Arts Arena events are designed as international or specifically French-American cultural interactions. The events are free and open to the public; however, reservations are advised, as many events reach capacity and offer standing-room only for those who have not reserved a seat. To guarantee priority seating at all events, please RSVP to rsvp@artsarena.org. Each event is followed by a cocktail reception with the speakers and audience.
Additional special events are reserved for Arts Arena members as part of our ArtsArenaPLUS program. These have included a private Chopin recital at the Place Vendôme jeweler Chaumet in the room where Chopin wrote his last music and died, a talk by bestselling author Alan Riding about his latest book, at the home of the Director of the Arts Arena, followed by dinner with the author, and a private concert by the Curtis Institute of Music chamber ensemble at a home overlooking the Luxembourg gardens. For information on becoming a member, please click here.
LUCINDA CHILDS, Four New Works
24 March, 2025 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
Lucinda Childs is an icon of postmodern dance. Now, from March 19-22 at Théâtre de Chaillot, she will present the first new works she has developed in almost a decade, “Four New Dances.” Performed by the Lucinda Childs Dance Company in collaboration with visual artist Anri Sala, pianist Anton Batagov, and composers Philip Glass and […]
ArtsArenaPLUS, Special Visit of Art Paris 2025
02 April, 2025 at 15:00 - 17:00 on Grand Palais, Paris 8e
ArtsArena PLUS invites members to a special visit of Art Paris 2025, the leading spring event for modern and contemporary art in Paris. This year, the event returns to the renovated Grand Palais and will host 170 galleries from 25 different countries. It will also launch the French Design Art Edition, a new feature focusing on design […]
BORN IN THE STREETS: GRAFFITI, Leanne Sacramone, Senior Curator, Fondation Cartier
17 April, 2025 at 19:00 - 22:00 on Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 6e
In 2009, the Fondation Cartier opened its entire gallery space, as well as the building’s façade and surrounding garden, for an exhibition entitled “Born in the Streets: Grafitti.” Leanne Sacamone curated the show, which featured the history of graffi and put the art form — born in the 1970s on the streets of New York […]
ArtsArenaPLUS private visit of the Centre Pompidou with Laurent Le Bon
06 May, 2025 at 18:30 - 20:30 on Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou, Paris 4e
ArtsArenaPLUS invites members to meet Laurent Le Bon, President of the Centre Pompidou, who will receive us at the Centre Pompidou. France’s premiere curator and a great friend of the Arts Arena will speak to us about the plans for the celebrated center and its collection as it closes for five years of reconstruction and reinvention. Space […]
THE ARTS ARENA CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC CONCERT, Gary Hoffman, cellist, string quartet
15 May, 2025 at 19:30 - 22:00 on George C. Marshall Center, Hôtel de Talleyrand, 2 rue Saint-Florentin, Paris 1er
Internationally renowned cellist Gary Hoffman, the Nina and Billy Albert Chair in Cello Studies at Curtis, joins some of the school’s esteemed alumni for a concert of iconic works and audience favorites. The program features one of Claude Debussy’s final compositions, the Sonata in D minor for Cello and Piano, an elegant, evocative work, at once […]
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL, Traveling Film Festival 18
27 May, 2025 at 19:00 - 22:00 on TBA
For the 18th time, the Arts Arena presents UNAFF and its Traveling Film Festival (TFF) with a curated series of documentary films. Founded in 1998, by longtime Stanford University educator and film critic Jasmina Bojic, UNAFF has screened documentaries dealing with human rights, the environment, women’s issues, children, refugee protection, homelessness, racism, disease control, universal […]