Sep 2023
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
For its first post-pandemic New York Season in 2022, Battery Dance challenged three choreographers from the Middle East, East Asia, and Latin America – Saeed Hani, Tsai Hsi Hung, and Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez – to respond through dance to the paintings and practice of the “father of abstract expressionism," the… View More
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In Spring 2023, as part of L’Europe autour de l’Europe Film Festival, the Arts Arena screened a documentary about celebrated war photographer Christine Spengler, The Wars of Christine S. Now, Ms. Spengler invites ArtsArenaPLUS members to her studio to meet in person. Following the visit, those who wish to can… View More
Jun 2023
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Kate Daudy is a British activist artist whose artworks are based on research and collaboration. She inscribed and embroidered a UNHCR tent with the words of refugees to share their message with people around the world. The piece, “Am I my Brother’s Keeper?” has since been exhibited at venues including… View More
May 2023
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
Before officially founding Trio Zimbalist, the three musicians gave a spectacular performance at the Arts Arena in 2021. We are delighted to welcome them back now that they have formally joined their musical forces in this superb trio. TRIO ZIMBALIST Trio Zimbalist has garnered critical acclaim for its “precision and… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
For the 16th 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,… View More
Location: Salle André Marchal - INJA, 56 boulevard des Invalides, Paris 7e
Internationally acclaimed conductor, harpsichordist, and organist Harry Bicket is particularly associated with the baroque and classical repertoires. Since 2007, he has been Artistic Director of The English Concert, one of Europe’s finest period orchestras. In 2018, he became Music Director of the famed Santa Fe Opera, having already been its… View More
Apr 2023
Location: Cité internationale des arts, 18 rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 4e
Pianist Imri Talgam has played as soloist throughout the world--Europe, North America, Argentina, Russia, China, and Israel, festival appearances at Shanghai New Music Week, Lucerne Festival, Darmstadt Summer Courses, Israel Festival, Mantaa Piano Festival (Finland), Voix Nouvelles (Royaumont, France), and the Tel Aviv Festival for New Music (Tzlil Meudcan), winning… View More
Mar 2023
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
For the 12th year, the Arts Arena presents L’Europe autour de l’Europe for a screening and discussion. Founded in 2006 by Irena Bilic, the festival presents art films produced by the countries of Greater Europe with special attention to connections between classic European filmmakers and new talents of contemporary cinema.… View More
Location: Grand Palais Ephémère, Place Joffre, Paris 7e
Art Paris is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an edition that will bring together some 133 galleries from 25 different countries at the Grand Palais Éphémère from 30 March to 2 April 2023. A leading and innovative spring arts event, Art Paris is the first sustainably designed art fair. This… View More
Location: Cité internationale des arts, 18 rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 4e
Renowned curator, author, and artist Robert Storr will return to the Arts Arena in conversation with American artist Sheila Hicks. Selected for the 2017 Venice Biennal, 2014 Whitney Biennial in New York, and the 2012 São Paulo Biennial, Hicks’s work has also been the subject of solo presentations including in… View More
Feb 2023
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Tomas van Houtryve is an award-winning artist, photographer, and filmmaker whose major works, interweaving investigative journalism, philosophy and metaphor, are in the collections of museums around the world. He was selected to document the reconstruction of Notre Dame after the fire of 2019. With rare access to the rebuilding, he… View More
Jan 2023
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Frank Horvat was an Italian photographer who lived and worked in France, famous for his fashion photography, published between the mid-1950s and the late-1980s. Horvat's photographic opus includes photojournalism, portraiture, landscape, nature, and sculpture. He was the recipient of the Fondazione del Centenario Award in 2010 for his contributions to… View More
Dec 2022
Location: Cinéma Les 7 Parnassiens, 98 boulevard Montparnasse, Paris 14e, Paris
While literary correspondent for Italy’s Corriere della Sera, Livia Manera Sambuy became friends with America’s literary giant Philip Roth. In 2010-2011, with French director William Karel, she made a documentary film on Roth, co-produced by Cinetévé, Arte, and RAI. A decade later, she would write an expanded English-language film, Philip… View More
Nov 2022
Location: 51 Rue de Bercy, Paris
American Fringe 6, the sixth edition of the Arts Arena-produced festival of ultra-independent American films, curated by Richard Peña, Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival and Professor of Film Practices at Columbia University, and Livia Bloom Ingram, Vice-President of Icarus Films. In partnership with La Cinémathèque française. Each… View More
FRED RITCHIN, DEAN EMERITUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY
"EXITING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE"
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Just after Paris Photo. A visionary thinker whose seminal books and ideas on the future of photography have been the subject of seminars around the world, Dean Emeritus of the International Center of Photography Fred Ritchin first anticipated the digital revolution and now takes us beyond the photographic universe. Today,… View More
Oct 2022
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Arts Arena Members at the Benefactor level are invited to a cocktail dînatoire at the Left Bank home of Arts Arena Founder and Artistic Director Margery Arent Safir. The evening will bring our Benefactors together with the US participants in the Arts Arena 2022 Patrons Trip, including six members of… View More
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For five days, Patrons of the Arts Arena will be invited to a series of exclusive events, activities, and special hosted meals, including private visits to major exhibits, where we will meet with the museum directors and exhibit curators, including Francois Pinault’s Artistic Advisor, a full rehearsal of Kenneth MacMillian’s… View More
Sep 2022
Location: Cité internationale des arts, 18 rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 4e
Considered one of the greatest American painters of the post-World War II period, Joan Mitchell was one of the few women to break into the world of abstract art, dominated by male figures such as Pollock, Motherwell, Kline, de Kooning, and Rauschenberg. She lived in France from 1959 until her… View More
Jun 2022
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Called the "Queen of Theater Lighting" by POLITICO, Tipton is a MacArthur "genius" Fellow who has done lighting design for a who’s who of dance, theater, and opera, ranging from Paul Taylor to Robert Wilson to the Wooster Group (and just this year the Broadway revival of West Side Story).… View More
May 2022
Location: Cité internationale des arts, 18 rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 4e
Long considered France’s star curator, art historian Laurent Le Bon was the commissioner of the landmark Dada show at Centre Pompidou (2005) and of Jeff Koons at Versailles (2008), as well as of Paris's Nuit Blanche (2012). He was named Founding Director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz in 2010 and four… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
For the 15th time, the Arts Arena presents UNAFF and its Traveling Film Festival (TFF) with a curated series of documentary films. Founded in 1998, UNAFF has screened documentaries by international filmmakers dealing with human rights, the environment, women’s issues, children, refugee protection, homelessness, racism, disease control, universal education, war… View More
Apr 2022
Location: To Be Announced, Paris
THIS EVENT IS BEING RESCHEDULED FOR THE FALL. In the US alone, arts and culture philanthropy amounted to nearly $20 billion in 2020. Among the donors were corporations. Why do profit-making businesses choose to give away significant amounts of money to fund the arts? What's in it for them? What… View More
Location: Hôtel de Talleyrand, George C. Marshall Center, 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris 1er
Since his debut with the New York Philharmonic, he has conducted virtually every major American and European symphony orchestra; from 1996 to 2004, he was principal conductor of the Paris Opéra. As Opera News wrote in 2019, "He has long been one of classical music's most compelling advocates, but somewhere… View More
Mar 2022
Location: Grand Rex, 1 boulevard Poissonière, Paris 2e
Elton John called him"the greatest songwriter on the planet." He has played Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Covent Garden, the London Palladium, Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall, collaborated with artists such as Robbie Williams, Elton John, Paul Simon, ANOHNI (formerly, Antony Hegarty), David Bryne, and Boy George. He wrote… View More
Location: Rex Club, 5 boulevard Poissonière, Paris 2e
Elton John called him "the greatest songwriter on the planet." He has played Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Covent Garden, the London Palladium, Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall, collaborated with artists such as Robbie Williams, Elton John, Paul Simon, ANOHNI (formerly, Antony Hegarty), David Bryne, and Boy George. He… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
For the 11th year, the Arts Arena presents L'Europe autour de l'Europe for a screening and discussion. Founded in 2006 by Irena Bilic, the festival presents art films produced by the countries of Greater Europe with special attention to connections between classic European filmmakers and new talents of contemporary cinema.… View More
Location: Cinéma Les 7 Parnassiens, 98 boulevard Montparnasse, Paris 14e
Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival, former programming Director of The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Professor of Media and Film Studies at Columbia University, Richard Peña is considered a giant in his knowledge of global cinema. For his third Arts Arena presentation, he will trace the trajectory… View More
Feb 2022
Location: Cité internationale des arts, 18 rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 4e
The back cover of a 2021 issue of the French newspaper Libération featured a full-page portrait of the American dancer and choreographer entitled "Lucinda Childs, la divine." She studied dance with Merce Cunningham, founded the Lucinda Childs Dance Company in 1973, performed and choreographed for the legendary Einstein on the… View More
Location: Phillips Gallery, 46 rue du Bac, Paris, 7e
The Directors of Phillips invite members of the Arts Arena to a private visit of their 20th Century & Contemporary Art and Watches Highlights Exhibition from their upcoming Spring auctions in London on May 3 and 4 and in Geneva in May, 2022. Specialists from Phillips will present the artworks… View More
Jan 2022
Location: Rescheduled due to Covid-19, Paris
RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 We regret to announce that this event is being rescheduled due to the Omicron outbreak in France and in the United States. American artist Sheila Hicks has exhibited globally, including a 2018 solo at Centre Pompidou and a major retrospective "Sheila Hicks: 50 Years" at the… View More
Dec 2021
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
The Arts Arena is pleased to partner once again with the Orléans International Piano Competition to present a recital by its 2020 first prize winner Mikhaïl Bouzine. The recital will mark the release of his new CD, “L’Oiseau rebelle,” to the press and the public. Mr. Bouzine will play a… View More
Nov 2021
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Due to Covid-related complications of international travel, Charles H. Traub has requested that his talk be rescheduled for next year. Charles H. Traub has dedicated himself to photography and photographic education, and has been a chairperson at the School of Visual Arts for 30 years. He has served on… View More
Location: Cinémathèque Française, 51 rue de Bercy, Paris 12e
American Fringe 5, Retrospective, the fifth edition of the Arts Arena-produced festival of ultra-independent American films, curated by Richard Peña, Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival and Professor of Film Practices at Columbia University, and Livia Bloom Ingram, Vice-President of Icarus Films. In partnership with La Cinémathèque française. … View More
Oct 2021
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Kaija Saariaho is one of today’s most acclaimed opera composers. After Master Classes with Opera Fuoco, she will participate with the performers in a concert of her music led by David Stern. A coupe de champagne will follow. Photo: Maarit KytöharjuView More
Location: Galerie dorée de la Banque de France, 3 rue de la Vrillière, Paris, 1er
The Arts Arena is pleased to present The Yale School of Music Recital with an ensemble and vocalist in the magnificent Galerie dorée de la Banque de France. Details of the musicians and musical program will be posted as soon as they are available. The Galerie dorée is located in… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
When Alexander Neef took up his duties as General Director of L’Opéra national de Paris in September, 2020, he was no stranger to Paris or to its Opéra. Having begun his career at the Salzburg Festival, and later at Germany’s RuhrTriennale, he answered the call of Gerard Mortier, then Director… View More
Location: 5 Rue des Vignes, Paris, 16e
THEY, a two-man choreography by Marianna Kavallieratos We are honored that Bob Wilson will be with us for this performance to celebrate his 80th birthday on October 4. Marianna Kavallieratos is a choreographer and dancer from Athens, Greece who has worked with Robert Wilson for decades. Wilson himself selected her work… View More
Sep 2021
Location: 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris, 1er
One of the world’s leading conservatories, the Curtis Institute of Music has produced such legends as Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber, as well as current stars Juan Diego Flórez, Alan Gilbert, Hilary Hahn, and Lang Lang. Now a younger generation of alumni has come together for Curtis on Tour to… View More
Location: Place de l'Opéra, Paris, 1er
A special Arts Arena members-only invitation for a private backstage visit to Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera and Ballet, We have organized this privileged visit as a way to welcome our members to our new season and to thank them for their continued support and membership renewal during this difficult period… View More
Jun 2021
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This event will be held virtually. You can register for the livestream of this event here. Once called the “Fellini of Fashion,” Alexandre de Betak is the creative force behind Bureau Betak, the world’s leading fashion show and special events company, with offices in New York, Paris, Shanghai, and Los… View More
May 2021
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Films available for free online viewing May 15-17 Conversation with the filmmakers, May 17 at 19:30 CET To view the films, please write to rsvp@artsarena.org. To join the May 17 conversation, register here. For the 14th time, the Arts Arena presents the international documentary film festival UNAFF--the United Nations… View More
Location: George C. Marshall Center, Hôtel de Talleyrand, 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris 1er
Subject to restrictions due to the coronavirus. An all-alumni ensemble from the renowned Curtis Institute of Music presents a program featuring soprano and strings. Sarah Shafe –called “a singer to watch” by Opera News--will perform a new work by Richard Danielpour commissioned especially for this tour: "Canti della Natura" (Songs… View More
Apr 2021
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
This event will be held virtually. You can register for the livestream of this event here. From the 19th century to the present day, the meeting of music and the avant-garde visual arts has produced groundbreaking innovations in both fields. Nowhere is this meeting of the arts as intense as… View More
Mar 2021
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This event will be held virtually. You can register for the livestream of this event here. For the 10th year, the Arts Arena presents L'Europe autour de l'Europe European film festival. This year's selection is Life Crime, a philosophical/political documentary by NC Heikin that asks the question, “What is a… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
This event will be held virtually. You can register for the livestream of this event here. An eminent specialist and collector of modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi founded the Barjeel Art Foundation in 2010 in his native Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. An independent non-profit foundation, the Barjeel… View More
CECILE VERDIER, President of Christie's France, ANIKA GUNTRUM, Vice-President and International Director, Impressionist and Modern Art, EMILIE VILLETTE, Business Development Director
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
This event will be held virtually. You can register for the livestream of this event here. Art is very big business. Since 2000 the contemporary art market's turnover growth alone has jumped by 1,370%, and today artworks are coveted by investors as well as by collectors. At the heart of what has… View More
Feb 2021
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
This event will be held virtually. You can register for the livestream of this event here. This time last year, actress Paten Hughes was rehearsing the title role in a new production of Frank Wedekind's celebrated play Lulu, the story of a young woman so alluring that few can resist… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
This event will be held virtually. You can register for the livestream of this event here. Freelance photographer João Pina has focused his work on human rights. Fred Ritchin, Dean Emeritus of the International Center of Photography in New York and author of three seminal books on the future of… View More
Jan 2021
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Join us here What To See Featured Video Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera, principal conductor of the RAI Symphony Orchestra in Italy and former music director of the Paris Opéra, James Conlon speaks about his Trans-Atlantic life in classical music. A member of the Board of the Arts… View More
Dec 2020
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Due to recommendations put in place by the French government, we will not be able to have any live audience for this event. The event will be livestreamed, so you will be able to join us from your home. You can register for the livestream of this event here On… View More
Nov 2020
Location: Théâtre de Ranelagh, 5 rue des Vignes, Paris 16e
For many years, the Arts Arena has presented a performance developed at the Watermill Center, founded by Robert Wilson on Long Island, New York. A "laboratory for performance," Watermill receives artists from around the world for residencies and supports their work wherever it is presented. For the 2020 Arts Arena… View More
Location: Cinémathèque Française, 51 rue de Bercy, Paris 12e
We are honored that the Cinémathèque française has chosen to feature our film festival American Fringe in a special series of home-viewing offerings each day from November 13-20. Curated by Richard Peña and Livia Bloom Ingram, all American Fringe films are in English with French subtitles. For further information and… View More
Oct 2020
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Due to recommendations put in place by the French government, we will not be able to have any live audience for this event. The event will be livestreamed, so you will be able to join us from your home. You can register for the livestream of this event here L'Europe… View More
Location: Galerie dorée de la Banque de France, 3 rue de la Vrillière, Paris, 1er
A concert presented by the Arts Arena in the splendid Galerie dorée of the Banque de France.View More
Sep 2020
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Due to the new recommendations put in place by the French government, we will not be able to have any live audience for this event. The event will still be livestreamed, so you will be able to join us from your home. You can register for the livestream of this… View More
