The 2012 Spring Affordable Art Fair launches this week, Exit Art continues its schedule of performances and universities and art schools begin presenting thesis exhibitions and open studios programming. Nari Ward's opening over at Lehmann Maupin has now been confirmed to us, and seems like the NYCLU has a couple of surprises prepared for it.

New on Artcards Review:

-"Photographs Not Taken: April is Poetry Month" by Gabriella Radujko

Friday:
+ Nari Ward at Lehmann Maupin
+ Brice Marden "New Paintings" at Matthew Marks Gallery

Sunday:
+ Barbara Kasten, Brody Condon, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Guy de Cointet, Haris Epaminonda, Ionel Talpazan, John Houck, Kevin van Braak, Lucas Blalock, Mel Bochner, Melvin Way, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Oliver Laric, Paul Laffoley, Rosella Biscotti, Steven Vitiello, Thomas Bayrle, Will Insley, Yayoi Kusama "Towards A Warm Math" curated by Chris Wiley at On Stellar Rays

Tuesday, April 17

"Archizines" curated by Elias Redstone at Storefront for Art and Architecture
Chinatown/LES: 97 Kenmare street, 7pm

Auction: "Installation in Progress" Spring Benefit at Public Art Fund (Skylight Soho)
Soho: 275 Hudson St, $250 and up, 6:30pm

Artist Talk: Charlie Grosso "Taste the Globe While You Wok the Dog" at Baang and Burne Contemporary 4 Street: 78 2nd Avenue, $45 for 4 course menu, 7:30pm

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Natalia Silvestre Preciado "The Piebald Proceeding" at Cooper Union (Foundation Building)
7 Street: 7 E 7 street, floor 6, 6-8pm

"POW: Pop Now" curated by Sean Noyce at TNC Gallery 10 street: 155 First Avenue, 6-9pm

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Book launch: Johan Kugelberg "Brad Pitt's Dog" at St. Mark's Bookshop
10 street: 31 Third avenue, 7pm

Artist Talk: Brian Ulrich, Penelope Umbrico at Julie Saul Gallery
22 street: 535 W 22 street, 6:30pm

Panel Discussion: "Yes, You Don’t Know Me - Susan Hefuna in Conversation with Bettina Mathes" at SVA (Visual Arts Theater)
23 street: 333 W 23 street, 7pm

Performance: Dustin Grella "Notes to Self" at AC [Institute Direct Chapel]
27 street: 547 W 27 street, suite 610, 6:15pm

Lecture: Boris Groys "Performing Theory" at CUNY Graduate Center for the Humanities
35 street: 365 Fifth avenue, Martin E. Segal Theatre, 6:30pm

Performance: Aretha Aoki, Maura Donohue "The Solo Project" at Exit Art
36 street: 475 Tenth avenue, at 36 street, 5pm

Valentina Battler "Form and Fancy" at fordProject 57 street: 57 W 57 street, floor 19, 6-8pm

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? Ernest Briggs "Three Decades of Ernest Briggs" at Anita Shapolsky
65 street: 152 E 65 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Auction: "Paper View 2012" to benefit Manhattan Graphics Center at Bohemian National Hall (Czech Center)
73 street: 321 E 73 street, 6-9pm

Akiko Shinoda "Yamaoni Works" at Ouchi Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 170 Tillary street, suite 507, 7-10pm

Wednesday, April 18

Hea Jin Ko "Borderline" at Con Artist
Chinatown/LES: 157 Suffolk St, 8pm-late

? "Finding Venice" at Emily Harvey Foundation
Soho: 537 Broadway, floor 2, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Artist Talk: Amy Taubin at Millennium Film Workshop
4 Street: 66 E 4 street, suggested donation, 8pm

Anne Gilman "Jolly Balance" at Center for Book Arts
27 street: 28 W 27 street, floor 3, 7pm

