december 16–december 20

Books

Films

  • Gods and Monsters, directed by Bill Condon
  • My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?, dir. Werner Herzog
  • Ricky, dir. François Ozon
  • Red-Headed Woman, dir. Jack Conway
  • Waterloo Bridge, dir. James Whale
  • La mujer sin cabeza (The Headless Woman), dir. Lucrecia Martel
  • La flor de mi secreto (The Flower of My Secret), dir. Pedro Almodóvar

Exhibits

  • “Francis Picabia: Funny Guy,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery
  • “Fairfield Porter: Paintings,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery
  • “Kazuo Shiraga: Six Decades,” McCaffrey Fine Art
  • “Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings 2009,” Marian Goodman Gallery
  • “Paul McCarthy: White Snow,” Hauser & Wirth
  • “Cy Twombly: Eight Sculptures,” Gagosian
  • “Jörg Immendorff: Maoist Paintings – The Early Seventies,” Michael Werner Gallery

december 6–december 10

Books

Films

  • Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), directed by Pedro Almodóvar
  • ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • The Impatient Maiden, dir. James Whale
  • Sinners in Paradise, dir. James Whale
  • By Candlelight, dir. James Whale

Exhibits

  • “Gabriel Orozco,” MoMA

december 2–december 5

Books

Films

  • Zazie dans le métro, directed by Louis Malle
  • ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!! (What Have I Done to Deserve This?), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • Kika, dir. Pedro Almodóvar
  • Nosotros, los pobres, dir. Ismael Rodríguez
  • The Invisible Man, dir. James Whale
  • Up in the Air, dir. Jason Reitman

Exhibits

  • “Walton Ford: New Work,” Paul Kasmin Gallery
  • “Kaz Oshiro: Setting Sun,” Yvon Lambert
  • “Robert Ryman,” Yvon Lambert
  • “Drawn Together: Chiharu Shiota/GEGO,” Goff + Rosenthal
  • “Perlstein/Held: Five Decades,” Betty Cunningham Gallery
  • “Dan Fischer: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space,” Derek Eller Gallery
  • “Paul Chan: Sade for Sade’’s Sake,” Greene Naftali
  • “Wallace Berman: 1927–1976,” Nicole Klagsbrun
  • “Lynda Benglis: New Work,” Chiem & Read
  • “Jiří Kolář: The Poetics of Silence,” Pavel Zoubok
  • “Richard Serra: Blind Spot/Open Ended,” Gagosian
  • “Alighiero e Boetti: Mappa,” Barbara Gladstone Gallery
  • “George Maciunas: 7 Paintings from the 1950s and Graphic Works,” Maya Stendhal Gallery
  • “Spazialismo,” Bitforms
  • “Dan Flavin: Series and Progressions,” David Zwirner

november 26–december 1

Books

  • Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (trans. Robert Fitzgerald & Dudley Fitts)
  • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (trans. Robert Fitzgerald)
  • Sophocles, Antigone (trans. Robert Fitzgerald & Dudley Fitts)
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tales of the Jazz Age
  • Julio Cortázar, We Love Glenda So Much, and Other Tales (trans. Gregory Rabassa)
  • Georges Perec, Life a User’s Manual

Films

  • Les amants (The Lovers), directed by Louis Malle
  • ゆきゆきて、神軍 (The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On), dir. Kazuo Hara

Exhibits

  • “The Origins of El Greco: Icon Painting in Venetian Crete,” Onassis Cultural Center
  • “The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000–3500 B.C.,” Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU

november 22–november 25

Books

Exhibitions

  • “Pedro Friedeberg,” Reyna Henaine

Films

  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, directed by Werner Herzog
  • Mon oncle, dir. Jacques Tati
  • L’École des facteurs, dir. Jacques Tati

november 6–november 17

Books

Exhibits

  • “Dense-local y Del Exilio al Insilio ¿somos todos extranjeros?,” Labratorio Arte Alameda, México, D.F.
  • “Pedro Friedeberg: arquitecto de confusiones impecables,” Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, México, D.F.
  • “Los desmembrados,” Museo Nacional de Arte, México, D.F.
  • “Remedios Varo y la literatura: para leer a Remedios Varo”/”Hecho en casa,” Museo de Arte Moderno, México, D.F.
  • “De la tierra a la luna”/”Yo uso perfume para occupar más espacio”/”Yoshua Okón: Ventanilla única,” Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, México, D.F.
  • “Tauromaquia: mano a mano”/”Colección Alejandro Alvarado,” Museo Nacional de la Estampa, México, D.F.
  • “Robert Waters: Taparrabo,” Ex Teresa Arte Actual, México, D.F.
  • “Salón de Estampa, seis décadas de producción,” Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, México, D.F.
  • Museo Mural Diego Rivera, México, D.F.
  • Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, México, D.F.
  • Museo de Arte Popular, México, D.F.
  • Museo Franz Mayer, México, D.F.
  • Museo Templo Mayor, México, D.F.
  • Casa Luis Barragán, México, D.F.
  • “Luis Urrutia: Límites de luz,” Casa Lamm, México, D.F.
  • “Sandra Gamarra: Selección natural”/”Jorge Méndez Blake: 3 bibliotecas,” Galeria OMR, México, D.F.
  • “Jay Chung & Q. Takeki Maeda: Outtakes and Excerpts,” Gaga Arte Contemporáneo, México, D.F.