Jun 2020
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
CANCELED. DUE TO THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Long considered France’s star curator, Laurent Le Bon was the founding director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz as well as the commissioner of Jeff Koons at Versailles and of… View More
May 2020
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
CANCELED. DUE TO THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. For the 11th time, the Arts Arena presents the UNAFF Traveling Film Festival in a specially curated selection of films over two days. Since 1998, UNAFF has screened documentaries by international filmmakers dealing with human rights, the environment,… View More
Apr 2020
Location: Christie's, 9 avenue Matignon, Paris 8e
CANCELED. IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, CHRISTIE'S IS CANCELING ALL EXHIBITIONS AND OUR ARTS ARENA EVENT. Cécile Verdier, President of Christie’s France since September 2019, moved to her new position after serving as Vice-President of Sotheby’s France. Her Christie’s appointment is in fact a return to the auction house where… View More
Mar 2020
Location: Palais Brongniart, Place de la Bourse, Paris 2e
CANCELED. In accordance with the advice given by Emmanuel Macron on March 12, the Arts Arena has made the decision to cancel its members-only visit to the Salon du Dessin on March 27. The Salon du Dessin has become the main reference in the world of collecting drawings, with… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
CANCELED IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, COLUMBIA GLOBAL CENTERS | PARIS HAS CANCELED ALL PUBLIC PROGRAMS ON ITS PREMISES DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH. THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Former Director of Drawings at Christie’s, art historian specialized in the 19th century, member of the Comité… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
CANCELED IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, COLUMBIA GLOBAL CENTERS | PARIS HAS CANCELED ALL PUBLIC PROGRAMS ON ITS PREMISES DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH. THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. For the nineth year, the Arts Arena presents L’Europe autour de l’Europe. Focused on “films d’auteur,” the… View More
Feb 2020
Location: Hôtel de Talleyrand, 2 rue Saint Florentin, Paris, 1er
A top prize winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv, Steven Lin first performed with the New York Philharmonic at age 12. Recently, he made a sensational debut at Carnegie Hall. The 2018 recipient of The Arts Arena Curtis Institute of Music Award, he has been… View More
Jan 2020
Location: Opéra Bastille, Place de la Bastille, Paris 12e
An invitation to the dress rehearsal of the all Balanchine program at the Paris Opera Ballet. Drinks and discussion afterward with Ellen Sorrin, Director of The George Balanchine Trust, and the repétiteurs from the New York City Ballet. Anne Hogan, editor of the Arts Arena publication Balanchine Then and Now,… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
1954: a film, once shunned for political reasons—blacklisted writers and Mexican-American union strikers--now deemed a classic. The screening will be followed by a talk and discussion with Richard Peña, Director Emeritus of The New York Film Festival and for 25 years Programming Director of The Film Society of Lincoln Center.… View More
Location: To be given upon confirmation of your reservation, Paris
A private evening for Arts Arena members with photographer Jean-Michel Fauquet, with a viewing of his latest gallery show and a coupe de champagne. His works can be found in the collections of Musée national d’art moderne, La Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Fond national d’art contemporain, Bibliothèque nationale de… View More
Dec 2019
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
A piano recital by the First Prize winner of the 2019 Orléans International Piano Competition Maroussia Gentet on the occasion of the release of her CD, which includes Ravel’s “Miroirs.” Among her other 2019-2020 engagements are a concert with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris, then the Elbphilharmonie… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
RESCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 4 Sculptor and opera director Alexander Polzin returns to the Arts Arena, where in 2016 he spoke on the eve of the inauguration of his public sculpture of the poet Paul Celan by the Ville de Paris. This time we will show videos of his new music-dance-sculpture… View More
Nov 2019
Location: Cinémathèque Française, 51 rue de Bercy, Paris 12e
American Fringe 4, the fourth edition of the Arts Arena-produced festival of ultra-independent American films, curated by Richard Peña, Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival and Professor of Film Practices at Columbia University, and Laura Bloom Ingram, Vice-President of Icarus Films. In partnership with La Cinémathèque française and… View More
Oct 2019
MOVING STORIES, the award-winning film
PRESENTED BY BATTERY DANCE COMPANY'S FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Jonathan Hollander, Founder and Artistic Director of the Battery Dance Company of New York City, will present MOVING STORIES, an award-winning documentary about the Company’s work with at-risk youth around the world, imparting the tools of choreography so they can tell their stories through dance. The documentary film, which premiered… View More
Sep 2019
Location: Galerie dorée de la Banque de France, 3 rue de la Vrillière, Paris, 1er
World-renowned musicians Pamela Frank and pianist Mikael Eliasen, Artistic Director of the Curtis Opera Theater, lead a quartet with baritone Dennis Chmelensky and cellist Chase Park for a special concert in the spectacular Galerie dorée of the Banque de France. The concert is part of the Arts Arena’s Patrons Trip… View More
Location: Hôtel de Lauzun, 17 Quai d'Anjou, Paris, 4e
Robert Storr, artist, curator, critic, and author, returns to deliver an Arts Arena lecture. Widely considered one of the most influential voices in contemporary art, he has been Senior Curator at MoMA, the only American invited to be Commissioner of the Venice Biennale, and for ten years Dean of the… View More
Jun 2019
Location: George C. Marshall Center, Hôtel de Talleyrand, 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris 1er
Kallen Esperian was just in her twenties when she performed some of the most famous roles in opera, appearing opposite Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras at world-renowned venues such as La Scala and the Met. Yet soon after her triumphs, her life began to unravel : divorce, depression,… View More
May 2019
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
« A towering figure in the world of experimental theater » (NYT), visionary artist Robert Wilson is among the world’s foremost theater and visual artists, creating productions that have decisively shaped the look of theater and opera since the 1960s. He is also the founder of the Watermill Center, a… View More
Location: Cinema Grand Action, 5 rue des Ecoles, Paris 5e
For the tenth time, the Arts Arena presents the UNAFF Traveling Film Festival in a specially curated selection of films over two days. Conceived in 1998 at Stanford UNAFF screens documentaries by international filmmakers dealing with topics such as human rights, the environment, women’s issues, children, refugee protection, homelessness, racism,… View More
Apr 2019
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Polish-born Helena Rubinstein was an immigrant who became an international avant garde businesswoman and art collector, and who founded one of the world’s great cosmetic empires. This Spring, Paris’s Musée de l’histoire du Judaïsme presents a major exhibition devoted to the woman Jean Cocteau called “l’impératrice de la beauté.” Michèle… View More
Location: 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris, 1er
In the rotunda of La Monnaie de Paris, Pallavi Mahidhara performed a brilliant program as the 2017 laureate of the Arts Arena Curtis Institute of Music Award. Praised for her uniqiue artistry and charismatic stage presence, she has appeared in solo and orchestral concerts across five continents and in such… View More
Mar 2019
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
For the eighth year, the Arts Arena will participate in the European Film Festival L’Europe autour de l’Europe. Focused on “films d’auteur,” the festival features works produced or co-produced by member countries of the Conseil de l’Europe. Its aim: to create links between the classics of European cinema and today’s… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Founder of Atelier Interscene, Thierry Huau has left his mark from Beirut to Hanoi: city planning, green spaces, green infrastructures, city parks, theme parks, golf courses, resorts, botanical gardens, zoos, for clients and partners such as the Conseil Régional d’Ile de France and Ministère de la Culture, Pierre & Vacances,… View More
Feb 2019
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Rescheduled from December 9 2018, this centennial celebration will feature dance films of Robbins’s iconic creations, a documentary on Robbins the Man, a talk on “Jerome Robbins’s Camera Eye,” a screening of the Academy Award-winning film West Side Story—music by Leonard Bernstein, co-direction and choreography by Robbins--and a champagne toast… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
The youngest laureate of the 95th Mozarteum Summer Academy of Salzburg, First Prize winner of the Richard Strauss Competition in Munich, and winner of four prizes at the Orléans Concours International Piano Competition, South Korean pianist Hyeonjun Jo will perform an Arts Arena recital in partnership with the Orléans Concours… View More
Jan 2019
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Journalist Margaux Chouraqui confronts Europe with its own memory as it faces today’s refugee crisis. A camera follows the ‘silent majority’ of Europeans directly confronted by the influx of migrants, reminding us that during the 20th century – two world wars, the cold war, the Balkans wars – Europeans themselves… View More
Dec 2018
RESCHEDULED DUE TO DISTURBANCES IN PARIS: Jerome Robbins and the Cinema
Celebrating the Great American Choreographer
