It’s Nice That turns us onto the work of photographer Leonard Greco. Specializing in black and white pictures, While we’ve seen Greco’s work in ‘Sup magazine, we’ve never actually known the name behind the pictures. Photographs include the likes of Antonio Azzuolo (pictured), Arctic Monkeys, Yeasayer and Sebastian Tellier amongst others. But enough of our yapping, take a look at the shots for yourself after the leap.

While some members of staff are hopped up and ready to listen to a mammoth dub step session in New York this weekend, others are thinking along more cerebral lines.

Sanford L. Smith & Associates presents their 18th Annual Outsider Art Fair from today through February 7, 2010. Sponsored by the American Folk Art Museum, the Outsider Art Fair draws 38 dealers tied by a desire to highlight artists working outside of the mainstream. This includes art that is visionary, self-taught, intuitive, and primitive in nature.

In all, a viable way of spending a potentially snowy weekend.

The fair takes place at 7 West 34th Street, New York, New York.

Pioneering works of natural history illustration on view at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

Interest in the natural world over the course of the 19th-century generated an enormous visual record produced by artists and naturalists alike. Fascination with detail forms a constant thread, even as debates raged over the best way to display, exhibit, and record “discoveries.” Feathers, Fins, and Fur: Natural History Illustration of the 19th-Century privileges the works of Alexander Wilson and John James Auduboun, and introduces a range of lesser known illustrators. Additionally, the exhibition draws from the institution’s library collection to explore preservation of natural artifact through print.

On view through May 23, 2010.

Above -  H. Patterson, Sebastes Marmoratus, 1856.

Forthcoming from powerHouse, Vivian Cherry’s New Yorkis the second collection of photographs from the Big Apple Native.

Originally a dancer, Cherry has been photographing New York for over 50 years. Her first powerHouse book was published in 2007 (Helluva Town: New York City in the 1940s and 50s). The new volume draws from pictures taken over the last decade. Cherry is one of the last surviving members of the Photo League, a group that embraced social realism, and her work continues to follow the tendencies born through that collective.

Consider her work street style before the blog era. Or, more appropriately consider it a growing document of the vibrant cultural life of New York City.

Available for pre-order from Amazon.

Vienna’s Albertina Palais Museum hosts Cars an exhibition of works from the Daimler Collection through May 16, 2010. Included are many works by Andy Warhol – for instance Karl Benz and his Sales Associate, shown above – along with car related art from Robert Longo, Sylvie Fury and Vincent Szarek. The assembled pieces cover iconic automobiles and a sexy set of legs.

Albertina Palais Museum, Augustinerstraße 1, Vienna. (via Gestalten).

A short selection of exhibited works (and sexy legs) after the jump.

Emigre magazine, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, has decided to mark this milestone in an intriguing and unique manner. Making expert use of their archives, they’ve created ten digital collages of their covers which are available to buy from them. While the price is certainly hefty ($1,000 a pop) it’s a great piece of art for the man who has more than a few extra coins in his pocket. (Emigre)

Take a look at the rest of the prints after the leap.

One of our favourite blogs, Kitsune Noir, turns us onto this interesting project. Created by Damon Winter, a staff photographer at the NY Times, the pictures juxtapose two separate cities using double exposures.

As Kitsune Noir notes: “It’s quite interesting to hear about his process, some of the images are about color and form while others are about contrast, like an image taken on Fifth Aveue in Manhattan and then Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn. They’re very different places but he manages to marry together a similar idea that links them together, and in this case, the neon signs from the Louis Vuitton store and then a pair of umbrellas that sit in front of a bodega.”

Listen to the feature here.

Take a look at a couple of shots from the project after the leap.

You’re not going crazy if you think the name sounds familiar. We featured the magazine a few weeks back and we thought it wise to take a look at the exhibition itself. As you’d expect from the teasers in the mag, it’s a visually arresting affair. We’re pretty used to art guff by now, soit’s refreshing when curator Alex Bec said that the point of the show was “to let people make new things”. From the looks of it, it’s been a simple and effective formula. (Creative Review)

Take a leap to see pictures from the exhibition after the leap.

Last year, I had the great pleasure of working on a project with Maira Kalman. She is an artist of truly unique vision, as talented an illustrator as she is a story teller. Kalman’s career is impressive both for output and the number of people she has touched.

Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations of a (Crazy) World is her first museum survey. Along with illustrations, the Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia’s exhibition will include an installation of ladders, chairs, and “many tables of many things” – an introduction, if you will, to Kalman’s world. A fully illustrated catalog complements the exhibition.

The exhibition opens today and runs through June 6, 2010. The ICA is located at 118 S. 36th Street in Philadelphia, PA.

Further examples of Kalman’s illustration after the jump.

We are very pleased to announce our feature on photographer Chris Milliman. His impressive work ties in one of our core loves – cycling – and captures the spirit of both sport and individual subject. Milliman also shares a few snaps from personal projects, including one from NYC’s famed Cage at West 4th Street.

For those in Boston, or traveling to New England in the next month, Milliman has just hung a solo show at Bloc 11 in Sommerville, MA.

We hope you enjoy his work as much as we do; the feature can be read here.