Art Fair Confidential
Art Wynwood, February 14 - 18, 2013
Featuring 70 international galleries featuring emerging, cutting edge, contemporary and modern works and will have its own distinct identity and design. A unique feature will be the highlight of street art, murals, pop surrealism and other genres from the Lowbrow movement. The Art Miami Pavilion, 3011 NE 1^st Avenue, Miami, FL.
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, February 15 - 17, 2013
More than 50 national and international galleries will be exhibiting at the third edition of the  Palm Springs Fine Art Fair. Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N. AvenidaCaballeros, Palm Springs, CA. 
The Artist Project - Contemporary Art Fair, February 21-24
The Artist Project will celebrate its 6th year with another exciting show featuring original works from over 200 carefully juried, independent contemporary artists. From seasoned collectors and first time art buyers, to gallerists and interior designers, visitors will find this art fair a rare opportunity to meet and purchase work directly from Canadian and International artists. Better Living Center at Toronto’s Exhibition Place.

Murakami Saburo, Passing Through, 1956. Performance view: 2nd Gutai Art Exhibition, Ohara Kaikan, Tokyo, ca. October 11-17, 1956. Photo: Otsuji Seiko Collection,Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Tokyo © Otsuji Seiko and Murakami Makiko, courtesy Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Photo: Otsuji Kiyoji. From Gutai: Splendid Playground | A Retrospective of the Gutai Art Association (1954–72). Opening Friday at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 

Tuesday, February 12

MPS Digital Photography Department presents, 7 pm: Philip Toledano. School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21 Street, Room 418F, NY, NY. Free.  

Panel, 6-8 pm: The Future of Art Book Publishing, with Margaret Chase, Associate Publisher, Skira-Rizzoli; Paul Chan, artist, Founder of Badlands Unlimited; Sharon Gallagher, President and Publisher of ARTBOOK | D.A.P.; and Chul R. Kim, Associate Publisher, The Museum of Modern Art. The discussion is moderated by Arezoo Moseni, Senior Art Librarian at The New York Public Library. Stephen A. Schwartzman Building, South Court Auditorium, Fifth Avenue at 42^nd Street, NY, NY. Directions. Free. Information. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

In Winchester, MA
Reception and artist talk, 6 pm: Cig Harvey | Making your Personal Work Your Professional Work. Griffin Museum of Photography, 67 Shore Road, Winchester, MA. Tickets$20/$10/$8.

In San Francisco
Exhibition reception and curator walkthrough, 5-7 pm: Multiple, Limited, Unique | Selections from the Permanent Collection of The Center for Book Arts, with Executive Director, Alexander Campos. The Book Club of California, 312 Sutter Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA.

Book signing, 5:30-7:30 pm: Jonathan Keats | Forged. Modernism, 685 Market Street, San Francisco.

Wednesday, February 13

Opening reception, 7 pm: Bubi Canal | Special Moment. Munch Gallery, 245 Broome Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6 pm: Single Fare 3 | over 1000 artists working across disciplines created art on Metrocards, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and video.RH Gallery, 137 Duane Street, NY, NY.

Opening day, 11am-6pm: NYC 1993 | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star. New Museum, 235 Bowery, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Suzan Frecon | Paper. David Zwirner, 525/533 West 19^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Mark Mulroney | We’re Never Getting Rescued With That Attitude. Mixed Greens, 531 West 26^th Street, NY, NY.

The Photographers Lecture Series prexents, 7-8:30 pm: Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, moderated by Phillip S. Block. School at ICP, Shooting Studiom 1114 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Tickets $15.

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Sandy | Devastation, Document Drive. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP please.

In Pittsburgh
PGH Photo Fair Speaker Series presents, 6:30 pm: Tom Gitterman | Gitterman Gallery, NY. The Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, PA. Free.

 Ranier Gross, Double McD 1, 2012. Opening Thursday at Margaret Thatcher Projects.

