IT'S APPROACHING CRITICAL MASS...

Friday, December 16, 7 to 10 pm

Goodby party for 99¢ Plus and Handjob Gallery, open studio and holiday gift sale, with ooak art editions, holiday gifts and collector items, also collecting donations for Waterkeeper Alliance, 7-10 pm. 99¢ Plus Gallery, 238 Wilson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Info [Bushwick]

Through Saturday December 17

David Zwirner Holiday Pop Up Bookstore, 10 am-6 pm. Special offers on recent publications, posters, zines, special editions, and Judd Foundation tote bags; gifts from $5 to $120. David Zwirner Books, 529 West 20^th Street, 2^nd floor, NY, NY Info

Saturday, December 17

Jason Jaworski | Working Tables at bookdummypress, from 2 to 6 pm. In conjunction with the current BOOKDUMMIES exhibition will do an installation of what his studio looks like when working on a book combined with a table of objects he use to make his books, dummies, along with objects from Haiti that he used while teaching kids bookmaking as well as some of their drawing and books they made together. All the proceeds from the sale of Jason's work will be donated to the Lide Foundation.
Many rare, out of print and self-published books available. Info
bookdummypress, 34 Cooper Square, NY, NY Info

Holiday Photography Book Fair, Print Sale, and artist Book signing at Howard Greenberg Gallery, from 11am to 5 pm. From 1pm to 3pm artists John Loengard, Jeff Mermelstein, and Ken Schles will be in attendance. Photography books by artists including Frédéric Brenner, Bill Burke, Edward Burtynsky, Bruce Davidson, William Gedney, Frank Gohlke, Dave Heath, Kenro Izu, Arthur Leipzig, James Karales, William Klein, Jessica Lange, Jungjin Lee, Saul Leiter, Leon Levinstein, Vivian Maier, Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerowitz, Arnold Newman, Gordon Parks, Gilles Peress, Ken Schles, and Howard Greenberg Gallery exhibition catalogues will be on sale. Several signed publications will also be available. In addition, select publications will be offered at discounted prices.
Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, NY, NY Info Currently on view: Edward Burtynsky Essential Elements 1981 – 2012 and Salt Pans 2016 (through December 31) presents an overview of Burtynsky’s work across four decades, including both iconic and previously unpublished images from his series Quarries, Oil and Water, as well as new large-scale photographs from his recent Salt Pans series made in India at a barren, salt-producing area in Gujarat.

Holiday Book Party at Harper’s Apartment, from 11am to 7 pm, offering a selection of several hundred new arrivals, from stocking stuffers to first editions in custom boxes. An exhibition with William Eric Brown is also on view. Snacks and refreshments will be served at the opening reception on Saturday, December 17, from 11am-7pm. Open Sunday, noon to 5 pm, and every day through December 23, noon to 6 pm. Harper’s Apartment, 51 East 74^th Street, Apt 2X, NY, NY. Contact: mail@hapersbooks.com or call/text Nelson: (646) 413-3426

PRIDA Pop Up Holiday Market, noon to 4 pm. Handmade gifts by Puerto Rican Institute for the Development of the Arts member artists and artisans tor r abuela, las amigas, y mas! El Museu del lBarrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY Info

Ridgewood Market Winter Holiday Bazaar, 5-11 pm. Artisan goods, vintage items, pastries and artisanal foods, German beers, food and more, all inside a German beer hall. Gottscheer Hall, 657 Fairview Avenue, Ridgewood, NY Info

Friday-Sunday, December 16-18

Design Pop-Up Market at Station Independent Projects, 1 pm to 8 pm escept Sunday, 11am to 6 pm. Objects to crave by Craighill, Thislexik, Cradle Maika Dina, The Bayith, Franca, Great Lake Goods, Cardinal Workshop, Amelia Black Ceramis. 138 Eldridge Street, NY, NY Info

Sunday, December 18

Warming Up Winter Holiday Market, 11am to 4:30 pm. The Queens Museum is teaming up with Queens Night Market, offering a platform for local artists and artisans to sell original hand-made and designed objects or prepared foods at the Queens Museum. The Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY Info

Brooklyn Draw Jam presents Shoestring’s Holiday BIZARRE, noon- 7 pm. Shoestring Studio & Press, 640 & 663 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY Info

Continuing through December 24

WRAPPING: a lush landscape of gift-wrapping paper created by artists Josh Egnew, Kate Hawkins, Alissa D. Polan, Carlos Rigau, David B. Smith and  Allie Yacina. Special event: gift-wrapping of your presents in the gallery. LMAK Gallery, 298 Grand Street, NY, NY  Info

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