In November 2018, Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy released a report that had been prepared for the President of France entitled The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage. Toward a New Relational Ethics. This report has set in motion a debate that could have a profound impact on the status of African art held in collections around the world. During this…
Taking Wing 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 Underworld…
Environmental Films Around the World Screening of “When Two Worlds Collide” 2016 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 43m By Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel. Introduced by Odi Gonzalex, NYU CLACS. From population growth and urbanization to climate change, the films in this series present different perspectives on the biggest threats to the environment and reflect on possible solutions and pathways for…
Deutsches Haus at NYU will proudly award the seventh annual Volkmar and Margret Sander Prize to Dr. Susan Neiman, the director of the Einstein Forum in Berlin. Sander Gilman, distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and Sciences and Psychiatry at Emory University, will hold the laudatory speech in honor of Dr. Susan Neiman. A musical performance by Devony Smith (soprano) and Danny Zelibor…
From Florence to New York Drs. Ann Wilkins and David Wilkins, two of the curators of the Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy to New York, New York exhibition at the Ellis Island Museum of Immigration (October 18, 2019—April 26, 2020), will discuss Pio Fedi’s monumental Libertà della Poesia (1883) on the tomb of the Risorgimento author Giambattista Niccolini in the church of Santa Croce, in Florence.…
Icelandic brothers Oskar (Bjorn Thors) and Maggi (Joel Ingi Saemundsson) have both been unlucky in love, though for very different reasons: while the perpetually-dateless Oskar spends most of his time hanging out with his dog Otto, the lothario Maggi gets around plenty, but has never spent all that much time in a long-term relationship. Neither of them can quite figure…
Take a tour of the Ukrainian Institute of America as part of the 17th Annual Open House New York Weekend, America’s largest architecture and design event. Saturday, October 19th: Free half-hour tours are offered at 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm. Sunday, October 20th: Free open to the public access on a drop-in basis from 12:00-6:00pm. No tours offered on…
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…
Discover the beauty of the Irish language in a program designed for learners of all levels, led by Paul Ferris, Hilary Mhic Suibhne, Pádraig Ó Cearúill, and Pádraig McGonagle, and Sarah Waidler.
For the fourth time, the New York City landmark Bohemian National Hall is opening its doors for guided tours, offering the rare opportunity to see not only the building mysteries but also a unique book presenting Alphonse Mucha's Slav Epic. LAST TOUR STARTS AT 5PM Open House New York is known locally, nationally and internationally for its free Annual OHNY…