The talk in art circles may be about China these days, but the northern European scene isn’t doing too bad for itself either. Just this summer in New York, there’s “From Another Shore: Recent Icelandic Art” at Scandinavia House, “Arctic Hysteria: New Art from Finland” at P.S. 1, and of course, Denmark’s Olafur Eliasson is [...]
On June 26, the Fuller exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art, “Starting with the Universe” opens. See clips and read more about this engineering visionary.
Last week on Reel 13, you voted on films that featured a Hindu girl with a craving for communion wafers, a young graffiti artist, and a little girl’s life-changing moment. Now find out which film won.
Jim Henson’s childhood friend and the original inspiration for Kermit the Frog, passed away on May 26, 2008 at the age of 71.
Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna will sing popular arias and duets at Prospect Park this evening, Friday June 20th at 8pm. Read more about these artists at Great Performances online.
In music performance today, one of the hottest presenters around is Wordless Music. If you’re a New Yorker, they seem to be suddenly everywhere, and their concerts have been attracting the classical music demographic holy grail: twenty-something hipsters.
Walter Mirisch has produced over 100 films, including Some Like it Hot, The Apartment, and The Magnificent Seven.
Asa Ames is a mysterious figure who died from consumption when he was only 27 years old. But he immortalized family members and neighbors in a legacy of twelve three-dimensional portraits now displayed at the American Folk Art Museum through 9/14/2008. Watch a video about Ames….
The New York Asian Film Festival kicks off its sprawling, 18-day schedule on Friday, June 20th. The fest plays host to a diverse range of films, from an Indonesian noir-thriller to a film by the son of legendary director Shohei Imamura that features a 50-person orgy. But one of the most talked about pictures in [...]
His fiery performances of Shostakovich, Mahler, and Beethoven with the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela have gotten people excited the way they used to get over Bernstein. Read more…
