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The deadline for submissions to American Photography 29 is today, February 5, 8pm EST. Information.

Art Fair Confidential

American International Fine Art Fair February 5 - 10, 2013 
Now in its 17th year, the AIFAF hosts international dealers presenting artwork spanning all periods – from antiquities to contemporary, as well as period to contemporary jewelry. The fair is proud to welcome over 14 new exhibitors from 5 countries as well as many returning exhibitors. Daily art talks and lectures will be presented by prestigious experts including Marla Prather, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Dr. Roger Ward, former Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the Norton Museum of Art; Michael Komanecky, Chief Curator at the Farnsworth Museum, and more. Palm Beach County Convention Center.

Texas Photo Roundup, February 7-9
Featuring portfolio reviews, panel discussions, workshops, a Slideluck Potshow, and Dan Winters at the podium for the keynote. Organized by the Austin Center of Photography and ASMP. Event locations.

San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show, February 7 - 10, 2013
Known globally as the destination for serious collectors, curators and museum professionals to purchase new items on the marketplace, spot trends and evaluate the state of their own collections. Hailed by art critics as the ‘best Tribal Art Show in the World’, this event is a unique and exceptional blend of Art History and World Culture. Fort Mason Center, Festival Pavilion, Marina Boulevard, San Francisco, CA.

Above: Vandana Jain, Fortune 100 animation, The Highest Grossing Corporations of the World for the Fiscal Year Ending in March 2011, According to Fortune Magazine, 3:27, animation, 2012, closing Saturday at Station Independent Projects, 164 Suffolk Street, NY, NY.

Tuesday, February 5

Artist talk, 6;30 pm: Meghan Boody. Presented by Aperture Foundation, in collaboration with the School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons the New School for Design. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, NY, NY. $5/Free for students. Information.

In Providence, RI Beyond RISD Lecture Series presents, 7 pm: Dana Schneider, jewelry designer who has made work for more than 50 TV shows and films like The Matrix sequels, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and, most recently, the mockingjay pin for The Hunger Games. Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center at 20 North Main Street, Providence, RI. Free and open to the public, registration required. Series continues March 5 and April 9,

In Washington, DC Book launch and discussion, Noon: Leonard Freed | The March on Washington, With Julian Bond, Eric Dyson, Paul M. Farber, and Brigitte Freed.The Center for the Book, Library of Congress, West Dining Room, Sixth Floor, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington D.C.

Wednesday, February 6

Reception and book signing, 5:30-7 pm: Michael Clinton | The Globetrotter Diaries. Rizzoli Bookstore, 31 West 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: The Public Private, the nature of surveillance, privacy, and public persona in the age of social media. Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School, 2 West 13^th Street, NY, NY. RSVP.

Rubin Museum of Art presents Brainwave | The 6^th Annual Edition, 7 pm: The Director, with Francois Girard and neuroscientist Carl Schoonover. The series continues through April 20 with talks, special film screenings followed by discussions, The Memory Palace (an interactive workshop), Lunch Matters, and Cabaret Cinema. Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17^th Street, NY, NY.

Continuing through March 8: Bronx Documentary Center presents Seis del Sur: Dispatches from Home by Six Nuyorican Photographers, including images by Joe Conzo, Jr, Ricky Flores (above), Ángel Franco, David Gonzalez, Edwin Pagán and Francisco Molina Reyes II. Bronx Documentary Center, 614 Courtlandt Avenue, at 151st Street, Bronx, NY.

Thursday, February 7

The Drawing Center Presents, 6:30 pm: Drafts Phase I: Advanced Mechanics of Materials will consider drawing as an index of movement. Three contributors will respond to nine images from the Reanimation Library’s archive, with screening, artist talk and live performance. The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster Street, NY, NY. Information. Drafts Phase II will take place on March 12, 2013.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Kinesthetics | Art Imitating Life. Pratt Manhattan Gallery, 144 West 14^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 5 pm: Suzi Evalenko | The Blue Glove. First Street Gallery, 526 West 20^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Josette Urso | Snow Day. Kathryn Markel Fine Arts. 529 West 20^th Street, Suite 6W, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Jean-Michel Basquiat. Gagosian Gallery, 555 West 24^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Trevor Paglen. Metro Pictures, 519 West 24^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Alighiero Boetti | La Forza del Centro. Gladstone Gallery, 515 West 24^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Liséa Lyons | Locket. Nancy Hoffman Gallery, 520 West 27^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception and panel discussion, 7 pm: Aphrodite Navab, Samira Abbassy, Farah Ossouli, and Armita Raafat | The Iranian Diaspora: Women Redrawing the World Stage. Soho20 Chelsea, 547 West 27^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Townies | Illustrations from the NYTimes Opinion Blog, featuring works by Wesley Allsbrook, Drew Beckmeyer, Chi Birmingham, Harry Campbell, João Fazenda, Golden Cosmos, Jon Han, Bendik Kaltenborn, Yann Kebbi, Tatsuro Kiuchi, Aidan Koch, Patrick Leger, Bjørn Rune Lie, Jon McNaught, Wendy MacNaughton, Bénédicte Muller, Roman Muradov, Ryan Peltier, Emiliano Ponzi, Jungyeon Roh, Guido Scarabottolo, Dadu Shin, Esther Pearl Watson, Jing Wei, Sarah Williamson, Paul Windle, JooHee Yoon, Olimpia Zagnoli. The New York Times, 7^thFloor, 620 Eight Avenue, NY, NY. RSVP required.

Opening reception, 5:30-7:30 pm: Works on Paper | featuring works by Eve Biddle, Davide Cantoni, Troels Carlsen, Danielle Durchslag, Kelly Goff, Jane South, Lauren Was, and Thomas Witte. Davidson Contemporary, 724 Fifth Avenue, 4^th Floor, NY, NY.

