Curated by Nick Laird Presented in association with Glucksman Ireland House NYU Journey into an orbit of ideas and thoughts with some of the world’s most eminent poets from Ireland and North America. This year’s festival features a special tribute to Seamus Heaney in celebration of the US publication of 100 Poems, a seminal anthology of his work, and an exhibition of Heaney…
The city of Pilsen is considered to be one of the last cities to be liberated by the Allies during the end of World War II. The exhibition "The Liberation of Pilsen" will explain the advance of Allied troops from Normandy to Pilsen, the role of General George S. Patton, and other historical circumstances. The exhibition is on view until…
Contemporary And (C&) is an art magazine and a dynamic space for issues and information on contemporary art from Africa and its global diaspora. Co-founded in 2013 by Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba and co-published by ifa, C& has gained a worldwide reach. In addition to the editorial content published online and in print, C& also runs multiple offline projects…
An evening exploring the unconventional, imaginary worlds of Parisians Jean-Jacques Lequeu and Alfred Jarry. Curators will delve into a selection of fantastic and humorous works in Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect and Alfred Jarry: The Carnival of Being during a series of brief gallery talks. Participate in the surrealist drawing game Exquisite Corpse and relax with a prix fixe French wine and cheese tasting. Enjoy French inspired music…
Rob Snyder, author of the book Crossing Broadway, Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City and Professor of Journalism and American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark, will help LBI celebrate its new exhibition on the German-Jewish refugees of Washington Heights with a talk on the northern Manhattan neighborhood once known as “Frankfurt on the Hudson” for its large population of German-Jewish…
Opening of the exhibition "The Genesis and Life of Janacek's Opera Kata Kabanova" exploring the circumstances surrounding the creation and first staging of the opera in Brno in 1921. It also presents the history of productions of Janacek’s operas at the Metropolitan Opera and a series of paper collages by a Brno-based artist Vendula Chalankova featuring characters from Janacek’s operas…
Please join the Harriman Institute and Novyi Zhurnal (The New Review) for a reception celebrating the opening of the exhibit Kirill Radchenko: War and Peace, featuring the photographs by the late journalist, cinematographer, and photographer Kirill Radchenko. The exhibit is organized in cooperation with PEN Moscow and its director Nadezhda Azhgikhina. Exhibit runs March 23 – May 15, 2020. Exhibit hours are Monday–Friday, 9:30AM – 5:00PM excluding university holidays. Radchenko…
On Saturday, September 12, 2020, the Ukrainian Institute of America’s Music at the Institute (MATI) Concert Series will stream a Preview of the 2020/2021 Season outdoors from the steps of the Ukrainian Institute of America, featuring alumni & students of the Yale School of Music and the University of Connecticut; Deputy Dean of the Yale School of Music, violinist Melvin…
Digital Forays in Middle Eastern Studies // A year-long series 2020-2021: This year-long series starts from a simple premise: What does it look like to think, engage, and do research in this digital age? This is not a call for researchers to simply produce digital outputs - but we live in an ever-increasingly digital world. In order to better activate our scholarship, and to grasp…
The last 20 years have been marked by the expansion and creation of many archival projects across the Middle East. What is saved? Who decides what is of worth? How accessible does it become? How are artists and cultural works accessing, making, and moving beyond archives? When speaking of Archives & Activation // Artists & Access, what are the absences, gaps,…