An early-morning religious service in the Gety displaced camp, just days before the historic 2006 Congo elections. 2006. Refugees on their journey in Chad, 2004. Copyright Marcus Bleasdale, courtesy Anastasia Photo.

Tuesday, September 27

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Marcus Bleasdale. Anastasia Photo, 166 Orchard Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Type@Cooper Student Show. The Type Directors Club Gallery, 347 West 36^th Street, Suite 603, NY, NY. RSVP. Free

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Marcos Grigorian | Earthworks. Leila Heller Gallery Uptown, 39 East 78^th Street, NY, NY.

Wednesday, September 28

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: City of Lost Souls, a Dirty Looks & Translady Fanzine screening. PPOW Gallery, 535 West 22^nd Street, 3^rd Floor, NY, NY. Information.

Friday, September 20-Sunday, October 2

The New York Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1. 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46^th Street, Long Island City, NY. Information.
Friday, September 20-Saturday, October 1: The Contemporary Artists’ Books Conference at the New York Art Book Fair. Information.

Friday, September 30

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Rico Gatson | Three Trips Around the Block. Exit Art, 475 Tenth Avenue, at 36^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Art in Odd Places 2011 Theaterlab, 137 West 14^th Street, NY, NY. The festival continues October 1-October 10 on 14^th Street from Avenue C to the Hudson River. Information.

Book signing, 6-8 pm, with Randi Malkin Steinberger for Boetti by Afghan People: Peshawar, Pakistan, 1990 (RAM Publications & Distribution). Gladstone Gallery, 515 West 24^th Street, 2^nd floor, NY, NY. 212.206.9300.

Saturday, October 1

Sunset to Midnight: Bring to Light: Nuit Blanche, a free nighttime public festival of art in New York City that takes place simultaneously with “nuit blanche” events in cities around the world. Inviting merging and established artists to make site-specific installations of light, sound, performance and projection art, the event creates an immersive spectacle for thousands of visitors to re-imagine public space and civic life. Information.

Open House Celebration & Inaugural Exhibition, 3-6 pm: Manhattan Graphics Center, 250 West 40^th Street, 5^th Floor, NY, NY.

Sunday, October 2

Sacred Spices, a Slideluck Potshow, 6-8 pm, in association with the Asian American Arts Alliance. Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, NY, NY. Information. Tickets $10.

Monday, October 3

Israeli and Palestinian Cinema, 6:30-8:30 pm: Shaping Memory and Imagining the Future. The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13^th Street, 2^nd Floor, NY, NY. Free. Information.

This Week’s DART Picks:

Saturday, October 1-Sunday, October 2: Opening weekend for Pacific Standard Time | Art in LA, 1945-1980, with the simultaneous opening of more than two dozen exhibitions in this region-wide initiative. From the press release: As the openings continue to ripple across Southern California in the days and months to come, more than sixty exhibitions at partner institutions across Southern California will soon be on view, all telling the story of the birth of the Los Angeles art scene and how it became a major new force in the art world. Information.

Trespass: A Parade, Party and Public Call to Action, Sunday, October 2-Monday, October 3:  A collaborative project between Arto Lindsay, Rirkrit Tiravanija and West of Rome Public Art. Broadway Theater District, Downtown Los Angeles, CA. Information.

Beyond Eden Art Fair, opening reception Saturday, October 1, 6-11 pm, LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. Information.

Pulse LA, Friday, September 30-Monday, October 3 at The Event Deck at L.A. Live, 1005 West Chick Hearn Court, Los Angeles, CA. Information.

Art Platform—Los Angeles, Saturday, October 1-Monday, October 3 at L.A. Mart, 1933 S. Broadway, Suite 542, Los Angeles, CA. Information.

APE – The Alternative Press Expo, October 1-Saturday, October 2, at the Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8t Street, San Francisco. Information.

Living As Form continues, Thursdays-Sundays, noon-8pm through October 16^th at NYC’s historic Essex Street Market, southeast corner of Delancey and Essex Streets. Information.

This just in from Kevin Coolely: Remote Nation, a television-based large scale public art project has been extended through October 29^th. View on the Highline any evening after dark.

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