Tara Theatre Announces Spring 2019 Season
Tara Arts today announce their new January - April 2019 season. Highlighting the breadth of Tara's artistic programme, the season features one world premiere, eleven plays, one children's work, a folk opera, dance theatre and a selection of comedy and music performances.
Jewish Museum Presents Contemporary Art By Walter Benjamin's Magnum Opus
The writings of Walter Benjamin, the influential German Jewish philosopher and cultural critic, are the basis for a contemporary art exhibition at the Jewish Museum on view through August 6, 2017. The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin examines themes in the author's magnum opus The Arcades Project via contemporary artworks in media ranging from photography and video to sculpture and painting, with annotations by the American poet Kenneth Goldsmith.
The Jewish Museum and FSLC Announce NYJFF Special Events
The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center announce the special events lineup for the 26th annual New York Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF), January 11-24, 2017. Among the oldest and most influential Jewish film festivals worldwide, unique in New York City, and one of the longest running partnerships of two major New York cultural institutions, the NYJFF each year presents the finest narrative and documentary films from around the world that explore the diverse Jewish experience.
The Jewish Museum Features Artists Christian Boltanski and Mary Reid Kelly and More
The Jewish Museum's fall 2016 slate of lectures, discussions, and events continues in December with renowned artist Christian Boltanski in conversation with the Jewish Museum's Jens Hoffmann, and 2016 MacArthur Fellow Mary Reid Kelley presenting a selection of her video art. Other highlights includes an adult studio art workshop; a behind-the-scenes gallery talk led by Jewish Museum Associate Curator Kelly Taxter; and gallery discussions on specific themes and topics related to current exhibitions.