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Dear Friends of the Arts Arena, In light of the events this weekend in Paris, we are reluctantly making the decision to reschedule our tribute to the great American choreographer Jerome Robbins, which was slated to run from 14h30 to 22h00 tomorrow. As you know, many metro stations are closed… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Nov 2018
Location: Cinémathèque Française, 51 rue de Bercy, Paris 12e
An Official Entry of the Festival d’Automne No one knows how many feature films are made in the United States; hundreds are shown only in small, regional festivals, or in local film programs, or receive their sole public exposure through the new “micro-cinemas” currently sprouting up in the US. Often… View More
Location: Chaumet, 12 Place Vendôme, Paris 1er
By the gracious invitation of the celebrated Place Vendôme jeweler Chaumet, the Arts Arena will present a private Chopin piano recital in Chaumet's Grand Salon. It is here where Chopin is said to have composed his last work, Mazurka in G Minor, and where he died on October 17, 1849.… View More
Oct 2018
Location: The Terrace Room at the Plaza Hotel, New York City
A founding principle of the Arts Arena is making available to the broadest possible audience an encounter with the arts and rare direct access to preeminent figures across artistic disciplines reflects a deep belief in the power of the arts to affect positively issues of society. Now in its second… View More
Sep 2018
Location: Hôtel de Talleyrand, 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris 1er
The acclaimed Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is one of eleven constituents of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, which includes the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, and The Metropolitan Opera. Offering a multi-generational and international roster of the world’s finest chamber musicians, CMS presents chamber… View More
Jun 2018
Location: ,
A private cocktail reception bringing together New York and Paris Arts Arena members, patrons, and benefactors, with additional special events for members of the Sponsors Circle and President’s Circle. DATES AND VENUES TO BE CONFIRMEDView More
Location: 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris, 1er
He has played Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Covent Garden, London Palladium, Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall, collaborated with artists such as Robbie Williams, Elton John, Paul Simon, ANOHNI (formerly, Antony Hegarty), David Bryne, and Boy George, and now just completed his second commissioned opera, Hadrian. Venue to be… View More
May 2018
Location: Galerie dorée de la Banque de France, 3 rue de la Vrillière, Paris, 1er
Award-winning ensemble recently in residence at Curtis Institute of Music, Zorá has performed, at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Royal Academy of Music, and in master classes from London Haydn Quartet to The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma. Due to limited space at and high demand for this event,… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
For the ninth time, the Arts Arena presents the UNAFF Traveling Film Festival in a specially curated selection of six films over two days. Conceived in 1968 at Stanford University by film critic and educator Jasmina Bojic in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration… View More
Apr 2018
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Award-winning opera and stage director Robert Carsen has been commissioned by the world’s most celebrated opera houses and festivals, among them Covent Garden, La Scala, La Monnaie, Glyndebourne, La Fenice, the Salzburg Festival, the Metropolitan Opera, and repeatedly the Opéra national de Paris. His other productions include the blockbuster Singin’… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Music Director of the LA Opera and Principal Conductor of Italy’s RAI National Symphony Orchestra, formerly Principal Conductor of the Paris National Opera, his Arts Arena appearance will coincide with his conducting the Orchestre de Paris at the Philharmonie de Paris.View More
Mar 2018
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
For the seventh year, the Arts Arena is proud to participate in the European Film Festival L’Europe autour de l’Europe.View More
Location: Hôtel de Talleyrand, 2 rue Saint Florentin, Paris, 1er
Russian pianist acclaimed by the Arts Arena audience in Paris in 2016, in 2017 he brought the Arts Arena’s New York audience to its feet for a standing ovation. Now, aged 25, he returns to the Arts Arena, back by popular demand. The concert will take place in the beautiful… View More
Feb 2018
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
He presides over hundreds of thousands of objects testifying to the French art de vivre, the savoir-faire of its craftsmen and industrialists from the Middle Ages to the present, and an institution known for its blockbluster exhibitions in the wings of the Louvre, among them the recent Christian Dior, Couturier… View More
Jan 2018
STEFANO MORENI, Senior Director and Head of Contemporary Art, Sotheby's
The Vertiginous World of Contemporary Art
Location: Hôtel de Lauzun, 17 quai d'Anjou, Paris, 4e
Senior Director and Head of the Department of Contemporary Art, Sotheby’s, he has been involved in every one of its modern and contemporary art sales since 2001. Image: Jean-Michel Basquiat, "Untitled," sold by Sotheby's for $110,500,000 in May 2017.View More
Dec 2017
Location: Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord - 37 (bis), bd de La Chapelle, Paris, 10e
We are delighted to announce that Rufus Wainwright has become a member of the Arts Arena's Advisory Council. Immediately following his December 18 concert at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Rufus will meet and greet members of the Arts Arena. The concert begins at 20:30. Photo: Matthew WelchView More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Each year, a performer in residence at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, Long Island, New York is selected for a Paris premiere at the Arts Arena. For this sixth Watermill Performance, Robert Wilson’s personal choice is cutting-edge Norwegian artist and vocalist Tori Wrånes. Working mainly with performance, combining voice and sculpture… View More
Orléans Concours International First Prize Winner Takuya Otaki in Concert
Celebrating the Release of his first CD
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
After classical training, Japanese-born pianist Takuya Otaki put his talent and virtuosity at the service of the contemporary repertoire. In 2016, he won First Prize at the 12th Orléans Concours International piano competition, the coveted Blanche Selva Special Award, and also won the Olivier Greif Special Award and the Maurice… View More
Nov 2017
Location: Cinémathèque Française, 51 rue de Bercy, Paris 12e
An Official Entry of the Festival d’Automne No one knows how many feature films are made in the United States; hundreds are shown only in small, regional festivals, or in local film programs, or receive their sole public exposure through the new “micro-cinemas” currently sprouting up in the US. Often… View More
The Arts Arena in New York: PLAYING FOR A CIVIL SOCIETY
Live Music | Lives in Music | Music in Civic Life
Location: The Consulate General of France, 934 Fifth Avenue, New York
The Arts Arena presents a three-day series, PLAYING FOR A CIVIL SOCIETY: Live Music | Lives in Music | Music in Civic Life. Events will include a performance by contemporary string quartet ETHEL and a piano recital by Russian prodigy Nikolay Khozyainov. ENSEMBLES November 7 | 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.… View More
Oct 2017
Location: Galerie dorée de la Banque de France, 3 rue de la Vrillière, Paris, 1er
François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France and Margery Arent Safir, President of The Arts Arena International, invite you to an exceptional concert. The Arts Arena Yale School of Music Recital will be held in the magnificent Galerie dorée of the Banque de France, a spectacular gilded… View More
Sep 2017
Location: 10 rue des Ursulines, Paris, 5e
The Arts Arena in partnership with Club 7.5 and the Centre National de la Danse presents a two-day Celebration of the Cinémathèque de la Danse, its team, and its mission. The homage will include the screening of a compilation from its world-renowned collection of dance films ranging from Rudolf Nureyev… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Eminent contemporary art curator, artist, and author, Robert Storr is one of the world’s most influential voices in contemporary art. He was Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA, the first American to be named Commissioner of the Venice Biennale, and for ten years the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean… View More
Location: H Gallery, 90 rue de la Folie-Méricourt, Paris, 11e
A private ArtsArenaPLUS members-only tour and coupe de champagne with the gallery director Hélianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin and artists of the exhibition Nature is Back!, a group show of cutting-edge Latin American artists. For the first time, H Gallery presents a show of Latin American and Spanish artists, curated by Jodie Dinapoli.… View More
Jun 2017
Location: New York City, New York
The Arts Arena International presents a four-part mini-series on four consecutive days in New York City, Spaces that Move People: Stations, Museums, Oceans, Homes. June 12, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. STATIONS The Yale Club (directly across from Grand Central Terminal) 50 Vanderbilt Avenue New York 10017 Conversation 1 Vishaan Chakrabarti,… View More
May 2017
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Conceived in 1998 at Stanford University by film critic and educator Jasmina Bojic in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) screens documentaries by international filmmakers dealing with topics such as human rights, environmental themes,… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Jessica Fulford-Dobson is an award-winning London-based portrait photographer whose exhibit Skate Girls of Kabul has become a worldwide phenomenon. Out of over 4,000 submissions, a Skate Girl portrait won 2nd Prize at The National Portrait Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize and was exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery. London’s… View More
Apr 2017
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
