DCist will be at the Hirshhorn Museum and Scultpure Garden this Thurs. night at 7 p.m. (book signing starts at 6 p.m.) to hear celebrated Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto give an artist lecture about his new exhibition at the Museum, a retrospective of his 30-year career, which opens the same day. Sugimoto is well known for his attempts to convey a sense of time in his still photography, like in his Theatre series (5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, 1997 is shown at right), where the artist photographs an entire motion picture until all that’s left is an eerie glow that shows the elapsed time of the film.

Opening/Closing Tonight: Body Languages: Mary Coble and Robert Flynt at the Katzen Center at American University, Tuesday, February 14th from 6 to 9 p.m.

Fraser Gallery of Georgetown is quietly closing its doors Wednesday night after 10 years in business. The gallery’s owners plan to focus on their larger Bethesda location.

Not the One in the O.C.: In case you missed the story late last week, it looks like Irvine Contemporary will move into the Fusebox space on 14th St. NW. In other Irvine news, DC Magazine is sponsoring Irvine Contemporary’s opening reception for Celebrity Portraits from the Warhol Factory Years honoring Warhol Factory artists including Billy Name, Gerard Malanga, Carl Fischer and Curtis Knapp. The reception will take place Friday, Feb. 17 from 6-9 p.m. The exhibit will be on display through April 1.

Random Film Screening: There will be an advanced screening of Oscar nominated foreign film Tsotsi (South Africa), including an appearance by director Gavin Hood and actor Presley Chweneyagae, on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at the National Geographic Society. Free tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and you can reserve them here. The film tells the story of a violent gang leader in Johannesburg who ends up stuck caring for an infant he accidentally kidnaps while trying to steal a car.