With the holidays getting closer, galleries and spaces will be hosting winter parties, benefits and group shows all over the city. The week will start with energy from Tuesday through Thursday, but by the end of the weekend things will have slowed down in preparation for shows beginning in January 2013.

We are definitely looking forward to another fantastic year of exhibitions and events in New York. Not only have we seen some incredible shows, performances and art fairs this year, but we have also witnessed an exponential growth of alternative spaces all over the city and a transformation of the arts districts in general.

We want to remind you to check our daily updated website for the latest news and events, and to feel free to send us information regarding new shows, galleries and spaces to keep Artcards as the most complete and comprehensive guide and resource to art openings and events.

Tuesday:
+ Performance: DJ Empire des Sens, Little Band of Sailors, Michael Durek, Patrick Gantert, Rachel Mason "Autumn Intermission 4: End of the World" at RH Gallery
+ Barbara Rubin "Christmas on Earth" at Boo-Hooray Gallery

Wednesday:
+ Performance: Camille Henrot and Joakim "Psychopompe" at The Kitchen

Tuesday, December 18

+ Performance: DJ Empire des Sens, Little Band of Sailors, Michael Durek, Patrick Gantert, Rachel Mason "Autumn Intermission 4: End of the World" at RH Gallery
Downtown: 137 Duane street, 7-10pm

Preview: "carriage trade’s 2012 benefit" at Carriage Trade
Downtown: 62 Walker street, , 6-8pm

Lecture: Aaron Gemmill, Bec Brittain, Don Davis, Katarzyna Krakowiak, Sarah Oppenheimer, Slow and Steady Wins the Race "Possibility 02: Growth, Part VI" at P!
Chinatown/LES: 334 Broome St, 6:30-8:30pm

+ Barbara Rubin "Christmas on Earth" at Boo-Hooray Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 265 Canal Street, #601, 6-9pm

"Art (Inter)Actions: Elastic Ground" at Artists Alliance Inc. (CUCHIFRITOS gallery/project space)
Chinatown/LES: 120 Essex street, 4-6:30pm

? Performance: Ben Vida, David Behrman, Luke Fischbeck, Sarah Rara at The Clocktower
Soho: 108 Leonard Street, 13th Floor, rsvp at events@artonair.org, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Artist Talk: azt, Daniele de Vitis, Fabrizio Sacchetti, Fiorenzo Niccoli, Gianfranco Maria Lelj, Luigi & Luca, Mataro da Vergato, Matthias Herrmann, Pasquale Martini, Stefano Scheda "Diaries: An Anthology of Photography from Italy" curated by Peter Weiermair at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
Soho: 26 Wooster street, 6-8pm

? works from M55 Art at Noho Gallery
25 street: 530 W 25 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

"The Young Collectors Exhibition" at Leila Heller Gallery
25 street: 568 West 25th Street, rsvp at rsvp@leilahellergallery.com, 6:30-8:30pm

Anne Sherwood Pundyk "Rented World" at MAve Hotel
27 street: 27 Madison Ave, 6-8pm

Wednesday, December 19

Benefit: "Flux Factory’s Not-So-Silent Auction" at flux factory
Downtown: 79 Walker Street, 6th fl, $40 and up, 7pm

Screening: "Flatbread Gratuity" curated by in collaboration with MA.P.S, Microscope Gallery at White Box (WBX Bowery)
Chinatown/LES: 329 Broome street, b/w Bowery & Chrystie, 10pm-midnite

"American Daydream" at RAC (Recession Art at Culturefix)
Chinatown/LES: 9 Clinton street, 6-10pm

Closing reception: Vaginal Davis at Participant Inc.
Chinatown/LES: 253 E Houston street, 7-9pm

Allison Hawkins "Night Calling" at The Proposition
Chinatown/LES: 2 Extra Place, 6-8pm

Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Patrick Brennan "Dirty Windows" at toomer labzda
Chinatown/LES: 100 Forsyth street, A, 6-8pm

