Firooz Zahedi, Elizabeth Taylor in Iran, Left: Dressed as an Odalisque I, 1976. Right: Dressed as an Odalisque I, 1976. Copyright the photographer, courtesy Leila Heller Gallery.

Tuesday, September 20

Talk, 6:30 pm: Aperture and the Photography Program, Parsons, present Christopher Anderson of Magnum Photos. Aperture Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Yutaka Sone, Island. David Zwirner Gallery, 525 West 19th Street, NY, NY.

Talk and book signing, 7-8 pm: Simon Garfield | Just My Type. Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street, #603, NY, NY. Tickets: $30/$15/Free.

Talk and book signing, 6 pm, with Manual Lima on Visual Complexity (Princeton Architectural Press 2011). New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, NY, NY. Doors open at 5:30.

Bob Dylan: The Asia Series. Continuing through October 22 at Gagosian Gallery, 980 Madison Avenue, NY, NY. Catalog available.

Art in Odd Places presents: Urban Design Week Panel Discussion, 7-9 pm, about the Gowanus Canal. Proteus Gowanus, 543 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY. Information.

Reception, 4:30-9 pm: Jeff Mermelstein | 9.11.01. Curated by Alex Morel. Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, Sun Yat Sen Hall, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY. Information.

Wednesday, September 21

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Emilio Sanchez: Shaping Light. Frederico Sève Gallery, 37 West 57th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Patricia Heal: Dartmoor. Robin Rice Gallery, 325 West 11th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Julio Bittencourt: Ramos. 1500 Gallery, 511 West 25th Street< #607, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Peace, Love and Rockets; Emily Martin: Theme and Variation; and Su Blackwell: 2011 Bishop Faculty Fellow. Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor, NY, NY.

For the Record: A Night of Art and Rock’nRoll. Society of Illustrators,128 East 63rd Street, NY, NY. Tickets: $10, cash bar.

The Public Art Fund Talks presents, 6:30: The Limits of an Object: Michael Sailstorfer. The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NY, NY. $10 for one, $20 for series, free for students with valid ID. Information.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: John McAllister | Damned Sparkling Pomp. Jack the Pelican Presents, 487 Driggs Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. 718-782-0183,

Thursday, September 22

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Milton Resnick: The Elephant in the Room. Cheim & Read, 547 West 25th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Nicholas Krushenick: A Survey. Gary Snyder Gallery, 529 West 20th Street, NY, NY. 

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Firooz Zahedi: Elizabeth Taylor in Iran. Leila Heller Gallery, 568 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Into the Abyss. Witzenhausen Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, #508, NY, NY. RSVP.

Aperture and the School of Visual Arts presents An Evening with Diane Arbus and Marvin Israel, featuring a slide show and talk by Diane Arbus (1970)and a screening of Who is Marvin Israel (2005). SVA Theater, 333 West 23rd Street, NY, NY. Free. Coinciding with the release of Diane Arbus: A Chronology
and newly reissued Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph and Untitled: Diane Arbus.

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: New York Portraits and Poetry: Photographs by Benjamin Fractenberg; Poetry by Lucas Hunt. Mark Miller Gallery, 92 Orchard Street, NY, NY.

Book signing, 7 pm, with Adrian Tomine for Optic Nerve #12 (Drawn & Quarterly 2011). Desert Island, 540 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

Center for Photography at Woodstock 33rd Annual Benefit Preview Events
Friday, 6-9 pm: Opening reception
Saturday, 11am-8pm: preview. Saturday, 5-7 pm: Collecting Photographs 101 with Alice S. Zimet, followed by a panel discussion with Howard Greenberg, Wm. Hunt and guests.
Sunday, September 25, 11am-5 pm: preview. 111 Front Street, Suite 200, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. Information. Preview the 2011 auction.

Friday-Sunday, September 23-25: The DUMBO Arts Festival, which attracts 200,000 visitors over 3 days with the participation of over 500 artists from a variety of disciplines, 100 studios, 50 galleries and stages and 100 programming partners. The official Festival hours are Friday 6pm to 9pm, Saturday 12pm to 8pm, Sunday 12pm to 6pm and 6pm to midnight all three nights for all outdoor projections. Information.

Friday, September 23

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Walking Forward, Running Past | 30th Annual Exhibition at Art In General. 79 Walker Street, NY, NY.

The Cullman Center at NYPL presents: Stacy Schiff discussing her acclaimed biography, Cleopatra. New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, NY, NY. Tickets.

Opening Day for < strong>David, Delacroix, and Revolutionary France: Drawings from the Louvre. Morgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, NY, NY.

Saturday, September 24

Creative Time presents Living as Form, featuring work by over 100 artists and projects, 25 curators, and 9 new commissions highlighting 20 years of socially engaged art. The Historic Essex Street Market, corner of Essex and Delancey Streets, NY, NY. Information. Free and open to the public.

Monday, September 26

Panel discussion, 6:30 pm: The Architectural League presents | Irish Architecture Now,  with Merritt Bucholz and Karen McEvoy; Niall McCullough; and Shih-Fu Peng, with an introduction by Raymund Ryan and a response by Kazys Varnelis. The Great Hall, Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Discussion, 6:30-8 pm: Rock the Casbah | The New Social Order of the Middle East. with Robin Wright Journalist and Foreign Affairs Analyst and author. NYU Abu Dhabi, 19 Wasington Square North, NY, NY. RSVP.

Tuesday, September 27, 6:30 pm: The Interrupters | Screening and Q+A with Director, Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The New Americans). Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, at 116th Street, NY, NY. Information.

This week’s DART Picks:

Wednesday, September 21, 6-9 pm: Book signing with Gary Taxali for I Love you, OK? and Mono Taxali. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 1G4. Call 1-877-225-4246 or 416-979-6648. Information.

Saturday, September 24, 8pm: Andrea Modica on portraiture. Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY. 59 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY. Information.

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts solicits applications from professional visual artists, arts writers, and curators for its Art & Law Residency Program 2012. Program dates: January 2012 through August 2012. Application deadline: Monday October 17, 2011. Information.

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