Geoff Hargadon, Cash for Your Warhol, installed last week on Boston’s Fan Pier in honor of the would-be 84^th birthday of Andy Warhol. Read Adam Reed Rozan’s interview with Hargadon. Photo: courtesy Gallery Kayafas.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Debate, 7-9 pm: Planning for Olympic Cities | with Noah Chasin, Ellen Dunham-Jones, Gary Hustwit, Jon Pack and Grace Tang. Storefront for Art & Architecture, 97 Kenmare Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Colleen Blackard | Shifting Perspectives. Orchard Windows, 37 Orchard Street, NY, NY.

Wednesday, August 15

Big City presents, 6 pm: Dare to Draw | with 3D artist Jason Little. Live Models, Contests, Prizes! Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63^rd Street, NY, NY. $10  at the door.

Panel, 7-9 pm: Julia at 100 | with food writers Tamar Adler (An Everlasting Meal), Dave Crofton (One Girl Cookies), Matt Lewis (Baked), Deb Perelman (SmittenKitchen.com) and Alyssa Shelasky (Apron Anxiety). powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. Food and French Wine will be served. RSVP.Information.

Opening reception, 5:30-7:30 pm: Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo | Slow Landscapes. Pratt Manhattan Gallery, 144 West 14^th Street, at 7^th Avenue, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 7-10 pm: Talwst | Death of Swag. Fuse Gallery, 93 Second Avenue, NY, NY.

Museum of the Moving Image and Rooftop Films presents Outdoor Cinema, at sunset: Certified Copy 2010, 106 mins. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami. In this playful and provocative romantic drama from the legendary Abbas Kiarostami - his first film made outside of Iran - Juliet Binoche plays a gallery owner living in a Tuscan village. Her encounter with a British author over the course of a day takes increasingly perplexing turns, as Kiarostami slyly plays with the rules of narrative. Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, NY. Pre-film performance begins at 7 pm. Free. Cash café: JJ’s Asian Fusion.

Installation of sculptures by John Chamberlain at the Seagam Building Plaza, 375 Park Avenue at 52nd Street, NY, NY. Photo: Angelo Piccozzi for Gagosian Gallery.

Thursday, August 16

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: The Double Dirty Dozen & Friends. Freight & Volume, 530  West 24^th Street, NY, NY.

Lecture, 6:30-8:30:  Lars Harmsen | Shortcut Babylon. Type Directors Club, 347 West 36^th Street, Suite 603, NY, NY. Register $20/$15/$10.

Friday, August 17

Opening day, 11 am-6 pm: Michael Othonial | My Way. Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.

Closing day, pm: Real Estate | Richard Benson, Harry Callahan, William Christenberry, Paul Graham, Duane Michals, Nicholas Nixon, Michael Rovner, Henry Wessel. Pace McGill Gallery, 35 East 57^th Street, FL 9, NY, NY.

Marta Soul, from the Idilios series, courtesy Kopeikin Gallery, which is hosting a book signing with Ms. Soul this Saturday.

Out of Town

Thursday, Artist Talk and Grant Application How-To, 7 pm: Carla Shapiro, 2003 Fellow | Ariel Shanberg & Akemi Hiatt of CPW. Greene County Council of the Arts, 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY. Information.

Thursday, opening reception, 5:30-8 pm: On Display | featuring works by Boston artists Jessie Vogel, Amber Vistein, Carlos Jiménez Cahua, Clive Moloney, and Floor van de Velde. Gallery Kayafas, 450 Harrison Avenue, #37, Boston, MA.

Saturday, artist talk, 8 pm: Christopher James | Alternative Processes. Center for Photography at Woodstock, 59 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY. $7/$5.

Saturday, opening reception, 5-8 pm: Kinz + Tillou Fine Art presents | She Sells Seashells by the Seashore featuring works by Kim Keever, Spencer Tunick, Edwina White, Megan Greene, Joni Sternbach, Javier Pinon, John Spinks, Elizabeth Insogna, Mara Hoffman, Rene Riccardo, Morissa Geller, Ayca Koseogullari, Alan Steele, Mia Berg and more, QuikFunGallery, 98 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, NY.

Saturday, opening reception, 6-8 pm: Kazuo Kitai: Barricade | John Gossage: The Code. Harper’s Books, 87 Newtown Lane East Hampton, NY.

Saturday, artist talk and book signing, 3-5 pm: Marta Soul | Idilios. Kopeikin Gallery, 2755 La Cienega, just north of Washington, Los Angeles, CA.

This just in: The Lucie Foundation announced its 2012 Lucie Awards Honorees today: Joel Meyerowitz for Lifetime Achievement, Arthur Tress for Achievement in Fine Art, David LaChapelle for Achievement in Fashion, Greg Gorman for Achievement in Portraiture, Tod Papageorge for Achievement in Documentary, David Burnett for Achievement in Photojournalism, and John Biever for Achievement in Sports. Jessica Lange will receive the Double Exposure Award bestowed upon an individual who has achieved critical success spanning two distinct creative arenas. 
The public is invited to nominate candidates for Support Categories in Print Advertising Campaign of the Year, Fashion Layout of the Year, Photography Magazine of the Year, Book Publisher of the Year, Exhibition/Curator of the Year and Picture Editor of the Year.  To nominate a candidate please see http://lucies.org/nominations.html