Young Woman with a Red Fan, ca. 1910, by Hermann Max Pechstein. Part of the exhibit German Expressionism 1900-1930: Masterpieces from the Neue Galerie Collection, at the Neue Galerie. Opens today, on the Upper East Side. (From the collection of Estée Lauder.)

**Needless to say, there’s a big ass snow storm headed for the northeast. Call ahead to make sure NYC spaces are open before venturing out.

• NYC: The Public Private, at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, at Parsons. Through April 17, in the Village.
• NYC: Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui, at the Brooklyn Museum. Opens Friday, in Brooklyn.
• NYC: Blues for Smoke, at the Whitney Museum. Opens today, on the Upper East Side.
• NYC: Trevor Paglen, at Metro Pictures. Opens today, in Chelsea.
• NYC: Jean-Michel Basquiat, at Gagosian Gallery. Opens today at 6pm, at Gagosian on 24th Street.
• NYC: Kenseth, Armstead, Inferno, at Churner & Churner. Opens today at 6pm, in Chelsea.
• NYC: Now Dig This! From Los Angeles to New York Symposium, at the Museum of Modern Art. This Friday from 10am to 5pm, in Midtown.
• NYC: Papo Colo: Assorted Times in Singular Spaces, at the Clocktower Gallery. Through April 1, in downtown Manhattan.
• NYC: Rafael Ferrer, Calor, at Adam Baumgold Gallery. Opens Friday at 6pm, on the Upper East Side. **Update: The reception has been rescheduled to Friday, February 15 at 6pm.
• NYC: Siobhan McBride, Never While You’re Sleeping…, at NurtureArt. Opens Friday at 7pm, in Bushwick.
• NYC: Open Work in Latin America, New York and Beyond: Conceptualism Reconsidered, 1967-1978, at the Hunter College Art Gallery. Opens today at 6pm, in the Upper East Side.
• NYC: A panel on the future of art book publishing with Margaret Chace (Skira-Rizzoli), Paul Chan (Badlands Unlimited), Sharon Gallagher (Artbook|D.A.P.) and Chul R. Kim (MoMA), at the New York Public Library. Next Tuesday, February 12 at 6pm, in Midtown. Doors open at 5:30pm.
• NYC: Richard Ross, Juvenile-in-Justice, at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. Through February 23, in SoHo.
• NYC: A live performance by Narcissister, part of the exhibit Narcissister is You, at Envoy Enterprises. This Saturday at 7pm, on the Lower East Side.
• Miami: Roy Dowell and Alexander Kroll, at Fredric Snitzer. Opens Saturday at 7pm, in the Wynwood District.
• Minneapolis: Painter Painter, at the Walker Art Center. Through October 27.
• L.A.: Shinique Smith: Firsthand, with LACMA, at the Charles White Elementary School Gallery. Opens Saturday, near MacArthur Park.
• L.A.: Fifty Works for Fifty States: The Herbert and Dorothy Vogel Collection, at MOCA. Opens Sunday, at the Grand Avenue location, in downtown.
• L.A.: Storage Wars by 5790projects, open studios at the Beacon Arts Building. Opens Saturday at 7pm in Inglewood.
• Milan: Set Pieces, at Cardi Black Box. Opens today at 6pm.