golf on a course atop the Hotel White at Lexington Avenue and 37th Street, c. 1929–30. [Photo: George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images].

SMALL WORLD! is presented in collaboration with Laura (the gallery).

Fabrication: Hallie Doane (tempra studio) @temprastudio
Course Design: Matija Pogorilić + Ðorðe Bulajić (BUMP) @matijapglc @bulajicc

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one year ago at the stroke of midnight…
S M I L E R S announced its first exhibition:
“CRUST SHMUP//TOTALLY FUCKED//CHOP SUEY”

no better moment therefore to ring in the New Year with the 🪩 drop of its first ROOFTOP collaborative exhibition:

“SMALL WORLD!”

come summer 2026, GAO HANG (b. 1991, Baoding, China) and IGOR SIMIĆ (b. 1988, Belgrade, Yugoslavia) will play putt-putt with S M I L E R S and another Laura…(the gallery)—-worldbuilding takes a minute, so stay tuned for opening date…

here’s to new friends, keeping it loose, and the fuTURR >>>>Happy New Year 💚

#4 !!!! 🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️

@gaohangart
@igorsimicandco
@smilersnyc @lautighe
@laurathegallery

link in bio for advance tee time reservations :)

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