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Thursday, November 1-Sunday, November 4: 15^th Annual Editions | Artist’s Book Fair. Founded in 1998 by Susan Inglett of I.C. Editions and Brooke Alexander Editions, theEditions|Artists Book Fair has grown in size and stature to become the premier showcase for contemporary publishers and dealers, presenting the latest and greatest in prints, multiples and artists books. This year E|AB hosts over sixty exhibitors, presenting hundreds of artists representing New York, Johannesburg, Amsterdam, London, Paris and points in between. The Editions|Artists Book Fair was the first Fair to offer FREE admission, initiated with the intent of introducing a broader public to the medium of prints, multiples, and artists books. 548 West 22^nd Street [former Dia location], NY, NY. Information.

Friday, November 2-Saturday, November 3: Pictoplasma Returns to Parsons. In its 4th US edition, the Pictoplasma Conference originating from Berlin returns to New York to present a marathon of inspiring lectures, talks and panel discussions by some of the most outstanding artists, illustrators and designers pushing the edge of contemporary character visualization. Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, NY, NY. Information. Register. $190.

Friday, November 2-Saturday, November 3: Design Studies Symposium | Research, Reflection, Practice. To mark the start of its new Master of Arts in Design Studiesprogram, Parsons The New School for Design presents a two-day symposium that explores this growing field and its intersections with the humanities and the social sciences, as well as the design industries. An international roster of scholars, practitioners, and entrepreneurs will consider how design both shapes specific experiences and embodies fundamental assumptions about the world around us. Wollman Auditorium, 65 West 11^th Street, 5^th Floor, NY, NY. Free and open to the public. Information.

Tuesday, October 30

To be rescheduled: Building | A Conversation with Barney Kulok and Joel Smith. Aperture Bookstore and Gallery, 547 West 27^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

CCNY’s annual benefit auction has been rescheduled for Tuesday, December 11, 6-8 pm. You can pre-register online [$25] and now have until 10:00 am, December 11, to bid online. The live auction will take place at 25 CPW, 25 Central Park West at 62^nd Street, NY, NY.

Marylyn Dintenfass, from Drop Dead Gorgeous, opening Thursday at Driscoll Babcock Galleries.

Thursday, November 1

Opening reception 6-8 pm: Chris Vasell | Cutouts: Variations on 14 Yellow Teeth. Team Gallery, 83 Grand Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception 6-8 pm: Al Loving | Torn Canvas. Gary Snyder Gallery, 529 West 20^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception 6-8 pm: Peter Campus | Now and Then. Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, 505 West 24^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception 6-8 pm: Marylyn Dintenfass | Drop Dead Gorgeious. Driscoll Babcock Galleries, 525 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception 6-8 pm: Joel Meyerowitz | 50 Years of Photographs, Part I: 1962-1977. Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Artist reception, 6-8 pm: John Blakemore | Vintage and New Prints. Klompching Gallery, 111 Front Street, Suite 206, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.

Symposium, 4-9 pm: We're All Videofreex: Changing Media & Social Change from Portapak to Smartphone, an evening symposium on the genealogy of portable video as seen through the viewfinder of the pioneering collective. SVA Theater, 333 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY. Information. Free and open to the public. Note: At post time, the website was down.

Opening night party, 5:30-9 pm: Editions | Artist’s Book Fair 2012. 548 West 22^nd Street [former Dia location], NY, NY. Admission $25 at the door [cash/check only]. Information.

Friday, November 2

Re-Opening reception, 6-8 pm: The Drawing Center | Guillermo Kuitca: Diarios and Jose Antonio Suarez Londono: The Yearbooks. The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster Street, NY, NY. Public programs.

Opening reception 6-9 pm: Elizabeth D. Herman | A Woman’s War. United Photo Industries, 111 Front Street, Suite 204, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.

Steve Kahn, from The Hollywood Suites, 1974-1976, opening Saturday at Joseph Bellows Gallery.

Saturday, November 3

Artist and curator walkthrough, 2 pm: Guillermo Kuitca: Diarios, The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster Street, NY, NY. Information.

In Tucson Opening reception, 7-10 pm: Seeing in Silver | John Loengard, Ralph Gibson, Harry Callahan. Etherton Gallery, 135 S. 6^th Avenue, Tucson, AZ.

In La Jolla Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Steve Kahn | The Hollywood Suites. Joseph Bellows Gallery, 7661 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, CA.

Sunday, November 4

Opening reception 1-5pm: Keith Haring. Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ. Note: At post time, the website was down. Facebook.

Monday, November 5

Opening reception 6-8 pm: Phydilla Barlow | Later.  Hauser & Wirth, 32 East 69^th Street, NY, NY.

Discussion, 6-8 pm: The Middle East | Trauma, Truths, and Twitter with Dr. Rahimen Andalibian and Rory O’Connor. The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP.

Saturday, November 10, 10 am-4 pm: Professional writing workshop, Narrative Non-Fiction with Sebastian Junger [author of The Perfect Storm]. The Bronx Documentary Center, 614 Courtlandt Avenue, Bronx, NY. Register, $250.