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This year's Brooklyn Museum Gala on April 22 will feature a giant twenty-foot-tall piñata in the shape of Andy Warhol's head, which is part an interactive dining experience designed by Jennifer Rubell titled 'Icons.' The piñata is currently on view in the Museum's Rubin Pavilion.
Organized by REDCAT Gallery Director and Curator Clara Kim and Doryun Chong, Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, this exhibition brings together the work of two rigorous visual artists--Seoul-based Korean artist Park Chan-Kyong and Tokyo/Kiev-based American artist Sean Snyder. The two artists first met in Germany in 2002, and their shared interest in North Korea and the politics of the Cold War led to this initial encounter and becomes the impetus for this two-person exhibition titled Brinkmanship. The exhibition will close its run April 18th.
Offering something for everyone, the ninth annual River To River® Festival today unveiled a stellar line-up of free music, dance, and cultural events that firmly establishes Lower Manhattan as the city's summer arts capital.
Legendary performance artist Penny Arcade will present her first 'Greatest Hits' show ever, THE VERY BEST OF PENNY ARCADE for a 4-week limited engagement beginning May 1st at The Laurie Beechman Theatre -- a rare 'uptown' appearance for a performer who has become synonymous with 'downtown art'.
This year's Brooklyn Museum Gala on April 22 will feature a giant twenty-foot-tall piñata in the shape of Andy Warhol's head, which is part an interactive dining experience designed by Jennifer Rubell titled 'Icons.' The piñata is currently on view in the Museum's Rubin Pavilion.
By using dated, passé, or quasi-extinct stylistic devices, subject matter, and technologies, much contemporary photography and video embodies a melancholic longing for an otherwise unrecuperable past.
In Tall Buildings is the title of this record, the name of the band, and the title of a John Hartford song. This 'band' is really Erik Hall and his songs. Erik is a natural multi-instrumentalist, equally at home playing electric guitar and percussion in NOMO, fuzzed-out bass in His Name Is Alive, or Motown-inspired drums in Saturday Looks Good To Me.
Andrew Clements' award-winning story, Frindle, performs at the Coterie Theatre in Crown Center April 6 - May 23. The humorous story follows Nick, a very creative student, and his discovery into the power of words. Due to the popularity of Frindle, run dates have been extended from the originally published performances.
FIVE DECADES OF PASSION. Part Two: The Founding of the Center gets extended at The Fisher Landau Cenbter for Art. An exhibition highlighting Emily Fisher Landau's unique vision in building the Fisher Landau Center for Art's collection.
Following Time Out Critics' Choice at the White Bear Theatre and a transfer to Oval House, Good Night Out Presents a new re-imagined production of Daniel Reitz's STUDIES FOR A PORTRAIT for an eight-week run at the King's Head Theatre, beginning March 30th and running through May 23rd.
FIVE DECADES OF PASSION. Part Two: The Founding of the Center gets extended at The Fisher Landau Cenbter for Art. An exhibition highlighting Emily Fisher Landau's unique vision in building the Fisher Landau Center for Art's collection.
Fisher Landau Center for Art has announced it's upcoming exhibitions through March. They include FIVE DECADES OF PASSION Part Two: The Founding of the Center and WE ARE THE WORLD: Figures & Portraits through 3/29/2010.
FIVE DECADES OF PASSION. Part Two: The Founding of the Center is an exhibition highlighting Emily Fisher Landau's unique vision in building the Fisher Landau Center for Art's collection.
By using dated, passé, or quasi-extinct stylistic devices, subject matter, and technologies, much contemporary photography and video embodies a melancholic longing for an otherwise unrecuperable past.
One of the most influential street artists of our time, Shepard Fairey will discuss his career and work with Associate Curator of Exhibitions Sharon Matt Atkins on Sunday, April 25 at 3 p.m. at the Brooklyn Museum.
Much of contemporary photography and video seems haunted by the past, by the history of art, by apparitions that are reanimated in reproductive mediums, live performance, and the virtual world. By using dated, passé, or quasi-extinct stylistic devices, subject matter, and technologies, such art embodies a longing for an otherwise unrecuperable past.
George Hurrell's iconic portrait of Jean Harlow on a white bearskin rug created for Vanity Fair magazine now spearheads the largest auction of Glamour Photography in art history.
The Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) is pleased to present the world premiere of Bridgman/Packer Dance's Double Expose, March 25-28, 2010, in BAC's Howard Gilman Performance Space.
WaxFactory's Year 11 Retrospective season concludes its mainstage presentations with DELIRIUM 27, set to play Wednesday, March 24 - Sunday, March 28 at Abrons Arts Center (466 Grand Street). An international co-production with Integrali (Ljubljana, Slovenia), this marks the American premiere of DELIRIUM 27, a hybrid performance melding sound, text, movement, architecture and video technology written and directed by Erika Latta (Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director, WaxFactory).
Following Time Out Critics' Choice at the White Bear Theatre and a transfer to Oval House, Good Night Out Presents a new re-imagined production of Daniel Reitz's STUDIES FOR A PORTRAIT for an eight-week run at the King's Head Theatre, beginning March 30th and running through May 23rd.
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