In September 2019, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen present turbulent times with the second half of their series Weimar Berlin: Bittersweet Metropolis at Southbank Centre. This new series, which began in June, is an ambitious journey through the music, science and culture of a period of intense political turbulence and explosive creativity in Germany and beyond.
In June and September 2019, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen present Weimar Berlin: Bittersweet Metropolis at Southbank Centre, where it is Resident Orchestra. This new series is an ambitious journey through the music, science and culture of a period of intense political turbulence and explosive creativity in Germany and beyond.
Copland House's 2018-19 mainstage season will offer celebrations aplenty! Ranging widely across more than a century of American music, the popular series is Copland House's 10th at Westchester County's majestic Merestead estate in Mount Kisco, NY. Hailed by The New York Times for "all the richness of its offerings, first-rate fare, and reputation for quality," the series has become a destination for an enthusiastic and growing audience of musical adventurers seeking discoveries of the new, old, and unexpected.
Copland House's 2018-19 mainstage season will offer celebrations aplenty! Ranging widely across more than a century of American music, the popular series is Copland House's 10th at Westchester County's majestic Merestead estate in Mount Kisco, NY. Hailed by The New York Times for "all the richness of its offerings, first-rate fare, and reputation for quality," the series has become a destination for an enthusiastic and growing audience of musical adventurers seeking discoveries of the new, old, and unexpected.
The Kitchen's Synth Nights series celebrates the 40th anniversary of Composers Inside Electronics' first performances at the space with three evenings of concerts, featuring new works and selections of the original materials CIE played at The Kitchen in 1977 and 1978 (March 29-March 31).
Today at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, PBS announced that acclaimed film, theater and television actor Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan, Spotlight, The Manchurian Candidate) will narrate its series, which tells the story of art from the dawn of human history to the present day - for the first time on a global scale.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has just announced that Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning singer and actress Audra McDonald is the recipient of the 2018 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT.
- The LOOP Festival features a key selection of authors and works from the 60s, 70s and 80s, intended to give greater insight into current audiovisual production and curated byEugeni Bonet and Antoni Mercader, prominent experts on the history of audiovisual art and new media in Spain.
Pacific Resident Theatre (Marilyn Fox, Artistic Director) celebrates their 30th season by announcing the opening of THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE by Tennessee Williams. Dana Jackson (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and LA Weekly nomination - The Cherry Orchard) directs.
The third in a series of exhibitions about the human body in contemporary art organized by Frist Center Chief Curator Mark Scala, PHANTOM BODIES: THE HUMAN AURA IN ART includes provocative artworks that address themes of trauma, loss, and transformation, while considering the possibility of an animating spirit that can exist independently of the body. The exhibition includes a selection of paintings, photography, videos, sculpture and installations by a noteworthy roster of contemporary international artists and will be on view in the Upper-Level Galleries from October 30, 2015, through February 14, 2016.
Beginning Monday, November 2, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts will offer free admission to guests bringing nonperishable food items to donate to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee on Mondays through December. The items most needed by Second Harvest this year are peanut butter, canned chicken or tuna, canned vegetables, canned fruit, pasta and cereal. Since 2012, visitors to the Frist Center have contributed 12,012 pounds of donated food, which equates to 10,009 meals.
The third in a series of exhibitions about the human body in contemporary art organized by Frist Center Chief Curator Mark Scala,Phantom Bodies: The Human Aura in Art includes provocative artworks that address themes of trauma, loss, and transformation, while considering the possibility of an animating spirit that can exist independently of the body. The exhibition includes a selection of paintings, photography, videos, sculpture and installations by a noteworthy roster of contemporary international artists and will be on view from October 10, 2015, through February 14, 2016.
PINK LOTUS, a large-scale, site-specific light sculpture by artist Grimanesa Amorós, will be installed on the façade of The Peninsula New York in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October. On view from today, October 1 – November 15, 2015, the light sculpture is part of “The Art of Pink,” an international, Breast Cancer Awareness Month arts initiative sponsored by The Peninsula hotels worldwide. PINK LOTUS has been exclusively curated for The Peninsula New York by Circa 1881.
PINK LOTUS, a large-scale, site-specific light sculpture by artist Grimanesa Amorós, will be installed on the façade of The Peninsula New York in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October. On view from October 1 – November 15, 2015, the light sculpture is part of “The Art of Pink,” an international, Breast Cancer Awareness Month arts initiative sponsored by The Peninsula hotels worldwide. PINK LOTUS has been exclusively curated for The Peninsula New York by Circa 1881.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 10, 2015) - The third in a series of exhibitions about the human body in contemporary art organized by Frist Center Chief Curator Mark Scala,Phantom Bodies: The Human Aura in Art includes provocative artworks that address themes of trauma, loss, and transformation, while considering the possibility of an animating spirit that can exist independently of the body. The exhibition includes a selection of paintings, photography, videos, sculpture and installations by a noteworthy roster of contemporary international artists and will be on view from October 30, 2015, throughFebruary 14, 2016.
The third in a series of exhibitions about the human body in contemporary art organized by Frist Center Chief Curator Mark Scala, PHANTOM BODIES: THE HUMAN AURA IN ART includes provocative artworks that address themes of trauma, loss, and transformation, while considering the possibility of an animating spirit that can exist independently of the body. The exhibition includes a selection of paintings, photography, videos, sculpture and installations by a noteworthy roster of contemporary international artists and will be on view in the Upper-Level Galleries from October 30, 2015, through February 14, 2016.
The Sonic Boom Festival returns for its 28th year of contemporary classical music (new music). This truly unique musical experience will run for only 5 days, from today, March 25-29th, in two acoustically beautiful venues on Seymour Street in downtown Vancouver - the Orpheum Annex and Pyatt Hall.
For the first time this year, Adelaide Festival of Arts has introduced Pay What You Can Tickets for low income earners including pensioners and the unemployed.
Over 250,000 people are expected to flood the riverbank precinct over 17 nights starting next Friday (27 Feb) for Adelaide Festival's giant outdoor digital art gallery Blinc.
The Sonic Boom Festival returns for its 28th year of contemporary classical music (new music). This truly unique musical experience will run for only 5 days, from March 25-29th, in two acoustically beautiful venues on Seymour Street in downtown Vancouver - the Orpheum Annex and Pyatt Hall.
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