Tonight (10/4) our friend Mr. Kiji opens up his new show “Annoyed Grunt” at Compound Gallery. It’s from 7-10 pm, and along with Mr. Kiji himself, there’s probably beer there.

Opening tonight (10/4) at Joshua Liner Gallery.

From the street to the sidewalk to the storefront, a corner of the Lower East Side was mobbed last night for the opening of Jay Miriam, Jeanette Hayes, and Jemima Kirke’s group show “Hearsay” at Half Gallery. Inside the gallery, the ladies presented new paintings that were strong enough to balance the beauty that surrounded them.

Photos by Christos Katsiaouni

Jay Miriam, Jeanette Hayes, and Jemima Kirke open “Hearsay” at Half Gallery.

Illcentric Crewtons, a gallery show by Ricky Powell.

Jen Stark opens up To the Power Of at Martha Otero (tonight 9/28), Thom Lessner presents Turbo Lover at THIS (tonight 9/28), and Parra shows off new work in Kind Regrets at HVW8 (Saturday 9/29).

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The New York Art Book Fair

Free and open to the public.

Preview: Thursday, September 27, 6–9 pm
Friday, September 28, 12–7 pm
Saturday, September 29, 11 am–9 pm
Sunday, September 30, 11 am–7 pm

MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue
Long Island City, NY (map)

Last night in SoHo there were more people lined up for a party at the adidas store than there were for the iPhone 5. What brought the crowd out was Ben Solomon and Nick Atkins’ curated show HERE WE GO AGAIN: A Visual History of the Past 3 Decades of New York City, an exhibition featuring works by Clayton Patterson, Elsa Rensaa, Bijoux Altamirano, Arab Parrot, Moredechai Rubenstein and many other New York artists. The crowd moved to the Stretch Armstrong provided music, the party flowed into the night as Christos Katsiaouni captured it all digitally.

A pretty awesome crowd was out last Thursday night as Futura opened up Future Shock, a show of large scale works in a temporary space on Washington Street.

The event was presented by Andy Valmorbida, and sponsored by RVCA Artist Network Program, VistaJet, and Bombardier Aerospace.

Photos by Kristy Leibowitz

Tim Barber and Jason Nocito each have a book to sign at their Dashwood event from 6-8pm over at the GQ & Nordstrom Men’s Shop (350 West Broadway), and Juergen Teller opens up Irene im Wald at The Journal Gallery in Brooklyn (168 North 1st Street).

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Joshua Liner Gallery was jam packed Thursday night with fans out to celebrate Steve Powers’ return to the New York gallery scene.

See the exhibition in detail here

Photos by Christos Katsiaouni

A decidedly downtown crowd filled The Hole Tuesday night for the opening of Eric Yahnker’s new show Virgin Birth ‘N’ Turf.

Photos by Christos Katsiaouni

Ain’t no party like a Ben Watts party, cuz it’s all full of models and they’re hot.

Photos by Julia Chesky.

Eric Yahnker opens up a new show tonight (9/4) at The Hole in NYC. This studio visit video is from a year ago, but still really cool.

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Some great things happening at V1 Gallery in Copenhagen tonight.

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Leave the Beef on the BBQ at Guerrero Gallery, Lush at Klughaus, and Shepard Fairey “Americana” at Perry Rubenstein.

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The Bay Area came out in full force last night to celebrate the opening of Twist’s retrospective at the Berkeley Museum of Art. Colin M. Day was there taking photographs for TWBE.

The must-see show is on view until December 9th.

Relics of the New World, a group show featuring Lucien Shapiro, Henry Lewis, Lango Olivera, and Charlie O’Hanlon opens at Cassel Gallery in SF. While down in LA, there’s a one-night-only party called Intersecting(LA).

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Spencer Sweeney’s Nerds at Home Alone Gallery.