Opening day, 11 am-6 pm: Blues for Smoke featuring the work of visual artists like David Hammons, Zoe Leonard, and Jean-Michel Basquiatalongside the music of jazz, blues, and hip hop legends; the exhibition considers how the blues might help us understand themes of place, performance, and identity in recent art. Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue, at 75^th Street, NY, NY.

Artist Talk, 7 pm: Hwayong Jung, Sue G. Syn | Emotional Ubiquity: A Lecture on Technology and Art, exploring the importance of ubiquitous technology and social media platforms in contemporary society. BRIC Rotunda Gallery, 33 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: It’s a Thin Line Between Love and Hate | Hate. United Photo Industries, 111 Front Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Bahar Behbahani | Hidden Camera. Causey Contemporary, 111 Front Street, Suite 212-14. Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.

In Scottsdale, AZ Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Damion Berger | Gilbert Garcin. Lisa Sette Gallery, 4142 North Marshall Way, Scottsdale, AZ.

In Portland, OR Opening reception, 6:30 pm: Richard Cahan | Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows. Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR.

Friday, February 8

Opening reception and book signing, 6-8 pm: Jane Mount | Ideal Bookshelf. Jen Bekman Gallery, 6 Spring Street, NY, NY.

Lecture, 5:30 pm: Curator Beth Dincuff in conversation with Saks legend Helen O’Hagan, in conjunction with the exhibition Sophie Gimbel | Fashioning American Couture. Teresa Lang Center, The New School, 55 West 13^th Street, 2^nd Floor, NY, NY. Information.

Panel discussion, 6:30 pm: The History of Libraries with Stephen Bury (Frick Collection), Consuelo. W. Dutschke (Columbia), and Michael Stoller(NYU), in conjunction with the exhibition, Brother, Can You Spare A Stack? The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27^th Street, Third Floor, NY, NY.Suggested donation $10/$5. 

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: History Contested | Books on Photography in the Middle East, curated by Daniel Mason. The Library at the International Center of Photography, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Above: History Contested cover image, ©Arab Image Foundation, fromAkram Zaatari, Objects of Study / The Archive of Studio Shehrazade / Hashem el Madani / Studio Practices, 2006.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Raphael Ferrer | Calor. Adam Baumgold Gallery, 60 East 66^th Street, NY, NY.

The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture presents, 7-9 pm: The Rosa Parks Centennial | Rosa Parks and Eslanda Cardoza Goode Robeson. Join Mary Frances Berry, former Chair of the US Commission on Civil Rights as she talks with Professors, Barbara Ransby and JeanneTheoharis, to discuss their book and to honor the two freedom fighters. The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, NY, NY. Tickets, free, registration recommended.

In Rochester, NY Exhibition opening party, 7 pm: Lauren Bon | Silver and Water. George Eastman House, 900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY.

In Boulder, CO Opening reception 5-6:30 pm: David Maisel | Black Maps. CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder, 318 UCB, Boulder, CO.

In Seattle, WA Lecture and book signing, 6:30 pm: Richard Cahan | Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows. Photo Center NW, 900 12th Ave, Seattle, WA. Sold out.

Saturday, February 9
Dumbo First Thursday, gallery openings, lectures, performances and cultural events. Information.

Opening reception, 4-7 pm: Viridian Artists’ 3^rd International Juried Photography Competition, curated by Nat Trotman, Solomon R. Guggenheim, featuring works by Danielle Austen, Zel Brook, Jodi Lynn Concepcion, Manuel Cosentino, Lindsay  D’Addato, Lauren Dishinger , John Eaton, Taylor Firestein, Roger Generazzo, Aimee Hertog, Matthew Kaelin, Klaus Knoll, Jennifer Lin, Misha Macaw, Timothy Macy, DeeDeeMaguire, Mark Dorf, Freja Mitchell, Robert Moran, Ida Roden, Noah Rabinowitz, Chip Rutan, Jordan Sibley , Stafford Smith, Judith Stuart. Viridian Artists, 548 West 28^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Korakrit Arunanondchal, first solo NY exhibition by Rema Hort Mann Foundation 2012 grantee. Clearing, 505 Johnson Avenue #10, Brooklyn, NY.

In Beacon, NY Opening reception, 6-9 pm: The Beacon Room | New Bau, featuring works by established, mid career and emerging artists living or working in Beacon and the surrounding Hudson Valley towns. BAU Gallery, Beacon Artist Union, 506 Main Street, Beacon, NY.

In Washington, DC Artist’s reception, 5-8 pm: Mason Saltarrelli | Golden Cacti, inaugural exhibition in new exhibition space. Randall Scott Projects, 1326 H. Street NE, 2^nd Floor, Washington, DC.

In Los Angeles Opening reception, 5-8 pm: Linda Vallejo | Make ‘Em All Mexican. George Lawson Gallery, 8564 W. Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA.

Wave Hill Winter Workspace presents, 1:30-3 pm: Open Studios with artists Manuel Acevedo, Zachary Fabri, Asuka Hishiki, MariaHup field, Paloma McGregor. Wave Hill, West 249^th Street and Independence Avenue, Riverdale, NY. Directions.

This just in from Conveyor Arts: The Conveyor Arts Exhibition Grant Deadline is February 28. This award is presented to an artist whose work exudes compelling new ideas, a well-developed concept, and attention to technical detail in a photographic project. We are pleased to invite all artists working in media related to photography to apply. The grant recipient will have their work printed at Conveyor Arts and exhibited in a solo show at United Photo Industries in Brooklyn, New York, in May 2013. Information