Readings & Talks
January 9, 2012 Issue
"Sunday Sketch," at the Frick Collection.
Photograph by Lauren Lancaster
"Under the Radar," the Public's annual festival, includes works by the Builders Association ("Sontag: Reborn"), Gob Squad Arts Collective ("Super Night Shot"), and Japan's Chelfitsch Theatre Company ("Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech").
The Goodbye Tour
Last year, the American musical icon Glen Campbell, who has given the world such hits as "Gentle on My Mind," "Wichita Lineman," and "Rhinestone Cowboy," revealed that he has been living with Alzheimer's disease. He announced his retirement, and one last tour. He comes to Town Hall.
Gone To Seed
In 2010, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei installed a hundred million porcelain sunflower seeds—handmade by artisans in Jingdezhen, China—in the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. Chelsea's Mary Boone gallery kicks off the New Year with a related exhibition, which, while smaller, still weighs in at five tons.
Contemporary European composers have benefitted richly during Alan Gilbert's tenure as the Philharmonic's music director, and music by the formidable Thomas Adès is welcome anytime. The orchestra offers the New York première of the composer's new work "Polaris" in a program that also offers Mahler's Ninth Symphony.
The Museum of the Moving Image picks up some slack in foreign-film distribution with "First Look," a selection of new international films—most in their New York première—by such major directors as Chantal Akerman ("Almayer's Folly"), Philippe Garrel ("That Summer"), and the documentary filmmaker Artavazd Peleshian, who is also the subject of a portrait by Pietro Marcello.
This article appears in the print edition of the January 9, 2012, issue.
Museum of Moving Image
Philippe Garrel
Thomas Ades