Demisch Danant’s show “Difference and Repetition” closes on the 2nd to get ready for “Pierre Paulin: L’homme moderne,” which opens on the 12th. The show will feature the designer’s best-known works of the 1960s for Artifort, as well as several pieces that were originally designed for George Pompidou’s Presidential Apartment at the Élysée Palace in Paris.

It’s also last call for “Nathalie du Pasquier: It Is Hard to Get Excited About Growth of Less Than 3% With No Sign of Imminent Improvement” which closes on the 2nd at Chamber. Next up, opening on the 14th, is “Capsule Nº 2: ‘This Is Not a Duet,’” with works by and Sung Jan, curated by Maria Cristina Didero and Juan Garcia Mosqueda.

Also closing on the 2nd: UrbanGlass’s show “Nick Mount: The Fabric of Work.”

The Museum of Art and Design’s exhibition “Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft and Design, Midcentury and Today” just opened on the 28th of April. Don’t miss works by greats like , , Eva Ziesel, , and more—through September 27th.

“Anton Alvarez: Wrapsody” closes on the 9th. This show is the result of the designer’s one-month residency at Salon 94’s Freeman Alley space.

David Wiseman’s “Wilderness and Ornament” at R & Company opens on the 11th and will include a complete room decorated by Wiseman within the gallery.

Another exhibition opening on the 11th is “The Team” at Johnson Trading Gallery’s 72 Franklin Street pop-up location.

“Emmett Moore: IN-SPACE” is a must-see! Patrick Parrish Gallery, in conjunction with Miami’s Gallery Diet, exhibits furniture and lighting by Moore made by 3D printing open-source files—on view through the 17th.

“, Docile/Domicile/Dandy,” the designer’s first solo show in Miami opens at Gallery Diet on the 8th.

Volume Gallery hosts their first solo show of Danish designer Anders Ruhwald’s work titled “The Charred Room.”

“Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary Ideas” opens on the 3rd at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Last month, the Bellevue Arts Museum mounted a show of more than 30 emerging designers in their region called “The New Frontier: Young Designer-Makers in the Pacific Northwest,” on view through August 16th. (via Sight Unseen)

Ceramist ’s show “I Hardly Ever Thought of Flowers” has just gone on view at Gallery FUMI.

The third in a series in conjunction with the Crafts Council, What is Luxury?,” opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) last month and will be on view through September 27th.

“Identity,” a group show with works by , , , , and others, is installed at Galerie BSL’s gallery at 23 Rue Charlot.

If you’re in Milan for EXPO, check out two shows curated by Germano Celant at the Triennale Design Museum: “Arts & Food: Rituals since 1851” and “Kitchens & Invaders.”

Closing on the 31st at the Vitra Design Museum is “Architecture of Independence: African Modernism.”

Lina Bo Bardi: 100 releases this week in the U.S. in honor of the ’s 100th birthday (via Artbook DAP).

Kickstarter’s art director Alex Proba has designed a line of rugs, available exclusively at the Cooper-Hewitt Shop (via AIGA Eye on Design).

The new -designed Whitney Museum of American Art opens to the public this month. Read design critic Alexandra Lange’s review of the building (via Curbed).

’s Lockheed Lounge has once again broken its own record as “the most expensive object sold by a living designer.” It hammered for more than £2.4 Million (via Dezeen).

Collective Design opens up at Skylight Clarkson Sq on Tuesday, May 13th and runs through Sunday the 17th. Check out the preview on Artsy starting Tuesday, May 5th.

Collective is part of the citywide celebration of design NYCxDESIGN, which encompasses a range of industry events throughout the city, including ICFF, WantedDesign, Sight Unseen OFFSITE, Tribeca Night, and more.

Wright’s Scandinavian Design auction is on the 7th and Design Masterworks is on the 19th, which includes the sale of ’s Winston Guest House.

LA Modern Auctions’s Modern Art & Design sale takes place on the 17th.

Lovers of watches rejoice! The first sales of Phillips’s new collector category occur this month: Glamorous Day-Date on the 9th and The Geneva Watch Auction: One on the 10th.

—Alex Gilbert