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.
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 […]