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Orange Crush, 2009, by Jessica Mallios. Part of the exhibit 31 Women in Art Photography, organized by the Humble Arts Foundation, at the offices of Affirmation Arts, through April 10. (Image courtesy of the Humble Arts Foundation.)

In NYC: Barnstormers Group Show at Joshua Liner, opens today at 6pm.
In NYC: Anthony Lister, How to Catch a Time Traveler, at Lyons Wier, opens Friday at 7pm.
In NYC: Aurora Robson, Sarah Frost and Portia Munson, Debris, at PPOW, opens Saturday at 6pm.
In NYC: Shaun O’Dell at Susan Inglett, opens Friday.
In NYC: Valerie Hallier, Screened Calls and Slow Portraits, at MediaNoche, opens today at 6pm.
In NYC: Mike Nelson, A Quiver of Arrows, at 303 Gallery, through April 10.
In NYC: James Rosenquist at Acquavella, through March 19.
In NYC: Norman Mooney, Wallflowers, the inaugural show at Causey Contemporary in Brooklyn. Opening reception on Friday at 6pm; RSVP required.
In Philadelphia: Michael De Feo lectures at the University of Pennsylvania (200 College Hall) this afternoon at 2pm.
In Pittsburgh: Nothing is Impossible at the Mattress Factory, opens Saturday.
In Chicago: Matisse: Radical Reinvention 1913-17 at the Art Institute of Chicago, opens Saturday.
In Houston: Shannon Taggart, Portraits, at Thom Andriola Gallery, opens Saturday.
In San Pedro, Calif.: Sojung Kwon, Planning a Year, at Angel’s Gate, opens Sunday. Reception at 2pm.
In L.A.: RETNA, Desaturated, at New Image Art, opens Saturday at 7pm.
In London: Quilts, 1700-2010, at the Victoria & Albert, through July 4.
In Paris: Lucien Freud: L’Atelier at the Pompidou Centre, through July 19.
In Amsterdam: The Hoerengracht, by Edward and Nancy Kienholz, at the Amsterdam Historical Museum, opens Saturday.

Peter Cooper Village, by Nina Young. (Image courtesy of the Humble Arts Foundation.)

Congrats to Pete in NYC for winning the first C-Mon Giveaway Extravaganza of the new year. He claims that he will use it to draw things “on work time.” Send us an image when you’re ready, Pete, and we’ll publish it here.

Star Wars yoga. (Kottke.)
The Impossible Project is trying to restart production for Polaroid cameras in 2010.
“Giant step up for USA, giant misstep for poetry.” Agreed. That Elizabeth Alexander poem couldn’t have sucked harder. My colleague Yvonne’s commentary here. Plus: the Daily Show‘s take on the poem (towards the end of a very funny segment about the Inauguration.)
Babies in art. Or lack thereof. (Don’t forget Marlene Dumas’ freaky babies.)
A wish list for the Vatican’s presentation at the Venice Biennale.
Does the White House need an arts adviser?
A sculpture made out of one year’s worth of junk mail, in Austin, Tex. Apparently the Dallas Museum has already picked up one of the pieces for its collection.
How polarized light—as in the reflections created by all-glass buildings—screws up the way species see and behave. (Eyebeam reBlog.)
The landscape art of Roberto Burle Marx, in Brazil. Photo essay here.
The photographs of Tod Seelie.
A documentary about Julius Shulman. (ackackack.)
Video: Robert Williams talks about the birth of lowbrow. (Eyebeam reBlog.)
Today’s Graff: The Ololo Crew in Perth.
NPR talks to Shepard Fairey in a lengthy interview on Fresh Air.
Feeling blue: Jean Nouvel’s new Copenhagen concert hall. “The result is a beautifully resilient emotional sanctuary: a little corner of utopia in a world where walls are collapsing,” writes Nicolai Ourossoff.
Chicago’s influence on the architecture of the National Mall. Plus: How this public plaza was able to handle more than a million bodies at yesterday’s inauguration.
Floating walls.
Your moment of Mexican Superfriends.

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