American Fringe: New Voices and Visions in Cinema
25 November, 2016 at 12:00 - 22:00 on 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 the makers of these “below-the-radar” […]
Orléans Concours International Piano Recital
06 November, 2016 at 19:30 - 21:30 on 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 Nord and was invited to […]
John Ralston Saul
03 November, 2016 at 19:00 - 22:00 on 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 expression and advocate for immigration, […]
The Arts Arena International
26 October, 2016 at 18:30 - 21:00 on 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 James Schamus (Crouching Tiger, Hidden […]
ArtsArenaPLUS: Artist Soyeon Cho
13 October, 2016 at 19:00 - 22:00 on 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 Director of the gallery. Soyeon […]
Lucinda Childs and Robert Storr: Sol LeWitt and Beyond
06 October, 2016 at 19:00 - 22:30 on 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 one of the world’s most […]
ArtsArenaPLUS: Les Décorateurs des années 60-70
22 September, 2016 at 19:00 - 21:30 on 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 a renewal of materials and […]
The Arts Arena Curtis Institute of Music Award Concert
08 September, 2016 at 19:30 - 21:30 on 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 Hahn, Jennifer Higdon, and Lang […]
The Arts Arena Watermill Performance
01 June, 2016 at 19:30 - 22:00 on 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 composer Gregory Spears; Roman Paska’s […]
The City (Paris), the Poet (Paul Celan), and the Artist (Alexander Polzin)
24 May, 2016 at 19:00 - 21:30 on 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 in the foyer of the […]