Jones Family Tenant House 1, 2010 by Beate Sass, from the Tall Timbers Plantation Project, at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Deltona, FL. Artist talk this Saturday. Information.

Wednesday, April 25

Book Launch, 7-9 pm: Seamus Mullen’s Hero Food | How Cooking with Delicious Things Can Make Us Feel Better featuring the author in conversation with Alan Sytsma of Grub Street. powerhouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP.

Professional development workshop, 6:30 pm: The Artist’s Toolbox with Eleanor Whitney, Program Officer for External Affairs, and Elena Dubas, Program Associate, New York Foundation for the Arts. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27^th Street, 3^rd Floor, NY, NY. Donation $10/$5.

Thursday, April 26

Closing beer party, 6-8 pm: Grayson Cox | The Water’s Fine. Gasser Grunnert NY, 524 West 19^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Brancusi | The Photographs. Bruce Silverstein Gallery, 535 West 24^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Jonathan Hammer | Paranormal Nightlight. Miyako Yoshinaga art prospects, 547 West 27^th Street, 2^nd Floor, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Gilbert & George | London Pictures. Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 540 West 26^th Street and 201 Christie Street, and Sonnabend Gallaery, 536 West 22nd Street, NY, NY.

DJ sets, 7-10 pm: An evening with Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, and Morrison Edley of Psychic TV. Salvor Projects, 172 Forsythe Street, NY, NY. RSVPrequired.

Artists’ conversation, 6:30 pm: Neil Goldberg and Maira Kalman | Unpacking the Day, in which they discuss how they gather ideas to use in their work and how they create art from the everyday; moderated by Tom Finkelpearl, Director, Queens Museum. Blue Marble ice cream [from Brooklyn] will be served. The Museum of the City of New York, Fifth Avenue and 103^rd Street. Tickets $12/$8/$6.

Thursday, April 26- Saturday, April 28

Living Room | Housing Works Builds Housing curated by Gavin Browning, Director of Events and Public Programs at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Lydia Panas, (left) Tatiana; (right) The Eisenhauer Brothers; from The Mark of Abel. Meet Lydia and fellow Kehrer Verlag artists Candace Plummer Gaudiani, Monika Merva, Irina Rozovsky, and Evzen Sobek at The International Center of Photography Store on Friday.

Friday, April 27

The Snipers Log presents, 7-9 pm: Towards a Theory of Misbehavior showcasing different generational approaches towards architecture. Presenters include Kenneth Frampton, Peter Eisenman,Bernard Tschumi,Cynthia Davidson,Jeff Kipnis,Stan Allen, Sylvia Lavin,Sanford Kwinter,Alejandro Zaera Polo,Michael Meredith,Anna Pla Català, Bjarke Ingels,and Eva Franch i Gilabert. The Storefront for Art & Architecture, 97 Kenmare Street, NY, NY. Information.

Book Signing, 6-7:30 pm: Lydia Panas | The Mark of Abel. Lydia Panas is joined by Kehrer Verlag artists: Candace Plummer Gaudiani, Monika Merva, IrinaRozovsky, and Evzen Sobek. International Center of Photography Store, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, at 43^rd Street, NY, NY. Information.

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Anne Percoco | The Life Instinct. Nurtureart Gallery, 56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Friday, April 27-Saturday, April 28

The New School presents Design/History/Revolution, an interdisciplinary conference exploring how design has shaped cultural, political, and scientific upheaval. The conference will feature an international cohort of scholars of design, history, politics, and art. The conference, which also celebrates the launch of a new Master of Arts program in design studies at Parsons The New School for Design, will feature a keynote address by BarryBergdoll, Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art, and Professor of Architectural History, Columbia University. Kellen Auditorium, 66 Fifth Avenue at 13^th Street, NY, NY. Information. Free and open to the public.

Saturday, April 28

Book signing, 1-3 pm: Gilbert & George | London Pictures. Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 540 West 26^th Street, NY, NY. The first 100 attendees will receive a free copy of London Pictures.

