VIKA KIRCHENBAUER PGM 2
Four shorts by Vika Kirchenbauer that take on the art economy's labor politics and its complicit institutions, from a welcome address to a study of early public art exhibitions. The filmmaker attends.
Talks this weekend
Talks — change
VACANCES
Filmed over ten years at a Provence villa, this documentary follows a bohemian countess grandmother and her strained family around the pool. The filmmaker will be there in person.
Shinnecock Oral History Plant Tour
Chenae Bullock, a member of the Shinnecock Nation, leads a walk through the Native Flora Garden, with plants explained through Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge. A small, specific tour.
Talk of the Town: Before New York with Eric Sanderson
Landscape ecologist Dr. Eric Sanderson gives a public lecture on historical ecology, looking at what the land was like before the city. It's held in a historic house.
Before New York: Staten Island
Dr. Eric W. Sanderson reconstructs the original forests, wetlands, and waterways of the place and ties them to today's flooding, climate resilience, and environmental justice.
PLAYING WITH FIRE: AN ECOSEXUAL EMERGENCY
Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens close their ecosexual climate trilogy with a film about fire, narrated partly by a white peacock, and they open each show with a performative "Ecosex 101."
WOMEN IN ANIMATION PGM 1: ANIMATED ANIMALS
Ten shorts spotlighting women in animation, from a silent flower-fairy film to Mary Ellen Bute and Sally Cruikshank, many from 35mm and 16mm. Mindy Johnson and Rachael Guma introduce.
Marlon James: The Disappearers
A celebration of Marlon James's Booker-finalist novel, in which eight men rehearsing a play are brutally attacked one night and must reckon with the hatred the violence exposed.
LAU NOAH'S "A DECADE OF MIRACLES" - A FOLK OPERA IN DEFENSE OF HUMAN ART
Classical, jazz and folk musicians trade songs by ear and memory, never written down and never improvised. Expect a short film, an early listen to the record, and a live set.
Art Dialogues: Bellini's "St. Francis in the Desert"
One painting, one long look. A museum educator leads a conversation with fellow attendees in the galleries, with Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert as the focus and everyone encouraged to join in.
ISAW Gallery Tour: Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World
A guided walk through the institute's current exhibition on magic and curses in the ancient world, led in the gallery itself. An hour with the objects and someone who can explain them.
The Downtown Festival: The Basics of Philosophy + Q&A
A big-screen look at the basics of philosophy, paired with a Q&A, as part of the Downtown Festival. A good pick if you like an evening out that gives you something to think about.
Studio Salon: Primary: After and With Alma Thomas
A conversation and reading built around Primary: After and With Alma Thomas, a book on the painter. It's part of the museum's own Studio Salon series, held on The Stoop.
The Downtown Festival: Dwarf Neon Mayfield + Q&A
Dwarf Neon Mayfield screens in a cinema as part of The Downtown Festival, paired with a Q&A, so you can stay and hear the conversation about the film.
Gagaku Demonstration: The Columbia Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble of New York
Kodai Speich, Lish Lindsey and Nina Fukuoka play hichiriki, ryūteki and shō, unpacking Gagaku, the "elegant music" tradition that shapes the sound of Allegra, with live repertory.
Postwar France: Empire, Consumer Culture, & the Politics of Everyday Life
A hybrid session on empire, consumer culture, and everyday life in postwar France, tied to a poster exhibition. The artwork pairs a cartoon bride with a refrigerator and a top hat.
The Downtown Fest: The Mayflower + Q&A
The Mayflower screens as part of The Downtown Fest, paired with a Q&A. A chance to see it on a big screen at an independent art house theater and stay for the conversation.
The Downtown Festival: The Joyless Economy + Q&A
A screening of The Joyless Economy as part of The Downtown Festival, with a Q&A afterward, so the conversation about the film happens in the room at Roxy Cinema New York.