For the sixth year, the Arts Arena is proud to participate in the European Film Festival L'Europe autour de l'Europe. Mirroring current European and global reality, this year's theme is "Migrations exist. Death does not exist." The film Last Shelter will be screened after which there will be a discussion… View More
Mar 2017
Location: The Century Association, 7 West 43rd Street, New York City
David Rockefeller Jr. and Arts Arena Chairman Vin Cipolla, a former CEO of the National Park Foundation, host an extremely timely conversation about America's National Parks and the National Park Service. Speakers are representatives of The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, a non-profit organization that communicates, educates, and advocates for… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Hailed by the The New York Times as a "highly skilled improviser" and by The Montreal Gazette as "prickly and explosive," pianist Tae Kim has gained widespread recognition as a classical pianist and improvisational artist. The Boston Globe singled out for praise his "sparkling performance" of Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto… View More
ArtsArenaPLUS prior to the premiere of George Balanchine's Le Songe d'une nuit d'été, Paris Opéra Ballet
Location: Opéra Bastille, Paris, 12e
Image: Costume CHRISTIAN LACROIX, d'après les maquettes originales de Karinska pour Le Songe d'une nuit d'été de George Balanchine The Paris Opera Ballet performs Shakespeare’s poetic world of A Midsummer Night's Dream (Le Songe d'une nuit d'été) as envisioned by choreographer George Balanchine and danced to music by Mendelssohn, with… View More
Feb 2017
The Arts Arena Curtis Institute of Music Award Concert with La Monnaie de Paris
Pallavi Mahidhara, pianist
Location: La Monnaie de Paris, 11 Quai de Conti, Paris, 6e
One of the world’s leading conservatories, the Curtis Institute of Music has produced such legends as Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber and current stars Juan Diego Flórez, Alan Gilbert, Hilary Hahn, and Lang Lang. For five years the Arts Arena Curtis Institute of Music Award has recognized a rising Curtis… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
David Lloyd George (1863-1945) was a giant of the 20th-century political world whose extraordinary achievements were rivaled only by his highly controversial personal life. How did a Welsh-speaking chapel boy become the steely Prime Minister who saw Britain through the 1914-18 War? How could the champion of non-conformist Christianity become… View More
Jan 2017
NowYouSeeMe! International Public Art Short Film Contest
Musée du Louvre: Journées internationales du film sur l'art
Location: Musée du Louvre, Auditorium, Paris, 1er
Public art is a worldwide phenomenon. It can take almost any form or medium---sculpture, mural, installation, land art---but its common denominator is that it has been conceived to exist in the public domain, usually outdoors and accessible to all. A significant art form among artists, curators, civic bodies, and commissioners,… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
"The Music World is taking note of Nikolay Khozyainov’s stunning virtuosity and prodigious technique.” New York Times Born in the Russian Far East, at 24 years old Nikolay Khozyainov is already one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation. He made his debut with the Handel Piano Concerto at… View More
An Evening with Stuttgart Ballet Principal Dancer FRIEDEMANN VOGEL
in conversation with renowned dance critic Philippe Noisette
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Often called a “ballet superstar,” Friedemann Vogel is one of the most exciting and sought-after principal dancers in the world. On the eve of his performances at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées with the Rome Opera Ballet, Mr. Vogel will be in conversation with renowned French dance critic Philippe Noisette and… View More
Dec 2016
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Due to circumstances beyond our control, this event is being re-scheduled for early 2017. The new date will be announced as soon as it is confirmed. The Arts Arena thanks you for your understanding. La Cinémathèque de la Danse (Paris) was founded in 1982 by the French Ministry… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Silver-medalist in the 2016 Orléans Concours International, one of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions, Marianna Abrahamyan also received five additional special awards from the Concours. She has also won prizes in Russia and in her native Armenia. In 2016, she made her Paris debut at Théâtre des Bouffes du… View More
Nov 2016
American Fringe: New Voices and Visions in Cinema
An Arts Arena film festival: Richard Peña and Alessia Palanti, curators
Location: Cinémathèque Française, 51 rue de Bercy, Paris 12e
An Official Entry of the Festival d’Automne No one knows how many feature films are made in the United States; hundreds are shown only in small, regional festivals, or in local film programs, or receive their sole public exposure through the new “micro-cinemas” currently sprouting up in the US. Often… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
An award-winning and best-selling essayist and novelist, as well as International President of PEN International from 2009–2015, John Ralston Saul was declared a “prophet” by TIME magazine, and is included in the prestigious Utne Reader’s list of the world’s 100 leading thinkers and visionaries. A long-term champion of freedom of… View More
Oct 2016
Location: Address to be provided upon RSVP, New York 10022
The Arts Arena and the Arts Arena International will welcome guests to a private conversation and cocktail dinatoire with Richard Peña, Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival and for 25 years Programming Director of The Film Society of Lincoln Center. With Professor Peña will be award-winning screenplay writer… View More
Location: H Gallery, 90 rue de la Folie-Méricourt, Paris, 11e
In conjunction with the opening of H Gallery, ArtArenaPLUS members are invited to a private tour of the inaugural exhibition of work by Korean artist Soyeon Cho, "Dans cette vie ou dans l'autre...," followed by a coupe de champagne. The exhibition is curated by art historian Hélianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin, Partner and… View More
Lucinda Childs and Robert Storr: Sol LeWitt and Beyond
where visual arts Minimalism and contemporary dance converge
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
An Official Entry of the Festival d’Automne Dancer and choreographer Lucinda Childs created the iconic Minimalist production Dance (1979), with music by Philip Glass and sets and films by visual artist Sol LeWitt: “one of the greatest achievements of the 20th Century” (Wall Street Journal). Robert Storr has been called… View More
Sep 2016
Location: the author's home, Paris
The 1960s and 1970s are a turning point in the history of decoration. The invention of plastics and other new materials, combined with the mix of Scandinavian, French, Italian and Anglo-American taste opened new ways to decorate interiors. It is an exceptionally rich period in design and decoration, marked by… View More
The Arts Arena Curtis Institute of Music Award Concert
Allen Boxer, baritone, and Michael Schuetze, piano
Location: Hôtel de Talleyrand, 2 rue Saint Florentin, Paris, 1er
The Curtis Institute of Music educates and trains exceptionally gifted young musicians for careers as performing artists on the highest professional level. One of the world's leading conservatories, it has produced such legends as Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber and current stars Jonathan Biss, Juan Diego Flórez, Alan Gilbert, Hilary… View More
Jun 2016
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Each year, a performance developed at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center in Water Mill, Long Island, New York, is selected for a European premiere at the Arts Arena. Past Arts Arena Watermill Performances include Girlmachine. by Charles Chemin and Carlos Soto; excerpts from the dance-opera Wolf-in-Skins by choreographer Christopher Williams and… View More
May 2016
The City (Paris), the Poet (Paul Celan), and the Artist (Alexander Polzin)
Paris-New York Series on Cities
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
At the end of May, the City of Paris will unveil a bronze sculpture honoring the post-war poet Paul Celan in the Anne Frank Garden in Paris’s 3e arrondissement. The artwork is by German sculptor, painter, set designer, and director Alexander Polzin, known by Parisians for his sculpture The Couple… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Conceived in 1998 at Stanford University by film critic and educator Jasmina Bojic in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) screens documentaries by international filmmakers dealing with topics such as human rights, environmental themes,… View More
Apr 2016
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
The Arts Arena is pleased to be part of the exciting L’Europe autour de l’Europe European Film Festival for the fifth year, presenting, screening, and discussing a selection from the Festival’s documentary films. This year's selection is Jungle Sisters (80 mini.), an Indian/UK production, directed by Chloe Ruthven. The screening… View More
Mar 2016
The Arts Arena Yale School of Music Recital
Mezzo-soprano Evanna Chiew, accompanied on piano by last year's recitalist, Yevgeny Yontov
Location: Georges C. Marshall Center, Hôtel de Talleyrand, 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris, 1er
A versatile performer, mezzo-soprano Evanna Chiew is at home on both the operatic and concert stage. Her 2015-16 engagements include chamber and art song recitals in Sweden, France, Poland, and the United States. She began her operatic career as the Abbess in Suor Angelica with the University of British Columbia… View More
ArtsArenaPLUS at Centre Georges Pompidou
LES ANNÉES 1980 L’INSOUTENABLE LÉGÈRETÉ PHOTOGRAPHIES, FILMS: a private visit
Location: Centre Georges Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou, Paris, 4e
Heterogeneous, elusive, painful, fantastical, still too close, as light-hearted as they were serious, the '80s were full of contrasts and paradoxes. With films and photographs from its collections, the Centre Pompidou casts a fresh eye on this decade in an exhibition featuring over 20 artists and some 60 works in… View More
The Arts Arena International: Visual Arts Minimalism: What Impact on Contemporary Dance?
With dancer/choreographer Lucinda Childs and curator, artist, scholar, and Dean of the Yale School of Art Robert Storr
Location: to be confirmed, New York City
Two stellar figures in the arts--dancer and choreographer Lucinda Childs and curator, artist, scholar, and Dean of the Yale School of Art Robert Storr--one in the world of dance, the other in the visual arts, in an Arts Arena Interdisciplinary Conversation, followed by a Q&A with the audience and a… View More
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Considered the world's foremost avant-garde theater artist, Robert Wilson ranges across opera, theater, visual arts, video, furniture and set design in his pursuit of astounding multimedia spectacles. Susan Sontag wrote of his career, "It has the signature of a major artistic creation. I can't think of any body of work… View More
Feb 2016
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Dean of the Yale School of Art, curator, artist, and author, Robert Storr is one of the world’s most influential voices in contemporary art. He was Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA, the first American to be named Commissioner of the Venice Biennale, and the first Rosalie Solow… View More
Location: SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
The Savannah College of Art and Design, SCAD, presents the seventh edition of deFINE ART, the university's annual fine and contemporary art showcase. Taking place Feb. 16-19, 2016, at SCAD US locations in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, and in Hong Kong, this year's deFINE ART will feature renowned artist Carrie… View More
Jan 2016
Location: Sotheby's - Galerie Charpentier, 76 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, 8e
After previews at the Victoria and Albert Museum,the National Gallery, and Sotheby’s in London, The Arts Arena in association with Sotheby’s Paris is proud to present the first showing outside of the UK of Martha Fiennes’s moving-image artwork, Nativity. The projection/installation will be followed by an artist’s talk, a Q&A… View More
James Conlon at the George C. Marshall Center, Hôtel de Talleyrand
Acclaimed conductor of the Los Angeles Opera
Location: 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris, 1er
Acclaimed conductor of the Los Angeles PhilharmonicView More
Location: 3 rue de La Vrillière, Paris, 1er
William Christie and Les Arts Florissants perform "L'air français, un art intime" in a by-invitation-only concert in the magnificent and recently restored Galerie dorée of the Banque de France, followed by a reception. This private event is the Closing Concert of the Farewell Symposium for Chrisitan Noyer, the outgoing Governor… View More
Dec 2015
Location: Left Bank, Paris
Arts Arena director Margery Arent Safir invites members of the Arts Arena to a cocktail reception at her home. Address to be provided upon RSVP.View More
Nov 2015
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Richard Schulman has photographed unique architectural masterpieces for over 30 years. His Portraits of the New Architecture 1 was a bestseller and this volume 2 (2015) follows upon it. Mr. Schulman’s work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The London Times, Vanity Fair, Paris Match, Der Spiegel.… View More
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Janine di Giovanni is an author, award-winning foreign correspondent, and current Middle East editor of Newsweek. A regular contributor to The London Times, Vanity Fair, Granta, The New York Times, The Guardian, she is also a consultant on Syria for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and a Senior Policy… View More
Oct 2015
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Lucinda Childs continues to revive her masterpieces. Last year, Dance, created in 1979, was presented in Paris as part of the 2014 Festival d'Automne. This year, the great postmodern American choreographer reconstructs her Available Light, another milestone in her career that prolongs the spirit of her collaboration with the Judson… View More
Location: 242 West 41st Street, New York
Following the inaugural event of this series at the Arts Arena in June 2015, with award-winning landscape architect Thomas Woltz of the MAS, a session of the MAS annual Summit on New York City will be curated by Arts Arena director Margery Arent Safir with Mr. Woltz. “Landscape, Art, Climate”… View More
La Monte Young, The Man and his Music - Jacqueline Caux, his friend and filmmaker
Prior to the Festival d’Automne concert
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
La Monte Young is one of the most admired and eccentric of America’s 20th-century avant-garde artists, composers, and musicians. Widely recognized as the first minimalist composer, his works are among the most influential and radical in post-World War II experimental and contemporary music. In May 2016, the Philharmonie de Paris… View More
Sep 2015
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
The Château Vaux-le-Vicomte was built by Louis XIV’s Superintendent of Finances Nicolas Fouquet, who engaged Louis Le Vau, architect, André Le Nôtre, garden designer, and the painter Charles Le Brun. The result was so splendid that the King suspected Fouquet of misappropriating funds and had him imprisoned for life, then… View More
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
The Arts Arena is happy to invite you to participate in the 3rd Festival des Écrivains du Monde, organized by Columbia University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Under the leadership of Paul LeClerc, Director of Columbia Global Centers | Europe, Bruno Racine, President of the BnF, and Artistic Director… View More
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Photographer Seton Smith is from a family of internationally renowned artists, the daughter of the sculptor Tony Smith and sister of artist Kiki Smith. Her works are found in the world's major collections, including Centre Pompidou and Musée National d'Art Moderne, the Whitney Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum, and… View More
Location: 90 rue de la Folie Méricourt, Paris, 11e
Galerie SISSO presents the poetic photography of American artist Seton Smith. ArtsArenaPLUS members are invited to a private tour of the exhibition and a meeting with the artist.View More
Aug 2015
Location: 32 Rue du Bâtiment, Thiré
Conductor and harpsichordist William Christie is at the core of one of the most exciting musical adventures of the last 30 years: a renewed appreciation of Baroque music and the founding of the world-renowned ensemble Les Arts Florissants. He has also created a Baroque garden, classified in the Supplementary Inventory… View More
Jun 2015
The Arts Arena | Municipal Art Society, Paris-New York Series on Cities
Thomas Woltz, award-winning landscape architect
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
THE ARTS ARENA | MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY PARIS–NEW YORK SERIES ON CITIES THOMAS WOLTZ, award-winning landscape architect, inaugural speaker The Arts Arena and the Municipal Art Society of New York City are proud to announce the launch of the biannual Paris-New York Series on Cities to take place on both sides of… View More
Location: 5 rue des Vignes, Paris, 16e
Each year, a performance developed at Robert Wilson's Watermill Center is selected for a European premiere at the Arts Arena. The Center is unique within the global landscape of experimental theatrical performance, and regularly convenes the brightest minds from all disciplines to do, in Bob Wilson's words, "what no one… View More
May 2015
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
One of the oldest solely documentary film festivals in the United States, UNAFF has earned the respect of audiences and filmmakers alike for its independence and integrity, with many of its selections going on to win Oscars and other major awards. For the sixth time, the Arts Arena curates a… View More
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Academy Award-winning French filmmaker Michel Gondry will give a Master Class about his film work in general, with a special focus on his animated conversation with Noam Chomsky, Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?, one month to the day after its screening at the Arts Arena as part of… View More
Apr 2015
Location: Place du Châtelet, Paris
Juliette Binoche stars as Antigone in a new production by acclaimed director Ivo van Hove. She plays the classical Greek tragedy heroine in a new translation by poet and classicist Anne Carson. The play premieres at Théâtre de la Ville on April 22, and following the April 26 matinee performance,… View More
Location: 2 rue Saint Florentin, Paris, 1e
THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED. If you wish to join our waiting list, please contact us at rsvp@artsarena.org. Thank you. One of the world’s leading professional music schools, Yale has educated generations of students of exceptional musical and academic talent. This year’s recital will be given by the recent gold… View More
Is the Man Who is Tall Happy? Michel Gondry and Noam Chomsky
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
In a playful animated interview--Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?--French filmmaker Michel Gondry and American linguist, scientific thinker, and political activist Noam Chomsky discuss childhood, language, meaning, the brain, and love. Michel Gondry incorporates both mathematical precision and whimsy in sketching animations over and around footage of the encounters,… View More
Mar 2015
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Dean of the Yale School of Art, curator, artist, and author, Robert Storr is one of the world’s most influential voices in contemporary art. He was Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA, the first American to be named Commissioner of the Venice Biennale, and the first Rosalie Solow Professor… View More
Location: 90 rue de la Folie Méricourt, Paris, 11e
Galerie SISSO invites ArtsArenaPLUS members to a private viewing and encounter with Alexa Meade during her major show at the gallery. Known for her portraits painted on the human body, Ms. Meade takes the classical concept of trompe-l'oeil in the opposite direction, collapsing depth to make her living models into… View More
Location: Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Long considered France’s star curator, Laurent Le Bon was the founding director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz as well as the commissioner of Jeff Koons at Versailles and of Paris’s Nuit Blanche (2012). On June 3, 2014, he was named Président du Musée Picasso, which opened it doors in October 2014 after… View More
Location: 5 rue de Thorigny, Paris, 3e
