Where to Go and What to See

I'm leaving for a two-week trip to Argentina on Wednesday, then going straight into the SPE conference in Denver, so I sadly won't be trouncing around the openings for quite a while. I apologize in advance for all the event invites I'll surely get while I'm out of the office -- and hope that the juicy tidbits I already have in my files will hold you over until I return.

In New York, it's fairly easy to tick off major art events of the next three weeks, although there are tons of great smaller shows going up to that I hope you'll look into (especially JeongMee Yoon, whose Pink and Blue book was one of our picks for the best of 2007).
Week 1: artexpo
Week 2: Whitney Biennial
Week 3: Open Society Institutes' Moving Walls

In other cities, the Ed Ruscha photography at The Art Institute of Chicago should be a much-talked about exhibition, since Ruscha is known for his paintings and his photos were long thought only study material, not art in and of themselves. I'd also like to highlight the work of Fiona Aboud at Benham Gallery in Seattle. The "Queens of Carnival" photos she's showing came from an on-parade portrait series the native Brazilian did in Rio, and their story is told in the upcoming travel issue of American Photo.

Sorry to be brief...I have packing to do! Lots of details after the jump.

~Miki Johnson

(Photo: © Fiona Aboud)

New York Events

February 26
World Journey of Smiles Photography Exhibition
Opening
On view through March 3
Splashlight Studios
534 W. 35th St. at 11th Ave.

February 28, 6-8
Stanley Greenberg
Opening reception
On view through may 10
Gitterman Gallery
170 E. 75th St.

February 28, 6-8
Paolo Ventura: Winter Stories
Reception for the artist
On view through April 12
Hasted Hunt Gallery
529 W. 20th St., 3rd Floor

February 28 - March 3
artexpo
30th Anniversary
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 W. 34th St.

March 1 & March 8, 1pm
National Women's History Month Artwalk Chelsea
A.I.R. Gallery (March 1)
511 W. 25th
and
ACA Galleries
529 W. 20th St., 5th Floor

March 4
Whitney Biennial 2008
Opening
On view through June 1
Whitney Museum of American Art
Madison Ave. at 75th St.

March 4, 6-8
15th Annual Members' Krappy Kamera Exhibition
Reception
On view through March 29
Soho Photo
15 White St.

March 5, 5:30-8:30
Bill Phelps
Opening reception
On view through April 20
Robin Rice Gallery
325 W. 11th St.

March 6, 7-9
Matthew Sleeth: Ten Series; In Almost Every Picture: Collected and edited by Erik Kessels
Opening reception
On view through May 17
Aperture Foundation
547 W. 27th St., 4th Floor

March 6
Sarah Lynch: Suspended Realities
Opening
On view through April 25
Klompching Gallery
111 Front St., Suite 206

March 7, 6-8
Michael Schmidt
Opening reception
On view through April 12
Mitchell-Innes & Nash
534 W. 26th St.

March 8, 5-7
JeongMee Yoon: The Pink and Blue Project
Reception for the artist and book signing
On view through April 26
Jenkins Johnson Gallery
521 W. 26th St.

March 13, 6-8:30
Moving Walls 14
Opening reception
On view through October 24
Open Society Institute
400 W. 59th St.

Other Events

February 28, 6:30pm
Barry Seidman: Bagged
Opening reception
On view through April 26
Palm Beach Photographic Centre
55 NE 2nd Ave, Delray Beach, FL

February 29
Paola Gianturco: Celebrating Women Exhibition
Opening
On view through September 9
The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago

February 29, 5-8
Kenneth Josephson: The First Fifty Years
On view through April 19
Stephen Daiter Gallery
311 W. Superior St., Suite 404/408, Chicago

March 1
Ed Ruscha and Photography
Opening
On view through June 1
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago

March 6, 6-8
Fiona Aboud: The Queens of Carnival
Reception
On view through April 12th
Benham Gallery
1216 First Ave., Seattle, WA

March 6, 6-9
Tom Atwood: Kings in Their Castles
Opening reception
On view through March 31
Farmani Gallery
844 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles

March 7, 5:30-8
Richards Burns: Double Collages
First Friday reception
On view through March 16
Gallery Kayafas
61 Thayer @ 450 Harrison Ave.

March 12
Protest in Paris 1968: The Photographs of Serge Hambourg
Opening
On view through June 1
BAM/PFA
2625 Durant Ave. Berkeley, CA

March 15, 6:30-8:30
Franz Jantzen: Manifest Order
Public reception
On view through May 24
Hemphill
1515 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C.

March 15, 7-9
Massimo Vitali
Artist's opening reception
On view through April 15
M+B Gallery
612 N. Almont Dr., Los Angeles