Events on Sunday, November 13

Zero Film Festival presents Peixe Vermelho

Film: Shorts

Zero Film Festival presents Peixe Vermelho

Sunday 11/13 @ Galapagos Art Space

David Lynch fans won't want to miss the director playing the role of "The Knowledgable One," in Andreia Vigo's short film... 

Babycastles presents Innovative Leisure: New Atari Games & Slice Harvester Pizza Party

Party

New Atari Games & Slice Harvester Pizza Party

Sunday 11/13 @ Death by Audio

Babycastles launches the new art-games arcade at Death By Audio, curated by Ian Bogost, Director of the Graduate Program in Digital... 

Future Shorts

Film: Shorts

Future Shorts

Sunday 11/13 @ Fonda Nolita

Future Shorts is a screening of six international short films, ranging from God of Love, this year's Academy Award winner for... 

Rhinestone Gorilla Burlesque presents ASS FROM THE PAST: Age 10, Revisited

Performing Arts: Burlesque

Rhinestone Gorilla Burlesque

Sunday 11/13 @ The Triad Theater

Dangerous, infectious, art-damaged (or basically just damaged): tonight the cast of Rhinestone Gorilla Burlesque turns back the clock to when they... 

So Percussion & Calder Quartet w/ Skeleton$, Diamond Terrifier, and Andrew WK

Music: Indie

So Percussion & Calder Quartet

Sunday 11/13 @ 285 Kent Ave

Avant-garde Brooklynites So Percussion headline this night with Calder Quartet, so expect some eccentric clanging alongside party anthems supplied by Andrew... 

The Village Gate’s “Old Fashioned Piano Party”

Music

The Village Gate’s “Old Fashioned Piano Party”

Sunday 11/13 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 9 PM // 21+ This brand new weekly open mic night is highly recommended for show-tune lovers, Broadway enthusiasts, "Gleeks", fans... 

The Lie

Film

The Lie

Sunday 11/13 @ 92YTribeca

Based on the story by T.C. Boyle, The Lie is the story of young parents Lonnie (Joshua Leonard) and Clover (Jess... 

Baby Got Bach: Classical Kids at LPR w/ Orli Shaham

Music: Classical

Baby Got Bach: Classical Kids at LPR w/ Orli Shaham

Sunday 11/13 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Bring your children to Bleecker Street for Baby Got Bach: Classical Kids at LPR. Curated by the pianist Orli Shaham, the... 

Mischief & Mayhem Reading Series  w/ host Katie Halper and Justin Bond

Books: Reading

Mischief & Mayhem Reading Series w/ host Katie Halper and Justin Bond

Sunday 11/13 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 Mischief and Mayhem is a publishing collective, not a publishing company. Our goals are to nurture and promote distinctive authorial voices,... 

Fishbone Rare Acoustic Set

Music

Fishbone Rare Acoustic Set

Sunday 11/13 @ Brooklyn Bowl

Fishbone has been composing, creating, recording, releasing and performing original music for over two decades. They have toured worldwide with such... 

Rooftop Beekeeping

Workshop/Class

Rooftop Beekeeping

Sunday 11/13 @ 3rd Ward

Beekeeping isn’t just for farmers anymore! Learn the ins-and-outs of keeping bees in an urban environment. Maintaining an apiary is easier... 

Kimya Dawson

Music

Kimya Dawson

Sunday 11/13 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Former member of Moldy Peaches, Kimya Dawson debuts her solo work on the Knitting Factory stage on November 13th. Joined by... 

LIVE from the NYPL presents Rolex Arts Weekend: Maya Zbib's The Music Box (U.S. premier), introduced by Peter Sellars

Performing Arts

LIVE from the NYPL presents Rolex Arts Weekend: Maya Zbib's The Music Box (U.S. premier), introduced by Peter Sellars

Sunday 11/13 @ LIVE from the NYPL

The Music Box, a one-woman show created by Protégée in Theatre Maya Zbib, is a performance about homes, usually performed in... 