Audrey Ryan "To Need Another" at Con Artist
Chinatown/LES: 119 Ludlow, basement, 8pm-midnite

Peter Bonner at William Holman Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 65 Ludlow St, 6-8pm

"La MaMa Family Show" at La Mama Gallery
Soho: 6 E 1 street, 6-9pm

+ Performance: Camille Henrot and Joakim "Psychopompe" at The Kitchen
19 street: 512 W 19 street, $15, 8pm

Katya Arnold "Lost Souls" at (Art) Amalgamated LLC [Project Space]
28 street: 317 10th Avenue, b/w 28th and 29th st, 6-8pm

Screening: Ai Weiwei "Never Sorry" at Asia Society
70 street: 725 Park avenue, 6:30pm

Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Daniel Lichtman, John Lawrence, Julia Popescu, Megan Broadmeadow, Roman Liska, Thomas DeLaney, Todd von Ammon "This Is The End (Part Two)" at 389 Melrose St
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 389 Melrose St,, 6-9pm

Thursday, December 20

"Roulette Holiday Party 2012" at Roulette
Downtown: 228 W Broadway, apt 2, 7pm-1am

Mike Swaney "Efecto Dubuffet" at Mulherin + Pollard
Chinatown/LES: 187 Chrystie street, 6-9pm

Jimmy Trotter "Pre-Paid Wireless" at Mulherin + Pollard
Chinatown/LES: 187 Chrystie street, 6-9pm

Performance: Marissa Perel "Boy Blue" at Golden
Chinatown/LES: 120 Elizabeth, ground floor, 7-9pm

Book launch: Nickolaus Typaldos "Still Life" at envoy enterprises
Chinatown/LES: 87 Rivington St, b/w broome and delancey, 7-9pm

Nils Karsten "Suburbia Hamburg 1983" at Churner and Churner
22 street: 205 Tenth avenue, 6-8pm

"Napoleon Complex" at J. Cacciola Gallery
23 street: 537 W 23rd st, 6-8pm

Shaun O'Dell at Susan Inglett Gallery
24 street: 522 W 24 street, 6-8pm

Lluis Barba at Dean Project
25 street: 511 W 25 street, suite 207, 6-8pm

"Winter Works" at Agora Gallery (chelsea)
25 street: 530 W 25 street, 6-8pm

Alfred Steiner, Ashley Hope, Eteri Chkadua, Franciscus, Franciscus, Holly Coulis, Jansson Stegner, Jennifer Reeves, Khanlar Gasimov, Margi Geerlinks, Martha Colburn, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Sharon Core, Vik Muniz, Wei Dong "En Plein Air" at Stefan Stux Gallery
25 street: 530 W 25 street, 6-8pm

"Fuchs Projects Holiday Party" at Fuchs Projects
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 56 Bogart St, #1E, 6-10pm

Matt Freedman, Mike Ballou "The Holiday Show" at Studio 10
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 56 Bogart Street, 7-9pm

Friday, December 21

? Performance: "100x John: A festival of sound and image" at White Box (WBX Bowery)
Chinatown/LES: 329 Broome street, b/w Bowery & Chrystie, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Milton Avery at DC Moore
22 street: 535 West 22nd st, 2, 6-8pm

Saturday, December 22

Closing reception: at P!
Chinatown/LES: 334 Broome St, 6-8pm

"Harper's Books Bizarre" at Harper's Books
East Hampton, NY: 87 Newtown Lane, 6-9pm

Sunday, December 23

Panel Discussion: Janice Nowinski, Lennart Anderson, Simon Carr, Xico Greenwald, Ying Li "An Astronomy of Things" a panel discussion about still life painting at The Painting Center
27 street: 547 W 27 street, suite 500, 3pm

"1 Year of Storefront Bushwick + Holiday Party" at Storefront Bushwick
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 16 Wilson Avenue, 4-6pm

Monday, December 24

anil rao "POP 3D" curated by Dino Eli at Orchard Windows Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 37 Orchard street, 6-9pm

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+ = Editor's pick
? = Opening not confirmed - check site for updates.