Events on Tuesday, February 19

Janine Antoni

Special Event

Janine Antoni

Tuesday 2/19 @ School of Visual Arts

Like many performance artists, Janine Antoni exploits her own body's potential. Her past projects involved the artist painting a gallery floor... 

<em>            The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy</em>

Books: Reading

The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy

Tuesday 2/19 @ 192 Books

In The Anatomist, author Bill Hayes tells two stories. The first is of Dr. Henry Gray, of Gray's Anatomy: The 19th-century... 

Dawoud Bey

Special Event

Dawoud Bey

Tuesday 2/19 @ Aperture Gallery

Since 2002, Chicago-based photographer Dawoud Bey has travelled to high schools all over the country, talking to students and taking their... 

Yelle w/ Kap10Kurt, Pash(ly), and DJ Lauren Flax

Music

Yelle

Tuesday 2/19 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Yelle's timing couldn't be better, hot as she is on the heels of fellow Frenchies Justice and the Ed Banger crew.... 

Ongoing Events

Nayland Blake: <em>What the Whiskey Said, What the Sun Is Saying </em>

Art

Nayland Blake

Tuesday 2/19 @ Matthew Marks Gallery

For many years, Nayland Blake's surrogate was a big white bunny that showed up in his drawings and sculptures. But in... 

Milos Forman Retrospective

Film

Milos Forman Retrospective

Tuesday 2/19 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Given the terrific contribution he's made to cinema, it's surprising that director Milos Forman isn't more of a household name. His... 

Shirin Neshat

Art

Shirin Neshat

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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... 

Slavic Soul Party!

Music: Global

Slavic Soul Party!

Tuesday 2/19 @ Barbès

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

Carrie Mae Weems: <em>A Survey</em>

Art: Photography

Carrie Mae Weems

Tuesday 2/19 @ Jack Shainman Gallery

  African American photographer Carrie Mae Weems marks her return to New York with a mini-retrospective at Chelsea's... 

Theatre

Rum & Coke

Tuesday 2/19 @ June Havoc Theatre

In Carmen Peláez's one-woman show Rum & Coke, the protagonist begins a search for beauty and a forgotten Cuba after finding... 

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

Art

Lee Friedlander

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Katy Grannan

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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... 

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

Special Event

blog.mode

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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 2/19 @ 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... 

Xu Zhen:<em> Just Did It </em>

Art

Xu Zhen

Tuesday 2/19 @ James Cohan Gallery

A masterful obfuscator of facts and images, Xu Zhen (in his artworks, at least) has waged armed assaults on China's neighboring... 

<em>Life in a Marital Institution</em>

Theatre

Life in a Marital Institution

Tuesday 2/19 @ 59E59 Theaters

In the funniest, most bizarre scene in James Braly's Life in a Marital Institution, Braly's wife Susan drags him to a... 

<em>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</em>

Art

Extreme Embroidery

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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... 

<em>Hunting and Gathering</em>

Theatre

Hunting and Gathering

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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... 

<em>Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions</em>

Art

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions

Tuesday 2/19 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

France's first superstar painter, Nicolas Poussin trained in Rome during the baroque era, at the height of Italy's artistic dominance. His... 

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

Art

New Prints: Winter 2008

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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... 

<em>The 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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 2/19 @ 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... 

Afrika Bambaataa

Music: DJ

Afrika Bambaataa

Tuesday 2/19 @ APT

Legendary godfather of the block party, pioneer of electro-funk, and originator of the Universal Zulu Nation, Afrika Bambaataa lends his guidance... 

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

Art: Photography

Dawoud Bey

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Tuesday 2/19 @ Imperial Theatre

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

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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>Paradise Park</em>

Theatre

Paradise Park

Tuesday 2/19 @ Signature Theatre

Charles Mee's work might not be terribly straightforward, but his collage-like storytelling should suit the multitasking, ADD-prone masses. Paradise Park, the... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Tuesday 2/19 @ Paragraph

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

Robert Mapplethorpe: <em>Certain People</em>

Art: Photography

Robert Mapplethorpe

Tuesday 2/19 @ Sean Kelly Gallery

Famous for his sensual photographs of flowers and notorious for his S&M images, Robert Mapplethorpe also took excellent portraits. Sean Kelly... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Tuesday 2/19 @ Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

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

Blue Coyote Theater Group: <em>Happy Endings</em>

Theatre

Happy Endings

Tuesday 2/19 @ Access Theater

In a revolt against love-story banality, Blue Coyote Theater Group commissioned nine playwrights to write shorts based on the lives of... 

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

Art

Marvin Franklin

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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>Grace</em>

Theatre

Grace

Tuesday 2/19 @ Lucille Lortel Theatre

Playwright Mick Gordon calls his plays "theatre essays" because they analyze a specific subject in hand, while portraying the lives of... 

Jasper Johns: <em>Gray</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Tuesday 2/19 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In Jasper Johns' Gray, the Met culls a rigorous collection of work from the mid-'50s to the present. Johns, a pop... 

Michel Gondry: <em>Be Kind Rewind</em>

Art

Be Kind Rewind

Tuesday 2/19 @ Deitch Projects

In his newest film, Be Kind Rewind, Michel Gondry tells the story of two childhood friends who work to recreate a... 

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

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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... 

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

Art

Dan Perjovschi

Tuesday 2/19 @ 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... 

De Novo Dahl

Music

De Novo Dahl

Tuesday 2/19 @ Pianos

It's hard to imagine De Novo Dahl playing their everything-but-country brand of pop rock on the famous strip of their hometown,... 

Luc Tuymans: <em>Forever</em>

Art

Luc Tuymans

Tuesday 2/19 @ David Zwirner

Belgian painter Luc Tuymans makes every effort to stymie easy interpretation of his blurry, photo-derived paintings. A history painter in a... 

<em>Adding Machine</em>

Theatre

Adding Machine

Tuesday 2/19 @ Minetta Lane Theatre

After 25 years of tedious number crunching, Mr. Zero finds out that he is being replaced by an adding machine. Driven... 

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

Art: Photography

Irving Penn

Tuesday 2/19 @ The Morgan Library

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

<em>The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower</em>

Theatre

The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island

Tuesday 2/19 @ Vineyard Theatre

Ben Katchor's epic indie-rock musical The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower returns, upgrading to the... 

Jasper Johns: <em>Drawings 1997-2007</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Tuesday 2/19 @ Matthew Marks Gallery

While the Met hosts a survey of Jasper Johns' gray-hued works, Matthew Marks shows 40 of the artist's drawings from the...