Naomi

Film

Naomi

Sunday 11/13 @ 92YTribeca

This award winning thriller takes place in the mixed city of Haifa.  Ilan Ben Natan, a 58-year-old Astrophysics professor, is obsessively... 

PS122, Chris Cochrane, & tbspMGMT prsnt: the THEM album release party

Music: Dance

PS122, Chris Cochrane, & tbspMGMT prsnt: the THEM album release party

Sunday 11/13 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

  The CD is comprised of the music and narration of THEM, a performance by Chris Cochrane, Dennis Cooper and Ishmael... 

Vienna Symphony Orchestra - Fabio Luisi, conductor

Music: Classical

Vienna Symphony Orchestra - Fabio Luisi, conductor

Sunday 11/13 @ Lincoln Center

Fabio Luisi, conductor Lise de la Salle, piano   The vibrant conductor Fabio Luisi, music director of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra,... 

Upholstery: Level II

Workshop/Class

Upholstery: Level II

Sunday 11/13 @ 3rd Ward

In this five-session class you will use the skills learned in Intro to Upholstery (or equivalent) to develop and refine their... 

The Poetry Society of New York Launch Party

Books: Reading

The Poetry Society of New York Launch Party

Sunday 11/13 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

The Poetry Society of New York Launch Party w/ Lisa Marie Basile, Lauren Hunter, DJ Maggie Wells and The Poetry Brothel... 

LIVE from the NYPL presents Rolex Arts Weekend: P.O.V., Music for 6 Guitars and More

Performing Arts

LIVE from the NYPL presents Rolex Arts Weekend: P.O.V., Music for 6 Guitars and More

Sunday 11/13 @ LIVE from the NYPL

P.O.V, a site-specific dance developed by Lee Serle for Astor Hall, the soaring entrance to the New York Public Library, places... 

Fishbone

Music

Fishbone

Sunday 11/13 @ Brooklyn Bowl

Fishbone has been composing, creating, recording, releasing and performing original music for over two decades. The band was formed in 1979... 

LIVE from the NYPL presents Rolex Arts Weekend: Brian Eno, Anish Kapoor, and Peter Sellars in conversation with Paul Holdengraber

Performing Arts: Discussion

LIVE from the NYPL presents Rolex Arts Weekend: Brian Eno, Anish Kapoor, and Peter Sellars in conversation with Paul Holdengraber

Sunday 11/13 @ LIVE from the NYPL

In a rare event featuring three of today’s most significant artists, Paul Holdengräber convenes composer Brian Eno, visual artist Anish Kapoor... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Into the Abyss</em>

Film: Documentary

Into the Abyss

Sunday 11/13 @ IFC Center

Werner Herzog and his charming German accent are back again with Into the Abyss, a documentary that uses a triple homicide... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Sunday 11/13 @ Paragraph

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

New York Ghost Tours

City Gems: Guided Tour

New York Ghost Tours

Sunday 11/13 @ Various Greenwich Village locations

For those desiring an unearthly Halloween thrill this year, try looking in your own backyard (or more likely your alley or... 

BAM 150 Benefit Prints

Art: Multimedia

BAM 150 Benefit Prints

Sunday 11/13 @ ArtSpace

BAM celebrates its 150th anniversary with two limited edition prints by leading artists Marcel Dzama and Deborah Kass. Dzama's Where All... 

<em>Love, Loss, and What I Wore</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Love, Loss, and What I Wore

Sunday 11/13 @ Westside Theatre

This show is based on Ilene Beckerman's simple, sweet book, spruced up by the incomparable Ephron sisters, and then interpreted by... 

<em>Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway

Sunday 11/13 @ Broadhurst Theatre

This show makes you wonder if he looks in the mirror each day and realizes he is ruining everything for all... 

<em>Avenue Q</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Avenue Q

Sunday 11/13 @ New World Stages

Avenue Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and... 

Botanica Bar

Get Social: Happy Hour

Botanica

Sunday 11/13 @ Botanica Bar

We love this bar. It's our home away from home, our office away from office. You simply can't find nicer bartenders... 

