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Category Archives: Art / Architecture
L.A. Dance Project’s FRAMEWORK at MOCA
Thursday night marked the first of three “sneak peeks” of Benjamin Millepied’s new L.A. Dance Project at MOCA – the Museum of Contemporary Art – in downtown Los Angeles. Millepied danced with Amanda Wells in four different galleries in the … Continue reading
Posted in Art / Architecture, Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Amanda Wells, Benjamin Millepied, Framework, L.A. Dance Project, Mark Bradford, MOCA LA
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MORE PHOTOS OF CALATRAVA'S AWESOME MIRAGE SET
Above are a couple more photos of Peter Martins’ new Mirage ballet, which I wrote about here, that better showcase Santiago Calatrava’s stunning architectural set. I’d described how it closed at one point, and you can see that in the … Continue reading
Posted in Art / Architecture, Dance Criticism / Discussion / Reviews / Blogs, Dance Photos
Tagged Marina Harss, Mirage, New York City Ballet, NYCB, Paul Kolnik, Peter Martins, Santiago Calatrava, Tatiana Keegan, The Faster Times
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MICHAEL PAUL BRITTO
Last weekend, my friend Alyssa and I went to the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Open Artists’ Studios visit. I was really taken with this artist, Michael Paul Britto, and I took some pictures with my iphone. Most of his work … Continue reading
Posted in Art / Architecture
Tagged Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Michael Paul Britto
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WILD FIDDLEHEADS
My friend and I went to DUMBO yesterday for an open artists’ studios tour (some of the buildings that house groups of artists’ studios have a day once a month when they allow visitors inside to peruse and talk to … Continue reading
ART FOR CHANGE PRESENTS: HAITI: BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS THERE ARE MOUNTAINS
My friend, Alyssa, who is an independent art curator, is helping to curate a new show for Art For Change. This one is to benefit Haiti and opens this Friday, March 5th in the Art For Change lobby, located at … Continue reading
LADY GAGA: "ONE OF THE NIJINSKYS OF OUR EPOCH"
Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art celebrated its 30th anniversary with an evening of performances, including one by pop star Lady Gaga, who debuted her new Speechless while members of the Bolshoi danced along. Milan-based artist … Continue reading
KANDINSKY'S BLUE RIDER IN PERFORMANCE AT COLUMBIA U
Over the weekend I saw the second of the two experimental performances sponsored by the Guggenheim in celebration of the museum’s current Kandinsky exhibit. (The first was the Isabella Rossellini reading / light show I wrote about earlier). This one, … Continue reading
Posted in Art / Architecture, Dance Performance Reviews, Music Reviews
Tagged Armitage Gone! Dance, Arnold Schoenberg, Blue Rider, Blue Rider in Performance, Brentano String Quartet, Columbia University, Guggenheim Museum, Guggenheim Works & Process, Kandinsky, Karole Armitage, Miller Theater, Sarah Rothenberg, Susan Naruki, Vasily Kandinsky
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LEVELS OF NOTHINGNESS STARRING ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
Photos above courtesy of the Guggenheim Museum. Over the weekend, I went to see a spoken word / light performance by Mexican artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer called Levels of Nothingness, at the Guggenheim, as part of their Works & Process series. … Continue reading
ABT, LARRY KEIGWIN, AND DANCES INSPIRED BY KANDINSKY AT GUGGENHEIM THIS FALL
Photo by Fabrizio Ferri of Cory Stearns, Alexandre Hammoudi and Grant DeLong, from ABT website. The Guggenheim Museum has just released its Works & Process events schedule for the fall and there’s some good stuff coming up. On October 11 … Continue reading
Posted in Art / Architecture, Dance News, Dance Previews / Upcoming Dance Events, Music and Opera
Tagged ABT, Alexandre Hammoudi, American Ballet Theater, Armitage Gone! Dance, Avery Fisher Hall, Blue Rider Almanac, Brentano String Quartet, Charles Wuorinen, City Center, Columbia University, Cory Stearns, Double Sextet, Fabrizio Ferri, Grant DeLong, Guggenheim Museum, Isabella Rosselini, Keigwin+Company, Larry Keigwin, Miller Theater, Peter Quanz, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Sarah Rothenberg, Shen Wei, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Steve Reich, Susan Naruki, Vasily Kandinsky, Works & Process
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THE HAPPY END OF FRANZ KAFKA'S AMERIKA
This weekend I finally made it to MoMA for the Martin Kippenberger exhibit, which I highly recommend if you’re in New York. It ends May 11th. I remember being really struck by one of Kippenberger’s gigantic installations, The Happy End … Continue reading
READ RUSSIA Launch Party at IDLEWILD BOOKS
Last night Ariel and I went to a launch party for the new online version of Read Russia, a magazine about all things Russian, at Idlewild Books in Union Square. I’d heard about the event through Lauren Cerand’s happening Monday … Continue reading
Posted in Art / Architecture, Literature / Books, New York
Tagged Eastern Europe, expat community, flavored vodka, Idlewild Books, Lauren Cerand, Literary Map of St. Petersburg, Maud Newton, Read Russia online magazine, Russia!, Russian candies, St. Petersburg Times, The Prague Post, The Smart Set, travel books, vodka
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Malan Breton Fashion Show in SoHo
Friday night Ariel invited me to my first (I think, that I can remember anyway) fashion show. It’s currently Fashion Week in New York, and though the event is mainly held in various tents at Bryant Park, they have some … Continue reading
Posted in Art / Architecture, New York
Tagged Eli Klein Fine Arts Gallery, Fashion Week 2009, Malan Breton, Project Runway
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My Musketeer!
Yesterday I went to Williamsburg (Brooklyn) with a new friend I met recently at the Dance on Camera festival, Teressa Valla. Teressa’s an artist — a painter and sculptor. She calls herself a “kinetic artist” because she’s inspired by and … Continue reading
Posted in Art / Architecture, New York
Tagged Art gallery, Dance on Camera festival, Junk store in Williamsburg, Rembrandt, Sideshow Gallery, Teressa Valla, Terrence Miele, The Three Musketeers, Williamsburg
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