In advance of the March 10 appearance of Laurent Le Bon, Président du Musée Picasso, at the Arts Arena, ArtsArenaPLUS members are invited to a private guided tour of the museum. The Musée Picasso Paris collection comprises over 5,000 works and tens of thousands of archived pieces. For its quality… View More
Feb 2015
Location: 2 rue Saint Florentin, Paris, 1e
Aizuri Quartet at the Hôtel de Talleyrand The Arts Arena is honored to present each year an award to musicians selected by the faculty of the renowned Curtis Institute of Music, one of the world’s finest conservatories, and to offer them a concert in Paris. This year’s winner is the… View More
Jan 2015
Location: 1 Place Boieldieu, Paris, 2e
The Arts Arena is pleased to be able to offer its members tickets to the sold-out production of William Christie and Les Arts Florissants’s performance of the opera-dance Les Fêtes vénitiennes at the Opéra Comique. Members will be invited to greet Mr. Christie and the performers.View More
Location: Théâtre de la Ville, 2 Place du Châtelet, Paris, 4e
Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota is not only the director of one of Paris’s most important theaters: He is himself an acclaimed director of the stage. His latest production, currently playing, is Pirandello’s Six Personnages en quête d'auteur (Six Characters in Search of an Author), the precursor of the Theater of the Absurd and works… View More
Location: Place du Châtelet, Paris
We are pleased to offer ArtsArenaPLUS members complementary tickets to the dress rehearsal of Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota's production of Pirandello's play Six personnages en quête d'auteur on January 13, the eve of its official opening. This is in anticipation of our January 25 joint event with the theater when, following the… View More
Dec 2014
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Jean Fritts joined Sotheby’s in 1992 and now is its worldwide head for African and Oceanic art. Previously with the National Museum of African Art and the Smithsonian Institution, she is a highly respected scholar, but also a central figure in the market for African and Oceanic art. She has… View More
Nov 2014
Location: Hôtel de Talleyrand, 2 rue Saint Florentin, Paris, 1e
Founder of Les Arts Florissants, perhaps the greatest Baroque ensemble ever, celebrated conductor, harpsichordist, and educator, William Christie is the high priest of Baroque music and the most decorated American in France. With Les Arts Florissants, he has made more than 100 recordings on the most prestigious record labels, and… View More
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Nominated 14 times for a César Award, winning La Cérémonie; twice won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival (Violette Nozière by Claude Chabrol, The Piano Teacher by Michael Haneke), twice received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, and in 2005 a Special Lion for her role in Gabrielle. Nominated for Best Actress by European Film… View More
Oct 2014
Location: Place du Châtelet, Paris
As part of the Festival d'Automne, the Théâtre de la Ville presents a revival of Lucinda Childs's landmark work Dance, with sets and video by artist Sol LeWitt. Caitlan Scranton, who appreared with Ms. Childs at the Arts Arena in January 2014, will be performing. We have a limited number… View More
MARGARET WRINKLE, award-winning author of WASH
“A masterly literary work…” New York Times Book Review
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
“Unflinching, stunningly imagined” (Vanity Fair). “Amazing…Never has a fictionalized window into the relationship between slave and master opened onto such believable territory…[A] luminous book.” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, an O Magazine Top Ten Pick, a People Pick, Wash is the first novel by… View More
Location: Place de l'Odéon, Paris
ArtsArenaPLUS members are invited to a preview of Robert Wilson's production of Jean Genet's Les Nègres at the Théâtre de l'Odéon.View More
Sep 2014
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Mr. Cipolla is President and Mr. Iseman Vice Chair of the Municipal Art Society of New York. They are arts advocates and philanthropists, sharing the conviction that the arts are integral players in communities, building resilience and serving as a catalyst for redevelopment, investment and sustainability. Since its founding in… View More
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
In Conversation: Star composer, musician, and singer Rufus Wainwright has been called by Elton John, “the greatest songwriter on the planet.” Mr. Wainwright has starred at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Covent Garden Royal Opera House, the London Palladium, the Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall; among his ten albums… View More
Jun 2014
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
A performance developed at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center during an artist residency 2012–2013 is awarded each year a European premiere at the Arts Arena. This year’s selection is Echo in Camera, an extraordinary theatrical production featuring exquisite meter-tall puppets, so realistic as to be somewhat disturbing, manipulated by three on-stage… View More
May 2014
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
The Curtis Institute of Music educates and trains exceptionally gifted young musicians for careers as performing artists on the highest professional level. One of the world's leading conservatories, Curtis has produced an impressive number of notable artists, from such legends as Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barberto current stars Jonathan Biss,… View More
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Seven award-winning documentary films will be screened over a full day and an evening. Together the seven films form a curated whole: America, America: The United States | The United Stakes. UNAFF founder and Executive Director Jasmina Bojic will be present. Discussion and refreshments between films. May 11, 14h00-22h00. Columbia… View More
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Immediately prior to the opening performance of the Paris Opéra Ballet's production of Balanchine works, ArtsArenaPLUS members are invited to meet in close conversation with Ellen Sorrin, Director fo the George Balanchine Trust and of the New York Choreographic Institute (New York City Ballet), and Colleen Neary, who sets the… View More
Apr 2014
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Star composer, musician, and singer Rufus Wainwright has been called by Elton John, “the greatest songwriter on the plantet.” Mr. Wainwright has starred at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Covent Garden Royal Opera House, the London Palladium, the Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall; among his ten albums is the… View More
Mar 2014
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
The Arts Arena is pleased to be part of the European Film Festival L’Europe autour de l’Europe for the fourth time, presenting, screening, and discussing one of the festival’s documentary films in the presence of festival director Irena Bilic. This year’s selection and the event location will be announced shortly.View More
The Yale School of Music Arts Arena Recital Claudia Rosenthal
The Yale School of Music Arts Arena Recital Claudia Rosenthal
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Celebrated conductor William Christie, founder of Les Arts Florissants and a Yale School of Music Graduate, will introduce (sous réserve) the inaugural event of the Arts Arena-Yale Music School partnership. One of the leading professional music schools in the world, Yale has educated generations of students of exceptional musical and… View More
Feb 2014
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Richard Peña has served as the Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Director of the New York Film Festival. At the Film Society, he has organized retrospectives of Michelangelo Antonioini, Sacha Guitry, Abbas Kiarostami, Robert Aldrich, Gabriel Figueroa, Ritwik Ghatak, Kira Muratova, Youssef Chahine, Yasujiro… View More
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Adolph Frederick Reinhart, known as "Ad" Reinhardt, was an Abstract painter active in New York from the 1930s through the 1960s. A member of the American Abstract Artists, he was part of the movement that became known as Abstract Expressionism and was a major influence on cenceptual art, minimal art,… View More
Jan 2014
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Lucinda Childs is one of the most important dancers and choregraphers of the 20th century and founder of the Lucinda Childs Dance Company. She choreographed and performed in Robert Wilson and Philip Glass's iconic opera Einstein on the Beach. Her seminal work Dance, with music by Philip Glass and a… View More
Dec 2013
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
The great Swiss-born actor Stefan Kurt, who has starred in the Berliner Ensemble's The Black Rider and The Three Penny Opera and made over 50 films, plays Captain Hook in Robert Wilson's Peter Pan, which opens at Paris's Théâtre de la Ville on December 12. Declared by Wilson as "my… View More
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Mona Bismarck American Center for arts and culture, 34 avenue de New York, Paris 16e The Arts Arena is proud to present the second annual Arts Arena Curtis Institute of Music Award for a graduating or recently-graduated artist selected by the celebrated faculty of this leading conservatory. Among its legends,… View More
Nov 2013
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Through his signature use of light, his investigations into the structure of a simple movement, and the classical rigor of his scenic and furniture design, Robert Wilson has created productions that have decisively shaped the look of theater and opera since the 1960s and earned him recognition as one of… View More
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
ArtsArenaPLUS members are invited to hear Georges Helft speak about this provocative artist at the home of Arts Arena director Margery Arent Safir, followed by a cocktail dînatoire. Marcel Duchamp, French and American, was one of the giants who revolutionized 20th-century art, questioning even what constitutes a work of art.… View More
Oct 2013
United Nations Association Film Festival and Traveling Film Festival
The Affront to and the Art of Human Dignity
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
A special re-screening of three of the UNAFF-TFF documentaries presented at the Arts Arena in May 2013. All deal with an offense to or defense of human dignity: Not My Life, 32 minutes, Director and Producer, Robert Bilheimer. Subject: modern slavery Brother Outsider: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin,… View More
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
British theater director Dan Jemmett has directed at some of Europe's most highly regarded theaters, including, in Paris, Théâtre National du Chaillot, Théâtre de la Ville, Théâtre National de l'Opéra Comique, Théâtre Marigny, and Peter Brook's celebrated Théâtre Bouffes du Nord; and elsewhere, The Lyric Hammersmith and Almeida Opera in… View More
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
On the eve of British director Dan Jemmett's October 15 talk at the Arts Arena, ArtsArenaPLUS members are invited to join him for a coupe de champagne and conversation, immediately following the performance of his production of Hamlet at the Comédie-Française. Address details will be sent to members by email.… View More
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Andrew Shea's Portrait of Wally is an award-winning documentary on the subject of restoration to the rightful owners of artwork confiscated by the Nazis. The artwork in question is the famous "Portrait of Wally" by the great Austrian artist Egon Schiele. Painted in 1912 as a depiction of his mistress,… View More
Sep 2013
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
The Arts Arena is happy to share with you an exceptional literary event that will take place in Paris on Septbemer 20, 21, and 22 and in Lyon on September 23 and 24 under the auspices of Columbia University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the inaugural Festival des Ecrivains… View More
Location: 31 av. Bosquet, Paris
One of the leading voices in the field of photography criticism, Vicki Goldberg wrote about photography for The New York Times for 13 years and lectures internationally. Her books The Power of Photography: How Photographs Changed Our Lives and Margaret Bourke-White: A Biography were each named one of the Best… View More
Location: 51 Rue de Bercy, Paris
On May 10, 2013, the Arts Arena paid tribute to the great performer and humanitarian Danny Kaye. On September 18, the Cinémathèque Française will present its own Cycle Homage à Danny Kaye with the screening of two of his hit films, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and On the… View More
Aug 2013
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Conductor and harpsicordist William Christie is at the core of one of the most exciting musical adventures of the last 30 years: a renewed appreciation of Baroque music and the founding of the world-renowned vocal and instrumental ensemble Les Arts Florissants, in recognition of which he was named Commandeur de… View More
Jun 2013
Location: 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Thanks to a generous grant from the Jerome Robbins Foundation, the Arts Arena is delighted to present the European premiere of excerpts from Wolf-in-Skins, a dance-opera developed by Christopher Williams and Gregory Spears at Robert Wilson's Watermill Center during a residency in 2012. Photo: Andrew JordanView More
Roberto Diaz, the Dover Quartet, and pianist Alexander Ullman
Curtis on Tour, chamber ensemble of The Curtis Institute of Music
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Roberto Diaz, world renowned violist and President of the Curtis Institute of Music, heads a program of chamber music that includes the award-winning Dover Quartet and pianist Alexander Ullman. This special Arts Arena concert will take place in the historically important and stunning 18th century mansion of Talleyrand, later the… View More
May 2013
New York and Chicago: Two Cities, Two Architectures, Two Musics
Film screenings and live music on Europe's Nuit des musées
Location: 1 Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, Paris
The Arts Arena is pleased to partner with Cineparallax Films and others for a screening of two films and concerts of live music on the occasion of Europe’s Nuit des Musées. Two American cities, two genres of music that have influenced generations around the world, New York, 1976, No Wave,… View More
Location: 9 rue de Lesdiguières, Paris
The second day of screening of documentary films as part of the United Nations Association Film Festival and Traveling Film Festival will focus on the the bright side of the subject of Human Dignity - The Art of, with films that are as uplifting and filled with light as those… View More
United Nations Association Film Festival and Traveling Film Festival Day 1
The Affront to/the Art of HUMAN DIGNITY
Location: 31, av Bosquet, Paris
Conceived in 1998 at Stanford University by film critic and educator Jasmina Bojic in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UNAFF screens documentaries by international filmmakers dealing with topics such as human rights, environmental survival, women's issues, children, refugee protection,… View More
Tribute to Danny Kaye on the Centenary of his Birth
Screening of a selection of his films in the presence of his daughter
Location: 31, av Bosquet, Paris
Two-time Oscar winner Danny Kaye was one of the greatest performers of the 20th century: a master of music (often composed by his wife Sylvia Fine), dance, and film, as seen in such classic films as Hans Christian Anderson, White Christmas, The Secret Life of Walter Middy. He was also… View More
Apr 2013
Location: 31 av. Bosquet, Paris
Spanning 40 years, Mr.Mahdavi has had solo shows in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas, and his works have been seen in major galleries and art fairs around the world. He has also taught, notably at Parsons School of Design. For the 50th anniversary of The American University… View More
Location: 31 av. Bosquet, Paris
As the closing event of the 8th European Film Festival L'Europe autour de l'Europe, this year featuring Ireland, the Arts Arena screens the documentary film The Book of Kells - The Work of Angels? In wonderfully lavish cinematography, this epic documentary explores how this greatest Irish manuscript to survive from… View More
Location: Place Georges-Pompidou, Paris
ArtsArenaPLUS members will travel by train to Metz for a private visit of this spectacular museum. Lunch will follow before returning to Paris. RSVP: artsarena@aup.eduView More
Location: 31 av. Bosquet, Paris
On May 11, 2010, the Centre Pompidou-Metz, dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century art, opened. At its head was Laurent Le Bon, then age 40, one of the most prominent figures in contemporary art. Two years after the opening of this highly successful museum, Laurent Lebon returns to the Arts Arena… View More
Mar 2013
Location: 9 rue de Lesdiguières, Paris
Composer and musicologist Daniel Caux began this documentary film to look at the astoundingly prolific period of music from the mid-1960s to the beginning of the 21st century in the US and UK. After his death, his widow Jacqueline completed the work. Among those who speak about their music and… View More
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Born in 1955 and known as the leading artists of his generation, Richard Texier combines his passion for history and astronomy into a personal cosmography fed with ancient schemes of celestial mechanic, sky atlas, and outer space. Since 1992, he has developed a cultural work made of piloting instruments and… View More
Location: 51 Rue de Bercy, Paris
Hailed as one of the stellar choreographies of our time, Le Sacre du Printemps was first shown at the Théâtre du Champs Elysees in 1913, choreographed by Nijinsky at the peak of Les Ballets Russes. The first screening of Le Sacre was filmed and interpreted by Maurice Béjart in 1970.… View More
Feb 2013
Location: 47, Rue des Ecoles, Paris
Prominent Belgian artist and sculptor Isabelle de Borchgrave, is known world-wide for the exquisite worlds she creates with and populates with her extraordinary intricately-painted paper sculptures. All in paper and trompe l’oeil, four major collectioins range from 300 years of fashion history from Elizabeth I to Coco Chanel, to the… View More
Projection of the film "Le Mystère Babilée"
Jean Babilée, l'Enfant terrible de la danse, Cinémathèque de la Danse
Location: 51 Rue de Bercy, Paris
In partnership with La Cinémathèque de la Danse, the Arts Arena celebrates the legendary dancer on the occasion of his 90th birthday, in a Sunday morning screening of Le Mystère Babilée. Dir. Patrick Bensard (2000, 90’), montage Germaine Cohen, producer Bruno Deloye, administration Anne-Marie Chaulet, featuring Leslie Caron, Yvette Chauviré,… View More
Jan 2013
An Evening with William Christie, founder of Les Arts Florissants
Conductor, harpsichordist, musicologist, teacher
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Founder of Les Arts Florissants, conductor, harpsichordist, musicologist, teacher William Christie is at the core of one of the most exciting musical adventures of the last 30 years: a renewed appreciation of Baroque music in France and the founding of the world-renowned vocal and instrumental ensemble Les Arts Florissants. In… View More
ArtsArenaPLUS at the Opéra Comique
William Christie and Les Arts Florissants perform "David et Jonathas"
Location: 1 Place Boieldieu, Paris
On the eve of William Christie's talk at the Arts Arena, ArtsArenaPLUS members will have the opportunity to attend the performance of Mr. Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants in Marc-Antoine Charpentier's opera David et Jonathas. Photograph: P.Victor/artcomartView More
Location: 51 Rue de Bercy, Paris
In collaboration with the Cinémathèque de la Danse, the Arts Arena is pleased to announce the screening of two remarkable films featuring two remarkable dancers, Twyla Tharp and Mikhail Baryshnikov. This Epiphany day screening inaugurates a series of dance films to be shown the first Sunday of the month at… View More
Dec 2012
Location: 32, rue Richer, Paris
ArtsArenaPLUS members are invited backstage after the show to meet and greet composer, musician, singer, and international star Rufus Wainwright. Called the greatest songwriter of his generation, Wainwright has starred at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Convent Garden Royal Opera House, the London Palladium, the Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert… View More
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The Arts Arena is proud to announce the creation of an annual Arts Arena Prize for a graduating pianist selected by the celebrated faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music, widely considered one of the world's leading conservatories, counting among its legends Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber, Alan Gilbert, and Lang… View More
Vernissage and Art Sale to Benefit the Arts Arena and The American University of Paris
Works by Artist Stephen McClymont
Location: 9 rue de Lesdiguières, Paris
To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Arts Arena and the 50th anniversary of The American University of Paris: Nearly 40 paintings and lithographs over a time span of 25 years by Paris-based artist Stephen McClymont will be offered for sale at this charity event to benefit the Arts Arena… View More