Ars Nova presents ANT Fest 2011

Performing Arts: Festival

ANT Fest 2011

Sunday 11/13 @ Ars Nova Theater

During the next four weeks Ars Nova is hosting its own industrious and creative ant colony for ANT Fest 2011. Thirty... 

<em>Melancholia</em>

Film

Melancholia

Sunday 11/13 @ Angelika Film Center

From his outlandish comments — calling George W. Bush an asshole or admitting to be a Nazi — to his profound fear... 

<em>Memphis</em>

Theatre: Musical

Memphis

Sunday 11/13 @ Shubert Theatre (225 W 44th St)

MEMPHIS is about a white radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black club singer who is ready... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Sunday 11/13 @ Richard Rodgers Theatre

There's a lot more color and zing on the Great White Way with the addition of In the Heights, an ebullient... 

The Films of Jack Smith

Film: Experimental

The Films of Jack Smith

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Filmmaker Jack Smith was one of the most influential underground filmmakers. With a penchant for burlesque performance, Hollywood orientalism, scathing satire,... 

Jem Cohen: NYC Weights and Measures

Art: Video

Jem Cohen: NYC Weights and Measures

Sunday 11/13 @ The Jewish Museum

NYC Weights and Measures is filmmaker Jem Cohen's observational portrait of New York City, a document of Cohen's wanderlust as he... 

New Photography 2011

Art: Photography

New Photography 2011

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

This year, MoMA's annual New Photography series expands to feature the work of six artists, with the aim of capturing the... 

Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art

Art: Painting & Drawing

Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

See works from Diego Rivera's first NYC exhibition, which took place at the MoMA back in 1931. Yes, sketches and designs... 

Artists and Fleas

City Gems

Artists and Fleas

Sunday 11/13 @ Artists and Fleas

The independent vendors at Artists and Fleas supply the essentials — jewelry, vintage clothing, fashion, crafts, books, and vinyl — to... 

<em>Voca People</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Voca People

Sunday 11/13 @ Westside Theatre

You would swear that musical instruments are being played, but the only sounds in this show are coming out of the... 

<em>Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Sunday 11/13 @ The Palace Theatre

Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the outrageously fabulous musical that took London and Australia by storm, has finally hit New York.... 

<em>Sherrie Levine: Mayhem</em>

Art: Multimedia

Sherrie Levine: Mayhem

Sunday 11/13 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

For over 30 years, Sherrie Levine has been lifting artwork from other artists in a sly attempt to undermine generally accepted... 

<em>Freud's Last Session</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Freud's Last Session

Sunday 11/13 @ New World Stages

Freud's Last Session is a battle of the brains, with plenty of wit and thought-provoking dialogue. Two brilliant actors, particularly Martin Rayner... 

<em>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Sunday 11/13 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

Avid fans of spectacular spectacle De La Guarda are rejoicing with the arrival of Fuerza Bruta: Look Up, a sort of... 

Matthew Stone: <em>Optimism as Cultural Rebellion</em>

Art: Multimedia

Matthew Stone: Optimism as Cultural Rebellion

Sunday 11/13 @ The Hole

Acclaimed British artist Matthew Stone crosses the pond to present his first major solo show in America, a multimedia discovery of... 

<em>Book of Mormon</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Book of Mormon

Sunday 11/13 @ Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 W 49th St)

We hestitated to lend our voices to the chorus of adoration for this show — only because we were afraid of being... 

<em>The Atmosphere of Memory</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

The Atmosphere of Memory

Sunday 11/13 @ Bank Street Theater

Jon has written a play based on his dysfunctional family and, to add an extra level of verite, has cast his... 

2011 Margaret Mead Film Festival

Film: Festival

2011 Margaret Mead Film Festival

Sunday 11/13 @ American Museum of Natural History

The documentary film festival named for one of the greatest American cultural anthropologists of the 20th century, Margaret Mead, returns to... 

The Contenders 2011

Film

The Contenders 2011

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

It's that time of year when MoMA looks into its crystal ball and forecasts the upcoming film awards season. Always a... 

