Midnight Champagne at the Comédie-Française
13 October, 2013 at 23:30 - 02:00 on 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. Tickets to Hamlet: While the […]
Portrait of Wally
08 October, 2013 at 19:00 - 22:00 on 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, the portrait has been known […]
Festival Ecrivains du Monde
20 September, 2013 at 17:00 - 20:00 on 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 du Monde. Organized by Paul […]
Vicki Goldberg
15 September, 2013 at 17:00 - 20:00 on 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 Books of the Year by […]
Cinémathèque Française Cycle Homage à Danny Kaye
15 September, 2013 at 17:00 - 20:00 on 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 Riviera. Dena Kaye, who was […]
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants
31 August, 2013 at 14:15 - 18:00 on -
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 la Légion d’Honneur and elected […]
Arts Arena Watermill Center Performance
15 June, 2013 at 20:30 - 23:00 on 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 Jordan
Roberto Diaz, the Dover Quartet, and pianist Alexander Ullman
06 June, 2013 at 19:30 - 23:00 on -
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 headquarters of the Marshall Plan […]
New York and Chicago: Two Cities, Two Architectures, Two Musics
18 May, 2013 at 18:00 - 22:00 on 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, and Chicago, 1990, Postrock. These […]
United Nations Association Film Festival and Traveling Film Festival Day 2
12 May, 2013 at 15:30 - 19:00 on 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 dealing with affronts to human […]