ALEXANDER POLZIN, sculptor and FILIPPO GORINI, pianist
14 December, 2023 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
Alexander Polzin was born in East Berlin in 1973. His sculptural works and paintings works are seen in galleries and prominent public spaces around the world. including his “Giordano Bruno” in Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz, “Le Couple” at the Paris Opera Bastille, and “Hommage à Paul Celan” in the Anne Frank Garden in Paris. He also […]
AMERICAN FRINGE 7
17 November, 2023 at 19:00 - 00:00 on Cinémathèque Française, 51 rue de Bercy, Paris 12e
American Fringe 7, the seventh edition of the Arts Arena-produced festival of ultra-independent American films, curated by Richard Peña, Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival, Professor of Film Practices at Columbia University, and member of the Arts Arena Advisory Council, and Livia Bloom Ingram, Vice-President of Icarus Films, in partnership with La Cinémathèque […]
AMERICAN FRINGE 7
17 November, 2023 at 00:00 - 00:00 on Cinémathèque Française, 51 rue de Bercy, Paris 12e
American Fringe 7, the seventh edition of the Arts Arena-produced festival of ultra-independent American films, curated by Richard Peña, Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival, Professor of Film Practices at Columbia University, and member of the Arts Arena Advisory Council, and Livia Bloom Ingram, Vice-President of Icarus Films, in partnership with La Cinémathèque […]
NATALIA KAZARYAN, PIANIST
06 November, 2023 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
A graduate of the Julliard School, pianist Natalia Kazaryan has performed at The Phillips Collection, the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery, the National Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, and elsewhere, combining her love of the classical music canon with works by women composers and other underrepresented groups. In addition to Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F […]
G.H. HOVAGIMYAN AND VALERY GRANCHER
18 October, 2023 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
“G. H. Hovagimyan is an absurdist, a strategist, a serial collaborator, and nothing short of a cultural icon in the world of contemporary art, particularly as it relates to how artists have adopted the digital technological tools of our times, adapting them in his work for critique of art, popular culture, and social engagement.” (G. […]
JAMES IVORY AND STEPHEN SCHER
04 October, 2023 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Cinéma Les 7 Parnassiens, 98 boulevard Montparnasse, Paris 14e
Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director James Ivory started filming in Afghanistan some 60 years ago, but the film stayed in a box. Fifty years ago, in the 1970s, art historian and curator Stephen Scher began filming interviews in France on French cuisine and restaurants, but the film stayed in a box. Friends and fellow members […]
BATTERY DANCE ART ACTIVATION
21 September, 2023 at 19:00 - 22:00 on 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 German artist Hans Hofmann, one […]
ArtsArenaPLUS
11 September, 2023 at 11:30 - 14:00 on -
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 join Ms. Spengler for an […]
KATE DAUDY, visual artist
06 June, 2023 at 19:00 - 22:00 on 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 St Paul’s Cathedral, London, Manchester […]
The Arts Arena Curtis Institute of Music Concert
22 May, 2023 at 19:30 - 22:00 on 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 feverish intensity” (Greece’s EfSyn),its “liveliness […]