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Conveyor Arts presents Andrew Frost | The Northeast Kindgom. United Photo Industries, 111 Front Street, #204, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY.

Panel discussion, 12:30-5 pm: New York School of Interior Design and the Museum of the City of New York present New York, New York | Interior Design on the Cutting Edge. Presenters include Yiannos Vrousgros and Brooke Lichtenstein of Input Studio; Marie Aiello and Lawrence A. Levy, Marie Aiello Design Studio; StefanSteil or MR Architecture + Décor; Julie Torres Moscovitz of Fabrica 718; Britton Smith, formerly of Albert Hadley Inc.; Fitzhugh Karol and Lyndsay Caleo of The Brooklyn Home Company, whose work is featured in the Seaport Museum's Made In New York exhibition. South Street Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton Street, NY, NY.Tickets $25/$20. For discounted rate, register online at boxoffice.mcny.org and enter code NYSID428.

Saturday, April 28- Sunday, April 29

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art presents: The 2012 MoCCA Festival. The Lexington Avenue Armory, between 25^th-26^th Streets, NY, NY. 11am-6 pm.Information. Tickets $19/$12.

Sunday, April 29

Book release party, 4-5 pm: Electric Bananna | Norman Hathaway and Dan Nadel with Gary Panter interviewing the authors plus multi-projector rare film screenings. MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY. Information.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Hans Schabus | Let’s Call It Heimat. Simon Preston Gallery, 301 Broome Street, NY, NY.

Tuesday, May 1

Artist’s talk, 6:30 pm: Aperture Foundation and the Photography Program at the School present Shirin Neshat. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore 547 West 27^th Street, 4th Floor, NY, NY.

Doug Rickard, #96.749058, Dallas, TX. 2008, 2010, from the series A New American Picture. © Doug Rickard, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York. Rickard's first solo show in New York will open at Yossi Milo Gallery in October 2012.

This Week’s DART Picks:

Wednesday, April 25, 6;30-8 pm: MOPLA and IRIS Nights Lecture Series presents Doug Rickard. 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 10, Los Angeles, CA. Tickets.Free.

Thursday, April 26- Saturday, April 28, Region 0. The Latino Video Art Festival of New York. AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, 201 18^th Street NY, Washington, D.C. Information. Free.

Thursday, April 26, 6:30-8 pm: Lois Greenfield | Photographing the Dance. Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, 1400 N. American Street, #103, Philadelphia, PA.Information. Register.

Saturday, April 28, Gallery Talk, 2 pm: Southeast Museum of Photography presents Beate Sass | Tall Timbers Plantation Project. At the Lyonia Environmental Center, 2150 Eustace Avenue, Deltona, FL. Information and directions.

Saturday, April 28, panel discussion and book signing, 2 pm: House of Pictures | Magnum Photographers with Bruce Gilden, Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas, Martin Parr, Paolo Pellegrin, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Alec Soth, Larry Towell, Alex Webb, and Donovan Wylie and moderated by Alison Nordstrom. George Eastman House, 900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY.

Saturday, April 28, opening reception 5-8 pm: Tama Hochbaum | Recent Photographs and Patti Oleon | Selected Paintings. George Lawson Gallery, 8564 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA.

Saturday, April 28, opening reception and book launch, 2-5 pm: Hank O’Neal | XCOA’s Street Art Project. Stephen Bulger Gallery, 1026 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON.

THIS JUST IN: Deadline extended for Nick Wapplington Workshop in Jerusalem. 
The deadline for a unique student workshop in Jersusalem with photographer Nick Waplington has been extended through April 30. The two-week workshop (July 1 through July 14) will "explore the complexity of identity and history in a part of the world that is a flashpoint for religious, political, and cultural issues." The workshop is open to students with at least two years of photographic education. Applicants will be judged on the strength of their portfolios. Information.

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