The Metropolitan Museum celebrates the 75th birthday of Philip Glass with two events: a conversation with his longtime friend the artist Chuck Close, and a chamber music concert with Glass at the piano with violinist Tim Fain at the Museum's fabled Temple of Dendur.
The Lincoln Center Vera List Art Project celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012. It was established in 1962 by philanthropists Vera and Albert List as a way to both support the visual arts and raise funds for Lincoln Center. Since the inception of the program, Lincoln Center has commissioned more than 125 major artists of the time to create works available for sale to the public.
The British label JSP Records will release a box set of Judy Garland recordings in 2013 titled CREATIONS 1936-1962 - SONGS SHE SANG FIRST.
On Monday, February 13 at 7:30pm, Premiere Commission will mark its 10th anniversary with a Gala Celebration at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, NYC).
From February 7 through May 6, 2012, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, Italy, will present Guggenheim Collection: The American Avant-Garde 1945-1980, an exhibition of some 60 iconic works from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation's permanent collection.
BAX / Brooklyn Arts Exchange has announced DO IT LIKE CHUCK CLOSE, curated by Victoria Libertore as a part of BAX's PERFORMANCE & DISCUSSION SERIES.
Artist Dana Schutz will open Gotterdammerung, a new exhibition presented in conjunction with the final opera in Wagner's epic Der Ring des Nibelungen, at the Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gallery Met on January 12.
BAX / Brooklyn Arts Exchange has announced DO IT LIKE CHUCK CLOSE, curated by Victoria Libertore as a part of BAX's PERFORMANCE & DISCUSSION SERIES.
On Monday, February 13 at 7:30pm, Premiere Commission will mark its 10th anniversary with a Gala Celebration at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, NYC).
From February 7 through May 6, 2012, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, Italy, will present Guggenheim Collection: The American Avant-Garde 1945-1980, an exhibition of some 60 iconic works from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation's permanent collection.
BAX / Brooklyn Arts Exchange has announced DO IT LIKE CHUCK CLOSE, curated by Victoria Libertore as a part of BAX's PERFORMANCE & DISCUSSION SERIES.
Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading organization for advancing the arts and arts education, today announced the recipients of the 2011 National Arts Awards, which recognize those artists and arts leaders who exhibit exemplary national leadership and whose work demonstrates extraordinary artistic achievement.
Leading contemporary artist Peter Doig opens Siegfried + Poster Project, a new exhibition inspired by Wagner's epic Der Ring des Nibelungen, at the Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gallery Met today.
Organized by Ben Stiller and David Zwirner, Artists for Haiti is an evening art auction to be held at Christie's, New York on September 22 at 7PM.
According to published reports, Ben Stiller is working with David Zimmer to createa special benefit auction entitled Artists for Haiti. The event will be held at Christie's on September 22. Proceeds will be donated to Architecture for Humanity, J/P Haitian Relief Organization, Partners in Health and Grameen Creative Lab.
Leading contemporary artist Peter Doig will open Siegfried + Poster Project, a new exhibition inspired by Wagner's epic Der Ring des Nibelungen, at the Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gallery Met on September 27.
Organized by Ben Stiller and David Zwirner, Artists for Haiti is an evening art auction to be held at Christie's, New York on September 22 at 7PM.
President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, actor and director Ben Stiller, and gallerist and art dealer David Zwirner announced today that they will co-chair an exclusive fundraising event on Friday, September 23rd in New York to benefit The Stiller Foundation.
Painter and photographer Chuck Close will bring his latest exhibition, A Couple Ways of Doing Something, to the Alice Pratt Brown Atrium and Galleries at the Arkansas Arts Center from April 29 to June 26. This travelling exhibit was organized by Aperture and sponsored by Lannan Foundation, Carey C. Shuart and Marti and Henry Thomas.
On Thursday, April 21 at 8pm, legendary downtown diva and extraordinary mistress of music Joey Arias will join the ranks of Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Bob Dylan, with a Town Hall debut in Joey Arias: Live at Town Hall! Presented by Josh Wood Productions, this one-night-only musical event is conceived and created by Arias and musical director Ben Allison with artistic direction my Manfred Thierry Mugler.
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