<em>Inni</em>

Film: Documentary

Inni

Sunday 11/13 @ IFC Center

Sigur Ros fans — we know there are more than a few of you out there — here's your chance to re-live the... 

NYC Chocolate Show

Food/Wine: Tasting

NYC Chocolate Show

Sunday 11/13 @ Metropolitan Pavilion

If you feel a chocolate jones coming on, head over to the Metropolitan Pavilion for a bittersweet, semi-sweet, and cream-filled weekend.... 

Andy Goldworthy's <em>Garden of Stones</em>

Art: Installation

Andy Goldworthy's Garden of Stones

Sunday 11/13 @ Museum of Jewish Heritage

Established almost 6 years ago, Andy Goldsworthy's living memorial garden was the artist's first permanent commission in New York City. The... 

2011 Next Wave Art

Art

2011 Next Wave Art

Sunday 11/13 @ BAM

Celebrate ten years of the Next Wave Art fest by ushering in a new group of groundbreaking Brooklyn artists. Curated by... 

<em>Clifford Owens: Anthology</em>

Art: Performance

Clifford Owens: Anthology

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA PS1

Anthology is a new project by artist Clifford Owens that merges photography, video, and live performance. For this show, Owens' first... 

<em>Suicide, Incorporated</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

Suicide, Incorporated

Sunday 11/13 @ Roundabout Underground

A wonderfully inventive script from Andrew Hinderaker is hardly credible but none the less riveting with its dark humor, fascinating, unique... 

<em>Venus in Fur</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Venus in Fur

Sunday 11/13 @ Samuel J. Friedman Theater

Oh please, stop with the "so kinky!" reviews. Not by today's standards, it's not. See this show for a brilliant young... 

<em>Celebrating 100 Years</em>: NYPL Centennial Exhibition

Special Event

Celebrating 100 Years

Sunday 11/13 @ New York Public Library

In celebration of its centennial, the New York Public Library is going into its archives and bringing out some items that... 

<em>Jersey Boys</em>

Theatre: Musical

Jersey Boys

Sunday 11/13 @ August Wilson Theatre

Like the signs on the buses say: The hits just keep on comin' — five years now for this crowd-pleasing bio-musical... 

<em>Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life</em>

Film

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

Sunday 11/13 @ Symphony Space

Inventive and artful, this surreal-tinged film about French-pop legend Serge Gainsbourg explores the inner demons of the late, great singer. After... 

BAMcin&eacute;matek and The Jim Henson Foundation present <em>Puppets on Film</em>

Film: Festival

Puppets on Film

Sunday 11/13 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

Puppets on Film presents a wide array of film involving puppets in all their splenderous form, from 80s cult classics like... 

<em>Mamma Mia!</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Mamma Mia!

Sunday 11/13 @ Winter Garden Theatre

Seen by over 45 million people around the world, MAMMA MIA!, is celebrating over 4,000 performances in its tenth smash hit... 

<em>Chinglish</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Chinglish

Sunday 11/13 @ Longacre Theatre

The latest from Tony award-winning playwright David Henry Hwan, Chinglish is reminiscent of a 1940s screwball romantic comedy, albeit one with... 

HERE and the Dream Music Puppetry Program present <em>Sonnambula</em>

Performing Arts: Puppetry

Sonnambula

Sunday 11/13 @ HERE Arts Center

Whether in Bellini's opera or Balanchine's ballet, Amina the Sleepwalker (La Sonnambula) is a role requiring otherworldly technique — while maintaining... 

Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Art: Multimedia

Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Sunday 11/13 @ Museum of the Moving Image

If Sesame Street was your primary baby-sitter back when you were a kid, and you considered Kermit and Miss Piggy some... 

De Kooning: A Retrospective

Art: Painting & Drawing

De Kooning: A Retrospective

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

MoMA kicks off the fall season with a blockbuster exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by celebrated abstract expressionist... 

GreenFlea Market

City Gems

GreenFlea Market

Sunday 11/13 @ William J. O'Shea Junior High School

As its name suggests, GreenFlea combines two ecologically sound practices — eating locally and buying used items — into one big... 

