Museum of Contemporary Art News

Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Jennifer Steinkamp, on view 10 September - 23 October 2010.

FIAF and Japan Society Co-present the NY Premiere of Ryoji Ikeda's Hyper Visual Live Sound Experience, datamatics [ver. 2.0], on Friday, September 10th and Saturday, September 11th at 8PM. It will be at the French Institute Alliance Française's Florence Gould Hall which is located at 55 East 59th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues). He will also present transcendental (2010). Tickets are $18 for the public and $12 for Japan Society and FIAF members. Call Ticketmaster at 212-307-4100 for tickets. For more information, visit www.crossingtheline.org or www.japansociety.org.

In The marquis and a bearded dominatrix with a cake in the oven, Angelo Filomeno will present new embroidery paintings and sculpture that exemplify his signature technique and fascination with the macabre. For the exhibition, Filomeno enlists some of his regular characters-insects, dead philosophers, grotesque objects-and incorporates elements previously unseen in his works. The exhibition will open to the public on Friday, September 10 from 6 to 8 pm, and the artist will be present.

Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Jennifer Steinkamp, on view 10 September - 23 October 2010.

Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Jennifer Steinkamp, on view 10 September - 23 October 2010.

Since 2002 fortyfivedownstairs, a not-for-profit organisation, has offered an evocative urban space and a personalised service to an eclectic mix of artists for theatre, visual arts, forum, music and dance.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami Dade County proudly announces new and ongoing partnerships for the 2010-2011 CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER SEASON, featuring four dynamic programming initiatives: THE BEST OF SOUTH FLORIDA, GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORK, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEATER, and FAMILY-FRIENDLY THEATRICAL HITS - all presented in the Carnival Studio Theater in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House. This diverse new season highlights world-class theater, dance, and music that breaks boundaries, cross-pollinates artistic genres, and expands the future of the performing arts.

Redmoon, the Chicago based, civic-focused theater company is planning to launch the outdoor festival J.O.E., set for Labor day weekend, and is beginning city-wide guerilla performances that will lead up to the spectacle collaboration THE ASTRONAUT'S BIRTHDAY with the Museum of Contemporary Art, scheduled for September 2010.

Writer/performer Ian Belknap will be in residence with us Aug. 28-Sept.4. From Chicago, this guy is bringing it all--a live writer's battle, two writer workshops, and his monologue performance of his highly acclaimed and very personal black comedy, Wide Open Beaver Shot of My Heart.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County proudly announces new and ongoing partnerships for the 2010-2011 CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER SEASON, featuring four dynamic programming initiatives: THE BEST OF SOUTH FLORIDA, GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORK, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEATER, and FAMILY-FRIENDLY THEATRICAL HITS - all presented in the Carnival Studio Theater in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House. This diverse new season highlights world-class theater, dance, and music that breaks boundaries, cross-pollinates artistic genres, and expands the future of the performing arts.

Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, located at 919 Broadway in downtown Nashville, Tenn., is an art exhibition center dedicated to presenting the finest visual art from local, regional, U.S., and international sources in a program of changing exhibitions. The Frist Center's Martin ArtQuest Gallery features interactive stations relating to Frist Center exhibitions.

Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar is pleased to announce FLIP FLOP: The 80s, a gender-bent evening of cabaret performances set to the tune of a bangin' 1980s lineup. The event will take place on Monday, August 23 at Sidetrack (3349 N. Halsted) starting at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m.

The Gallery at REDCAT is pleased to present the first Los Angeles presentation of two influential contemporary artists who pioneered the field of video art in China: Hangzhou-based artist Zhang Peili and Beijing-based artist Zhu Jia. Coming out of a generation that witnessed the ramifications of the Cultural Revolution, the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre and the infamous 1989 China/Avant-Garde exhibition at the National Museum of Contemporary Art and its subsequent closing by state authorities, Zhang and Zhu use video to navigate the complex and shifting terrain that characterizes contemporary China.

FIAF and Japan Society Co-present the NY Premiere of Ryoji Ikeda's Hyper Visual Live Sound Experience, datamatics [ver. 2.0], on Friday, September 10th and Saturday, September 11th at 8PM. It will be at the French Institute Alliance Française's Florence Gould Hall which is located at 55 East 59th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues). He will also present transcendental (2010). Tickets are $18 for the public and $12 for Japan Society and FIAF members. Call Ticketmaster at 212-307-4100 for tickets. For more information, visit www.crossingtheline.org or www.japansociety.org.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced today that it would extend GATZ, the critically acclaimed theatrical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, by two weeks due to extraordinary demand.

On Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 8:30 pm, REDCAT will host the U.S. premiere of a new film by Mexico City-based artist Laureana Toledo, followed by a post-show discussion and Q&A with the artist and music critic and journalist Josh Kun.

Goodman Theatre announces the cast for its major revival of Candide (starts rehearsals on August 10-tickets go on sale August 13*).

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) has announced the full cast for Tigers Be Still, a new play by Kim Rosenstock, directed by Sam Gold. Tigers Be Still will feature Reed Birney (Joseph), Halley Feiffer (Sherry), Natasha Lyonne (Grace), John Magaro (Zack).

Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar is pleased to announce FLIP FLOP: The 80s, a gender-bent evening of cabaret performances set to the tune of a bangin' 1980s lineup. The event will take place on Monday, August 23 at Sidetrack (3349 N. Halsted) starting at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m.

On Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 8:30 pm, REDCAT will host the U.S. premiere of a new film by Mexico City-based artist Laureana Toledo, followed by a post-show discussion and Q&A with the artist and music critic and journalist Josh Kun.