Events on Tuesday, January 22

Carl Wilson

Books: Reading

Carl Wilson

Tuesday 1/22 @ Word

Carl Wilson reads from Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste. Wilson's book uses Céline Dion's multi-platinum... 

Mavis Staples

Music

Mavis Staples

Tuesday 1/22 @ BAM

Renowned for her heart-wrenching rasp and unassailable take on Chicago soul, Mavis Staples was a Stax institution by the early '70s.... 

Ongoing Events

Dan Perjovschi: <em>You Remember My Pin?</em>

Art

Dan Perjovschi

Tuesday 1/22 @ Lombard-Freid Gallery

Dan Perjovschi recently took over one of MoMA's massive interior-courtyard walls. Working on a mechanical lift during open hours, the Romanian... 

<em>The 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Tuesday 1/22 @ American Airlines Theater

Throughout The 39 Steps, Patrick Barlow's quick-witted adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's classic spy movie (originally a 1915 novel by John Buchan),... 

Anne Collier

Art: Photography

Anne Collier

Tuesday 1/22 @ Anton Kern Gallery

It takes more than a first glance at Anne Collier's photographs to understand what you're looking at. Books, magazines, and other... 

Katy Grannan: <em>Lady into Fox</em>

Art

Katy Grannan

Tuesday 1/22 @ Salon 94 Freemans

Katy Grannan's series Lady into Fox at Salon 94 Freemans depicts a pair of middle-aged transsexuals, Gail and Dale, living their... 

Hans Haacke

Art

Hans Haacke

Tuesday 1/22 @ Paula Cooper Gallery

The venerable Paula Cooper hosts a miniretrospective of Hans Haacke. Haacke was an early practitioner of "institutional critique," an offshoot of... 

<I>And Who Are You?: Work from Saatchi Online</I>

Art

And Who Are You?

Tuesday 1/22 @ Sara Tecchia Roma

Saatchi's online gallery boasts 50 million daily hits in the US alone. Now, young curator Ana Finel Honigman has pulled together... 

<I>blog.mode: addressing fashion</I>

Special Event

blog.mode

Tuesday 1/22 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fashion is a relative newcomer to the reputable Metropolitan, but now the Upper East Side institution is stepping into the fracas... 

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Tuesday 1/22 @ Hispanic Society of America

While Dia searches for a new home, the arts org has teamed up with Washington Heights' Hispanic Society on a three-year... 

[SOLD OUT]<em> Almost an Evening: Three Short Plays by Ethan Coen</em>

Theatre

Almost an Evening

Tuesday 1/22 @ Atlantic Stage Two

Taking his first shot at writing for the stage, cinematic colossus Ethan Coen tells tales of anxiety, identity, and of God... 

Santiago Cucullu: <em>CriKCity &amp; The Walls That Scour Us</em>

Art

Santiago Cucullu

Tuesday 1/22 @ Perry Rubenstein Gallery

Argentinean artist Santiago Cucullu's chaotic cut-out vinyl works dominate gallery walls and museum hallways wherever they're shown. At one of Perry... 

Slavic Soul Party!

Music: Global

Slavic Soul Party!

Tuesday 1/22 @ Barbès

While punk outfits like Devotchka and Gogol Bordello boldly appropriate traditional Eastern European music, their gypsy-inspired mosh pits lack a certain... 

Mark Bradford: <em>Nobody Jones</em>

Art

Mark Bradford

Tuesday 1/22 @ Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

Mark Bradford scours LA, collecting the billboard advertisements that make up his massive paper collages. Bradford layers the posters on top... 

Michael Bell-Smith: <em>Bouncing Lights Forever</em>

Art

Michael Bell-Smith

Tuesday 1/22 @ Foxy Production

Even with all the new technology available, the grand arc of Western art continue to hold sway over young artists. Michael... 

Dawoud Bey: <em>Class Pictures</em>

Art: Photography

Dawoud Bey

Tuesday 1/22 @ Aperture Gallery

Chicago-based photographer Dawoud Bey's series Class Pictures depicts teenagers from a high school on Chicago's South Side, a New England prep... 

<em>The (Self) Promotion Show</em>

Art

The (Self) Promotion Show

Tuesday 1/22 @ Apex Art

Apex Art blurs the boundary between art and advertising in The (Self) Promotion Show. The 19 publicly submitted commercials on view... 

Armitage Gone! Dance: <em>Connoisseurs of Chaos</em>

Dance

Armitage Gone! Dance

Tuesday 1/22 @ The Joyce Theater

Karole Armitage is best known to mainstream audiences for choreographing Madonna's "Vogue" and Michael Jackson's "In the Closet," but within the... 

Do Ho Suh: <I>Reflection</I>

Art

Do-Ho Suh

Tuesday 1/22 @ Lehmann Maupin

Korean artist Do Ho Suh inaugurates Lehmann Maupin's new Chrystie Street space — located in the shadow of the new New... 

<em>Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art </em>

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Tuesday 1/22 @ International Center of Photography

Exploring identity and memory through archived imagery, curator Okwui Enwezor has collected over 20 artists to explore the often formal institution... 

Luis Gispert: <em>El Mundo Es Tuyo (the world is yours)</em>

Art

Luis Gispert

Tuesday 1/22 @ Zach Feuer Gallery

Miami-born artist Luis Gispert takes over West 24th Street with works in film, sculpture, and photography. At Zach Feuer, the artist... 

