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…
In 1827 Russian poet Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792-1878) wrote in a letter from Paris: "Many see patriotism as unqualified praise of everything that is your own. Turgot called this "servant patriotism,” du patriotisme d’antichambre. In our country we could call it "kvas patriotism." Why move false patriotism out of the antechamber and into the realm of food and drink? This invocation…
The NYU Department of German and Deutsches Haus at NYU present “Objectivity and the Humanities - Prospects for a New Realism,” a talk by Professor Markus Gabriel. Over the last decades, the humanities have come under pressure from the scientific worldview. To many, it seems as if the humanities provide us at best with less-than-objective knowledge claims. Arguably, there are…
Join Violaine Huisman and Omar Berrada as they discuss Huisman’s second novel, Rose désert, just published in France by Gallimard. In Rose désert, Violaine, depressed and approaching thirty, decides to cross the desert from Morocco to Sénégal. Throughout this unlikely and perilous journey, she reflects on loss and control. She mentally revisits her love affairs and explores her romantic and sexual awakening with…
Join for a screening of the documentary film Oscar (2018), introduced by the directors Eugene Tsymbal and Aleksandr Smoljanskiand followed with a discussion moderated by Mark Lipovetsky and Daria Ezerova. Run time: 90 minutes This crowdfunded, award-winning project is the story of one of the most famous Russian artists, Oscar Rabin (1928-2018), who challenged the Soviet communist system and won. In 1974, he organized an open-air…
Rosella Postorino Casa Italiana hosts this book club that meets once a month to discuss contemporary Italian books in Italian. The Club is open to anyone and its purpose is to offer the possibility to practice the Italian language. Everybody is encouraged to speak. The group suggests the books, usually by contemporary Italian authors, that reflect the changes that have…
The ascendency of historical archival studies has re-focused attention on the relationship between record-keeping practices, the extension of authority across composite domains, and the redefinition of sovereignty between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries. Yet when positing the “archive” as an object of research, scholars dedicated to the history and evolution of documentary repositories also risk returning to culturalist modes…
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…
Presented by Save Venice This event is organized and presented by Save Venice. A lecture by Melissa McGill, artist Artist Melissa McGill will speak about her most recent public artwork, Red Regatta, an unprecedented series of large-scale choreographed regattas of traditional vela al terzo sailboats, hoisted with hand-painted red sails, that activated Venice’s lagoon and waterways last May through October 2019. This…
Praised as “fierce, fearless, and virtuosic… unapologetically stylistically omnivorous and versatile” (New Music Box) and “trailblazing…skillful composer-performers” (The New Yorker), The Rhythm Method string quartet strives to re-imagine the string quartet in a contemporary, feminist context. In this performance, the quartet will present a program of music by contemporary Scandinavian composers Kristin Bolstad and Ole-Henrik Moe (Norway); 19th-century Swedish composer…