Tuesday, February 26

The Open Show New York #5, 7-9 pm: Arlene Gottfried | Bacalaitos and Fireworks. The Half King, 505 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY. RSVP

Artist talk, 6:30 pm: Benjamin Lowy. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY. Donation $5 suggested/Free with student I.D.

Opening reception and book signing, 6 pm: James Prosek | Ocean Fishes. National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, NY, NY.

Artist talk and book launch, 7 pm: Gabriele Stabile and Juliet Linderman | Refugee Hotel. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP please.

Wednesday, February 27

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: YPA 2012 Mentoring Program Exhibition | Hometown & Scholarship Awards Presentation. Calumet Gallery, 22 West 22^nd Street, 2^nd Floor, NY, NY. Information.Suggested donation $20.

The Photographers Lecture Series presents, 7 pm: Kent Klitch. The School at ICP, Shooting Studio, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Tickets $15.

Wave Hill Horticultural Lecture Series presents, 6 pm: Annie Novak | The Future of Farming. New York School of Interior Design, 170 East 70^th Street, NY, NY. Register $25/$20.

Panel discussion, 6:30 pm: Art, Politics, Protest | Dr. Cornell West and Faith Ringgold, moderated by Dr. Leslie King-Hammond. National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY. Tickets $17/$11.50.

Thursday, February 28

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Allison Maltez | Together (above). Christopher Henry Gallery, 127 Elizabeth Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Eric Van Straaten | Reviving Lolita. Krause Gallery, 149 Orchard Street, at Rivington Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Zeffrey Throwell | Panic in the Chalk Cavern. Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, 524 West 19^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Agus Suwage | Cycle No. 2. Tyler Rollins Fine Art. 529 West 20^th Street, NY, NY. Gallery talk, Saturday, March 2 at 3 pm.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Barkley L. Hendricks | Heart Hands Eyes Mind. Jack Shainman Gallery, 513 West 20^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Alme Mpane | The Rape/Le Viol. Skoto Gallery, 529 West 20^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Melanie Bonajo | One Question, Three Rooms, 44 Possible Answers. P.P.O.W., 535 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Dana Melamed | Duality of Matter. Von Lintel Gallery, 520 West 23^rd Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Al Held | Alphabet Paintings 1961-1967. Chiem & Read, 547 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Liu Wei. Lehmann Maupin, 540 West 26^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Akiba, Delachaux, Packer, Singh, Wei | Paint as Figure. Thomas Erben Gallery. 526 West 26^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Joseph Burwell | A Survey of Nonexistence at a Glance. Miyako Yoshinaga, 547 West 27^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Woolga Choi | Woolga Choi. Gallery Ho, 547 West 27^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception and book launch, 6-8 pm: Luca Campigotto | Gotham and Beyond. Lawrence Miller Gallery, 20 West 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 5:30-7:30 pm: Peter Hujar. Pace MacGill Gallery, 32 East 59^th Street, 9^th Floor, NY, NY.

Opening day, 11 am-6 pm: Jay DeFeo | A Retrospective. Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue at 75^th Street, NY, NY.

Slideshow presentation, 7-9 pm: Zainab Salbi and Rennio Maifredi | If You Knew Me You Would Care. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP please.

Symposium, 6 pm: Cold War Cool Digital | Variable, Pre-constructed, Consequential. Pratt Institute Higgins Hall Auditorium, 61 St. James Place, Brooklyn, NY. Directions.

NurtureArts presents, 7 pm: Videorover | Season 5, Program 2, curated by Rachel Steinberg. IndieScreen Cinema, 289 Kent Street, at S. 2^nd Street, Brooklyn, NY. Reception follows.Information.

Anthony Goicolea, Guardian, 2008. Collection of Allen Thomas, Jr., Wilson, North Carolina. From the exhibition, Light Sensitive | Photographs from North Carolina Collections, continuing through May 12 at the Nasher Museum of Art. Information.

In Durham, NC The Annual Semans Lecture, 7 pm: Burk Uzzle. Nasher Museum of Art, 2001 Campus Drive, Duke University, Durham, NC. Limited seating, free and open to the public.Reception/cash bar to follow.

Friday, March 1

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: John Gerrard | Exercise. Simon Preston Gallery, 301 Broome Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Jeff Olsson | A Fair Deal. Jack Hanley Gallery, 327 Broome Street, between Bowery & Chrystie, NY, NY.

Storefront for Art & Architecture 30^th Anniversary Gala & Benefit Auction, 6:30-9 pm: Honoring Yona Friedman, Steven Holl and Mary Miss. 5 Beekman Street Hotel at Temple Court, 5Beekman Street, NY, NY. Tickets $250 and up.

Artist talk, 6:30 pm: Candace Hicks | Fabrications. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27^th Street, Third Floor, NY, NY. Donation $10/$5 suggested. Reception to follow.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Beyond the Barrier | works by Leah Beeferman, Brice Bischoff, Dillon DeWaters and Adam Ryder, curated by Kate Greenberg. Camera Club of New York, 336 West 37^th Street, 2^nd Floor, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Jeff Rich | Watershed: A Survey of the French Broad River Basin (above). United Photo Industries, 111 Front Street, Suite 204, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. Artist talk, Saturday, March 2 at 3 pm.

Deadline to RSVP for Istvan Banyai | Stranger in a Strange Land. Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Route 183, Stockbridge, MA. Information.

Saturday, March 2

Opening day, 10 am-6 pm: Philip Guston | A Centennial Exhibition. McKee Gallery, 745 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY.

In Los Angeles Panel discussion, 5-7 pm: Linda Vallejo | Make ‘Em All Mexican. George Lawson Gallery, 8564 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA.