The Arts Arena International: Visual Arts Minimalism: What Impact on Contemporary Dance?
09 March, 2016 at 19:00 - 22:00 on 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 reception. Minimalism originated in New […]
POSTPONED – Bob Wilson Back at the Arts Arena
02 March, 2016 at 19:00 - 21:30 on 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 as large or as influential.” […]
POSTPONED – Yale Arts Arena Lecture 8
22 February, 2016 at 19:00 - 21:30 on 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 Professor of Modern Art at […]
The Arts Arena International at SCAD deFINE ART 2016
18 February, 2016 at 00:00 - 00:00 on 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 Mae Weems as the honoree […]
Martha Fiennes, Nativity, an artwork.
28 January, 2016 at 19:00 - 21:00 on 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 with the artist and Technical […]
James Conlon at the George C. Marshall Center, Hôtel de Talleyrand
15 January, 2016 at 19:00 - 21:30 on 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris, 1er
One of the world’s most versatile and acclaimed conductors, James Conlon has conducted virtually every major American and European symphony orchestra since his 1974 debut with the New York Philharmonic. Principal Conductor of the Paris National Opera from 1995–2004, today he serves as Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera and the Cincinnati May Festival, […]
William Christie and Les Arts Florissants at the Banque de France, Galerie dorée
12 January, 2016 at 17:30 - 20:00 on 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 of the Banque de France. […]
ArtsArenaPLUS: Private cocktail reception
03 December, 2015 at 18:30 - 20:30 on 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.
Richard Schulman, photographer
18 November, 2015 at 19:00 - 21:00 on 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. In this book, he photographs […]
Janine di Giovanni, award-winning war correspondent
10 November, 2015 at 19:00 - 21:00 on 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 Manager/Advisor at the Centre for […]