Thursday, October 11-Sunday, October 14
New York Comic Com 2012 roars into the Javits Center, with avatars, action heroes, and live stars in its wake. Hint: this year, be on the watch for Hobbits and SciFi Speed Dating. Information.

Thursday, October 11-Saturday, October 13
El Museo del Barrio,The Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Queens Museum of Art present: Symposium | Caribbean Crossroads of the World. Keynote address by Nobel Laureate Derek Wolcott, Thursday, 7 pm, El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue, at 104^th Street, NY, NY. Information. Free.

Saturday, October 13-Sunday, October 14
Cold Spring Arts presents, noon-6 pm: 2012 Open Studio Tours. Cold Spring, NY. Information.

Tuesday, October 9

SVA MPS Digital Photography Department presents, 7 pm: Darren Ching | Images, Ideas, Inspiration. SVA, 136 West 21^st Street, Room 418F NY, NY. Free.

The Penumbra Foundation and SVA presents, 7 pm: Poet Laureate Phillip Levine and Photographer Andrew Moore in Conversation. SVA Theater, 333 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY. Registration required. Free.

Book Launch, 7-9 pm: Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe. The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, N. RSVP.

In Los Angeles Book signing, 6-9 pm: Kevin Kunishi | Los Restos de l Revolucion. Dem Passwords Gallery, 7914-B Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA. Information.

In San Francisco Artist Walk-through, 5 pm and reception, 5:30-7:30 pm: Vik Muniz | Pictures of Magazines 2. Rena Bransten Gallery, 77 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA.

Cuban Carnival (1953) by René Portocarrero, from Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, Queens Museum of Art. Exhibition website.

Wednesday, October 10

Opening reception, 5:30-7:30 pm: The Sexuality Spectrum | featuring works by Judy Chicago, Joan Snyder, Arthur Tress, Archie Rand, Albert Winn, Trix Rosen, Joan Roth, and Mark Podwal, among others. Hebrew Union College/Jewish Institute of Religion. One West Fourth Street, between Broadway and Mercer Streets, NY, NY. Information.

The Strand presents, 7-9 pm: Chris Ware and Charles Burns | In Conversation. Strand Books, 828 Broadway, at 12^th Street, NY, NY. In conjunction with the exhibition Chris Ware | Building Stories at Adam Baumbold Gallery, 60 East 66^th Street, NY, NY.

SVA’s BFA Photography and MFA Photography, Video and Related Media departments present, 6:30 pm: The 33^rd Annual W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography and the Howard Chapnick Grant for the Advancement of Photojournalism. SVA Theater, 333 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY. Information.

Professional Development Workshop, 6:30 pm: Social Media Strategies for Artists | Twitter. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27^th Street, 3^rd Floor, NY, NY. RSVP. $10/$5.

ICP presents, 7 pm: The 2012 Photographers Lecture Series | Stephen Ferry moderated by Philip S. Block. The International Center of Photography School, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Coming up: Cass Bird, October 17. Information about the series, which continues through December 12.

MuseFuse, 7 pm: Will Brand, a Brooklyn-based critic, editor, and programmer, and the Editor-in-Chief of Art Fag City. NurtureArt, 56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY.

In London Opening day, 10:00-18:00: William Klein + Daido Moriyama Tate Modern, Bankside, London.

Thursday, October 11

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Thomas Witte | Tourist. Christopher Henry Gallery, 127 Elizabeth Street, NY, NY.

Creative Time presents, 7 pm: Launch party for Robert Whitman | Creative Time Reports. Eyebeam Center for Art & Technology, 540 West 21^st Street, NY, NY. Information.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Saul Robbins | How Can I Help? An Artful Dialogue. chashama Windows, 266 West 37^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Artists reception, 6-8 pm: Photography by Stephanie Sinclair, Video by Jessica Dimmock | Too Young To Wed. Visitors’ Lobby, United Nations Headquarters, First Avenue at 46^th Street, NY, NY. RSVP Jayesh Gulrajani required.

Gallery Night on 57^th Street, 5-8 pm: 34 Galleries between Second Avenue and Eighth Avenue will be open. Information or 212.888.3550.

Book launch and panel discussion, 7-9 pm: The Where, The Why, and the How | 75 Artists Illustrate the Wondrous Mysteries of Science by Matt Lamothe, Julia Rothman, and Jenny Volvovski. Meet artists Jennifer Daniel, Matt Leines ND Josh Cochran and scientists Meehan Crist, Jessica Rothman, and Tim Requarth. The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.

In San Francisco Opening reception and book signing, 6-9 pm: Kevin Kunishi | Los Restos de l Revolucion. Rayko Photo Center, 428 3^rd Street, San Francisco, CA.

Stephen Ferry, from Violentology. Ferry speaks at ICP on Wednesday, 7 pm. Information.

Friday, October 12

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Joseph Smolinski | Night for Day. Mixed Greens, 531 West 26^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening day, 10:30 am-9 pm: Dürer to de Kooning: 100 Master Drawings from Munich. Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, NY, NY.

Book signing, 6-7:30 pm: Marvin Heiferman | Photography Changes Everything. ICP Bookstore, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY

Sepia Eye presents, 4-5 pm: Gallery talk, Osamu James Nakagawa | Faking It: Photography Before Photoshop. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, at 82^nd Street, NY, NY. Reservations.

Williamsburg Gallery Association presents, 6-9 pm: Williamsburg Second Fridays Art Crawl. Information.

In Philadelphia Moore College of Art & Design presents, 7 pm: Studio Conversations with Diana Al-Hadid and Gregory Volk. Stewart Auditorium, 20^th Street and The Parkway, Philadelphia, PA. Free. Information.

Ellie Davies, Images from The Dwellings series, on view at the Richard Young Gallery, 4 Holland Street, London, UK.

Anniversary Party, 7:30pm to Midnight: The Bronx Museum 40^th Anniversary celebration features a series of special events including a screening of video art courtesy of the Collection of Manuel de Santaren, a silent art auction, film screenings and the documentary From Mambo to Hip Hop. Free with RSVP. Bronx Museum, 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY.

Saturday, October 13

Opening reception, 6- 9pm: Sloan Fine Art POP UP presents Brad Woodfin | Unwound and Dame Darcy | Handbook for Hot Witches. 154 Smart Clothes, 154 Stanton Street, NY, NY.

Monday, October 15
The Architectural League and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture present, 7 pm: Alberto Kalach, Taller de Arquitectura X, Mexico City,in conversation with BradCloepfil, Allied Works Architecture. The Great Hall of The Cooper Union, 7 East 7^th Street, NY, NY. Tickets $15/Free. Information about the 2012-2013 Current Work Lecture Series, featuring Iwan Baan, Steven Holl, Alberto Kalach, Seung H-Sang, Álvaro Siza, Mike Taylor, Wang Shu, Sarah Wigglesworth, and Tod Williams & Billie Tsien.