Colin McMullan, Heidi Neilson, James Case-Leal, Liz Linden "2011 Workspace Artists-in-Residence" at Center for Book Arts
27 street: 28 W 27 street, floor 3, 7pm

"Canceled" Alternative Manifestations and Productive Failures curated by Lauren van Haaften-Schick at Center for Book Arts
27 street: 28 W 27 street, floor 3, 7pm

Preview: "Affordable Art Fair NYC Spring 2012" at Affordable Art Fair (7 W New York)
34 street: 7 W 34 street, 6-9pm

Performance: Aaron Mattocks, Rebecca Davis "News" at Exit Art
36 street: 475 Tenth avenue, at 36 street, 5pm

Christiane Löhr at Jason McCoy Inc.
57 street: 41 E 57 street, floor 11, 6-8pm

"Contemporary Czech Glass" curated by Ivan Pokorný at Bohemian National Hall (Czech Center)
73 street: 321 E 73 street, 6:30-8:30pm

Hoshino Kayoko & Satoru "Moon Sun" at Joan B Mirviss LTD
78 street: 39 E 78 street, floor 4, rsvp to jennifer@mirviss.com, 6-8pm

Hannah Smith Allen, Jessie Henson, Lililan Gerson, Naho Taruishi, Shanti Grumbine, Sujin Lee "2012-2013 A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship Artists welcome party" at A.I.R. Gallery
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front street, #228, 6:30-8pm

Benefit: "Brooklyn Museum's Annual Gala, The Brooklyn Artists Ball" honoring Elizabeth A. Sackler, Martha Rosler, Amy Sillman, and Mickalene Thomas at Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, Misc.: 200 Eastern Parkway, $750 and up, special.events@brooklynmuseum.org, 9pm-midnight

"Sackler Center First Awards" at Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, Misc.: 200 Eastern Parkway, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, free, contact firstawards@brooklynmuseum.org, 4-6pm

Thursday, April 19

Burton Machen "Urban Evolution" at Hionas Gallery
Downtown: 89 Franklin street, 6-8pm

Leah Overstreet "The ChiBeCa Project" at Frontrunner Gallery Downtown: 59 Franklin street, 6-9pm

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Benedetta Bonichi, Laura Ann Jacobs "Eros and Thanatos" curated by Renato Miracco at BOSI Contemporary
Chinatown/LES: 48 Orchard, 6-9pm

Alesia Exum, BonBonTrust, Deli Grocery, Evo Love, Gail Thacker, Ikuyo Fujita, Katie Koti, Kim Meijer, LuxPunk, Miriam Castillo, Sarah White-Ayon, Timothy Atticus "Re-nais-sance" curated by Alesia Exum, Claire Fleury at Strange Loop Gallery Chinatown/LES: 27 Orchard Street, 6-8pm

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Eva Frosch "Judd Women Targets" at Frosch&Portmann
Chinatown/LES: 53 Stanton street, 6-8pm

Jordan Sullivan "Roadsongs" at Clic Bookstore & Gallery
Soho: 255 Centre street, 6-8pm

Michele Brody "Drawing Roots" at Hudson Guild Gallery (Fulton Center)
18 street: 119 Ninth avenue, 6-7:30pm

Nina Yuen "The School" at Lombard-Freid Projects
19 street: 518 West 19th , 6-8pm

"29 x 29" 29 alumni of the SVA MFA Photography, video and related media program at Bruce Silverstein Gallery (20)
20 street: 529 W 20 street, floor 3, 6-8pm

Sarah Leahy "Portrait" at Kim Foster Gallery
20 street: 529 W 20 street, 6-8pm

Pinaree Sanpitak "Hanging by a Thread" at Tyler Rollins Fine Art
20 street: 529 W 20 street, 6-8pm

Paul Thomas "Color Diary" curated by Debra Lee Kowalski, Jaclyn Acker at Galerie Protégé 22 street: 197 Ninth avenue, lower level, 6-9pm

