Left: Luigi Ghirri, Alpe di Suisi, 1979; copyright the artist, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery. Right: Donna J. Wan, At the Edge of the Lake, 2011 (In the Landscape series); copyright the artist, courtesy Klompching Gallery.

Wednesday, July 20

Curators’ talk, 6:30 pm: Alexander Campos and Jen Larsen on Multiple, Limited, Unique, an exhibition from the permanent collection. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27^th Street, 3^rd Floor, NY, NY.

Book launch, 6-8 pm, for L.A. Object & David Hammons Body Prints, featuring work by Ed Bereal, Wallace Berman, Nathaniel Bustion, Alonzo Davis, Dale Davis, Charles Dickson, Melvin Edwards, David Hammons, George Herms, Daniel LaRue Johnson, Ed Kienholz, Senga Nengudi, John Outterbridge, Noah Purifoy, Joe Ray, John Riddle, Betye Saar, Kenzi Shiokava, and Timothy Washington. Tilton Gallery, 8 East 76^th Street, NY, NY. RSVP or 646-220-5950.

A Conversation with Xu Bing and curator Isabelle Derveaux, 6:30 pm, about The Living Word. The Morgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, at 36^th Street, NY, NY. Free with RSVP.

Music from Red Horse, 7:00-8:30 pm, by John Gorka, Lucy Kaplanski, and Eliza Gilkyson. Madison Square Park, 23^rd Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues, NY, NY.

Thursday, July 21

Opening reception, 6-8 pm, for Beautiful Vagabonds: Birds in Contemporary Photography, Video and Sound. Yancey Richardson Gallery, 535 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm, for La Carte d’apres Nature. Matthew Marks Gallery, 522 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm, for Kelsey Bennett: Black Velvet, The Godfather of Soul. Christopher Henry Gallery, 127 Elizabeth Street, at Broome, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm, for Fresh 2011, the first annual open submission exhibition, co-curated by curator/collector W.M. Hunt and gallery owner Darren Ching, featuring work by Skott Chandler, Harold Ross, Donna J. Wan and Ahron D. Weiner. Klompching Gallery, 111 Front Street, Suite 206, DUMBO, NY.

Book signing, 7-9 pm, with Janelle Lynch for Los Jardines de Mexico. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY. Information:

Book launch, 7-10 pm, for The History of American Graffitti, featuring TAKI 183, with special guests SNAKE 1, SJK 171, MIKE 171 and ROCKY 184. The Hole, 312 Bowery, NY, NY.

Lower East Side Gallery Night, 6-9 pm. Information.

Friday, July 22

Opening day for Human Currents: The World’s Largest Pilgrimage as Interpreted by Hannes Schmid. Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17^th Street, NY, NY.

Artist’s reception, 7-9 pm, for Creatures of the Deep. Brooklyn Bridge Park (Pier 6, between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges ), DUMBO, Brooklyn.

AIM Biennial Artist Talk, 6:30-8:00 pm. Artists Kira Greene, Chris Bors, Jacob Rhodes, and Allyson Ross discuss their creative processes, Artist in the Marketplace, art-business dynamics, and their participation in Bronx Calling: The First AIM Biennial. Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse at 165^th Street, Bronx, NY. RSVP.

Saturday, July 23

New Museum Block Party, noon-5 pm. Join the New Museum for a day of educator- and artist-led projects and performances in Sara D. Roosevelt Park! Guests can re-purpose everyday materials to create new inspired objects, construct buildings and places that have great personal importance, discover the history of the Bowery and engage in many other participatory projects exploring memory and place. Afterward head over to the New Museum to participate in free interactive gallery tours of the exhibition "Ostalgia" and discover the reality and myth of Eastern Europe. Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Broome Street Between Forsythe and Christie Streets, NY, NY. Free.

Sunday, July 24

4:30 Alice Austen and Isadora Duncan: Victorian Rebels. Bring a blanket and a picnic to enjoy dancing on the lawn overlooking New York Harbor. Alice Austen House Museum or 718 816 4506 x 10, 2 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island, NY.

This week’s DART Picks

Wednesday, July 20-Sunday, July 24: Comic-Con International, in San Diego. Mark Todd, Esther Pearl Watson and Mark Murphy will be offering one-of-a-kind originals during Comic-Con Wednesday through Sunday at Booth No. 4833. Mark and Esther create inspired zines, comics, prints and originals and Murphy will be offering the same. On Friday, July 22 you are invited to attend an inspired Comic-Con reception for "Lucid Dreams" from 6—10PM. (You can RSVP here where the fun never ends).Tons of art located at Booth 4833. Read more here.

Deadline – July 22 – for submissions to The Original Art: Celebrating the Art of Childrens’ Book Illustration. Society of Illustrators Information.

July 22: Opening Day for the 10th Dong Gang International Photo Festival. Dong Gang Museum of Photography, Gangwondo, Korea.