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Category Archives: projects
june 6–june 12
Exhibits
- “Christian Boltanski: No Man’s Land,” Park Avenue Armory
- “Doug + Mike Starn, Big Bambú,” Met
Films
- Kicking and Screaming, directed by Noah Baumbach
- Flirting with Disaster, dir. David O. Russell
- Ace in the Hole, dir. Billy Wilder
- Trust, dir. Hal Hartley
- Metropolitan, dir. Whit Stillman
june 1–june 5
Books
- Edmund White, Caracole
Films
- After the Thin Man, directed by W. S. Van Dyke
- Splice, dir. Vincenzo Natali
Exhibits
- “Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Power,” Hirshhorn Museum
- “ColorForms,” Hirshhorn Museum
- “Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change,” Corcoran Gallery
- “American Falls: Phil Solomon,” Corcoran Gallery
- “In the Tower: Mark Rothko,” National Gallery of Art
may 26–may 31
Books
- Jeremy M. Davies, Rose Alley
- Joshua Cohen, Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto
Films
- The Human Voice, directed by Ted Kotcheff
- À propos de Nice, dir. Jean Vigo
- Zéro de conduite, dir. Jean Vigo
- Le Train en marche, dir. Chris Marker
- If . . . ., dir. Lindsay Anderson
- Cremaster 1, dir. Matthew Barney
- Cremaster 2, dir. Matthew Barney
- Cremaster 3, dir. Matthew Barney
Exhibits
- “Whitney Biennial 2010,” Whitney Museum
may 20–may 25
Films
- Poto and Cabengo, directed by Jean-Pierre Gorin
- Человек с киноаппаратом (Man with a Movie Camera), dir. Dziga Vertov
- Tout va bien, dir. Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin
- Letter to Jane, dir. Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin
- Taris, roi de l’eau, dir. Jean Vigo
Exhibits
- “Defining Beauty: Albrecht Dürer at the Morgan,” Morgan Library
- “Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey,” Morgan Library
- “Otto Piene: Light Ballet and Fire Paintings, 1957–1967,” Sperone Westwater
- “Richard Tuttle: “Village V”, 2004,” Sperone Westwater
- “Marina Abramović: Personal Archaeology,” Sean Kelly Gallery
- “Greetings from Daddaland: Fluxus, Mail Art and Rubber Stamps,” Maya Stendhal
- “Helmar Lerski: Transformations Through Light,” Ubu Gallery
- “Unconscious Unbound: Surrealism in America,” Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
- “Greater New York,” PS1
may 14–may 19
Books
- Danielle Dutton, Attempts at a Life
- Jon Cotner & Andy Fitch, Ten Walks/Two Talks
Films
- Punishment Park, directed by Peter Watkins
- The September Issue, directed by R. J. Cutler
- Stripes, dir. Ivan Reitman
- Белое солнце пустыни (White Sun of the Desert), dir. Vladimir Motyl
- Планета бурь (Planet of Storms), dir. Pavel Klushantsev
- Forbidden Planet, dir. Fred McLeod Wilcox
- Laviamoci il Cervello (RoGoPaG), dir. Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Passolini & Ugo Gregoretti
Exhibits
- “Andy Goldsworthy: New York Dirt Water Light,” Galerie Lelong
may 8–may 13
Books
Films
- Viaggio in Italia, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- Macbeth, dir. Orson Welles
- The Jerk, dir. Carl Reiner
- Der schweigende Stern (The Silent Star), dir. Karl Maetzig
- The Kentucky Fried Movie, dir. John Landis
- Im Staub der Sterne (In the Dust of the Stars), dir. Gottfried Kolditz
Exhibits
- “An Italian Journey: Drawings from the Tobey Collection, Correggio to Tiepolo,” Met
- “Kate Gilmore: Walk the Walk,” Bryant Park
may 2–may 7
Books
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Self-Portrait Abroad, trans. John Lambert
- Henry Green, Back
Films
- DDR/DDR, directed by Amie Siegel
Exhibits
- “Robert Morris: Untitled (Scatter Piece) 1968–69,” Leo Castelli
- “Lucio Fontana: Paintings 1956–1968,” Marianne Boesky
- “Robert Beck and Donald Moffett: Range,” Marianne Boesky
- “Hungarian Modernism,” Shepherd & Derom
- “Tanguy/Calder: Between Surrealism and Abstraction,” L & M Arts
april 22–may 1
Books
- Thomas Frank, What’s the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
- Henry Green, Caught
Films
- 蜘蛛巣城 (Throne of Blood), directed by Akira Kurosawa
- Night Mayor, dir. Guy Maddin
- The Thin Man, dir. W. M. Van Dyke
Exhibits
- “Tracing Proust,” Krannert Art Museum, Urbana, Illinois
- “Pablo Picasso: Celebrating the Muse: Women in Picasso’s Prints from 1905–1968,” Marlborough Gallery
- “Franz Erhard Walther,” Peter Freeman, Inc.
- “Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller,” Luhring Augustine
- “Tadanori Yokoo: The Aesthetics of End: Early Silkscreens from 1965–1971,” Friedman Benda
- “Nina Yuen: White Blindness,” Lombard-Freid Projects
- “Emily Dickinson’s Garden: The Poetry of Flowers,” New York Botanical Garden
april 16–april 21
Books
- Homer, The Odyssey (trans. Robert Fagles)
- Alexander Pushkin, The Tales of Belkin (trans. Hugh Aplin)
Films
- Welt am Draft (World on a Wire), dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven), dir. Fatih Akin
Exhibits
- “Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” Met Museum