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Ryan Wallace "Cusp" at Morgan Lehman Gallery
22 street: 535 W 22 street, floor 6, 6-8pm

Anna K.E., Anton Henning, Bryan Zanisnik, Florian Meisenberg, Nicholas Buffon, Tamara K.E. "Jesturing" at Newman Popiashvili
22 street: 504 W 22 street, 6-8pm

Hunter Reynolds "Butur" at P.P.O.W.
22 street: 535 W. 22nd street, 3, 6-8pm

Niki de Saint Phalle "Selected Sculptures" at Vicky David Gallery
23 street: 522 W 23rd Street, 6-8pm

"Inauguration of new space and celebrating 28 years in New York" at Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl
23 street: 535 W 24 street, 3rd floor, 6-8pm

Alan Michael "Back To The Docks" at Marc Jancou Contemporary
24 street: 524 W 24 street, 6-8pm

? Greg Smith "ners Banners Banners Ban" at Susan Inglett Gallery 24 street: 522 W 24 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

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David Opdyke "Accumulated Afterthoughts" at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery
24 street: 505 W 24 street, 6-8pm

? Jane Manus at De Buck Gallery
25 street: 511 W 25 street, suite 502, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Atsuya Tominaga "Sphere" at Ippodo Gallery 26 street: 521 W 26 street, 6-8pm

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Wenyon & Gamble "A Universe held up for Inspections" at Magnan Metz Gallery 26 street: 521 W 26 street, 6-8pm

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"Flash Mob" at Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts
26 street: 526 W 26 street, 6-8pm

Derek Buckner "City Views" at George Billis Gallery
26 street: 521 W 26 street, suite B1, 6-8pm

Suzanne Unrein "Interlopers" at Rare
27 street: 547 W 27 street, suite 514, 6-8pm

Chad Person, Feodor Voronov, Kenichi Yokono, Yoram Wolberger "Go East" curated by Mark Moore Gallery at Joshua Liner Gallery 28 street: 548 W 28 street, floor 3, 6-9pm

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Malia Jensen "Stuff and Things" at Cristin Tierney Gallery
29 street: 546 W 29 street, 6-8pm

Art Fair: "Affordable Art Fair NYC Spring 2012" at Affordable Art Fair (7 W New York)
34 street: 7 W 34 street, 2-9pm

Performance: Arturo Vidich, Jeremy M Barker "Nobody Is Perfect But You Come Close" at Exit Art
36 street: 475 Tenth avenue, at 36 street, 5pm

Mauricio Cervantes "Ablutions and Bathers" at Heskin Contemporary
37 street: 443 W 37 street, 6-8pm

Monica Lozano "The Other Side" curated by Dhruv Malhotra, Sergio Arribas at Space 38|39
39 street: 38 W 39 street, floor 3, 6-9pm

Leah Oates, Maria Passarotti at Susan Eley Fine Art 90 street: 46 W 90 street, floor 2, 6-8pm

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Adam Hutchins, Bridget Collins, Cait Oppermann, Caleb O, D. Oscar Horner, Gaby Bush, Jen Fredericks, Khrystyna Chekhlata, Lauren Foy, Lauren Zaser, Leslie Behum, Macey J. Foronda, Madeleine Wieand, Michele Taylor, Raine Manley Robertson, Ryan Oskin, Yael Malka, Zoe Juarez "RECIPROCITY: Pratt Photography Thesis Show" curated by Bobby Walsh, Cait Oppermann, Jenna Sclafani, Lauren Foy, Madeleine Wieand, Raine Manley Robertson, Ryan Oskin, Yael Malka, Zoe Juarez at 210 Gallery
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front Street, #210 , 5-9pm

Changha Hwang, Paul Fabozzi "Between Forms" curated by Liz Yisun Kwon at Yace Gallery Queens: 44-02 23rd Street, #109, 6-8pm

