DIETER RAMS
A retrospective of the work of the great mid-twentieth-century designer Dieter Rams is now on view in Philadelphia. Long revered for his furniture designs for Vitsœ and household appliances for Braun, this month Rams will receive the 2018 Collab Design Excellence Award. Rams is also the subject of a documentary by Gary Hustwit. DIETER RAMS—PRINCIPLED […]
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A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM
The new publication ART KANE—HARLEM 1958 celebrates the 60th anniversary of the publication in Esquire of the iconic photograph A Great Day in Harlem. Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Lou Williams, Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson, Coleman Hawkins, Maxine Sullivan, Jimmy Rushing, Marian McPartland, Oscar Pettiford, Charles Mingus, Gene Krupa, Thelonious Monk, Lester Young, Bud Freeman, Pee […]
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ROSA LOY, NEO RAUCH, AND YUVAL SHARON IN CONVERSATION
The recent Bayreuth take on Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin—described as both “feminist” (New York Times) and containing “no modern escapades” (Neo Rauch)—was the joint creation of artists Rosa Loy and Rauch, and director extraordinaire Yuval Sharon, all of whom will be at the Broad this week for a conversation about their work. THE UNPRIVATE COLLECTION NEO RAUCH, […]
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KAHLIL JOSEPH’S FLY PAPER
Kahlil Joseph’s FLY PAPER—now on view at MOCA/PDC in West Hollywood—is a companion piece to ONE DAY AT A TIME—MANNY FARBER AND TERMITE ART downtown. ONE DAY AT A TIME—KAHLIL JOSEPH’S FLY PAPER Through February 24. MOCA Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood. Kahlil Joseph, Fly Paper, 2017, featuring Ben Vereen. Images courtesy the artist […]
LEE CHANG-DONG’S BURNING
Lee Chang-dong was in town last month for celebratory, sold-out screenings of BURNING, his trenchant epic of dislocation and revenge—and the writer-director’s first film in eight years. Greatly expanding on his original source material—Haruki Murakami’s ambiguous short story “Barn Burning”—Lee told an enthusiastic American Cinematheque crowd that “no matter what your age, race, class, or gender, […]
JILL JOHNSTON DANCING
In 1963 and 1964, Andy Warhol captured dancer-choreographers Lucinda Childs, Yvonne Rainer, and Freddy Herko, and Village Voice dance critic Jill Johnston with his Bolex—performing in lofts, on rooftops, and at Judson. These cinematic time capsules will be screened this weekend and next at the Whitney. The films include Jill Johnston Dancing, Freddy Herko, Jill and […]
SIMONE FORTI IN CONVERSATION
To celebrate the publication of THE BEAR IN THE MIRROR—her collection of stories, prose-poems, drawings, photos, letters, notes, and memories—Simone Forti will join Luke Johnson in conversation this weekend at Artbook. SIMONE FORTI THE BEAR IN THE MIRROR book launch Saturday, November 17, at 2 pm. Artbook, Hauser & Wirth, 917 East 3rd Street, downtown […]