Brits Off Broadway

Theatre: Festival

Brits Off Broadway

Sunday 11/13 @ 59E59 Theaters

The annual gathering of anglophile theatre at 59 East 59th is a blast — like taking a trip London's West End,... 

<em>Godspell</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Godspell

Sunday 11/13 @ Circle in the Square Theatre

Jesus, what a voice! Hunter Parrish's Jesus charms, amuses, and seduces all. He glorifies Stephen Schwartz's divine score (which is far... 

<em>Boy Gets Girl</em>

Theatre: Off-Off-Broadway

Boy Gets Girl

Sunday 11/13 @ Access Theater

Theresa, a busy journalist, agrees to go on a blind date with Tony, arranged through an acquaintance. By their second meeting,... 

<em>The Blue Flower</em>

Theatre: Musical

The Blue Flower

Sunday 11/13 @ Second Stage Theatre

World War I may not strike you as perfect fodder for a musical, but the current crop of plays indicates otherwise:... 

<em>Black Angels Over Tuskegee</em>

Theatre: Drama

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

Sunday 11/13 @ The Actors' Temple Theatre

Award-winning writer/director Layon Gray’s Black Angels Over Tuskegee addreses an overlooked part of  history: the first African-American fighter pilots in the... 

Chick Corea

Music: Jazz

Chick Corea

Sunday 11/13 @ Blue Note

At 70, jazz piano legend Chick Corea shows no signs of slowing down. Quite the opposite, in fact: he's celebrating his... 

Charles Dickens at 200

Books

Charles Dickens at 200

Sunday 11/13 @ The Morgan Library

In celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens, the Morgan Library & Museum presents Charles Dickens at 200... 

<em>The Tree of Life</em>

Film

The Tree of Life

Sunday 11/13 @ Cinema Village

Having just walked off with the Palme d'Or at Cannes, Terrence Malick's latest film, The Tree of Life, which stars Brad... 

Nitehawk presents <em>The Skin I Live In</em>

Film: Wide Release

Nitehawk presents The Skin I Live In

Sunday 11/13 @ Nitehawk Cinema

Antonio Banderas stars as the eminent and obsessive plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Ledgard in The Skin I Live In, a delightfully... 

Lyndsy Welgos

Art: Photography

Lyndsy Welgos

Sunday 11/13 @ Rawson Projects

Rawson Projects inaugurates its Greenpoint gallery space with an exhibition of new photographs by visual artist Lyndsy Welgos. Welgos works in... 

In Focus: Fortissimo Films

Film: Festival

Fortissimo Films

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Fortissimo, a production and distribution company based in Hong Kong and Amsterdam, has had a strong hand in bringing independent cinema... 

MoMA PS1 presents <em>September 11</em>

Art: Multimedia

September 11

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA PS1

Responding to the sense that 9/11 is underrepresented in the cultural discourse, MoMA PS1 presents September 11, a group show that... 

Spencer Finch: <em>The River That Flows Both Ways</em>

Art

Spencer Finch

Sunday 11/13 @ The High Line, Chelsea Market Passage

Brooklyn-based artist Spencer Finch is a man in search of lost time. He feeds viewers a Proustian Madeleine for their senses,... 

<em>The Fantasticks</em>

Theatre: Off-Broadway

The Fantasticks

Sunday 11/13 @ Jerry Orbach Theater

In the intimate Jerry Orbach theater (now aka the Snapple Center, groan), this simple, warm, and wonderful production is the first... 

<em>Other Desert Cities</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Other Desert Cities

Sunday 11/13 @ Booth Theatre

Wow. In our humble opinion, this is the best play on Broadway right now — the kind of intelligent reflection of... 

<em>Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties</em>

Art: Multimedia

Youth and Beauty

Sunday 11/13 @ Brooklyn Museum

The exhibition Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties presents the work of 68 painters, sculptors, and photographers who explored... 