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Friday, April 20

+ Nari Ward at Lehmann Maupin
Chinatown/LES: 201 Chrystie street, at Stanton street, 6-8pm

Greenpot Bluepot "Ascend At The Dead End" at End of Century
Chinatown/LES: 237 Eldridge Street, rsvp to rsvp@endofcenturynyc.com, 7-9pm

Panel Discussion: "W.A.G.E.: 2010 Artists Survey Results" at Artists Space
Chinatown/LES: 55 Walker Street, 7pm

? Charles Hinman, Cy Twombly, Gerald Laing, John Giorno, John Willenbecher, Les Levine, Richard Smith, Robert Indiana, Robert Ryman, Will Insley "On the Bowery, 1971" curated by James Cavello at Westwood Gallery
Soho: 568 Broadway, suite 501, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Brice Marden "New Paintings" at Matthew Marks Gallery
22 street: 502 W 22 Street , 6-8pm

Sheila Hicks at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
22 street: 530 W 22 street, 6-8pm

Performance: Tamy Ben-Tor at Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL)
22 street: 548 W 22 street, 4pm

+ Brice Marden "New Paintings" at Matthew Marks Gallery
22 street: 526 W 22 street, 6-8pm

Martha Rosler "Cuba, January 1981" at Mitchell - Innes & Nash (Chelsea)
26 street: 534 W 26 street, 6-8pm

Tina Girouard "Home" at Salomon Contemporary
26 street: 526 W 26 street, suite 519, 6-8pm

Carole Freysz Gutierrez, Joanne Mattera, Louise P. Sloane, Richard Bottwin, Steven Baris "Lush Geometry" at dm contemporary
29 street: 39 E. 29th street, #2B, rsvp to info@dmcontemporary.com, 6-8pm

Art Fair: "Affordable Art Fair NYC Spring 2012" at Affordable Art Fair (7 W New York)
34 street: 7 W 34 street, 2-9pm

Performance: Alyssa Alpine, Sarah Rosner & the AO Movement Collective "barrish: the scores" at Exit Art
36 street: 475 Tenth avenue, at 36 street, 5pm

Panel Discussion: Abigail Simon, Anne Marie Oliver, Igal Nassima, Tom Zummer "The Last Revolution Left Open to Us: Flusser’s Philosophy of Photography" moderated by Anne Marie Oliver at Camera Club of New York
37 street: 336 W 37 street, 7pm

Art Fair: "15th International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA NY)" at Armory (Park Avenue Armory)
67 street: 650 Park avenue, at E 67 street, $25, 11am-7pm

Peter Brock "The Most Exciting Part About An Old Brick" curated by Sasha Okshteyn at Black and White Gallery / Project Space
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 483 Driggs avenue, 6-9pm

Hans + Gieves "Cross-Reference" at Like The Spice
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 224 Roebling street, 6:30-9pm

Amy Hill, Brent Ridge, Bruce Checefsky, Cham Giobbi, Chris Clary, Chris Jehly, David Kramer, Fred Tomaselli, Gregory de la Haba, J. Fiber, Jeanne Tremel, Jesse Lambert, Linda Ganjian, Lorella Paleni, Patricia Fabricant "Cloud Nine" curated by Larry Walczak at Front Room Gallery
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 147 Roebling street, 7-9pm

Marc Brotherton "New Paintings" at Causey Contemporary
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 92 Wythe avenue, 6-9pm

Nina Carelli "Acid Bath" at Causey Contemporary
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 92 Wythe avenue, 6-9pm

Carol Salmanson, Stephen Truax at Storefront Bushwick
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 16 Wilson Avenue, 6-9pm

"Past, Present, and Future" curated by Mary Negro, Rhia Hurt at Brooklyn Artists Gym
Brooklyn, Misc.: 168 7th street, floor 3, 6-9pm

