Art Fair Confidential

Paris Photo Los Angeles, April 25-28
The first edition of Paris Photo Los Angeles will take place from April 25th - 28th in the heart of the city at Paramount Pictures Studios. The fair will gather 80 international exhibitors, selected by a committee of gallerists.

Looking ahead: 2013 Palm Springs Photo Festival, April 28-May 3 There is still time to register for events at the Palm Springs Photo Festival. Among the workshops this year are a fine-art photography master class with South African photographer Roger Ballen, a documentary photojournalism workshop with Ashley Gilbertson, and a workshop with Ralph Gibson on photographing the nude. Information.

Tabitha Soren, from the Running series, currently on view at Kopeikin Gallery, Culver City, CA.

Tuesday, April 23

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Sloan Fine Art presents Catherine Howe and Susan Siegel. Rusk Renovation’s Third Floor Gallery Residency, 6 West 37^th Street, NY, NY. RSVP required.

Book signing, 5:30-7m pm: Rose Hartman | Incomparable Women of Style. Rizzoli Bookstore, 31 West 57^th Street, NY, NY. A portion of book sales will benefit the Women’s Project Theater. RSVP required.

In Cambridge, MA Swissnex presents a roundtable discussion, 6-8 pm: Contemporary Photography of Place with Edie Bresler, Simmons College, Kristen Gresh, Museum of Fine Arts, Joanne Lukitsh, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Margaret Morton, Cooper Union, New York, Nicholas Nixon, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Kim Sichel, Boston University, Joël Tettamanti, ECAL, Lausanne, Gary Van Zante, MIT Museum; moderated by Sarah Boxer, photography critic, Washington, DC. Swissnex Boston, 420 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Information. RSVP required.

Wednesday, April 24

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Bok, Dickson, Knobelsdorf, Pierce, Ray, Rice Acheson | doorroomwindow. Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, 208 Forsyth Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Henry Wessel | Incidents. Pace/MacGill Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, NY, NY.

Artist talk, 7 pm: Tiana Markova-Gold in conversation with Sarah Dohrmann. In conjunction with the exhibition Tiana Markova-Gold | Scènes etTypes. Camera Club of New York, 336 West 37^th Street, Second Floor, NY NY. Information.

The National Academy Museum presents, 6:30 pm: Moshe Safdie | On Invention and Fitness: Humanizing Megascale Projects. National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY. Tickets $15/$10/Free.

Issue Project Room presents, 8 pm: An Evening with Renata Adler, the author in conversation with New York Book Review editor, Edwin Frank. Issue Project Room, 155 Freeman Street, Brooklyn, NY. Information.

Christian Chaize, La Lune 1, from the exhibition Time & Tide, opening Thursday at Jen Bekman Projects.

Thursday, April 25

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Diacussion | featuring works by Adam Fuss, Xia Jing, Donatien Veismann, Nan Golding, Alex Rose, Vik Muniz, andMartynka Wawrzyniak among others. Envoy Enterprises, 87 Rivington Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Josh Tonsfeldt. Simon Preston, 301 Broome Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 5:30-7:30 pm: Toshio Shibata and Toeko Tatsuno | Given. Laurence Miller Gallery, 50 West 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Friday, April 26

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Bob Zoeli | Wyatt Kahn. Rachel Uffner Gallery, 47 Orchard Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception and book launch, 6-8 pm: Christian Chaize | Time & Tide. Jen Bekman Gallery, 6 Spring Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 7 pm: Tony Fitzpatrick | The Other Kind. Pierogi, 177 North 9^th Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Opening reception, 7 pm: Aakash Nihalani | Islands. Signal, 260 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

In Philadelphia Pant | featuring work by over twenty contemporary photographers including David Graham, Mry Ellen Mark, Ellion Erwitt, and DiadoMiroyama among others, all of whom offer a distinct view on canine behavior. Gallery 339, 339 South 21^st Street (at the corner of Pine Street), Philadelphia, PA.

David Graham, Miss Yvonne, Voorhees, NJ, 1991, from the exhibition Pant, opening at Gallery 339 on Thursday.

Friday, April 26- Sunday, April 28

International Studio and Curatorial Program presents: Spring Open Studios. 1040 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Information.

Sunday, April 28

In Purchase, NY Pre-columbian Remix | The Art of Enrique Chagoya, Demian Flores, Ruben Ortiz-Torres and Nadin Ospina.  Inaugural reopening, Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY. Information.