Sol Lewitt: <em>Structures 1965 - 2006</em>

Art: Sculpture

Sol Lewitt: Structures 1965 - 2006

Sunday 11/13 @ City Hall Park

City Hall Park is an unlikely hotbed of great contemporary art. But if you happen to be in lower Manhattan, you... 

<em>War Horse </em>

Theatre: Broadway

 War Horse

Sunday 11/13 @ Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center

Calling these things puppets is like calling the Yankees a baseball team. What they are able to create on stage (for... 

Performa 11

Art: Performance

Performa 11

Sunday 11/13 @ Various locations

Whether due to the will of art historian RoseLee Goldberg or the attention given the naked people at MoMA last year,... 

<em>Billy Elliot</em>

Theatre: Broadway

Billy Elliot

Sunday 11/13 @ Imperial Theatre

The dark economic times spurred by Wall Street and the new political landscape serve as the perfect backdrop for Billy Elliot,... 

La MaMa presents Clowns Ex Machina in <em>Clowns Full-Tilt: A Musing on Aesthetics</em>

Performing Arts: Circus

Clowns Full-Tilt

Sunday 11/13 @ La MaMa E.T.C.

Seldom is an "Aesthetics" presentation so intentionally funny or revealing. Clowns Ex Machina's nine fearless females ponder the eternal question of... 

Savor the Bronx

Food/Wine: Festival

Savor the Bronx

Sunday 11/13 @ Various locations in the Bronx

Many of us (your editor included) don't get up to the Bronx nearly as much as we should — particularly if we... 

Carlito Carvalhosa: Sum of Days

Art: Installation

Carlito Carvalhosa: Sum of Days

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Brazilian artist Carlito Carvalhosa conceived Sum of Days as an environmental and participatory sound installation—a monumental, voluminous construction made of soft,... 

Lauren Kelley: Froufrou Conclusions

Art: Video

Lauren Kelley: Froufrou Conclusions

Sunday 11/13 @ The Kitchen

Exhibition Hours: Tues-Fri, 12-6pm; Sat 11-6pm FREE Opening Reception: Friday, November 11, 6-8pm   Employing a wry wit when commenting on... 

Lehman College Art Gallery

Art

Lehman College Art Gallery

Sunday 11/13 @ El Museo del Barrio

This show features imagery by a number of artists that share an affinity for illustration and the narrative force of images.... 

9/11 Peace Story Quilt

Art

9/11 Peace Story Quilt

Sunday 11/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The 9/11 Peace Story Quilt was designed by artist Faith Ringgold and constructed in collaboration with New York City students aged... 

Northern Manhattan Arts Allicance

Art

Northern Manhattan Arts Allicance

Sunday 11/13 @ El Museo del Barrio

This exhibition focuses more specifically on local graffiti writers and their newer "canvases," focusing on artists of various generations and their... 

Michael Sailstorfer: "Tornado"

Art: Installation

Michael Sailstorfer: "Tornado"

Sunday 11/13 @ Public Art Fund

Rising more than 30 feet to meet the treetops of Central Park, "Tornado" brings together a series of opposite terms. It... 

Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures

Art

Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures

Sunday 11/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This major international loan exhibition challenges conventional perceptions of African art. Bringing together more than 100 masterpieces drawn from collections in... 

The American Collection

Art

The American Collection

Sunday 11/13 @ National Academy Museum

A salon-style installation of approximately 120 paintings from the museum’s collection, An American Collection spans the period 1820-1970 and reflects the... 

Harun Farocki: Images of War (at a Distance)

Film: Documentary

Harun Farocki: Images of War (at a Distance)

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Galvanized by the international student protest movement of the late 1960s, Harun Farocki has developed an experimental documentary style, integrating his... 

Fiber Futures: Japan's Textile Pioneers

Art

Fiber Futures: Japan's Textile Pioneers

Sunday 11/13 @ Japan Society

Japan’s extreme textile-making lands in NYC. Coaxed from materials as age-old as hemp and newly developed as microfilaments, more than 35... 