Performance: Andras Borocz "Canary in the Coal-Mine" at Radiator Gallery
Queens: 10-61 Jackson Ave, 7:30pm

Britta Deardorff, Eric Sall, Jackie Gendel, Juan Gomez "Four Paintings" at Regina Rex
Queens: 17-17 Troutman street, suite 329, 7-10pm

Saturday, April 21

Artist Talk: John O'Reilly "I stand and look at them long and long" at RH Gallery
Downtown: 137 Duane street, 5-7pm

Jason Simon at Callicoon Fine Arts
Chinatown/LES: 124 Forsyth st, 6-8pm

Ted Stamatelos "As Above So Below" at Dino Eli Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 81 Hester St, 4-8pm

Anna Delany, Tom Gould "Two of A Kind" at Klughaus Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 47 Monroe street, 6-10pm

Lorraine Rimmelin "Blood Flowers" at Orchard Windows Gallery Chinatown/LES: 37 Orchard street, 4-8pm

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Frodo Mikkelsen "Ghost Yard" at Munch Gallery Soho: 245 Broome street, 7-9pm

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Jo Nigoghossian at Renwick Gallery
Soho: 45 Renwick street, b/w spring & canal, 6-8pm

Conference: Alan Sondheim, Azure Carter, Ben Houge, Bernhard Garnicnig, Brian House, Chris Diasparra, Christine Sun-Kim, David Reeder, Jackson Moore, Keiko Uenishi, Kyle Kessler, Mary Mattingly, Mike Clemow, Seth Dellinger, Yo Park "Sound Research Summit" at Eyebeam
21 street: 540 W 21 street, 3-9pm

Performance: Tamy Ben-Tor at Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL)
22 street: 548 W 22 street, 4pm

Benefit: "Spring Benefit" at SOHO20 Gallery
27 street: 547 W 27 street, suite 301, $50, 7-10pm

Art Fair: "Affordable Art Fair NYC Spring 2012" at Affordable Art Fair (7 W New York)
34 street: 7 W 34 street, 11am-8pm

Performance: Dan Safer, Mike Mikos at Exit Art
36 street: 475 Tenth avenue, at 36 street, 3pm

Performance: Dara Malina, Jeanne Lauren Smith, Stephanie Patent "Hysteria Project/beautiful women eating cake" curated by chashama at Chashama (window space)
37 street: 266 W 37 street, 1-3pm

Art Fair: "15th International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA NY)" at Armory (Park Avenue Armory)
67 street: 650 Park avenue, at E 67 street, $25, 11am-7pm

Artist Talk: Hoshino Kayoko & Satoru "Moon Sun" at Joan B Mirviss LTD
78 street: 39 E 78 street, floor 4, rsvp to jennifer@mirviss.com, 11am

Artist Talk: Russell Maltz "The Ball Park Series, 1977-2012" at Minus Space
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front st, Ste 226, 4-5pm

Performance: Michael Alan "We Are All Living Installations" curated by Emily Colucci at Dumbo Arts Center (DAC)
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front street, Suite 212, $20, 7pm and 10:15pm

Dave Singley, Elana Adler, Miles Debas, Stephanie Terao "Exquisite Show" at Fowler Arts Collective
Brooklyn, Greenpoint: 67 West Street, Greenpoint Ave and Noble St , #216, 6-10pm

Adam Taye, Alexandra Rubinstein, Andrew Zarou, Gary Murphy, Monica Cook, Rob de Oude, Robin Scheines, Sam Martineau "Sketchbook" curated by Julian Calero at Sardine Brooklyn, Bushwick: 286 Stanhope street, 6-10pm

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"Lineup round 4: From the Gut, with Heart" at SUGAR
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 449 Troutman street, 6-9pm

Robert Costello "Recent Paintings" curated by Troyan Tecau at 210 Gallery Brooklyn, Misc.: 210 24th street, 4-7:30pm

