Art Fair Confidential

Thursday, May 16-Saturday, May 25: video_dumbo, co-presented by Eyebeam Art + Technology Center. 540 West 21^st Street, NY, NY. And 111 Front Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. Information.

Thursday, May 16-Sunday, May 19: artMRKT San Francisco. Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion, Marina Boulevard and Buchanan Street. Information. Opening night benefit for Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Information.

Thursday, May 16-Sunday, May 19: ArtPad SF. Phoenix Hotel, 601 Eddy Street, San Francisco. Information.

Planning Ahead

New York Foundation for the Arts presents, May 30^th, 6-9 pm: Doctor’s Hours for Visual Artists | One-on-one Consultations with Art Professionals. NYFA, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. Register starting Thursday, May 16^th. Note: these slots go fast: be ready.

Tuesday, May 14

Panel discussion, 7 pm:  Risk Takers | National Geographic and the New Age of Exploration. With Lynsey Addario, Dr. Kenny Broad, JamesNachtwey, Dr. Zoltan Takace; moderated by Ann Curry. New York Public Library/Stephen A. Schwartzman Building, Fifth Avenue at 42^nd Street, NY, NY. Tickets $15-$25.

Wednesday, May 15

Book Signing, 6-8 pm: Koji Onaka | Twin Boat (Session Press 2013). Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, NY, NY. Information.

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Martin Parr | Life’s a Beach. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Editions ’13 | Lower East Side Printshop Residency Program and Artists Catalogue, featuring new prints by Alison Elizabeth Taylor,Sebastiaan Bremer, Joell Baxter, Jonggeon Lee, and Steven Millar. Lower East Side Printshop, 306 W. 37th Street, 6th Floor, NY, NY. Information.

Exhibition walk-through and artist talk, 6-8 pm: Karine Laval | Altered States. Bonni Benrubi Gallery, 41 West 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Book launch and signing, 6:30 pm and discussion, 7:30-8:30 pm: Photojournalists on War (University of Texas Press 2013). Discussion with Michael Kamber, Dexter Filkins, and photographers in the book. 25CPW Gallery, 25 Central Park West, at 62^nd Street, NY, NY. RSVP.

Martin Parr is in New York this week for openings at Aperture (Wednesday) and Janet Borden (Thursday), and a special event at Aperture on Saturday. Above, from Up and Down Peachtree Street (Contrasto 2012).

Thursday, May 16

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Maripol and Slava Mogutin | Intimate Portraits. The Impossible Project Space, 425 Broadway, 5^th Floor, NY, NY. RSVP.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Richard Finkelstein | A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes. Robert Mann Gallery, 525 West 26^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 5 pm: Martin Parr | USA Color. Janet Borden, Inc. 560 Broadway, #601, NY, NY.

Book signing, 5:30-9 pm: James Gulliver Hancock | All the Buildings in New York: That I’ve Drawn So Far, Rizzoli Bookstore, 31 West 57^th Street, NY, NY. RSVP.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Polychromatic | featuring works by John Blakemore, Elaine Duigenan, Max De Estenban, Jennifer B. Hudson, Doug Keyes, Ken Rosenthal, and Lynn Silverman. Also Jim Naughten | Hereros. Klompching Gallery, 111 Front Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.

Friday, May 17

Opening Day: A Different Kind of Order: The ICP Triennial, continuing through September 8, 2013. International Center of Photography, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Information.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Andreas Schultz | Windows. Team Gallery, 83 Grand Street, NY, NY.

Twentiety Anniversary Conference, 10am-5:30 pm | Vera List Center for Art & Politics. Information. Panel discussion celebrating 20 years of art & politics, 4:15-5:30 pm: The People’s Panel | Pickled Bohemia Redux, with Nicholas Mirzoeff, Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University; Laurel Ptak, artist, curator; Georgia Sagri, artist, political organizer; Jonathan Weinberg, artist, 2002 Vera List Center Fellow; moderated by Gregory Sholette, artist and writer. The New School, Tishman Auditorium66 West 12th Street, NY, NY. Information.

In Boston Opening reception, 5:30-8 pm: Caleb Charland | Backscatter and Maggie Starck | Still/Time. Gallery Kayafas, 450 Harrison Avenue, #37, Boston, MA.

In Los Angeles Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Pedro Matos | Building Castles Made of Sand. Martha Otero Gallery, 820 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA.

Jack Goldstein, Butterflies, 1975. Film stil courtesy Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne and the Estate of Jack Goldstein. The exhibition Jack Goldstein x 10,000 opens Saturday at The Jewish Museum.

Saturday, May 18

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Three solo exhibitions: Andy Kehoe; Souther Salazar; Marco Mazzoni. Jonathan Levine Gallery, 529 West 20^th Street, NY, NY.

Portrait Shoot and Beach Party with Martin Parr. Martin Parr | Life’s a Beach. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY. Party, with Dark ‘n Stormy® cocktails, provided by Gosling’s Rum, Free. Portrait shoot, $400; register.

Exhibition walk-through and curator talk with Jens Hoffman, 2 pm: What is Jack Goldstein? In conjunction with the exhibition Jack Goldstein x 10,000.Free. The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, NY. Information.

In Beacon, NY Opening reception, 6-10+ pm: Celebrating bau’s 100^th consecutive exhibition and new exhibition space and featuring 100 works by 100 artists. Beacon Artist Union, 506 Main Street, Beacon, NY. Information.

In Philadelpia 4^th Annual Book Fair, 12-6 pm, featuring a number of local and national artists and publishers. This is Philadelphia's annual opportunity to explore and purchase some of the most innovative image-based publications being produced today Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, 1400 N American Street Suit 103, Philadelphia, PA. Information.

In Cincinnati Opening day, 11 am-6 pm: Patti Smith | The Coral Sea. Contemporary Art Center, Corner of 6^th and Walnut Streets, Cincinnati, OH.Information. Performance, May 18. Tickets $50/$250.

In Los Angeles Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Daniel Gordon | The Green Line. M+B Gallery, 612 North Almont Drive, Los Angeles, CA.

If you didn't get to see Paul McCarthy's Red Balloon Dog at Frieze New York art fair last weekend, don't despair. His WhiteSnow, a typically gross and demented production, this time a takedown of the the Walt Disney culture, will arrive at The Park Avenue Armory in June. Information. Can't imagine this pup won't be along for the ride...nice, high ceilings in the Drill Hall. Photo: Peggy Roalf.

Sunday, May 18

Performance, 8-10 pm: Paper Burlesque | A Live Art Experiment. Art by Mat Hill, performance by Coltrane, Clara Coquette, Falana Fox, Matt Knife,Rosabelle Selavy, Heather Whatever, Sincerely Yours. The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard Street, NY, NY. Information. $20 at the door.

Monday, May 19

The Rema Hort Mann Foundation Benefit Art Auction, 6:30-9:30: Girls Just Want to Have Funds. The Hole, 312 Bowery, at Bleecker Street, NY, NY.$20 donation/Free bar and hors d’oeuvres. Information.