<em>Hunting and Gathering</em>

Theatre

Hunting and Gathering

Tuesday 1/22 @ 59E59 Theaters

Hunting and Gathering's simple, sweet appeal lies in its hyper-real portrait of young NYC. Ruth is a thirtysomething who keeps her... 

Irving Penn: <em>Close Encounters: Portraits of Artists and Writers</em>

Art: Photography

Irving Penn

Tuesday 1/22 @ The Morgan Library

Although photographer Irving Penn has worked in a variety of styles (including fashion spreads and early forays into painting), he is... 

Amanda Ross-Ho &amp; Kirsten Stoltmann: <em>Vaginal Rejuvenation</em>

Art

Amanda Ross-Ho & Kirsten Stoltmann

Tuesday 1/22 @ Guild & Greyshkul

Friends and LA-studio neighbors Amanda Ross-Ho and Kirsten Stoltmann team up for this collaborative exhibition at Guild & Greyshkul. Both artists... 

Lee Friedlander: <em>A Ramble in Olmsted Parks</em>

Art

Lee Friedlander

Tuesday 1/22 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lee Friedlander made his name wandering across the US in the '50s and '60s, taking pictures of motel television sets, shop... 

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Tuesday 1/22 @ Museum of Art and Design

Following the success of its Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting exhibition, the Museum of Arts and Design again draws glares from... 

G'Day USA: Australia Week

Festival: Performing Arts

G'Day USA: Australia Week

Tuesday 1/22 @ Various locations

January conjures images of tanned bodies playing beach volleyball and surfing the waves off a golden coast. Well, it does for... 

AA Bronson

Art

AA Bronson

Tuesday 1/22 @ John Connelly Presents

Godfather to queer artists everywhere, AA Bronson has made all varieties of artworks during his decades-long practice, focusing on a poetic... 

Shirin Neshat

Art

Shirin Neshat

Tuesday 1/22 @ Gladstone Gallery

Iran-born, US-educated photographer Shirin Neshat takes stirring, subversive pictures of Muslim women, forcefully engaging the troubling boundaries that separate men and... 

Poul Kjærholm: <I>Structures and Surfaces</I>

Art

Poul Kjærholm

Tuesday 1/22 @ Sean Kelly Gallery

Born in a tiny Danish village, Poul Kjærholm rose rapidly from skilled teenage cabinetmaker to icon of international design with his... 

<em>The Masked Portrait</em>

Art

The Masked Portrait

Tuesday 1/22 @ Marianne Boesky Gallery

The Masked Portrait is a snapshot of postwar Japanese art, featuring work by 30 artists from the late '40s to the... 

<em>New Prints: Winter 2008</em>

Art

New Prints: Winter 2008

Tuesday 1/22 @ International Print Center New York

Elevating fine-art printing beyond the standard three-color poster, the International Print Center's new-season highlights include rodent-infested Victorian wallpaper, silhouettes of million-dollar... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Tuesday 1/22 @ Paragraph

Joy Parisi and Lila Cecil understand the importance of having a room of one's own. At Paragraph, their Union Square writing... 

Jason Rhoades: <I>Black Pussy</I>

Art

Jason Rhoades

Tuesday 1/22 @ David Zwirner

The late Jason Rhoades was out of control in the best and worst ways, often at the same time. Rumor has... 

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Film

Last Year at Marienbad

Tuesday 1/22 @ Film Forum

Stanley Kubrick, Michel Gondry, and even George Romero owe a debt to Alain Resnais' new-wave classic, Last Year at Marienbad. The... 

Diana Thater: <em>Here is a text about the world... </em>

Art

Diana Thater

Tuesday 1/22 @ David Zwirner

Taking her cue from W.B. Yeats' "The Second Coming," Diana Thater presents a two-room video installation depicting the bond between falconers... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Tuesday 1/22 @ Imperial Theatre

Set in present-day Oklahoma, Tracy Letts' August: Osage County has a bad case of "the plains," as... 

<em>Atsuko Tanaka and Akira Kanayama</em>

Art

Atsuko Tanaka and Akira Kanayama

Tuesday 1/22 @ Paula Cooper Gallery

Two of Japan's best-known artists, Atsuko Tanaka and Akira Kanayama, passed away in recent years. Original members of the Osaka-based avant-garde... 

Donelle Woolford

Art

Donelle Woolford

Tuesday 1/22 @ Wallspace

Donelle Woolford is a young African-American artist, currently living and working in Harlem, who fashions handsome, cubist-inspired assemblages from lumber scraps.... 

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Tuesday 1/22 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bringing new meaning to the term "pack rat," sculptor Tara Donovan accumulates everyday objects such as Styrofoam cups and drinking straws... 

<em>The Art of Marvin Franklin</em>

Art

Marvin Franklin

Tuesday 1/22 @ New York Transit Museum

Marvin Franklin spent more than two decades of his life working as a night-shift track inspector for the MTA. This may... 

<em>Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea</em>

Theatre

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Tuesday 1/22 @ P.S. 122

Today, the art of storytelling seems as quaint as silent film, a lumbering anachronism in a sea of ADD-paced narratives. Enter...