Museum of Contemporary Art News

The Brooklyn Museum will be partnering with Brooklyn artists to celebrate the Brooklyn Artists Ball, on Wednesday evening, April 27, 2011.

Greenwich House Music School (GHMS) is pleased to present a not to be missed all-Ligeti program by one of today's most respected young pianists, Jenny Lin, on Thursday, March 31 at 8 p.m.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company continues its 31st Season by welcoming back critically acclaimed storyteller Mike Daisey with his new show, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, directed by New York powerhouse Jean-Michele Gregory.

The Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) World Premiere production of KIN, a new play by Bathsheba Doran (Living Room in Africa, her adaptation of Great Expectations at The Lortel) will officially open On March 21.

Please join Robert Mann Gallery and Julie Blackmon for a signing of her book Domestic Vacations at The AIPAD Photography Show, Booth 410, on Saturday, March 19th at 2pm.

Greenwich House Music School (GHMS) is pleased to present a not to be missed all-Ligeti program by one of today's most respected young pianists, Jenny Lin, on Thursday, March 31 at 8 p.m.

Comprised of two exhibitions, a series of more than 30 original events, and a cookbook/catalogue, The Dining Room Project considers our multifaceted relationship with food and the intersection of food and art.

Zaccho Dance Theatre presents internationally acclaimed choreographer Joanna Haigood's performance installation The Monkey and the Devil, created in collaboration with visual artist Charles Trapolin. Haigood's visceral hybrid of dance, theater, and visual art combines contemporary movement, hip-hop elements, and spoken text in an energetic production that is both searing and immediate.

Lehmann Maupin Gallery announces its second solo exhibition of works by Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival), on view 24 March - 30 April, 2011 at 540 W. 26th Street. The exhibition will continue the artists' extensive practice in challenging notions of art through deep engagement with literary and historical texts.

On April 15, 2011, BOMB Magazine will celebrate 30 years of independent publishing and programming with its biggest Gala & Silent Auction yet, at Capitale in New York City.

Please join Robert Mann Gallery and Julie Blackmon for a signing of her book Domestic Vacations at The AIPAD Photography Show, Booth 410, on Saturday, March 19th at 2pm.

After large-scale partnership collaborations in 2010 with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago ('Astronaut's Birthday'), The City of Chicago / The Chicago Park District at Belmont Harbor (FESTIVAL J.O.E.), tour of Brazil with 'The Cabinet', a successful WINTER PAGEANT, Redmoon returns to their home to celebrate the annual benefit gala SPECTACLE LUNATIQUE 2011.

Comprised of two exhibitions, a series of more than 30 original events, and a cookbook/catalogue, The Dining Room Project considers our multifaceted relationship with food and the intersection of food and art.

On Wednesday, March 9, 2011, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance presents Fanfare for an Uncommon Woman: A Celebration of Joan W. Harris on Her Birthday, an extraordinary performance that is certain to be the musical event of the season. Preeminent soprano Renée Fleming and virtuoso violinist Pinchas Zukerman headline this exceptional concert to benefit Harris Theater programs. They will be joined by the spectacular Emerson String Quartet, acclaimed cellist David Finckel and impassioned pianist Wu Han of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the electrifying Escher String Quartet, and Stephen Burns, brilliant trumpeter and artistic director of the Fulcrum Point New Music Project. The evening begins at 5:30 pm with a champagne reception for all guests in the Theater lobby and is followed by a 75-minute concert at 6:30 pm. Tickets for this once-in-a-lifetime performance begin at $100 and are on sale now at the Harris Theater box office located in Millennium Park at 205 E. Randolph Dr., by calling 312-334-7777 or by visiting www.HarrisTheaterChicago.org.

Manhattan Movement & Arts Center presents a Workshop with Attila Joey Csiki featuring Lar Lubovitch repertory from Tuesday, April 5 to Saturday, April 9, 2011, from noon to 1:30pm from Tuesday - Friday and from 1:30 - 3pm on Saturday.

The Goodman Theatre is proud to present their 2010-2011 Season Dates. Tickets for these shows can be bought online at www.goodmantheatre.org, by phone at (312) 443-3800, or in person at 170 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60601.

Betty Cuningham Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in The Armory Show - Modern. The show opens for a professional preview on March 2 and remains open to the public March 3 - 6, 2011 on Pier 92, located at West 55th Street and 12th Avenue, New York City. The gallery's booth is 142.

Known for paintings with deeply resonant colors and an understated yet assured use of line and space, Kate Shepherd presents new paintings and sculptures that convey a distinct sense of unease, ruin, and disarray largely unseen in her previous work. In And Debris, Shepherd takes the structures and rational forms that have been her hallmark and upends them, collapsing and reworking them to expose their tenuous nature and the anxiety in the everyday. And Debris opens to the public at Galerie Lelong on Thursday, March 24 from 6 to 8 pm. The artist will be present.

Betty Cuningham Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in The Armory Show - Modern. The show opens for a professional preview on March 2 and remains open to the public March 3 - 6, 2011 on Pier 92, located at West 55th Street and 12th Avenue, New York City. The gallery's booth is 142.

The San Francisco-based company Robert Moses' Kin returns to the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago with three Chicago premieres.