Art
Met Symposium—Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe
The Met Fifth Avenue - The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesScholars consider the rich variety of treasures assembled for courtly collections in early modern Europe in this all-day symposium presented in conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe.
Can Time Heal Anything? Lee Mingwei and Dr. Lila Davachi
Rubin Museum 150 West 17th St., New York, NY, United StatesWhat lingers in your heart after a loved one is lost? And what can this teach us about the ephemerality of life? In his work The Letter Writing Project, part of the Rubin’s exhibition Measure Your Existence, artist Lee Mingwei invites visitors to pen a letter to a lost or absent loved one. The cathartic act of writing the unsaid is […]
Unrealism: New Figurative Painting
Cooper Union 7 East 7th St., New York, NY, United StatesFiguration is one of the oldest art forms, but it continually evolves, along with our changing understanding of human identity. Aria Dean, Sam McKinniss, Ebecho Muslimova A’10, and Tschabalala Self discuss contemporary figurative painting of the last five years in a free, public event. Alison Gingeras moderates. The featured artists often source imagery from the […]
Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse Symposium
FIT 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United StatesBallerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse will be The Museum at FIT’s 23rd academic symposium. The one-day event will explore the ways in which twentieth-century ballerinas and their glamorous, romantic costumes profoundly inspired modern fashion. Speakers will include Lynn Garafola, professor emeritus of Columbia University; Laura Jacobs, dance and fashion critic; Jane Pritchard, curator of dance at the […]
HBO’s The Plot Against America: A Screening and Conversation
92 Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesA sneak preview of David Simon’s chilling adaptation of the Philip Roth masterpiece that follows the plight of a working-class Jewish family after Charles Lindbergh wins the Presidency and turns the country toward isolationism, xenophobia, and fascism. Simon and cast members will sit for a conversation after a screening of the first hour of the […]