Thursday, February 14

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Niall McClelland | Bruce to Brock and Back. Envoy Enterprises, 87 Rivington Street, between Orchard and Ludlow, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6 pm: Michael Lipkin | Sacred Spaces. Kim Foster Gallery, 529 West 20^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6 pm: Tricia Cline & Toc Fetch | Mythology. Ricco / Maresca Gallery, 529 West 20^th Street, Third Floor, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6 pm: Ranier Gross | Contact Paintings. Margaret Thatcher Projects, 39 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Let’s Talk About Love, Baby, an exhibition in which 250 artists fabricate their personal reinterpretation of a romance novel to add to the growing LOVE LIBRARY, initiated by Chido Johnson in Detroit. Printed Matter, 195 Tenth Avenue, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6 pm: Fun and Whimsey | works by Rachel Bone, Benrei Huang, Tom Ngo, Alex Paik. Nancy Margolis Gallery, 523 Wes 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Lynn Aldrich | Free Refill: Old and New Works. Jenkins Johnson Gallery, 521 West 26th Street | 5th Floor, NY, NY.

Film screening, 5-7 pm: Digital Dharma (dir. Robert Barnett, Director, Modern Tibet Studies Program, Columbia University. NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, 19 Washington Square North, NY, NY. Free, limited seating.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Paperwork | A Brief History of Artists’ Scrapbooks. Andrew Roth Gallery, 160A East 70^th Street, NY, NY.

In Atlanta 
Opening day, 10am-8 pm: Frida & Diego | Passion, Politics, and Painting. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, GA.

 Continuing through June 1: State of the Art | Illustration 100 Years After Howard Pyle. Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, DE. Read Steve Heller’s interview with curator David Apatoff. Above: Ralph Eggleston, WALL-E and EVE.

Friday, February 15

Opening reception, 6 pm: Dan Flavin and Donald Judd | Inaugural Exhibition. David Zwirner, 537 West 20^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6 pm: Christian Vincent | Ear to the Ground. Mike Weiss Gallery, 520 West 24^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6 pm: Anthony McCall | Face to Face. Sean Kelly Gallery, 475 10^th Avenue, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Jennifer Wynne Reeves | The Works in the Walls at Mondrian’s House. BravinLee Programs, 526 West 26^th Street, #211, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6 pm: Jared Sprecher | I Always Lie. Jeff Bailey Gallery, 626 West 27^th Street, NY, NY

Opening day, 10:30 am-9 pm: Degas, Miss La La, and the Cirque Fernando and Marcel Proust and Swann’s Way | 100^th Anniversary.http://www.themorgan.org/home.aspMorgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Avenue at 36^th Street, NY, NY.

Book launch, --pm: Sharon Harper | From Above and Below. International Center of Photography, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY.

Opening day, 10 am-5:45 pm: Gutai: Splendid Playground | A Retrospective of the Gutai Art Association (1954–72). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6 pm: Darina Karpov | Sudden Leap Into the Interior. Pierogi, 177 North 9^th Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Panel and book signing, 6-8 pm: A.S. Byatt and Tracy K. Smith in Conversation with Leonard Lopate. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. RSVPplease.

Rescheduled 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. 

Rescheduled 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, from Akram Zaatari, Objects of Study / The Archive of StudioShehrazade / Hashem el Madani / Studio Practices, 2006.

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

 Above: Christian Vincent, Mid Summer, 2012. Opening Friday at Mike Weiss Gallery.

Saturday, February 16

Opening reception, 6 pm: Michael Riedel | Power Point. David Zwirner, 525 & 533 West 19^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Rachel de Joode | The Hole and the Lump. Interstate Projects, 66 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

Presentation and discussion, 7:30 pm: Fashion Moda | A Legacy of Community and Creativity in the South Bronx. With painter/animator Jane Dickenson, Jorge “Popmaster”Pabon, and photographer Lisa Kahane; moderated by journalist/critic Ed Morales. Bronx Documentary Center, 614 Courtlandt Avenue, Bronx, NY.