Patrick Demarchelier
What & Why: The fashion photog icon’s new exhibit of celebrity, portrait, and nude photographs is not to be missed. It’s like taking a stroll through the archives of Vogue.
When & Where: Thru Nov. Opening reception, Thurs., 7-9 p.m., at Fahey/Klein Gallery, 148 N. La Brea Ave. (323-934-2250).

MOCA Art Talk
What & Why: Looking at art by one’s lonesome is fine and dandy, but nothing beats being led through a gallery by the curator. Let MOCA’s Ann Goldstein give you insight into Martin Kippenberger’s multimedia retrospective, The Problem Perspective.
When & Where: Thru Jan. Thurs., 6:30 p.m., at MOCA, 250 S. Grand Ave. (213-621-1745).

Santa Monica Art Studios: Fourth Anniversary Celebration
What & Why: More than 30 painters, photographers, sculptors, and mixed-media artists will open up their studios for two days of festivities. Could there be a better environment for art-viewing than an historic 22,000-square-foot hanger at the airport? We think not.
When & Where: Sat., 6-9 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m., at the Santa Monica Art Studios, 3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica (310-397-7449).

There are only sixteen days till go time, trick-or-treaters. If you’re feeling uninspired, head to LACMA tonight for the Costume Council’s kickoff party for Glamour Girls, famed photog Patric McMullan’s latest book featuring — you guessed it — infamous socialites and stars with serious style.

www.lacma.org

Goodness gracious, Heather Taylor! You’re going to give us an art attack!

Desiree Holman: the Magic Window
What & Why: The cast of The Cosby Show meets the cast of Roseanne and has a dance party? That’s what you’ll find in Holman’s new video installations. Masked characters reinterpret favorite family sitcoms.
When & Where: Thru Oct. Opening reception, Sat., 8 p.m., at Machine Project, 1200d N. Alvarado St. (213-483-8761).

The Other Side
What & Why: Eight emerging artists, including Claire Oswalt and Laura Ball, give us their contemporary take on classic pop art. Be one of the first to see this energetic group show.
When & Where: Today-Dec., at Roseark, 1111 N. Crescent Heights Blvd., West Hollywood (323-822-3600).

Monster Drawing Rally
What & Why: It’s a live drawing event, folks! Watch 100 artists create work in front of your very eyes. If you like what you see, a drawing could be yours for $75. All proceeds go to Outpost for Contemporary Art, a nonprofit organization connecting artists with art audiences globally.
When & Where: Sun., 3-7 p.m., at William D. Davies Memorial Building, 568 E. Mount Curve Ave., Altadena (323-982-9461).

For more information, go to taylordecordoba.com or lainbloom.blogspot.com.

Love was in the air at Opera Gallery last night, where the greatest of human emotions dominated In the Mood for Love, an exhibition of love-inspired paintings by the likes of Lichtenstein, Ramos and Botero. Hearts were racing, drinks were flying (literally). Overall, we loved it.

More event tips on the Artlog radar. (And ours, too!)

New Photography 2008: Josephine Meckseper and Mikhael Subotzky
What & Why: The annual fall showcase includes works from the German and South African photogs (respectively) and larger-than-life-size images of models dressed in vintage lingerie.
When & Where: Today-Jan., at MoMA, 11 W. 53rd St., at Sixth Ave. (212-708-9400).

Steve DeFrank: Mirror, Mirror
What & Why: Get a jump-start to the second round of the Thursday-night gallery happenings in Chelsea.
When & Where: Thurs., 6-8 p.m., at Margaret Thatcher Projects, 511 W. 25th St., b/t Tenth & Eleventh Aves., ste. 404 (212-675-0222).

Conflux Festival Opening Party
What & Why: The annual fest is more like an urban lab experiment. Look for installations, interactive performances, street art interventions, walking tours, bike expeditions, and more.
When & Where: Opening party, Thurs., 8 p.m.-late, at Le Royale, 21 Seventh Ave., at Leroy St. (212-463-0700). Mention Artlog at the door (and show up early for free vodka).

