Tuesday, April 16

The D-Crit Lecture Series presents, 6:30 pm: Kurt Anderson | Why Spy? MFA Design Criticism Department, School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY. Free, registration required.

Wednesday, April 17

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Sage Sohier | About Face and Donald Weber | Interrogations. Foley Gallery, 97 Allan Street, NY, NY.

Artist talk, 5-6 pm: Fanny Sanin in conversation with Frederico Seve. Instituto Cervantes New York, Amster Yard, 211 East 49^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Film screening and roundtable, 6:30 pm: Mr. Dial Has Something to Say | Discussion with David Driskell, NA, Greg Tate, cultural critic and scholar, and moderator Cara Zimmerman, Executive Director of the Foundation for Self-Taught Artists. National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Avenue, at 89^th Street, NY, NY. Tickets $15/$10/Free.

Thornton Dial, Stars of Everything (detail), seen at the High Museum, in Atlanta last fall. There will be a film screening of Mr. Dial Has Something to Say on Wednesday at the National Academy Museum.

Thursday, April 18

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Alan Gussow | Interrupted Spring. Driscoll Babcock Galleries, 525 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Kemang Wa Lehulere | Sleep is for the Gifted. Lombard Freid Projects, 518 West 19^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 5-8 pm: Maggie Steber and Carlos Rene Perez | Photographs. Leica Gallery, 670 Broadway, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Karine Laval | Altered States. Bonni Benrubi Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, NY, NY.

In Montclair, NJ Artist Talk, 7 pm: Ann Hamilton. Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ.

In Los Angeles Opening reception, 6-9 pm: Windshield Perspective. A+D Museum, 6032 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. Tickets $20/$15/Free.

Friday, April 19

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: The Center for Book Arts Spring Exhibitions | featuring Testing the Limits of Franco-Belgian Comics and more. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27^th Street, 3^rd Floor, NY, NY

Live from the NYPL, 7 pm: William Gibson | Distrust That Particular Flavor. New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, 42^nd Street between 5^th and 6^th Avenues, NY, NY. Tickets $25/$15.

Opening day, 10am – 5 pm. Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road. China Institute Gallery, 125 East 65^th Street, NY, NY. 

Saturday, April 20

Opening reception, 6-8n pm: Letha Wilson | Landmarks and Monuments; Kimberlee Venable | All This Comes Back; Youmna Chlala | Days of Being Wild. Art In General, 79 Walker Street, NY, NY.

Fundraiser gala, 7 pm: Celebrating the life and work of Tim Heatherington with a special screening of Which Way is the Front Line From here (Dir. Sebastian Junger for HBO). Bronx Documentary Centers, 614 Courtlandt Avenue, at 151^st Street, Bronx, NY. Tickets $75. Information.

In Washington Depot, CT Opening reception, 5-7 lm: Sacred Forms | Photographs by Paul Caponigro and David Heald. KMR Gallery, 2 Titus Road, Washington Depot, CT.

In Boston, MA Tenth Anniversary celebration, 5:30 pm: Gallery Kayafas. 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA. Information.

Above: Kemang Wa LehulereRemembering the Future of a Hole as a Verb 2. Opening Thursday at Lombard Freid Projects.

Monday, April 22

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Alice Aycock Drawings| Some Stories are Worth Repeating. Grey Art Gallery, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, NY, NY. Information.

This just in from United Photo Industries: The deadline for submissions of photographs for The Fence has been extended to Thursday, April 18, 3 pm EST. The Fence in Brooklyn Bridge Park will be unveiled in June with a party in the park and will be on view all summer long leading up to Photoville in the Fall. The Fence in Boston will be unveiled in Mayat the beginning of the Flash Forward Festival. Information.

This just in from Daylight Books: The Photo Awards submission deadline is May 1^st, 2010. Winner receives a cash award, a solo exhibition at Daylight Project Space, a multimedia feature and a set of Daylight Books. Information.