Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Vegetable Weapon-Mutton Hot Pot/Beijing, 2002, Courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo.

This just in from United Photo Industries: There's a New Town in Town.

Wednesday, May 16

Book signing and reception, 5:30-7:30 pm. Henly on Safari | Julie Muszynski. Rizzoli Bookstore, 31 West 57^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Under the Influence | The Art of Power & Persuasion. Kianga Ellis Projects, 41 Kosciusko Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Wednesday, May 16-Sunday, May 20 | 2012 New York Photo Festival

Opening reception, Wednesday, May 16, 7-9 pm. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. Tickets $15/$20. Information.

Thursday, May 17

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Maira Kalman | 37 Paintings. Julie Saul Gallery, 535 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY. 

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Stan Gaz | Ensnared and Scott Daniel Ellison | Ghost Dance. ClampArt, 521-531 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Julia Fullerton-Batten | Persona. Jenkins Johnson Gallery, 521 West 26^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Open::Closed | Curated by David Howe. 601 Artspace, 601 West 26^th Street, Suite 1755, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Alfred Leslie | The Lives of Some Women. Janet Borden Inc., 560 Broadway, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Face to Face | Group Show. Adam Baumgold Gallery, 60 East 66^th Street, NY, NY.

Book signing and window art celebration, 7:00 pm: David Sandlin | Mortgage. Desert Island, 540 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

Artists’ reception, 6-8 pm: Real vs. Role | Emiliano Granado, Anouk Kruithof, Julieta Sans. Rabbithole Gallery, 33 Washington Street, NY, NY.

Above: Seen at the opening last week of Ari Marcopoulos | Wherever You Go, on view at Marlboro Gallery through June 9; 545 West 25th Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY. Information. Photos: Peggy Roalf.

Friday, May 18

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Mapmakers | The Evolution of Contemporary Indian Art. Alcon Gallery, 35 Great Jones Street, NY, NY.

Book signing and reception, 6-8 pm: Rania Matar | A Girl and Her Room. Umbrage Gallery, 110 Front Street, Suite 208. Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.

Opening day, 10 am-5 pm: A Short History of Photography from the ICP Collection | Honoring Willis E. Hartshorn; President in Petticoats! Civil War Propaganda in Photographs and Christer Stromholm | Les Amis de Plache Blanche.  Weegee | Murder is My Business continues by popular demand. International Center of Photography, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY.

Saturday, May 19

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Doze Green | Liminosity in the Dark Rift; Eric White | Transmission; Kevin Cyr | In Praise of Rust. Jonathan LeVine Gallery, 529 West 20^thStreet, NY, NY.

Monday, May 21 

Open house, 5-9 pm: Cooper Union End of Year Show. Foundation Building, 7 East 7^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Seven Evil Thoughts | Untitled No. 3, 2011. © Tara Sellios, courtesy Gallery Kayafas.  

This Week’s DART Picks:

Friday, opening reception, 5:30-8 pm: Tara Sellios | Of the Flesh. Gallery Kayafas, 450 Harrison Avenue #37, Boston, MA.

Saturday, artist’s talk, 2 pm: Eirik Johnson | Camps & Cabins. G. Gibson Gallery, 300 S. Washington Street, Seattle, WA.

Saturday, opening reception, 6-8 pm: Jon Rafman | Mirror Sites. M+B Gallery, 612 North Almont Drive, Los Angeles, CA.

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