Art and China’s Revolution
What & Why: Creating art during China’s Cultural Revolution? Man, that must’ve been rough. But three-decades’ worth of oil paintings, woodblock prints, drawings, and everyday objects have been collected for the groundbreaking exhibit. And you can pose in front of a ten-foot sculpture of Mao’s jacket.
When & Where: Fri., 6-9 p.m., at Asia Society Museum, 725 Park Ave., at 70th St. (212-288-6400). It’s free!

Visual artist [sic] is building his own brand of art. We usually see him (or, more often, evidence of him) in the West Village, where he paints “iheart” murals on public walls and tools around on his cruiser.

Find one of his works and vandalize it! No, no, we mean photograph yourself in front of it. Then send your pics to iheart.org, where [sic] is collecting them for an online exhibition.

You can also check out the iheart diptych 001 project currently at the Leo Kesting gallery, 812 Washington Street, at Gansevoort Street (917-650-3760).

Slow and Steady Wins the Race puts the art in department store. From perfume counter to bridal salon, designer Mary Ping’s installation at Saatchi and Saatchi condenses the typical components of a shopping emporium into a single room. Raw plywood panels display seasonless clothing and accessories, as well as china and monogrammed bath towels produced only for the show. This week also marks the debut of Ping’s long-awaited wedding dress: a voluminous white satin gown fastened with a gold ring over the heart and another at the start of the train, retailing like the rest of the collection for just $100.

Open to the public but R.S.V.P. a must to press@slowandsteadywinstherace.com. Through Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saatchi and Saatchi, 375 Hudson Street, enter on King Street.

Coco Dolle doesn’t let it rain on her parade. Though stormy forecasts canceled Deitch’s Art Parade on Saturday, the French artiste gathered her tribe of Amazons in a Soho loft to assume zebra-striped tunics, warrior headdresses, and red arrows before invading the after-party at Santos’ Party House.

Fashion and nature collided in a moss-covered spectacle at Matthew Marks Gallery last night. German mail-order company Hessnatur’s presentation of Hidden in Natur by designer Miguel Adrover took ecowear to a whole new shade of green.

The pieces were draped on mannequins set in natural materials like stones, soil, sand, lily pads, and the aforementioned moss. Crocheted and spun natural alpaca looked like wings made for tree people, and the Eucalyptus, a long embroidered tunic set in tall weeds, was made with 100-year-old cotton from Mallorcan almond farmers. It felt like a trip to an enchanted forest. Too bad they were passing out bubbly and not crystal-clear water collected by bucket from a babbling brook.

The collection is open to the public today until 6 p.m.

www.hess-natur.com

We laugh in the face of rain! It’s New York City — we all own galoshes. Instead of buckling down, buck up — our pals at Artlog told us about a few weekend art events that are not to be missed. We threw in some party details for good measure.

7 Deadly Sins
What & Why: The exhibition combines the fashion designs and canvasses of Russian artist Katya Leonovich. There’s a runway show with couture denim dresses and a slew of paintings inspired by human transgressions .
When & Where: Sat., 6-9 p.m., at Monkdogz Art Gallery, 547 W. 47th St., b/t Tenth & Eleventh Sts., 5th flr.

Art Parade After Party
What & Why: The Dietch-fused parade in Soho was canceled due to inclement weather concerns, but the after-party carries the torch with DFA DJs, absinthe, and the regular party people.
When & Where: Sat., 8-10 p.m., at new Chinatown hot spot Santos’ Party House, 100 Lafayette St., b/t Walker & White Sts. (See flyer for more details.)

RISD Alumni Biennial
What & Why: Fifty-five alumni working in painting, drawing, printmaking, installation, and industrial design strut their stuff.
When & Where: Sun., 3-6 p.m., at The Old American Can Factory, 232 3rd St., b/t Third & Fourth Aves., Gowanus.

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