In June of 2011, photographer Takahiro Kaneyama traveled to the Iwate prefecture on the northeast coast of Japan, the area struck by a magnitude 9.0 earthquakein March 2011, for a New York Times Magazine photo assignment. Distressed by the tragic destruction he saw, Kaneyama extended his trip to visit his great uncle further North but also to stop at Mt. Osore, one Japan's holiest places. Read more. Exhibition opening Thursday at MiyakoYoshinaga art prospects, 547 West 27th Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY. Photo above copyright the artist, courtesy Miyako Yoshinaga art prospects.

Wednesday, March 14

Opening reception, 5:30-8:30: Haik Kocharian. Robin Rice Gallery, 325 West 11^th Street, NY, NY.

Thursday, March 15

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Wu Jian’an | Seven Layered Shell. Chambers Fine Art, 522 West 19th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Journey Through a Nordic Fairytale | Cathrine Raben Davidsen, Trine Søndergaard, Astrid Kruse Jensen, and Nina Saunders. Guided by Invoices, 558 West 21st Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: George Boorujy | Blood Memory. P.P.O.W. Gallery, 535 West 22^nd Street, 3^rd Floor, NY, NY.   

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Taeyoon Choi | Speakers Corners. Eyebeam, 540 West 21^st Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Takahiro Kaneyama | Shades of the Departed. Miyako Yoshinaga art prospects, 547 West 27th Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Jörn Vanhöfen | Aftermath. Robert Mann Gallery, 210 Eleventh Avenue, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm:Laurent Zylberman | A Journey in Tibet. Sous les Etoiles, 560 Broadway, #205, NY, NY.

Non-Latin typography talk: Arabic Demystified with Nadine Chahine. Type Directors Club, 347 West 36^th Street #603, NY, NY. Tickets$20/$15/$10. Note: this program can be combined with the weekend program (below) at no additional cost.

Opening reception, 6-10 pm: Big Reality curated by Brian Droitcour featuring work by Arcanebolt (Mark Beasley, Taras Kemenczy, Alex Iglizian), Bradley Benedetti, BFFA3AE, Laura Brothers, John Bruneau, The Center for Tactical Magic, Jacob Ciocci, Brody Condon, Chris Coy, JuliaEllingboe, Desiree Holman, Timothy Hutchings, Butt Johnson, Daniel Leyva, Guthrie Lonergan, Nick Montfort, Shana Moulton, Brenna Murphy, Oregon Painting Society, Robby Rackleff, Billy Rennekamp, Deb Sokolow, Eddo Stern, Third Faction, John Tynes, Andrej Ujhazy, and David Wightman. 319 Scholes Gallery, 319 Scholes Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Friday, March 16

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Little Languages | Coded Pictures. Lesley Heller Workspace, 54 Orchard Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Mitch Epstein | Trees. Sikkema Jenkins & Co., 530 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY.

Friday, March 16-Saturday, March 17
Seminar, 8:30 am-4:30 pm: Non-Latin Intensive | Arabic Demystified with Nadine Chahine. Type Directors Club, 347 West 36^th Street #603, NY, NY. Register $625/$525.
Two by William Eggleston sold at auction on Monday, left: Untitled, 1973 ($422,500); right: Untitled, 1970 ($314,500).

This Week’s DART Picks:

Monday, March 12, NYC: In the Photographic Masterworks by William Eggleston Sold to Benefit the Eggleston Artistic Trust auction at Christies, Untitled, 1973 (CocaCola/Peaches!) sold for $422,500 (estimate:$100,000-$150,000).

Saturday March 17, opening reception 4-6 pm: Michael Kenna | Hokkaido to Huangshan. M97 Gallery, 97 Moganshan Road 2F, Shanghai, China.

Continuing through July 8: Photography in Mexico | Selected Works from the Collections of SFMOMA and Daniel Greenberg and SusanSteinhauser featuring work by Katya Brailovsky, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Manuel Carrillo, Alejandro Cartagena, Eduardo del Valle and Mirta Gomez, Pia Elizondo, Dave Gatley, Oscar Fernando Gomez, Héctor Garcia, Lourdes Grobet, Graciela Iturbide, Geoffrey James, MarkKlett, Pablo Lopez Luz, Elsa Medina, Susan Meiselas, Enrique Metinides, Pedro Meyer, Tina Modotti, Rodrigo Moya, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, PaoloPellegrin, Antonio Reynoso, Daniela Rossell, Mark Ruwedel, Victoria Sambunaris, Alec Soth, Paul Strand, Yvonne Venegas, Brett Weston, Edward Weston, and Mariana Yampolsky. SFMoMA, 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA. Public Programs.

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