More Than Enough w/ Elite Camp DJs Sickroc & Unkle Chip

Music

More Than Enough w/ Elite Camp DJs Sickroc & Unkle Chip

Sunday 11/13 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

 Unofficial Comic-Con After Party  After a brief hiatus, resident Elite Camp DJs Sickroc & Unkle Chip have returned, blessing the night... 

Nature Walk: Birding Along the Hudson with Wave Hill and NYC Audubon

City Gems: Parks & Rec

Nature Walk: Birding Along the Hudson with Wave Hill and NYC Audubon

Sunday 11/13 @ Wave Hill

Explore the Hudson River's avian ecology starting at the tip of Manhattan and migrating North. Walks are led by NYC Audubon... 

Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art and Design

Art

Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art and Design

Sunday 11/13 @ Museum of Arts and Design

Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art and Design explores the rich interplay of art and design in all craft media that exploded... 

Rob Pruitt's "The Andy Monument"

Art: Sculpture

Rob Pruitt's "The Andy Monument"

Sunday 11/13 @ Public Art Fund

Rob Pruitt's monument to Andy Warhol, the father of Pop Art and one of New York's enduring cultural icons, is installed... 

Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe

Art

Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe

Sunday 11/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibition is the first large-scale presentation of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints from Alfred Stieglitz's collection, acquired by the Met... 

Parabolas to Post-Modern: Selections of Architecture from the  Collection

Art: Group Show

Parabolas to Post-Modern: Selections of Architecture from the Collection

Sunday 11/13 @ National Academy Museum

Parabolas to Post-Modern: Selections of  Architecture from the  Collection is a brief survey of post-war architecture by National Academicians (NAs) and... 

Rabindranath Tagore: the Last Harvest

Art: Painting & Drawing

Rabindranath Tagore: the Last Harvest

Sunday 11/13 @ Asia Society and Museum

Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is beloved around the world as a poet and writer, yet few outside his native India... 

Short Films of Sesame Street

Film: Shorts

Short Films of Sesame Street

Sunday 11/13 @ Museum of the Moving Image

These short films will appeal to the child in us all: vintage Sesame Street films, both animated and live action shorts... 

New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia

Art

New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia

Sunday 11/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

More than 1,000 works from the distinguished collection of the Met Museum's Department of Islamic Art—one of the most comprehensive gatherings... 

The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane

Theatre

The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane

Sunday 11/13 @ Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU

In Pan Pan’s purgatorial presentation of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, you as the audience are faced with a choice: who is to... 

Sol LeWitt: Structures, 1965-2006

Art: Sculpture

Sol LeWitt: Structures, 1965-2006

Sunday 11/13 @ Public Art Fund

 Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007) was one of America’s most inventive, prolific, and influential artists. He created significant bodies of work... 

Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine

Art

Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine

Sunday 11/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibition explores caricature and satire in its many forms from the Italian Renaissance to the present, drawn primarily from the... 

Will Barnet at 100

Art: Painting & Drawing

Will Barnet at 100

Sunday 11/13 @ National Academy Museum

In the first New York retrospective of the artist’s work, Will Barnet at 100 will explore the dialogue between figuration and... 

Contemporary Selections: Aligning Abstraction

Art: Group Show

Contemporary Selections: Aligning Abstraction

Sunday 11/13 @ National Academy Museum

Aligning Abstraction will bring together a selection of recent diploma presentations by newly admitted members. Each year the National Academy receives... 

El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011

Art

El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011

Sunday 11/13 @ El Museo del Barrio

El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 is El Museo del Barrio's sixth and largest biennial, showcasing 75 artists at seven... 

The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

Art: Photography

The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951

Sunday 11/13 @ The Jewish Museum

The Radical Camera offers a comprehensive look at the Photo League, a group of politically engaged street photographers who captured city... 

BRIC Rotunda Gallery

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BRIC Rotunda Gallery

Sunday 11/13 @ El Museo del Barrio

Times of crisis are also times in which life extends into the streets. The artists in this exhibition have created gestures... 

Picasso to Koons: Artist as Jeweler

Art

Picasso to Koons: Artist as Jeweler

Sunday 11/13 @ Museum of Arts and Design

Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Max Ernst, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Jeff Koons and Anish Kapoor are some of the 20th century's... 

