Arts and Book Fairs

Thursday, April 3-Sunday, April 6 The ABBA presents: The 2014 New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at 67^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Thursday, April 3-Sunday, April 6 The Affordable Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Friday, April 4-Sunday, April 6 ArtExpo New York. Pier 94, 711 12^th Avenue at 55^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Friday, April 4-Sunday, April 6 Opening weekend for MOPLA/Month of Photography Los Angeles: Exhibitions/Discussions/Projections. Information.

Saturday April 5-Sunday, April 6: 2014 MoCCA Arts Fest. 11am-6 pm, 69^th Regiment Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue  between 25^th-26^th Streets, NY, NY. Information. $5 at the door.

Tuesday, April 1

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Jungjin Lee | Untitled. Fridman Gallery, 287 Spring Street, NY, NY. Artist talk, Friday, April 11, 6:30 pm. Information.

The W. Eugene Smith Foundation presents, 6:30 pm: At the Top of the World | Photography Today, with Kira Pollack in conversation with Jonathan D. Woods. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY. Donation ?$5/Free.

Closing day, 10 am-3 pm: The Inventive Eye | Photographs from a Private Collection and Photographs. Sotheby’s 1334 Your Avenue, at 72^nd Street, NY,NY. The Inventive Eye auction begins at 6 pm. Information. Photographs auction begins Wednesday, April 2, 10 am. Information.

Richard Renaldi, Tari, Shawn, and Summer, Los Angeles, California, 2012.

Wednesday, April 2

Opening receptions, 6-8 pm: Senior Presentations | Jose Figueroa and Jessica Robbins; Tyler Berrier; Michael Gray; Aaron Kuhn; Josephine Messer; Clemens S. Poole; and others. Various locations in the Foundation Building and at 41 Cooper Square. The School of Art at The Cooper Union, 7 East 7^th Street and 41 Cooper Square, NY, NY. Information.

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Irina Nakhova | Moscow Diary. Nailya Alexander Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, Suite 704, NY, NY,

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Hugo Bastidas | Metamorphosis. Nora Haime Gallery, 730 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY.

In Boston, MA Opening reception, 5:30-7:30 pm: Laura Letinsky | Creases. Carroll and Sons, 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA.

In Berkeley, CA Jazz reception and Lecture, 5-7:30 pm: See All About It | Vivian Maier’s Newspaper Portraits.­ Reva and David Logan Gallery of Documentary Photography, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA. Information/Directions.

Left to right: Reflect/Tuscany, 1995; 3 Women/Havana, Cuba, 2000; Headless + Bag, Times Square Gym, 1993. Exhibition opening Thursday. Photos ©John Goodman.

Thursday, April 3

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Etel Adnan. Calicoon Fine Arts, 124 Forsyth Street/49 Delancey Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 7=9 pm: Urs Fischer | Mermaid Pig Bro w/Hat. Gagosian Gallery, 104 Delancey Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: ArtPalestine International | How Green Was My Valley. Whitebox Art Center, 329 Broome Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Carolle Bénitah | Photos-Souvenirs, Enfance and Adolescence. Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, 560 Broadway, #603, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Alice Hope | Tab. Ricco/Maresca Gallery, 529 West 20^th Street, 3^rd Floor, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Process | works by Carla Goldberg, David Ambrose, Shane McAdams, John Monti and more. Denise Bibro Fine Art, 529 West 20^th Street, $W, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Kristin Morgin | The Super Can Man and Other Illustrated Classics. Zach Feuer Gallery, 548 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: David Maisel | History’s Shadow. Yancey Richardson Gallery, 525 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Simone Kappler | Through America: Photographs from the 1980s. DeBuck Gallery, 545 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Mark Yankus | The Space Between. ClampArt, 521-531 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Ghada Amer  Rainbow Girls. Cheim & Read, 547 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Maroesjka Lavigne | Island. Robert Mann Gallery, 525 West 26^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: John Goodman | Boxers & Ballerinas. RWFA Rick Wester Fine Art, 526 West 26^th Street, #417, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Adam Bartos. Gitterman Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: The Art of Li-lan | A World Achieved. Jason McCoy Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Are Your Motives Pure? | Richard Pettibon Surfers 1987-2012. Venus Over Manhattan, 980 Madison Avenue, NY, NY.

