Lucinda Childs, Available Light
28 October, 2015 at 19:00 - 21:00 on 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 Dance Theater. The music is […]
The Arts Arena | Municipal Art Society Paris-New York Series on Cities
23 October, 2015 at 00:00 - 00:00 on 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” will look at how the […]
La Monte Young, The Man and his Music – Jacqueline Caux, his friend and filmmaker
12 October, 2015 at 19:00 - 21:00 on 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 will present “La Monte Young […]
Alexandre de Vogüé: Living Vaux-le-Vicomte
30 September, 2015 at 19:00 - 21:00 on 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 engaged the same team to […]
Festival des Écrivains du Monde
25 September, 2015 at 00:00 - 00:00 on 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 Caro Llewellyn, this year’s celebration […]
Artist Seton Smith and Curator Ami Barak
21 September, 2015 at 19:00 - 21:00 on 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 the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. […]
ArtsArenaPLUS: Seton Smith at Galerie SISSO
18 September, 2015 at 19:00 - 22:00 on 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.
ArtsArenaPLUS: William Christie, Les Arts Florissants
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 of Historical Monuments, where his […]
The Arts Arena | Municipal Art Society, Paris-New York Series on Cities
16 June, 2015 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Columbia Global Centers | Europe, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
THE ARTS ARENA | MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY PARIS–NEW YORK SERIES ON CITIESTHOMAS 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 the Atlantic: A Spring Arts Arena event […]
The Arts Arena Watermill Performance
02 June, 2015 at 19:30 - 22:00 on 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 else is doing.” This year’s […]