Voces y Visiones: Signs, Systems and the City in El Museo del Barrio's Permanent Collection

Art

Voces y Visiones: Signs, Systems and the City in El Museo del Barrio's Permanent Collection

Sunday 11/13 @ El Museo del Barrio

This installation in the Carmen Ana Unanue Galleries, drawn from our Permanent Collection, features works with an urban sensibility that deploy... 

A Promise is Cloud

Art

A Promise is Cloud

Sunday 11/13 @ Public Art Fund

Like the atmospheric transformation of a cloud into rain, some works of art have the potential to change their form and meaning.... 

Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet

Art

Mirror of the Buddha: Early Portraits from Tibet

Sunday 11/13 @ Rubin Museum of Art

In early Tibetan painted portraits, founding masters of important Buddhist schools were often represented as holy personages. Using artistic conventions developed... 

"Wonder of the Age": Master Painters of India, 1100–1900

Art

"Wonder of the Age": Master Painters of India, 1100–1900

Sunday 11/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This major loan exhibition is devoted to the connoisseurship of Indian painting, with some 220 works selected according to identifiable hands... 

The Artist Revealed: A Panorama of Great Artist Portraits

Art: Group Show

The Artist Revealed: A Panorama of Great Artist Portraits

Sunday 11/13 @ National Academy Museum

Highlights from the National Academy’s extensive collection of artist portraits from the early 19th century to today will be on view... 

194X–9/11: American Architects and the City

Art: Design

194X–9/11: American Architects and the City

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

 This year marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11, an event that ushered in a new era of architectural anticipation and uncertainty,... 

Sculpture in Color

Special Event

Sculpture in Color

Sunday 11/13 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

This summer's installation in The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden celebrates the bold use of color in modern and contemporary sculpture.... 

Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son

Art

Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son

Sunday 11/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibition features a selection of early 20th-century reproductions of now-famous works of art from Sir Arthur Evans’s historic excavations of... 

Mx Bond's Low Double Standards An evening of cunning covers, w/ Thomas Bartlett on piano

Performing Arts

Mx Bond's Low Double Standards An evening of cunning covers, w/ Thomas Bartlett on piano

Sunday 11/13 @ Joe's Pub

Described in The New Yorker as "The greatest cabaret artist of (v's) generation" by Hilton Als, Mx Justin Vivian Bond is... 

Mother India: The Goddess in Indian Painting

Art

Mother India: The Goddess in Indian Painting

Sunday 11/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In India, the Goddess (Devi) is the omnipresent embodiment of power and wisdom. Devi in her myriad forms—benign, maternal, empowering, and... 

The Art of Dissent in 17th-Century China: Masterpieces of Ming Loyalist Art from the Chih Lo Lou Collection

Art

The Art of Dissent in 17th-Century China: Masterpieces of Ming Loyalist Art from the Chih Lo Lou Collection

Sunday 11/13 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The collapse of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and subsequent conquest of China by semi-nomadic Manchu tribesmen from northeast of the Great... 

White Light Festival: Duality of Light

Art

White Light Festival: Duality of Light

Sunday 11/13 @ Lincoln Center

One at a time, in the lobby of Alice Tully Hall, visitors enter a long, dark corridor of sound, stepping uncertainly... 

National Academicians: Then and Now

Art: Group Show

National Academicians: Then and Now

Sunday 11/13 @ National Academy Museum

National Academicians: Then and Now will trace the work of four artists and one architect by pairing diploma presentations – the... 

(S) Files (S)cavenger Hunt

Art

(S) Files (S)cavenger Hunt

Sunday 11/13 @ El Museo del Barrio

Get in on the game as we challenge you to follow the clues around NYC to satellite venues and events surrounding... 

U-Ram Choe: In Focus

Art: Sculpture

U-Ram Choe: In Focus

Sunday 11/13 @ Asia Society and Museum

For his first solo New York museum exhibition, artist U-Ram Choe (b. 1970, Korea) has created a new work inspired by...