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Screening: Anne-Marie Miéville, Jean-Luc Godard "France/Tour/Detour/Two/Children" marathon screening at Light Industry
Brooklyn, Misc.: 155 Freeman St, free, 2:30pm

Performance: at Crossing Art Gallery
Queens: 136-17 39th avenue, 6-9pm

Amy Westpfahl, Miguel Trelles "Velvet and Silk" at Local Project (Graffitti Building in front to the PS1) Queens: 45-10 Davis street, 6-10pm

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"Group Therapy" at Harper's Books
East Hampton, NY: 87 Newtown Lane, 6-8pm

Sunday, April 22

? Conor McCreedy "African Ocean" at Charles Bank Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 196 Bowery, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Book Signing: Michael Mahalchick "IT" at CANADA Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 55 Chrystie street, b/w Hester and Canal, 4-6pm

John William Kennedy "Before They Were Famous" presented by Kiwi Art Group at Site/109 Chinatown/LES: 109 Norfolk St, ground floor, 5-7pm

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"Inside Outside, Outside In" at Lesley Heller (Workspace)
Chinatown/LES: 54 Orchard street, 6-8pm

Matthew Kirk "Push Came to Shove" at Louis B. James
Chinatown/LES: 143 Orchard street, 6-8pm

+ Barbara Kasten, Brody Condon, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Guy de Cointet, Haris Epaminonda, Ionel Talpazan, John Houck, Kevin van Braak, Lucas Blalock, Mel Bochner, Melvin Way, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Oliver Laric, Paul Laffoley, Rosella Biscotti, Steven Vitiello, Thomas Bayrle, Will Insley, Yayoi Kusama "Towards A Warm Math" curated by Chris Wiley at On Stellar Rays
Chinatown/LES: 133 Orchard street, 6-8pm

Kelly Jazvac "Thermoloaded" at Louis B. James
Chinatown/LES: 143 Orchard street, 6-8pm

Jade Townsend "Leviathan" at Lesley Heller (Workspace)
Chinatown/LES: 54 Orchard street, 6-8pm

Performance: "(occupy) REVOLUTION here and now" curated by Anarko Art Lab at The Living Theater Soho: 21 Clinton street, 7-9pm

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Book launch: Aaron Peck "Letters to the Pacific" at West Street Gallery
10 street: 395 West street, suite 2, 2pm

Art Fair: "Affordable Art Fair NYC Spring 2012" at Affordable Art Fair (7 W New York)
34 street: 7 W 34 street, 11am-6pm

Art Fair: "15th International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA NY)" at Armory (Park Avenue Armory)
67 street: 650 Park avenue, at E 67 street, $25, 11am-6pm

Artist Talk: Hoshino Kayoko & Satoru "Moon Sun" at Joan B Mirviss LTD
78 street: 39 E 78 street, floor 4, rsvp to jennifer@mirviss.com, 11am

Raul Vincent Enriquez "PRIMP" at Microscope Gallery
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 4 Charles place, 6-9pm

Book Signing: "Photographs Not Taken" at MoMA PS1
Queens: 22-25 Jackson avenue, lobby, noon-6pm

Bill Bollinger "The Retrospective" at SculptureCenter Queens: 44-19 Purves street, 5-7pm

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Monday, April 23

Open Studio: "BFA Fine Arts" at SVA
16 street: 335 West 16th st, 5-9pm

"Brancusi: The Photographs" at Bruce Silverstein Gallery
24 street: 535 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Art Fair: "15th International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA NY)" at Armory (Park Avenue Armory)
67 street: 650 Park avenue, at E 67 street, $25, noon-5pm

Lotte Van den Audenaeren "Potentialis" at ISCP (Moore St. Market)
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 110 Moore St, 5:30-7pm

Lucia Oceguera "The Golden Mean / MFA Thesis Show" at Pratt Institute (Steuben South Gallery) Brooklyn, Clinton Hill: 200 Willoughby avenue, 6-9pm

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