Tuesday, February 18

The Vera List Center for Politics and Art presents, a conversation, 6:30 pm: Jill Magid on intellectual property, local culture, and internationalcommerce.The New School, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Building66 West 12th Street, Room 510, NY, NY. Information.

Wednesday, February 19

Reception, 6 pm and art talk, 7:30 pm: A Brief History of Japanese Art, 1600-present. Tally Beck Contemporary, 42 Rivington Street, NY, NY.RSVP.

Artist’s talk and performance, 6:30 pm: Takeshi Murata | Om Rider. Electronic Arts Intermix, 535 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY. RSVP

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Matthew Pillsbury | City Stages. Aperture Gallery, 527 West 27^th Street, 4^th Floor, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Hugo Tillman | Betwixt and Between. Nora Haime Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, NY, NY.

ICP Lecture presents, 7 pm: Edward Burtynsky. SOLD OUT. The School at International Center of Photography, Shooting Studio, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Watch the lectures live online on each date at 7 pm ET at lectures.icp.edu.

Opening reception and discusson, 6-8 pm: Harvey Quaytman | Paintings and Drawings. Panel with Dore Ashton, R.H. Quaytman, moderated by Phong Bui of The Brooklyn Rail. McKee Gallery, 745 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY. RSVP.

In Chicago Deadline to RSVP for MoCP Benefit Auction on Thursday;, February 27, which will offer works by Barbara Crane, Dawoud Bey, Julie Blackon, Michael Schmelling, Laurie Simmons, Jan Tichy, and more. Information. Tickets.

Matthew Pillsbury, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York, 2011; from City Stages, opening this week at Aperture Gallery.

Thursday, February 20

Opening reception, film screening and book launch, 6-9 pm: Brian Paumier | Act of Faith. Christopher Henry Gallery, 127 Elizabeth Street, NY, NY. Sales of the limited edition book will benefit International Center of Photography Friends of the Library. Information.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Nancy Blum | Wonderland. Ricco Maresca Gallery, 529 West 20^th Street, 3^rd floor, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Pat Steir. Cheim & Read, 547 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Nancy Burson | Composites. ClampArt Gallery, 521-531 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Ran Hwang | The Snowfall of Spiders. Leila Heller Gallery, 568 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle | Say It Isn’t So. Jenkins Johnson Gallery, 521 West 26^th Street, 5^th Floor, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 5:30-7:30 pm: Natural Selection | Curated by Michael Foley, featuring works by 16 School of Visual Arts MFA Digital Photography Alumni. Calumet Gallery, 22 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY. Information.

The CCNY Lecture Series presents, 7 pm: Danb Torop. School of Visual Arts Amphitheater, 209 East 23^rd Street, 3^rd Floor, NY, NY. $5/$3, photo ID required. Information.

Opening day: Herb Ritts | Supermodel: Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi. Edwynn Houk Gallery, 745 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY.

In Reading, PA Artists’ roundtable, 4 pm: Becoming Male, co-moderated by Kate Lehman, Associate Professor of Communications and Curator Erin Riley-Lopez. Freedman Gallery, Klein Lecture Hall, Albright College, Reading, PA. Information.

Athi-Patra Ruga, The Future White Women of Azania, 2012, performed as part of Performa Obscura, in collaboration with Mikhael Subotsky. Photo: Ruth Simboa. Included in Public Intimacy: Art and Other Ordinary Acts in South Africa, opening this week at Buena Vista Center for the Arts.

Friday, February 21- Sunday, February 23

35^th Annual Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair. P.S. 3, 490 Hudson Street, between Christopher and Grove, NY, NY. Information. Tickets $4/$8/$12.

Friday, February 21

Artists’ talk, 6:30 pm: SP Weather Station | Rena Leinberger, Mark Nystrom, and Chad Stayrook, in conjunction with the exhibition currently on view. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27^th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Opening day: Art Booth in a Gallery. Adam Baumgold Gallery, 60 East 66^th Street, NY, NY.

In Haverford, PA Opening reception, panel discussion, and book signing, 6-8 pm: Lydia Panas | Humankind. Main Line Art Center, 746 Panmure Road, Haverford, PA.

In San Francisco SFMoMA presents, Public Intimacy | Art and Other Ordinary Acts in South Africa. Member opening day events,Information. Public performances: Information. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA. Information.

In Santa Barbara, CA Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Internal Ballistics: The Photography of Deborah Bay and Sabine Pearlman. Wall Space Gallery, 116 East Yanonali Street in the Funk Zone of Santa Barbara, CA.

Rachel Mason, Dolls for Web, from Starseeds, opening this week at Envoy Enterprises.

Saturday, February 22

Gallery talk, 3 pm: Nir Arieli | Inframen, in conjunction with the exhibition currently on view. Daniel Cooney Fine Art, 508 West 26^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 7-9 pm: Gary Taxali | Unforget Me. Jonathan LeVine Gallery, 524 West 20^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Richard Mosse | The Enclave, a six-channel video installation that represented Ireland at the 55^th Venice Biennale.Jack Shainman Gallery, 513 West 20^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Roe Etheridge | Sacrifice Your Body. Andrew Kreps Gallery, 537 West 22^nd Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Leslie Wayne | Rags. Jack Shainman Gallery, 524 West 24^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Darkness and Light | Contemporary Scandinavian Photography. Scandinavian House, 58 Park Avenue @ 38^thStreet | New York, NY. Symposium, 2-5:30 pm. Information.

In Los Angeles Opening reception, 5-8 pm: Dustin Yellin | $50,000, Two Parachutes and a Crab Suit. Richard Heller Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave. #B-5A, Santa Monica, CA.


Takeshi Murata, Om Rider, opening and performance this week at Electronic Arts Intermix. RSVP

Sunday, February 23

Artist’s talk, 4:30 pm: Deborah Brown. Lesley Heller Workspace, 54 Orchard Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 4-6 pm: Rachel Mason | Starseeds. Envoy Enterprises, 87 Rivington Street, NY, NY. Performance at Macie Gransion, 7 pm.

In Santa Barbara, CA Opening day: Heavenly Bodies. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA.