Friday can be a good night too. The last few weeks I have gone to openings on Friday night, which offers an interesting counterpoint to the normally crowded Thursday night openings. Friday usually has fewer openings, which lets you see pretty much everything going on that night and the atmosphere is more spacious / relaxed since there are not as many openings and fewer people come out. Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday also can provide openings with a similar feel.

This Friday night you can see Chelsea in pretty much two streets: West 24th and West 27th. West 20th and West 29th also both have one opening each. The Lower East Side and Williamsburg have openings on Friday as well.

I hope to see you out this week -- perhaps on Friday!

New on Artcards Review:
- "Pioneers of the Downtown Scene, New York 1970s" by Helen Homan Wu 
- "Call for Submissions: The Mobile Uploads Project" by Amanda Schmitt
- "The Bruce High Quality Foundation Hits the Road"
- "Robert Knoke: This Is Not" by Helen Homan Wu
- "The Fame Monster" by Cielo Lutino

Tuesday:
+ Alexandre Singh, Ari Marcopoulos, Jennifer West, Josh Shaddock, Joshua Brand, Judy Linn, Mark Barrow, Marlo Pascual, Noam Rappaport, Patricia Esquivias, Robin Graubard, Steven Baldi, Violette Alby "Update #2" curated by Amie Scally, Ryan Evans at White Columns

Wednesday:
+ Screening: Michaelangelo Antonioni "Blow Up!" at Rabbitholestudio

Thursday:
+ Elizabeth Axtman, Huong Ngo, Jabari Anderson, Jessica Ann Peavy, Jimmy Joe Roche, Kenya (Robinson), Michael Britto, My Barbarian, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Wayne Hodge "Shame the Devil" curated by Petrushka Bazin at The Kitchen
+ Gary Hill "of surf, death, tropes & tableaux: The Psychedelic Gedankenexperiment" at Gladstone Gallery
+ David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen

Friday:
+ Fabienne Lasserre "For the Partner" at Jeff Bailey Gallery
+ Benefit: "Japan Earthquake Charity Exhibition" curated by Arisa Itami at Ouchi Gallery

Saturday:
+ Aaron Wrinkle, Alex Klein, Chadwick Rantanen, D'ette Nogle, Daniel Finsel, David Snyder , Miller Updegraff, Sanya Kantarovsky "3348 Hours of Sunshine" curated by Michael Benevento, Michael Clifton at Clifton Benevento
+ Jonathan Butt, Mernet Larsen at Regina Rex

Tuesday, March 15

Artist Talk: Alicia Imperiale, Helene Furjan, Mabel O. Wilson "Interrogation 04 - Writing the City into Being: Essays on Johannesburg 1998-2008" at Storefront for Art and Architecture
Chinatown/LES: 97 Kenmare street, 7pm

+ Alexandre Singh, Ari Marcopoulos, Jennifer West, Josh Shaddock, Joshua Brand, Judy Linn, Mark Barrow, Marlo Pascual, Noam Rappaport, Patricia Esquivias, Robin Graubard, Steven Baldi, Violette Alby "Update #2" curated by Amie Scally, Ryan Evans at White Columns
13 street: 320 W 13 street, (entrance on Horatio), 6-8pm

? Anne Siems "Paintings" at Littlejohn Contemporary (temporary location)
20 street: 529 W 20 street, floor 9, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Wednesday, March 16

Damon Johnson "The Beautiful Chaos: A Style Installation" at Gallery Bar
Chinatown/LES: 120 Orchard street, 7-10pm

Amanda Church, Amy Feldman, Barbara Takenaga, Ben Berlow, Brendan Cass, Brian Belott, Carl D'Alvia, Carol Cole, Carrie Moyer, Chuck Webster, Craig Taylor, Daniel Heidkamp, David Kramer, David Scanavino, David Shapiro, Debra Pearlman, Doreen McCarthy, Ezra Johnson, Franklin Evans, Fredrik Hofwander, Gary Petersen, Glen Baldridge, Grant Huang, Halsey Rodman, Ian Cooper, Jackie Gendel, James Siena, Jane Hammond, Jane South, Jason Jagel , Jessica Dickinson, John Newman, Jonathan Hartshorn, Josephine Halvorson, Katherine Bowling, Katia Santibanez, Katie Holten, Kiki Smith, Kim Dorland, Kirsi Mikkola, Kristopher Benedict, Lesley Dill, Letha Wilson, Linda Matalon, Lisa Hoke, Lucas Moran, Malcolm Morley, Mary Jones, Matthew Northridge, Melissa Brown, Michael Zahn, Mr. Peanut Man, Nick Cortese, Noah Lyon, Olive Ayhens, Pam Joseph, Pat Steir, Paul Pagk, Peter Labier, Rachelle Agundes, Richard Tuttle, Rob Nadeau , Robert Bordo, Robert Brinker, Roger White, Sadie Benning, Sara Sanders, Sarah Mattes, Sharon Horvath, Sheila Pepe, Sherman Sam, Shoshana Dentz, Stephen Maine, Stephen Westfall, Suzanne McClelland, Sylvan Lionni, Tamara Zahaykevich, Theresa Friess, Thomas Nozkowski, Todd Norsten, Tom McGrath, Toshi Oka, Willie Birch "Paper A-Z" at Sue Scott Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 1 Rivington street, 6-8pm

Alvin Baltrop "Photographs 1965-2003" at Galleria on Third
36 street: 529 Third avenue, b/w 35 & 36 street, 6-8pm

Performance: Yvonne Rainer "Assisted Living: Good Sports 2 (2011) & Spiraling Down (2009)" curated by Performa at Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC)
37 street: 450 W 37 street, suite 501, $25, 8pm

Gregg Louis "Everyday UFOs" at Nohra Haime Gallery
57 street: 730 Fifth avenue, suite 701, 6-8pm

Leigh Davis "everything that ought to have remained" at St. Paul the Apostle Church
60 street: 1 W 60 street, at Columbus avenue, 7-9pm

Friedrich Schroder-Sonnenstern "From Barefoot Prophet to Avant-Garde Artist" at Michael Werner Gallery
77 street: 4 E 77 street, 10am-6pm

+ Screening: Michaelangelo Antonioni "Blow Up!" at Rabbitholestudio
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 33 Washington street, at Plymouth street, 8pm

Artist Talk: Omar Lopez Chahoud "Muse Fuse" at NURTUREart Gallery
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 229 Leonard street, 7pm

Performance: Anna Webber Quartet "Jazz On The Avenue" curated by Joe Phillips at Brooklyn Lyceum
Brooklyn, Misc.: 227 4th avenue, $10, 8-10:30pm

Aleksei Stevens, Anne Percoco, Joni Sternbach, Kurt Hollander, Marie Lorenz, Mary Mattingly, Sreshta Rit Premnath "Water Water Every Where" curated by Elizabeth Ferrer at BRIC Rotunda Gallery (BRIC Rotunda Gallery) Brooklyn, Misc.: 33 Clinton street, 7-9pm

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Thursday, March 17

Aaron Hobson "Loaded" at Collette Blanchard Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 26 Clinton street, 6-8pm

Russell Floersch "Hella" at Rooster Gallery Contemporary Art
Chinatown/LES: 190 Orchard street, 6-9pm

Jordan Eagles "BARC - Blood, Acrylic, Resin, Copper" at Krause Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 149 Orchard street, 6-10pm

"Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again" an exhibition of small works on used Metrocards with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Transportation Alternatives and NYC Arts at Sloan Fine Art
Chinatown/LES: 128 Rivington street, 5-9pm

Amy Chan, Hyungsub Shin, Jung Hyang Kim, Ming Fay "Boom Box" curated by Eun Young Choi at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center Inc.
Chinatown/LES: 107 Suffolk street, 5-8pm

"Global Art Projects Presents: The Inter­na­tional Artists at Home and Abroad Exhi­bi­tion Series" at Broadway Gallery
Soho: 473 Broadway, b/w grand & broome, floor 7, 6-8pm

+ Elizabeth Axtman, Huong Ngo, Jabari Anderson, Jessica Ann Peavy, Jimmy Joe Roche, Kenya (Robinson), Michael Britto, My Barbarian, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Wayne Hodge "Shame the Devil" curated by Petrushka Bazin at The Kitchen
19 street: 512 W 19 street, 6-8pm

Mark Kessell, Shigeru Oyatani at Kim Foster Gallery
20 street: 529 W 20 street, 6-8pm

Elizabeth Neel "Leopard Complex" at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
22 street: 530 W 22 street, 6-8pm

Marc Handelman "Geological Sketches at Home and Abroad" at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
22 street: 530 W 22 street, 6-8pm

Nathan Oliveira, Robert De Niro, Romare Bearden, Stuart Davis "Series and Sequences" at DC Moore
22 street: 535 West 22nd st, 2, 6-8pm

Barbara Takenaga, Darren Waterston, Jane Wilson, Mark Innerst, Pat Lipsky, Whitfield Lovell "Never the Same Twice" at DC Moore
22 street: 535 West 22nd st, 2, 6-8pm

Peter Reginato at Heidi Cho Gallery
23 street: 522 W 23 street, 6-8pm

+ Gary Hill "of surf, death, tropes & tableaux: The Psychedelic Gedankenexperiment" at Gladstone Gallery
24 street: 515 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Marcia Kure "Dressed Up" at Susan Inglett Gallery
24 street: 522 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Erik Wysocan at Andrea Rosen
24 street: 525 W 24 street, 6-8pm

+ David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen
24 street: 525 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Kim Simonsson "Ponytail" at Nancy Margolis Gallery
25 street: 523 W 25 street, 6-8pm

? Xanda McCagg "Encounters" at StandPipe Gallery
25 street: 150 W 25 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Kenneth Noland "Paintings: 1958-1968" at Mitchell - Innes & Nash (Chelsea)
26 street: 534 W 26 street, 6-8pm

Christina Shurts "Luxury Soup" at Rare
27 street: 547 W 27 street, suite 514, 6-8pm

Panel Discussion: Eleanor Flomenhaft, Jen Dirdorf, Shazzi Thomas, Stefany Benson "Chelsea Gallery Directors Speak Out: Soho20, Ceres, Flomenhaft, The Painting Center" Artists Talk on Art at SOHO20 Gallery
27 street: 547 W 27 street, suite 301, $7, 6:30pm reception; 7pm discussion

Mel Kendrick "Works from 1995 to Now" at David Nolan Gallery
29 street: 527 W 29 street, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: Milica Tomic at CUNY Graduate Center for the Humanities
35 street: 365 Fifth avenue, The James Gallery, 6:30pm

Michele Oka Doner "Neuration of the Genus" at Dieu Donne
36 street: 315 W 36 street, 6-8pm

Antony Crossfield, Carla van de Puttelaar, Cornelia Hediger, Phillip Toledano "Exposed" at Klompching Gallery
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front street, floor 2, 6-8pm

Reading: "THurd THursday: St. Patrick's Edition" at The City Reliquary Museum & Civic Organization
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 370 Metropolitan avenue, 7-10pm

Friday, March 18

Amanda Louise Spayd, Danita, Heidi Kenney, Kelly Denato, Mariangela Tan, Steff Bomb "Soft* : A Plush Art Show" at myplasticheartnyc gallery
Chinatown/LES: 210 Forsyth street, 6-9pm

Colleen Plumb "Animals are Outside Today" at Jen Bekman
Chinatown/LES: 6 Spring street, b/w Elizabeth & Bowery, 6-8pm

Robert O'Connor "Facing Laramie" at LZ Project Space
Chinatown/LES: 164 Suffolk street, 7-9pm

"Photo Art Bazaar" at The Art Bazaar
20 street: 175 Seventh avenue, 20th st, 6-9pm

Michael Cline "Arcadia" at Marc Jancou Contemporary
24 street: 524 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Isaac Julien "Ten Thousand Waves" at Metro Pictures
24 street: 519 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Jamey Grimes "Roil: Exploring the serenity and turbulence of nature" curated by Jennifer Brown at SALT artspace
27 street: 1160 Broadway, floor 5, 6:30-10:30pm

+ Fabienne Lasserre "For the Partner" at Jeff Bailey Gallery
27 street: 625 W 27 street, 6-8pm

Sascha Braunig at Foxy Production
27 street: 623 W 27 street, 6-8pm

Michael Kukla at dm contemporary
29 street: 39 E. 29th street, #2B, 6-8pm

? Chiharu Shiota, Haruka Kojin, Hiraki Sawa, Hisashi Tenmyouya, Kohei Nawa, Kumi Machida, Makoto Aida, Manabu Ikeda, Miwa Yanagi, Motohiko Odani, Rinko Kawauchi, Tomoko Kashiki, Tomoko Shioyasu, Tomoko Yoneda, Yamaguchi Akira, Yoshitomo Nara "Bye Bye Kitty!!!" curated by David Elliot at Japan Society
47 street: 333 E 47 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Jean Crotti "Inhabiting Abstraction" at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art
57 street: 24 W 57 street, Suite 305, 6-8pm

"Five Rivers to Five Borougs - Soho Road to the USA" at 92nd Street Y
92 street: Lexington avenue and 92nd Street, $12 in advanced; $15 at the door, 9pm after party with DJ Rehka

? "Five Rivers to Five Borougs - Soho Road to the USA" at 92nd Street Y
92 street: Lexington avenue and 92nd Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Alexis Duque, Martha Nilsson Edelheit, Peter Janssen "Cluster" curated by Takeshi Iida at AG Gallery - About Glamour
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 103 N 3 street, b/w berry & wythe ave, 6-9pm

Anne Arden McDonald "Atom, Planet" at Skink Ink Fine Art Editions
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 177 North 10th Street, room G, 6-9pm

Christine Sciulli "Tangle" at Causey Contemporary
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 92 Wythe avenue, 6-9pm

Michel Demanche "Corrected to 20/40" at Causey Contemporary
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 92 Wythe avenue, 6-9pm

Danielle de Picciotto, Denis Salivanov, Gabor Toth aka tgnoise, Joao Vasco Paiva, Richard JOCHUM, Ryan Uzilevsky, Tomas Eller, Vadim Schaffler "The Decelerator" Special Audio Track by Alexander Hacke curated by Adam Nankervis, Amelie Zadeh, Kosma Zsolt, Leo Kuelbs at Allan Nederpelt Fine Arts Intl Brooklyn, Greenpoint: 60 Freeman street, 6-9pm

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David Mcleish, Matt Miley, William Stitt "Decay" at Pinion Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 1265 Atlantic avenue, suite 2L, 7-9pm

Book launch: Ann Blair, Kenneth Goldsmith "Clipping, Copying, and Thinking" a panel and launch event celebrating the republication of "A Little Common Place Book" at Cabinet
Brooklyn, Misc.: 300 Nevins street, 7-9pm

+ Benefit: "Japan Earthquake Charity Exhibition" curated by Arisa Itami at Ouchi Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 170 Tillary street, suite 507, 7-10pm

Saturday, March 19

Judy Linn "69-76, Photographs of Patti Smith" at Feature Inc.
Chinatown/LES: 131 Allen street, 6-8pm

+ Aaron Wrinkle, Alex Klein, Chadwick Rantanen, D'ette Nogle, Daniel Finsel, David Snyder , Miller Updegraff, Sanya Kantarovsky "3348 Hours of Sunshine" curated by Michael Benevento, Michael Clifton at Clifton Benevento
Soho: 515 Broadway, 3-7pm

Brian Leo "The Post Ironic" at Christina Ray
Soho: 30 Grand street, 7-9pm

Alvin Baltrop "Photographs 1965-2003" at Third Streaming
Soho: 10 Greene street, 6-8pm

Arthur Ou, Brock Enright, Christopher Chiappa, Heather Rowe, Matthew Ronay, Molly Smith, Rachel Foullon, Ryan Reggiani, Yuri Masnyj "The Light Show" at Kate Werble Gallery
Soho: 83 Vandam street, at hudson street, 6-8pm

Tony Cox "Incense" at Fuse Gallery
5 Street: 93 Second avenue, b/w 5 & 6 streets, 7-10pm

Thornton Dial at Andrew Edlin Gallery
18 street: 134 Tenth avenue, 4-6pm

Open Studio: "Delicate and Daring" the porcelain art of China and Japan at Dai Ichi Gallery
59 street: 100 Central Park South, suite 11C, 10am-6pm

Open Studio: "Birds of Dawn" Pioneers of Japan's Sodeisha Ceramic Movement at Joan B Mirviss LTD
78 street: 39 E 78 street, floor 4, 10am-6pm

Brian O'Connell, Todd Bourret "Harry and Pete" at Dumbo Arts Center (DAC)
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front street, Suite 212, 6-9pm

Andres Bedoya, Andy Coolquitt, Ariana Page Russell, Dan Herschlein, Debo Eilers, Jake Borndal, Julio Gonzales, Lior Shvil, Michele O’Marah, Rona Yefman, Tamar Ettun "other life forms" curated by Andres Bedoya, Kate Scherer at Williamsburg Art & Historical Center Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 135 Broadway, 6-8pm

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MV Carbon "Parietal" at Heliopolis/Sun City Project Space
Brooklyn, Greenpoint: 154 Huron street, 7-10pm

Timothy K "Spring 2012 Fashion Preview: Timothy K's Opus II Collection" at Vaudeville Park Brooklyn, Bushwick: 26 Bushwick avenue, 7-9pm

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Takahiko Iimura "Between the Frames" at Microscope Gallery
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 4 Charles place, 6-8pm

Reading: Amy Bonnaffons, Ashleigh Lambert, Dustin Luke Nelson, Elsbeth Pancrazi, Evan Commander, Jess Grover, Ricardo Maldonado, Ye Taik "InDigest WikiLeaks Centos and more" a benefit for Long Island Food Not Bombs at Brooklyn Lyceum
Brooklyn, Misc.: 227 4th avenue, $10 suggested, 6pm

Aaron Tompkins, Abe Lincoln Jr., Adam Suerte, Alexa Rose, Anette E. Padilla, Annie Hunter, awrence Van Abbema, Boogie Lives, Brianna Lengel-Bail, Candy, Christina Graf, Christine Benjamin, Corrie Monson, Cory Benhatzel, Dan Sheckler, Daniel Caspera, Daniella LaBocca, Dave Brockie, Diana Schoenbrun, Drew Maillard, Enrico Macchiavello, Eric Bleich, Erica Doll, Erika Jane Mallette, Fernando Carpaneda, Frank Russo, Glenn Werni, Greg Maillard, Jacqui Gallant, Jaz Harold, Jenny Harada, Jevin June, John Russo, John Stuart Berger, Jono Doiron, Kazia Musial-Aderer, Kirsten Flaherty, Lance Laurie, Lisa Petrucci, Lou Rusconi, Mark Harada, Mark Irizzarry, Martina Secondo Russo, Mary Doyle, Matthew Pleva, Michael Lee Nirenberg, Mike Bell, Mike Maas, Missy Feigum, Mitch O'Connell, Monica Roache, Nathan Groppe, Pasquale Reca, Peter Rodriguez, Political Gridlock, Pyro Painter, Rudy Fig, Sara Antoinette Martin, Scarecrowoven, Scott Boilard, Scott Holloway, Sean Madden, Shawn Conn, Silvano Galifi, Smitty, Stephen Blickenstaff, Tara McPherson, Tyson Summers, Vahge, Valerie "The 40oz Show" 40oz Bottles, Customized By Over 40 Artists, Starting At $40 at MF Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 213 Bond street, 7-10pm

+ Jonathan Butt, Mernet Larsen at Regina Rex
Queens: 17-17 Troutman street, suite 329, 7-10pm

Sunday, March 20

Reading: Jena Osman, Laird Hunt, Melissa Broder, Nathan Hoks "InDigest 1207" at Le Poisson Rouge
Soho: 158 Bleecker street, b/w Thompson & Sullivan, 7pm

Patty Chang "Part V" at Momenta Art
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 359 Bedford avenue, 3pm, 6-8pm

Performance: Ben Holmes "Jazz On The Avenue" curated by Ryan Keberle at Brooklyn Lyceum
Brooklyn, Misc.: 227 4th avenue, $10, 9-11:30pm

Performance: "Karine Poghosyan, renowned pianist and friend of Gallery RIVAA" at Gallery RIVAA
Roosevelt Island: 527 Main street, 5pm

Closing reception: Brian Zegeer, Caleb Nussear "Shell Game" at Local Project (Graffitti Building in front to the PS1)
Queens: 45-10 Davis street, 6-10pm

Monday, March 21

Lecture: "Laylah Ali on Joseph Beuys" at Dia Art Foundation
22 street: 535 W 22 street, floor 5, $6, RSVP artistsonartists@diaart.org, 6:30pm

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