2012 Miami Art Week
December 5-9: Untitled. Information.
December 6-9: Art Basel Miami. Information.
Satellite Art Fair Information.

Tuesday, December 4-Monday, December 17

The Fertile Crescent presents Panel Discussions about the impact of the Islamic Diaspora. The Fertile Crescent's multi-site exhibitions and events in New Brunswick, Princeton, and other locations in New Jersey, organized by Rutgers University curators, Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin, presents the work of women artists, writers, performers, and filmmakers from the Middle East. Information. Film Screening tonight, 7 pm: Lady Kul El-Arab directed by Ebtisam Mara'ana. A 2008 documentary about the dream of a young Druze woman to be Israel's beauty queen, and the conflict between the values of her traditional community and the world of modeling. Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ.

Tuesday, December 4

SVA Masters Series presents, 7 pm: James McMullan in Conversation with Milton Glaser. SVA Third Floor Amphitheater, 209 East 23^rd Street, NY, NY. Free and open to the public. In conjunction with The Masters Series exhibition continuing through December 15 at SVA Gallery, 209 East 23^rd Street. Information.

AIGA/NY presents, 6:30-8 pm: Fame, Fortune, Fun & Freedom | panel discussion with Ken Carbone and Leslie Smolan, moderated by Scott Stowell. Bumble $ blumbleauditorium, 415 West 13^th Street, 3^rd floor, NY, NY. Tickets $30/$10.

Artist talk and book signing, 6:30 pm: Chris Buck | Presence: The Invisible Portrait. Aperture Bookstore and Gallery, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY.

15^th Annual Friends of Friends Photography Auction, 6 pm, benefitting Angkor Hospital for Children. Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18^th Street, 5^th Floor, NY, NY. Information.Tickets $50/$100/$150/$200/$500.

Reading and book signing, 7-9 pm: Pete Hamill | The Christmas Kid and Other Brooklyn Stories. powerHouse on 8^th, 1111 8^th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Information 718.666.3049. RSVP appreciated.

Christian Patterson, from Redheded Peckerwood. Patterson will make a presentation at ICP on Wednesday at 7 pm.

Wednesday, December 5

ICP presents, The Photographres Lecture Series, 7 pm: Christian Patterson, moderated by Philip Block. Patterson’s acclaimed series Redheaded Peckerwood is loosely based on the 1950s killing spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate. The monograph was awarded the 2012 Recontres d’'Arles Author Book Award among other prestigious awards. ICP School, 1114 Avenue of the Americas (between 42^nd-43^rd Streets, NY, NY. Tickets $15 at the door or watch live online.

Panel discussion, 6 pm: Designing the Winter Landscape | From Private Gardens to Public Parks with Jack Lenor Larsen, Thomas Balsley, and Juan Montoya. New York School of Interior Design Auditorium, 170 East 70^th Street, NY, NY. Tickets $12/$10. In conjunction with the exhibition Jack Lenor Larsen | 40 Years.

2012 WBAI Benefit Art Auction, 7:30 pm: Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY. Information

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Art Enology | Featuring 20 artists on the subject of wine. Art In Flux Harlem, 1961 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., at 7^th Avenue, NY, NY. Information.

A Tree Glows in Brooklyn. 7th Annual Holiday Event Thursday, 6 pm. 

7^th Annual DUMBO Holiday Tree Lighting and Toy Drive, 6 pm. The Archway under the bridge, with complimentary hot cocoa from Jacques Torres. At 81 Washington Street, Wind Swept Farm will be selling trees (4 to 18 feet) straight from Vermont, and Vermont maple syrup. Information.

Thursday, December 6

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Mary Ellen Mark | Prom. Janet Borden Inc., 560 Broadway, NY, NY.

Book and holiday party, 6:30-8:30: Sign Painters | Faythe Levine & Sam Macon and New Modernist Type | Steve Heller & Gail Anderson. Type Directors Club, 347 West 36^th Street, Suite 603, NY, NY. Tickets $20/$15/Free.

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Anew | featuring work by George Benson, Francois Delfose, Jean Paul Gomez, Christopher Jonasson, Robert Kamand, Klaus Pichler, Barry Rosenthal, Wendy van Santen, and Stephan Tillmans; curated by Alison Zavos. United Photo Industries, 111 Front Street, Suite 204, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY.

In Philadelphia Opening reception, 6-9 pm: The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center presents Philly Photo Day and 99 Days a group exhibition featuring the work of Stefan Abrams, Gabriel Angemi, Andrew Fillmore, Thilde Jensen, Jay Muhlin and Brian Ulrich. The Crane Arts Buildilng, 1400 North American Street, Philadelphia, PA. Information.

Friday, December 7

Book signing, 6-7:30 pm: Martin Schoeller | Identical Twins. ICP Bookstore, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Information.

Opening day, 10 am-6 pm: Joel Meyerowitz: 50 Years of Photographs Part iI: 1976-2012. Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Brooklyn Artists Alliance presents, opening reception and launch party, 7-10 pm: Brooklyn Bookshop | Pop-Up Shop & Exhibition. Brooklyn Art Gallery, 37 GreenpointAvenue, 4^th Floor, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY. Shop will be open December 8-9, Noon-6 pm. Information.

Year Two Postcard Exhibition and Fun(d)raiser, 7-10 pm. Fowler Arts Collective, 67 West Street, 2^nd Floor, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY. 25% of proceeds will go to HurricanSandy relief. Information.

In Chicago Opening reception, 5-8 pm: Joseph D Jachna |Surface Contradictions 1958-1971. Stephen Daiter Gallery, 230 W. Superior Street, 4^th Floor, Chicago, IL.

Saturday, December 8

Opening party, noon-5 pm: 34^th Annual Holiday Sale of fine 19^th, 20^th, and contemporary photography. Alan Klotz Gallery, 740 West End Avenue at 96^th Street, Suite 52, NY, NY.

Book signing, 2 pm: The Where, the Why, and the How | 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science (Chronicle Books 2012) with Brooklyn author/illustrator Julia Rothman. Brooklyn Museum Shop, 200 Eastern Parkway, main floor, Brooklyn, NY. Information.

Sunday, December 9

This just in from Type Directors Club: Deadline for 59^th Annual Typography Competition is Midnight Friday December 14^th. Information.