DART picks from shows that opened last week:
Eugene Richards: War Is Personal, photographs on view through mid-February at 401 Gallery, 401 West Street (between West 10^th and Charles Streets), NY, NY.

Stuart Hawkins: Broken Welcome, photographs on view through February 19^th at Zach Feuer Gallery, 548 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY.

Marina Abramovic: Volcano Flambee at the Park Avenue Armory, through March 20^th. Creative Time presents a multi-sensory culinary intervention by renowned performance artist Marina Abramovic, in collaboration with chef Kevin Lasko. Tickets $20. Park Avenue Armory, 100 East 63^rd Street at Park Avenue, NY, NY.

Comics Stripped, on view at the Museum of Sex through Date, featuring work by R. Crumb, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman and more. 233 Fifth Avenue at 27^th Street, NY, NY.

Two by Wang Quinsong from When Worlds Collide, opening Friday, January 21^st at the International Center of Photography.

Opening this week and beyond:

Tuesday, January 25, 6:00-9:00 pm: Opening reception for Sam Dargan: Thank God for Dynamite, Part 2. Heskin Contemporary, 443 W 37th Street, Ground Fl., NY, NY.

Wednesday, January 19, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Everything in Time, a group exhibition, presents prints, installations, videos, conceptual poetry, and bookworks about the experience of an excess of imagery and information. The Center for Book Arts, 28 W. 27th Street, 3rd Floor, NY, NY.

Wednesday, January 19, 6:30-8:30: An Evening with Edel Rodriguez. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63^rd Street, NY, NY. Admission: $15/$10/$7. RSVP or 212.38.2560.

Wednesday, January 19, 6:00-8:00 pm: Book signing for Mike Schreiber, True Hip-Hop. Clic Gallery & Bookstore, 255 Centre Street, NY, NY.

Wednesday, January 19, 6:30 pm: Sam Stourdzé, Director of Musée de l’Elysée, will moderate a panel discussion with artists in the exhibition and book and exhibition, reGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographers Today. Aperture Gallery, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY.

Thursday, January 20, 6:00-9:00 pm: Opening reception, reGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographers Today. Curated by William A. Ewing and Nathalie Herschdorefer. Aperture Gallery, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY.

Thursday, January 20, 7:00 pm: Camera Club of New York presents an artist’s talk with Jan Staller. SVA Amphitheater, 209 East 23rd Street, 3rd floor,(between 2nd and 3rd Ave), NY, NY. Photo I.D. required for entry. Admission: Free/$5/$3.

Thursday, January 20, 8:15-10:15 pm: Creative Time presents a conversation with Sanford Biggers, K8 Hardy, Emily Jacir, Maya Lin, Walid Raad, and Swoon. The 92^nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY. Tickets $29 are available online or at 212.415.5500.

Thursday January 20th, 6:00-9:00 pm : Opening reception for We're not talking about pretend, photographs by Jimi Billingsley. Pablo's Birthday, 528 Canal street (corner of Washington), NY, NY.

Thursday, January 20, 7:00-9:00 pm: Book launch party for Cocaine’s Son by David Itzkoff. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street at Water St, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. Drinks will be served. RSVP or 718.666.3049.

Friday, January 21^st, 7:30 pm: A conversation about Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, a Tale of Love and Fallout with artist/author Lauren Redniss and Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus, MD. In conjunction with the exhibition of the same title, on view through April 17^th at the New York Public Library/Stephen A Schwartzman Building, Fifth Avenue at 42^nd Street. Free and open to the public/RSVP. More information.

Friday, January 21, 7:00 pm: Book launch/Cabaret of Dreams for Monsterpieces (ORO 2010). Storefront for Art and Architecture, 97 Kenmare Street, NY, NY. 

Friday, January 21, 10:00 am-8:00 pm:  Opening day for Wang Quinsong: When Worlds Collide. International Center of Photography, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY.

Saturday, January 22, 4:00-7:00 pm: Reception for Viridian Artists inaugural juried photography exhibition, curated by Elisabeth Sussman, Senior Curatory of Photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Viridian Artists Gallery, 530 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Saturday, January 22, 5:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Sabin Howard: Apollo and Other Bronze Gods. Gallery 300, 300 West 22nd Street, NY, NY. RSVP or 212-475-0252.

Saturday, January 22, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception for Ray Caeser: A Gently Kind of Cruelty and Eric Mark Sandberg: Get Pretty Now. Jonathan Levine Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, NY, NY.

Wednesday, January 26, 11:00 am-6:00 pm: Opening day for George Condo: Mental States. New Museum, 235 Bowery, NY, NY.

Wednesday, January 26, hours: Opening day for Book and Editorial Annual Exhibition at Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63^rd Street, NY, NY. Save the date for the Awards Ceremony and reception: February 4^th, 6:00 pm. Admission: $30/$35/$20. RSVP or 212.38.2560.

Thursday, January 27, 6:30 pm: Museum off the City of New York presents historian Linda Gordon, author of Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits (W.W. Norton, 2009) discussing the role gender played in Americans’ response to the economic crisis of the 1930s. RSVP  or 917-492-3395 for special half-price tickets ($6) for DART subscribers. Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103^rd Street, NY, NY.

Thursday, January 27: Opening day for Along the Yangzi River: Regional Culture of the Bronze Age from Hunan. China Institute Gallery, 125 East 68^th Street, NY, NY.

Thursday, January 27, 6:00-8:00 pm: Opening reception and book signing for Mark Seliger: Listen. Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

Thursday, January 27, 7:00-8:30: Opening reception for Gathered: A Solo Exhibition of Work by Lorna Simpson. Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.

Thursday, January 27, 6:00-8:00 pm: Prototypes: The Experimental Typography of Andrew Byrom. Type Directors Club, 347 W. 36th St, #603, NY, NY. Tickets Free/$20/$15. RSVP or 212-633-8943.

Friday, January 28, 11:00 am – 10:00 pm: Opening day for Body Language: The Yogis of India and Nepal, photographs by Thomas Kelly. Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17^th Street, NY, NY.

Friday, January 28, 10:00 am-6:00 pm: Opening Day for an exhibition of vintage photo booth strips, "drugstore" prints, and uniquely captioned prints by renowned poet Allen Ginsberg. Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, Suite 1406, NY, NY. Save the date: February 8, from 6:00-8:00pm for a reception and lecture.

Saturday, January 29, 3:00 pm: Artist talk with Thomas Kelly in conjunction with the photography exhibition Body Language: The Yogis of India and Nepal, Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17^th Street, NY, NY. Tickets $12/Free. Note: RMAs popular Brainwave Series continues, starting in February.