Art, Theft and Restitution

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

3:00 PM–5:00 PM    MAISON FRANÇAISE EAST GALLERY, BUELL HALL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Art, Theft and Restitution A Roundtable with Ariella Azoulay, Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Brian Wallis, moderated by Marianne Hirsch and Andreas Huyssen To RSVP, please click here. The pivotal Savoy/Sarr report calls for thousands of artworks currently in French museums to be returned to the West African communities from which they…

Film: Think Herzog!

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Colloquium for Unpopular Culture present "Think Herzog," to mark the publication of Richard Eldrige's book Werner Herzog: Filmmaker and Philosopher. Richard Eldridge will be in conversation with fellow Herzogian David LaRocca about seeing and knowing and laughing, about flares and abysses, about indifference and the sky. "Academia stifles cinema, encircling it like a liana vine wraps round a…

International Comics Spotlight: Aisha Franz and Florent Ruppert

Desert Island 540 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, NY

Join internationally renowned cartoonists Aisha Franz and Florent Ruppert for a book signing and social at Desert Island Comics in Brooklyn.  Aisha Franz will present her third graphic novel Shit is Real (Drawn & Quarterly, 2018), which was recently nominated for an LA Times Book Prize. This event is on the eve of the 2019 MoCCA Arts Festival in New York (April 6-7),…

Our Modern Dystopia: Featuring Aisha Franz

Ink48 653 11th Ave, New York, NY

German illustrator Aisha Franz will be a featured guest at the 2019 MoCCA Arts Festival, where she will present her third graphic novel Shit is Real (Drawn & Quarterly, 2018), a nominee for the 2019 LA Times Book Prize. The MoCCA Arts Festival is a 2-day multimedia event, Manhattan's largest independent comics, cartoon and animation festival.   Networked technology has invaded every aspect of daily,…

Ukrainian Institute: The 30th Anniversary Finale

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

SOLOMIYA IVAKHIV, violin SEAN WANG, violin MELISSA REARDON, viola AMIR ELDAN, cello PETER WEITZNER, double bass HENG-JIN PARK, piano SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 (“The Trout”); DVOŘÁK: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155; Admission: $25, Students and Senior Citizens — $10, UIA Members — free. BUY TICKETS

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Magnifico in New York Corrado Cagli, Migrating Artists, and the Mirage of Italy

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, United States

As part of the Carnegie Hall Migrations Festival, Centro Primo Levi and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts present an evening with art historian Raffaele Bedarida dedicated to the experience of Italian artist and cultural organizer Corrado Cagli. The Cantori New York directed by Mark Shapiro will perform excerpts of Vittorio Rieti’s music for the Magnifico. Free (registration required)…

Golfo Alexopoulos: Medicine and Mortality in the Gulag

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

Please join us on Tuesday, April 9th for “Medicine and Mortality in the Gulag”, a talk with Golfo Alexopoulos, University of South Florida, Tampa. This event is part of the Occasional Series, sponsored by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. Much has been written about the Gulag since the recent declassification of the Gulag archives. Historians have examined, for example, the…

We, the Robots: Freedom in the Era of Artificial Intelligence | The Alliance Series

Albertine 972 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

AI (Artificial Intelligence) has the potential to revolutionize many areas of our lives, from healthcare to warfare, and from entertainment to labor. While it promises significant improvements to our day-to-day lives — for instance, in the field of healthcare, where it could lead to better diagnostics, and individually targeted drug design, as well as in the management of transport systems…

Soundscapes

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

Gabrieli in Venice What Makes It Italian? Discovering National Character in Music is a music listening and discussion group that meets at Casa Italiana and is open to everyone. Participation is free. The group is led by Gina Crusco, who guides listening at Bard LLI and Riverdale Y, and who has been music instructor at The New School and director of…

CONCERT AND ROUND TABLE: Joaquín Rodrigo: An Anniversary Celebration

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South, New York, United States

Concert and Discussion panel on the life and works of the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo, with Walter A. Clark (UC Riverside), Isabel Perez Dobarro, Antoni Pizà (Foundation for Iberian Music), Douglas Riva, Javier Suárez-Pajares (Universidad Complutense), and special guest Cecilia Rodrigo, daughter of Joaquín Rodrigo (founder of Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo and Fundación Victoria y Joaquín Rodrigo). The panel aims to give a comprehensive…