july 8–july 12

Books

  • Francis M. Naumann, Bradley Bailey & Jennifer Shahade, Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
  • Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds
  • Noël Vexin, Murder in Montmartre (trans. Jonas Berry & Lawrence G. Blochman)

Exhibits

  • “Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection,” MoMA
  • “James Ensor,” MoMA

june 28–july 7

Books

  • Georges Perec with Harry Mathews, Cantatrix Sopranica L.: Scientific Papers
  • Vítězslav Nezval, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, trans. David Short
  • Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude, trans. Lysander Kemp
  • Geoff Dyer, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
  • Nick Caistor, Mexico City: A Cultural and Literary Companion
  • D. H. Lawrence, The Plumed Serpent

Films

  • Varsity Show, directed by William Keighley

Exhibits

  • “Mimmo Rotella: American Icons and Early Work,” Knoedler & Company
  • “Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720–1778,” David Tunick, Inc.
  • Museo Nacional de Antropología, México D.F.
  • Museo Rufino Tamayo, México D.F.
  • Museo del Carmen, México D.F.
  • Museo León Trotsky, México D.F.
  • Museo Frida Kahlo, México D.F.
  • Museo Teotihuacán, Teotihuacán
  • Colleción Jumex, Ecatepec
  • Ex Teresa Arte Actual, México D.F.
  • Palacio de Cultura Banamex, México D.F.
  • Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño, México D.F.
  • “Paula Hayes: Excerpts from the Story of Planet Thear,” Marianne Boesky Gallery
  • “Your Gold Teeth II,” Marianne Boesky Gallery

june 22–june 27

Books

  • Robertson Davies, Fifth Business
  • Robertson Davies, The Manticore
  • Robertson Davies, World of Wonders

Films

  • Libeled Lady, dir. Jack Conway
  • Hollywood Hotel, dir. Busby Berkeley

Exhibits

  • “Alberto Giacometti: Drawings,” Peter Freeman
  • “Raster Noton: The Shop,” e-flux
  • “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus,” The New Museum

june 16–june 21

Books

  • James Tate, Selected Poems

Films

  • Night Nurse, directed by William A. Wellman
  • Wonder Bar, dir. Lloyd Bacon
  • Year One, dir. Harold Ramis

Exhibits

  • “Chuck Close: Selected Paintings & Tapestries 2005–2009,” Pace Wildenstein
  • “The Edge of Vision: Abstraction in Contemporary Photography,” Aperture Gallery
  • “Chris Marker: ‘Quelle heure est-elle?’,” Peter Blum

june 11–june 15

Books

  • D. H. Lawrence, Mornings in Mexico
  • D. H. Lawrence, Etruscan Places
  • Jennifer Kronovet, Awayward
  • Malcolm Cowley, Exile’s Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s

Films

  • Wife Versus Secretary, directed by Clarence Brown
  • Detour, dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice, dir. Tay Garnett
  • Of Time and the City, dir. Terrence Davies
  • The Nightmare before Christmas, dir. Henry Selick
  • You Can’t Take It with You, dir. Frank Capra
  • Fantômas – À l’ombre de la guillotine, dir. Louis Feuillade

june 6–june 10

Books

  • Marcel Allain & Pierre Souvestre, Fantômas (trans. unknown)
  • David Lida, First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century

Films

  • Berlin Alexanderplatz, directed by Phil Jutzi
  • The Hangover, dir. Todd Phillips

Exhibits

  • “John Chamberlin: Early Years,” L & M Arts
  • “Sigmar Polke: Lens Paintings,” Michael Werner
  • “Go Figure,” Gagosian
  • “Marble,” Gagosian

june 1–june 5

Books

  • Samuel Putnam, Paris Was Our Mistress
  • John Ashbery, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
  • Stanley Elkin, A Bad Man

Films

  • It Happened One Night, directed by Frank Captra
  • Pull My Daisy, dir. Robert Frank & Alfred Leslie
  • Food, Inc., dir. Robert Kenner
  • Salesman, dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin

may 22–may 25

Books

  • Thomas M. Disch, The Castle of Indolence: On Poetry, Poets, and Poetasters
  • Wells Tower, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
  • Fernando Pessoa, The Surprise of Being: Twenty-Five Poems, trans. James Greene & Clara de Azevado Mafra
  • Fernando Pessoa, The Keeper of Sheep, trans. Edwin Honig & Susan M. Brown

Films

  • Gold Diggers of 1937, directed by Lloyd Bacon
  • Ziegfeld Follies, dir. Lemuel Ayers et al.