Art and politics - could there be a more perfect match? Here in New York, a panel discussion on Super Tuesday and an all day symposium the following week offer rare opportunities to spar with some of the most practiced artists and journalists in the business. Elsewhere around town and abroad, art in every possible incarnation beckons gallery goers in from the cold. Please check websites for details.

Above: Three works on paper by Serge Bloch, courtesy Living With Art Gallery.

NEW YORK, New York, New York, NY
Chris Ware: Drawings for New York Periodicals
Adam Baumgold Gallery
February 1 - March 15, 2008

Join Jules Feiffer, David Levine, Stan Mack and Edward Sorel
for an evening of Art and Politics, in conjunction with the exhibition: John Sloan's New York
Museum of the City of New York
February 5, 6:30 pm
Free to DART subscribers. Please call 212-534-1672, X 3395
and mention DART/AI-AP

The Black Estate: Stemma
Claire Oliver Gallery
February 7 - March 8, 2008

Personal Vision: A panel discussion sponsored by the Society of Publication Designers and moderated by Marshall Arisman, featuring illustrators Nathan Fox, Sam Weber, Eddie Guy and Yuko Shimizu
Katie Murphy Amphitheater at FIT, 27^th Street and Seventh Avenue, NYC
February 7, 7:00 - 8;30 pm
Admission: $5 to $25; please check website for details

The Campana Brother Select, featuring
Illustrations, furniture, wallpaper designs and furniture
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
February 15 - September 28, 2008

Where the Truth Lies: A Symposium on Propaganda Today
Featuring a keynote by Milton Glaser, a panel moderated by David Brancaccio of PBS, a documentary film by Maro Chermayeff and more.
Baisley Powell Elebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, 36 Fifth Avenue
February 15, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Admission $35, students $20. Please check website for details.

William Buzzell: Class Action
Giant Robot NY
February 16 - March 12, 2008
Artist's reception: February 16, 6:30 - 10:00 pm

Opening Exhibition, Part 1: Featuring work by the Clayton Brothers, Vince Contarino, Nicholas Cope, Elizabeth McGrath, Kristen Schiele, Aaron Smith and Eric White
Sloan Fine Art
Through February 16, 2008
Reception for Opening Exhibition Part 2: February 20, 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons: The Other Side
Julie Saul Gallery
February 21- April 5, 2008

My World: The New Subjectivity in Design
Pratt Manhattan Gallery
Through Febtuary 23, 2008

Lori Earley: Fade to Gray
Tara McPherson: Lost Constellations
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
February 23 - March 22, 2008
Opening reception: February 23, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

50th Annual Exhibition: Book and Editorial Illustration
Society of Illustrators
February 23 - March 22, 2008

Serge Bloch: Works on Paper
Living With Art Gallery
Through February 29, 2008

BROOKLYN, New York, NY
Brevity's Rainbow: A show of tiny works featuring David Shrigley, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Royal Art Lodge, PFFR (Wonder Showzen), Rich Jacobs, Richard Colman, Kime Buzzelli, Kyle Mock, Noah Lyon, Andrew Kuo, Erika Somogyi, Andrew Guenther, Keith Jones, Maya Hayuk, Wes Lang, Andrew Jeffery Wright, Keren Richter and more
Cinders Gallery
February 8 - 17, 2008
Opening reception: February 8, 7-10pm

NEW BRITAIN, CT
Cathie Bleck: 13 Years of Artistic Expression
New Britain Museum of American Art

February 8 - April 27, 2008
Artist's reception and book signing: February 24, 3:30 pm

WASHINGTON, DC
Yayoi Kusama: Dots Obsession, presented during the "Japan! Culture and Hyperculture" festival. Please check website for related events running from February 5 - 17, 2008.
The Kennedy Center Atrium
February 7 - February 17, 2008

Above, left: Artwork by Vivienne Flesher for the Japan! Culture and Hyperculture program at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. Right: From Flower Obsession - Gerbera, 1999, by Yayoi Kusama, courtesy of Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, Sydney.

NASHVILLE, TN
New Work by Josh Keyes and John Casey
Tag Art Gallery
February 2 - 28, 2008
Opening reception: February 2, 6:00 - 9:00 pm

DETROIT, MI
Sheila Pepe: Drawing in Space
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery
Through March 7, 2008

EAU CLAIRE, WI
Meaning and Metaphor featuring work by Anita Kunz, Guy Billout, Jason Holley and Daniel Bejar
Foster Gallery
Through February 21, 2008

SAN JOSE, CA
Barron Storey: Victims
Gallery Anno Domini
February 1 - March 15, 2008
Opening reception: February 1, 8:00 pm

SANTA MONICA, CA
Mel Kadel and Travis Millard
Richard Heller Gallery
February, 9 - March, 8, 2008
Opening reception: February 9, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

LOS ANGELES, CA
Work by Marco Almera, Bryan Cunningham, Krystopher Sapp
La Luz de Jesus
February 1 - March 2, 2008
Opening reception: February 1, 8:00 - 11:00 pm

Above: Three from Radio Science Funnies by Ryan Heshka, courtesy of the artist.

Ryan Heshka: Radio Science Funnies, Inc.
The Secret Headquarters
February 1 - March 5, 2008
Opening reception: February 1, 8:00 - 10:00 pm

Overgrowth: New work by Katherine Guillen, Zachary Rossman, and Brian Rush
Giant Robot GR2
February 16 - March 12, 2008
Opening reception: February 16, 6:30 - 10:00 pm

Igloo Tornado: New Work by Tom Neely, Gin Stevens, Levon Jihanian & Scot Nobles
Black Maria Gallery
February 1 - February 28, 200
Opening reception: February 23, 7:00 - 10:30pm

CULVER CITY, CA
Marco Almera, Bryan Cunningham, Krystopher Sapp
Billy Shire Fine Arts
February 1 - March 2, 2008
Opening reception: February 1, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

Silvia Ji: Por Vida
Corey Helford Gallery
February 23 - March 15, 2008
Opening reception: February 23, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Printed Matter 3: A group show dedicated to woodcut, silk screen, lithography, relief, etching, and other printmaking techniques.
Giant Robot SF
February 16,- March 12, 2008
Opening reception: Saturday, February 16, 6:30 - 10:00 pm

Ward Schumaker; Books and Drawings
Meridian Gallery
Through March 1, 2008

SEATTLE, WA
Girls By Boys
Suite 100 Gallery
February 8 - March 1, 2008
Opening reception: February 8, 6:00 - 10:00 pm

TORONTO, ON
Balint Zsako: Works from the Bernardi Collection
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
February 1 - April 20, 2008
Opening reception: February 1, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

American Illustration 25^th Annual Timeline Exhibit
Ontario College of Art and Design
February 11 - 19, 2008
Presentation by AI-AP Director Mark Heflin: February 14, 1:00 pm