Art Fairs and Special Events

July 24-July 26

ArtExpo is an eclectic selection of emerging artists and do-it-yourself creatives featuring original artwork, books, prints and collectibles July 24-26. Created by the students at Media Design School of Digital Arts at NSAD, ArtExpo is an alternative art fair taking place during Comic-Con and Gam3rCon at the Wonder Bread Factory, 121 14th Street, San Diego. Free to the public and curated by Mark Murphy, Murphy Design. Information.

July 24-July 27

Comic Con International San Diego 2014 returns to the San Diego Convention Center, beginning with Preview Night on Wednesday, July 23, with the four days of the event running Thursday, July 24 through Sunday, July 27. 2014 marks the 45th year for the show, making it the country’s longest continuously-run comics and popular arts convention. Information.

July 24-28

Art Southhamption, Contemporary and Modern Art. 605 County Road 39, Southamption Elks Lodge, Southampton, NY. Information.

Cathie Bleck, Anasong, inks and gold leaf on scratchboard clay panel. Join Cathie at the VIP reception, Thursday, July 24, 4-9 pm. Free Tickets.

Deadline July 31

InFocus Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks

Just nine days to get your self-published photobook to Phoenix Art Museum. (They must be received by end of business day Thursday, July 31, 2014. If you are mailing your book, please be sure it will get to us in time!). Accepted submissions will be exhibited from August 23 to September 28, 2014 at the Phoenix Art Museum. Information.

Deadline, August 29

You still have a month+ to enter AI-APs International Motion Art Awards | The Year's Best Photography, Illustration, Animation & Design.. The CFE is open, here. See last year's winners here. Information.

Wednesday, July 23

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Zines + the World of ABC No Rio and Livre d'Artiste d'Aujourd'hui | Interdisciplinary Collaborations.  The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor, NY, NY. Information.

In Los Angeles Wednesday, July 23

Lecture, 7 pm: The Way through Camerawork | Minor White in San Francisco, 1946-1953. Art historian Susan Ehrens situates Minor White within photographic modernism inn San Francisco after World War IL. Information.

Jon Ros, Untitled: Compilation/Collection, 2012. Opening at Art Space New Haven on Friday.

Thursday, July 24

Opening reception, 5-7 pm: No Exit | A Project by Khaled Jarrar, including Infiltrators, a 2012 film, which records repeated efforts by Palestinians to breach the wall that defines the border with Israel. White Box Art Center, 329 Broome Street, NY, NY. Afterevent, 7-9 pm at Undercurrent Projects, 215 East 5th Street – Lower level (off Bowery), NY, NY. Mr. Jarrar, who lives and works in Ramallah, was scheduled to come to New York for the exhibition but was reportedly grounded at the last minute by Israeli authorities. 

Presentation and book signing, 7-8 pm: Meryl Meisler | A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick. Strand Books, 828 Broadway, NY, NY. Register.

Open doors, 5-8 pm: Chelsea Art Walk 2014. Over 100 galleries and studios open their doors for this 5th annual event. Free and open to the public, the Walk will showcase the galleries’ summer exhibitions as well as host artist talks, receptions and other special events. Information. Galleries.

Simon Fraser presents, 6-9:30 pm: Dare2Draw with Russ Braun. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street,NY, NY. $15/$25/$30 Register.

In Chicago Opening reception, curator walkthrough, 5 pm: Phantoms in the Dirt, with curator Karsten Lund. Sixteen artists in this exhibition present an array of physical remnants and enigmatic traces, ranging from cryptic objects to the marks of human activity in rugged landscapes. Opening day events begin at 10 am. Information. MoCP at Columbia College Chicago 600 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL.

Jeremy Bolen, Site A/Plot M (detail), included in Phantoms in the Dirt, opening Thursday at MoCP Chicago.

In New Haven Friday, July 25

Opening reception and artist talk, 5-8 pm: Jon Ros | Chamberlain. Art Space, 50 Orange Street, New Haven, CT. Information.

In Kansas City Friday, July 25

Opening day: Acorss the Indian Country | Photographs by Alexander Gardner, 1867-68. Nelson Atkins Museum, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO. Information.

In Paris, Friday, July 25

Lecture/discussion, 7 pm: Véronique Vienne | The Best of Cultural Posters for the Paris Metro. Récollets, Gare de lest, Canal St. Martin Paris (part of a workshop for CCA, SF and MICA). Information/Register.

Sunday, July 27

Opening day: Christopher Williams The Production Line of Happiness, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, NY, NY.

In Woodstock, NY Sunday, July 27

Presentation and book signing, 3 pm: Meryl Meisler | A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY. Information.

Looking ahead: Friday, August 1

Open meeting, 7-9 pm: Karen Finley | Artists Anonymous. To be held every other Friday, beginning July 18, Artists Anonymous is conceived as a series of open meetings for artists who feel that their lives have been affected by art making, the art world, and the trials of maintaining a creative life and career. The meetings will offer the group a space to consider and reflect on challenges that artists encounter. Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NY, NY. Free with Pay what you wish admission. Information. August 1 and 15, September 12 and 26, and October 10, 2014.