THE ARTS ARENA CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC CONCERT
08 October, 2025 at 19:30 - 22:00 on Salle André Marshal, INJA, 56 boulevard des Invalides, Paris 7e
This fall’s Arts Arena Curtis Institute of Music concert brings together two sopranos, a baritone, a guitarist, and a pianist.
ALEXANDER POLZIN, Without Order BENJAMIN HOCHMAN, piano recital
25 September, 2025 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
Sculptor Alexander Polzin returns to the Arts Arena on the occasion of the publication of the first book about his public works, Without Order: Works in Public Space. Polzin’s sculptures are found in important public venues in Europe, the U.K., and the U.S., including the Opéra Bastille, the Anne Frank Garden in Paris, the Berlin […]
ArtsArenaPLUS at the Opéra-Comique
19 September, 2025 at 18:00 - 21:00 on Opéra-Comique, 1 place Boieldieu, Paris 2e
We are delighted to open the season with a special ArtsArenaPLUS event in conjunction with the Opéra-Comique: an interview of American tenor Michael Spyres by Arts Arena member Alan Riding, author and former European cuntural correspondant for the The New York Times. A rehearsal of The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Spyres sings the role […]
A CONCERT OF UKRAINE’S FAMED COMPOSERS, Volodymer Zagorstev and Valentyn Vasylyovych Silvestrov
12 June, 2025 at 19:30 - 22:00 on Salle André Marshal, INJA, 56 boulevard des Invalides, Paris 7e
In solidary with the Ukrainian people, the Arts Arena is proud to present a concert featuring two of Ukraine’s greatest composers. The concert is in conjunction with Project 1991, a Paris-based initiative dedicated to exploring and promoting Ukraine’s rich musical heritage while supporting Ukrainian musicians affected by the war. Musical Program Volodymyr Zagortsev (1944 – […]
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL, Traveling Film Festival 18
26 May, 2025 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
For the 18th time, the Arts Arena presents UNAFF and its Traveling Film Festival (TFF) with a curated series of documentary films. Founded in 1998, by longtime Stanford University educator and film critic Jasmina Bojic, UNAFF has screened documentaries dealing with human rights, the environment, women’s issues, children, refugee protection, homelessness, racism, disease control, universal […]
THE ARTS ARENA CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC CONCERT, Gary Hoffman, cellist, string quartet
15 May, 2025 at 19:30 - 22:00 on George C. Marshall Center, Hôtel de Talleyrand, 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris 1er
Internationally renowned cellist Gary Hoffman, the Nina and Billy Albert Chair in Cello Studies at Curtis, joins some of the school’s esteemed alumni for a concert of iconic works and audience favorites. The program features one of Claude Debussy’s final compositions, the Sonata in D minor for Cello and Piano, an elegant, evocative work, at once […]
ArtsArenaPLUS private visit of the Centre Pompidou with Laurent Le Bon
06 May, 2025 at 18:30 - 20:30 on Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou, Paris 4e
ArtsArenaPLUS invites members to meet Laurent Le Bon, President of the Centre Pompidou, who will receive us at the Centre Pompidou. France’s premiere curator and a great friend of the Arts Arena will speak to us about the plans for the celebrated center and its collection as it closes for five years of reconstruction and reinvention. Space […]
BORN IN THE STREETS: GRAFFITI, Leanne Sacramone, Senior Curator, Fondation Cartier
17 April, 2025 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
In 2009, the Fondation Cartier opened its entire gallery space, as well as the building’s façade and surrounding garden, for an exhibition entitled “Born in the Streets: Grafitti.” Leanne Sacamone curated the show, which featured the history of graffi and put the art form — born in the 1970s on the streets of New York […]
ArtsArenaPLUS, Special Visit of Art Paris 2025
02 April, 2025 at 15:00 - 17:00 on Grand Palais, Paris 8e
ArtsArena PLUS invites members to a special visit of Art Paris 2025, the leading spring event for modern and contemporary art in Paris. This year, the event returns to the renovated Grand Palais and will host 170 galleries from 25 different countries. It will also launch the French Design Art Edition, a new feature focusing on design […]
LUCINDA CHILDS, Four New Works
24 March, 2025 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
Lucinda Childs is an icon of postmodern dance. Now, from March 19-22 at Théâtre de Chaillot, she will present the first new works she has developed in almost a decade, “Four New Dances.” Performed by the Lucinda Childs Dance Company in collaboration with visual artist Anri Sala, pianist Anton Batagov, and composers Philip Glass and […]