Category Archives: projects

september 18–september 22

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Books

Films

  • Mentiras piadosas (Made Up Memories), directed by Diego Sabanés
  • The Informant!, dir. Steven Soderbergh
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade, dir. Tony Richardson

september 12–september 17

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Books

Films

  • Hallelujah, I’m a Bum!, directed by Lewis Milestone
  • Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (The Baader Meinhof Complex), dir. Uli Edel
  • Uncle Buck, dir. John Hughes
  • La cifra impar (Odd Number), dir. Manuel Antin
  • Model Shop, dir. Jacques Demy

september 7–september 11

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Books

Films

  • Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, directed by Chantal Akerman
  • Tout la mémoire du monde, dir. Alain Resnais
  • Cortázar (Celestial Clockwork), dir. Tristán Bauer

Exhibits

  • Carol Bove with Janine Lariviere, “Plants & Mammals,” The Horticultural Society of America
  • “Milton Glaser’s SVA: A Legacy of Graphic Design,” Visual Arts Gallery, SVA
  • “Ken Friedman: 99 Events,” Maya Stendhal Gallery

august 26–august 31

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Books

  • Procopius, The Secret History, trans. G. A. Williamson
  • Micheline Aharonian Marcom, The Mirror in the Well
  • Georges Perec, Thoughts of Sorts, trans. David Bellos
  • Donald Antrim, The Afterlife: a memoir
  • Giorgio Manganelli, Centuria: 100 Ouroboric Novels, trans. Henry Martin

Films

  • Baby Face, directed by Alfred E. Green
  • Valerie a týden divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders), dir. Jaromil Jireš

Exhibits

  • “Adventures in Modern Art: The Charles K. Williams II Collection,” Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • “Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés,” Philadelphia Museum of Art

august 20–august 25

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Books

  • Sarah Manguso, The Two Kinds of Decay
  • Ronald Firbank, The New Rythum and Other Pieces
  • Edmund White, Fanny: A Fiction

Films

  • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by Mike Nichols
  • Where the Boys Are, dir. Henry Levin
  • The Bad Seed, dir. Mervyn LeRoy

Exhibits

  • “Dormitorium: An Exhibition of Film Decors by the Quay Brothers,” The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons

august 3–august 9

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Books

  • Paul Auster, City of Glass (adaptation by Paul Karasik & David Mazzucchelli
  • Paper Monument, eds., I Like Your Work: Art and Etiquette
  • William H. Gass, Finding a Form
  • Garth Risk Hallberg, A Field Guide to the North American Family
  • Paul McDonough & Jane McGriff, editors, Glitch 3
  • Paul McDonough & Jane McGriff, editors, Glitch 4/5

Exhibits

  • “Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages,” Met
  • “Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective,” Met
  • “Michelangelo’s First Painting,” Met
  • “Dorothy Iannone,” Anton Kern Gallery
  • “Works on View,” Jack Shainman Gallery

Films

  • Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea, directed by Chris Metzler & Jeff Springer
  • Cold Souls, dir. Sophie Barthes
  • The Breakfast Club, dir. John Hughes
  • Sixteen Candles, dir. John Hughes
  • Pretty in Pink, dir. Howard Deutch

july 30–august 2

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Films

  • The Public Enemy, directed by William A. Wellman
  • Rebel without a Cause, dir. Nicholas Ray
  • Vivre sa vie, dir. Jean-Luc Godard

Exhibits

  • “Lynda Benglis/Robert Morris: 1973–1974,” Susan Inglett
  • “Anthony McCall/Finnbogi Pétursson,” Sean Kelly Gallery
  • “The Fantastic Tavern: The Tbilisi Avant-Garde,” Casey Kaplan Gallery
  • “The Female Gaze: Women Look at Women,” Cheim & Read
  • “Naked!” Paul Kasmin Gallery
  • “Ed Sanders: Glyphs,” The Arm
  • “The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984,” Metropolitan Museum
  • “Chris Bertholf: The Mysterious Landscape,” John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York