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BOOK TALK. ART AND COMMERCE IN LATE IMPERIAL RUSSIA: THE PEREDVIZHNIKI, A PARTNERSHIP OF ARTISTS BY ANDREY SHABANOV

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Contemporaries of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy and predecessors of Diaghilev’s World of Art and the Russian avant-garde, the group of artists known as the Peredvizhniki was no less significant for Russian art and culture of the time. Including virtually every leading painter, notably key representatives of realism and nationalism such as Repin and Shishkin, the group was celebrated for its innovative…

Blind Visions

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Carlo Levi's 'Disegni della Cecità' Blind Visions Carlo Levi's Disegni della Cecità Curated by Nino Sottile Zumbo With the participation of Antonino Milicia On view through December 13 Mon-Fri 10-6   An exhibit of drawings by author and artist Carlo Levi (1902-1975), made during a period of temporary blindness caused by diabetes. In 1973, while bedridden, he had a special wooden…

Out of the Box – Paint, Pray, Love

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Known for her paintings of erotic female nudes, Lene Schneider-Kainer divorced her husband in 1926 and set off on an artistic odyssey across Asia. Retracing Marco Polo’s journey, the intrepid artist travelled from opium dens in Isfahan to Buddhist temples in the Himalayas and from brothels in Agra to the Peking Opera. When she died, Schneider-Kainer left her travel diary,…

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The Influence of Rock Music on Social and Political Changes in Russia, 1980s-Present

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

“Playing rock music in the USSR was like fighting for freedom. Opposing the hypocrisy and pressure of the Soviet system, musicians tried to build a new Russia without totalitarian ideology, without censorship and the imperialistic pattern of behaviour. Rock was an active cultural and social force. When the USSR collapsed, rock music became part of the mainstream and lost its…

The Art of Exile: Paintings by German-Jewish Refugees

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Opening celebration for this exhibition that tells the personal stories of artists uprooted from their homelands, whose work is linked by a sense of loss and displacement. Ticket Info: Free; reservations at art-exile.bpt.me or 800-838-3006

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern Legends and Parables

Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY, United States

Opening reception for the artist: Thursday, October 10, 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Please RSVP to attend. Art at the Institute is pleased to announce Legends and Parables, an exhibition of thirty-four paintings by Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, exploring and chronicling the embodiment of human celebration and drama founded on deceptively simple impressions of Jewish folk and religious life. The exhibition opens October…

Cutting Edges Concrete Art From The Erling Neby Collection

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Opening October 12 at Scandinavia House, Cutting Edges: Nordic Concrete Art from the Erling Neby Collection presents concrete art from the Nordic countries in a collection never before seen in the U.S. Curated by Karin Hellandsjø, Director Emeritus of the Henie Onstad Art Centre, this exhibition presents over 30 key works from major artists in painting, drawing, and sculpture. A…

“Art must get out of museums and reach the people”

Old Westbury Gardens 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY, United States

PANEL DISCUSSION and PICNIC LUNCHEON closing reception of Balance in Nature: Sculptures by Jerzy “Jotka” Kedziora The Polish Cultural Institute NY is proud to announce a panel discussion “Art must get out of museums and reach the people” on the occasion of the closing reception of Balance in Nature! Sculptures by Jerzy “Jotka” Kedziora exhibition currently on view at the…

Exhibit Opening. Sergei Volokhov: Theory of Reflection. Selections From The Kolodzei Art Foundation

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City, NY, United States

Join the Harriman Institute and the Kolodzei Art Foundation for the opening reception of the exhibit Sergei Volokhov: Theory of Reflection. Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation. This exhibition features selected drawings from the 1980s by prominent Russian artist Sergei Volokhov. These imaginative drawings on specially prepared paper are contemplations by the artist on Russian history and his personal memories. Exhibit runs October 22…

Exquisite Elegies

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Genoa's Staglieno Cemetery In partnership with the Bogliasco Foundation. Once deemed “the most beautiful cemetery in the world” (Le Figaro), Genoa’s monumental cemetery is a museum unique in the world, with some of the 19th century’s most stunning and elaborate statuary. Against a historical background that evokes the period’s crucial sociopolitical shifts, poet Grace Schulman (BF ‘18), visual artist Susan…