The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Visiting Artist Program presents, 7 pm: Karen Cordero Reiman | Feminism and Mexican Art. Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, Hunter North Kossack Lecture Hall, 15^th Floor, NY, NY. Information.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Urs Fischer | Last Supper. Gagosian Gallery, 821 Park Avenue, NY, NY.


Maroeskja Lavigne, Autobus, On the Road, 2012, opening this week at Robert Mann Gallery.

Thursday, April 3, Cont’d.

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Jerry Vezzuso | Table of Contents. United Photo Industries, 111 Front Street, Dumbo, Brookyn, NY.

Opening reception, First Thursday, 6-9 pm: 111 Front Street Galleries, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. Information [scroll down].

In Las Vegas Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Anthony Freda | Blackboard Jungle. Trifecta Gallery, 107 E. Charleston Boulevaerd, #135, Las Vegas, NV.

In Seattle Artist reception, 6-8 pm: Thuy-Van Vu | New Paintings and Drawings. G. Gibson Gallery, 300 S. Washington Street, Seattle, WA.

In Portland Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Patricia Galagan | Objects of Desire and Craig Hickman | OXIDE. Blue Sky Gallery, 122 Northwest Eighth Avenue, Portland, OR.

Friday, April 4

Opening d, 8am-6pm: VII Photo | Smile. Brookfield Place Winter Garden, 220 Vesey Street, NY, NY. Information.

Gala and auction, 6-9; After-party, 9-11pm: The Center for Book Arts Benefit, 28 West 27^th Street, NY, NY. Tickets/ $30-$2,500.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: A Story of Two Museums | An Ethnographic Exhibition. The James Gallery, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, between 34^th and 35^th Streets, NY, NY. Information.

Exhibition, discussions, 4:30-8 pm: 15 Minutes | Experts Present on Andy Warhol: Urs Fischer, Blake Gopnik, Larissa Harris, Tom Kaliln, Neil Printz and more. Wallach Gallery, Schermerhorn Hall, various locations, Amsterdam Avenue at 118^th Street, NY, NY. Information.  RSVP. The day-long exhibition will be on view on the 8^th floor, outside the Wallach Gallerly.

In San Francisco Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Rex Ray | Music with DJ Cliff Hengst. Gallery 16, 501 Third Street, San Francisco, CA. 501

In Seattle Artist lecture, 6:30 pm: Curtis Mann. Photo Center NW, 900 12^th Avenue, Seattle, WA. Tickets/$10. 

Lauren Simkin Berke, Small Items Enclosed (installation), opening this week at Foley Gallery.

Saturday, April 5

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Small Items Enclosed | Lauren Simkin Berke. Foley Gallery, 97 Allen Street, NY, NY. Information.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Gordon Matta-Clark, Bill Owens, James Wines / SITE Architects and Howard Sil | Cutting Through the Suburbs. Carriage Trade, 62 Walker Street, NY, NY.

Intimate Science workshop, 11am-5 pm: Mind Reading for the Left and Right Brain | with Machin Project. Learn to read minds (kind of) in this two-part workshop. First, Chris Kallmyer of Machine Project will lead participants in a hands-on electronics workshop where you will built a primitive lie detector in the form of galvanic skin response meter. Then, artist/intuitive duo Krystal Krunch (Asher Hartman and Haruko Tanaka) will lead participants in developing their psychic abilities. Tickets/$27, includes galvanic skin response kit participant keeps. Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School for Design, 12 West 13^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: If You’re Accidentally Not Included, Don’t Worry About It | curated by Peter Saul. Zurcher Studio, 33 Bleecker Street, NY, NY.

In Woodstock Opening reception, 5-7 pm: Photography Now 2014 and Nick Albertson | One-Hundred Count. The Center for Photography at Woodstock, 59 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY.

In Toronto, ON Opening reception, 2-5 pm: Scott Conarroe | China. Stephen Bulger Gallery, 1026 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON.

In Seattle Masterclass: Curtis Mann. Photo Center NW, 900 12^th Avenue, Seattle, WA. Register/$250.

Scott Conarroe, Sheaf Ladies, Jinzhai Anhui, 2012. Courtesy Stephen Bulger Gallery