Vase azteque aux quatre visages (Aztec vase with four faces)
1957, Ceramic vase
19.6 x 10.6 inches

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881 - 1973) a Spanish painter and sculptor and one of the most recognized figures in 20th century art is best known for his dramatic personality and distinctive imagery.

Co-founder, along with Georges Braque, of Cubism, his style is unmistakable, though much imitated. It has been estimated that Picasso produced about 13,500 paintings or designs, 100,000 prints or engravings, 34,000 book illustrations and 300 sculptures or ceramics. One of his major oil paintings, Garçon à la Pipe, sold for $104 million in May, 2004, setting a new auction price record for the time.

Puccio Gallery is buying and selling artwork so find out more at the gallery on Second Avenue

Tripode (Tripod)
1951, Ceramic vase
29.75 x 9 inches

editor: July 2009

TRIBECA/ESPN SPORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2009

- trailer competition

April 22, 2009 - May 3, 2009

Festival jury announced; the 32 jurors include Uma Thurman, Meg Ryan,
Morgan Spurlock, James Franco, Todd Haynes, Bradley Cooper, Melissa Leo,
Parker Posey, Adrien Brody and Rachel Maddow

[New York, NY - April 21, 2009] -Tribeca Film Festival co-founders
Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal kicked off the eighth annual Tribeca
Film Festival today at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in
lower Manhattan. De Niro and Rosenthal were joined by Uma Thurman, who
will serve as a juror for the World Narrative competition and who
announced her fellow 2009 Festival jurors, Spike Lee, who directed two
films featured in this year's Festival, and Rich Lehrfeld, VP, Global
Sponsorship and Experiential Marketing for American Express, the
founding sponsor of the Festival.

The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 22 - May 3 and will
include 85 features and 46 short films representing 36 different
countries. The film slate, chosen from 4,720 submissions, features 45
world premieres, 5 international premieres, 15 North American premieres,
3 U.S. premieres and 12 New York premieres. In addition to the film
line-up, there will also be an array of panel discussions, valuable
networking opportunities for filmmakers and the industry, gala premieres
of highly anticipated new studio releases - including Sony Pictures
Classics' Whatever Works and Fox Searchlight Pictures' My Life in Ruins
- and a number of free, community events, including the Tribeca
Drive-In, the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Day and the Tribeca Family Festival
Street Fair.

"At its core, our Festival has always been about great films; but it has
also been about community and renewal. These themes were resonant right
after we founded the Festival after 9/11, as well as in the years that
followed and especially now - at a time of such uncertainty for so many
people struggling with the global economic crisis. In good times and
bad, people love to go to the movies, and we are thrilled to be here
once again to present 12 days of films and events that will appeal to
the industry and the general public alike. Whether you're an
accomplished filmmaker or just need a way to escape everyday life for a
few hours, there's something for you at Tribeca," said Rosenthal.

"It's great to see how much the Festival has grown since we began in
2002 and how it has impacted the neighborhood," said De Niro. "We
invite everyone to come to Tribeca to enjoy all that our Festival has to
offer - from great films to industry gatherings to free community
events."

"Year after year, the Tribeca Film Festival brings a vibrant energy to
New York City and excitement to filmmakers, film fans, and merchants in
the local communities," said Rich Lehrfeld, VP, Global Sponsorship and
Experiential Marketing, American Express. "American Express is proud to
continue our support of the Festival as we have since its inception,
driving business to local merchants, celebrating filmmakers and the art
of storytelling, and creating unforgettable experiences for our
Cardmembers."

"I want to thank American Express, our founding partner, who was with us
from the very beginning when we set out to drive business, energy and
excitement downtown post-9/11. They have offered unwavering support of
that original mission and of the art of filmmaking and storytelling in a
most powerful way," added Rosenthal, who also noted, "We are grateful to
all our partners and corporate sponsors - returning and new - who make
our programming possible."

"I'm so proud of the films we are showing this year, from the heaviest
hitting documentary to the lightest comedy, there is something for
everyone. I can't wait for to share the films with our audience," said
Nancy Schafer, Executive Director of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Jurors for the competitive categories were announced by Academy
Award-nominated actress Uma Thurman.

"For me, and for people everywhere who love film, Tribeca has become a
major event to which we all look forward with anticipation. And as a
New Yorker, it's been wonderful to see the impact the festival has had
on the City. This year is especially exciting because I get to be a
part of it as a juror. I look forward to watching some incredible
films," said Thurman.

Following is a list of the 2009 Festival jurors and their respective
categories:

World Competition Categories:
* The jurors for the 2009 World Narrative Competition are Bradley
Cooper, Richard Fischoff, Todd Haynes, Meg Ryan and Uma Thurman.
* The jurors for the 2009 World Documentary Competition are Liz
Garbus, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. , Whoopi Goldberg, Morgan Spurlock and
Brian Williams.

New York Competition Categories:
* The 2009 Best New York Narrative jurors are Adrien Brody, Karen
Durbin, Richard Ledes, Melissa Leo, Parker Posey, Andre Leon Talley and
Beau Willimon.
* The 2009 Best New York Documentary jurors are Jon Robin Baitz,
Mary Boone, Marc Ecko, Douglas Keeve and Rachael Ray.

Short Film Competition Categories:
* The 2009 Narrative Short jurors are Thomas Haden Church, James
Franco, Mary Harron, Debra Messing and Mary-Kate Olsen.
* The 2009 Documentary and Student Short jurors are Bobby
Cannavale, Gael Greene, AJ Jacobs, Rachel Maddow and Sheikha Al Mayassa
bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.

Celebrated filmmaker and proud New Yorker Spike Lee was also on hand to
talk about being a part of the Tribeca Film Festival for the first time.
Lee directed two films in this year's Festival - Kobe Doin' Work, which
will have its world premiere as part of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film
Festival, and Passing Strange, which will have its New York premiere and
screen as part of a special panel discussion for American Express
cardmembers. Additionally, Lee serves as an Ambassador for the
Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, which in just its third year, the
Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film has become the premier showcase for independent
films about sports and competition.

"Glad I'm part of a great NY Film Institution," said Spike Lee.
"Looking forward to Premiering Passing Strange and Kobe Doin' Work with
the great Tribeca Film Festival."

To showcase the variety and strength of this year's film slate, which
Schafer noted has "something for everyone," she showed clips from four
highly-anticipated Festival films during today's press conference:
* TiMER. Directed and written by Jac Schaeffer. (USA) - World
Premiere. Finding true love is easier than ever thanks to a
bio-technological implant called the TiMER, which counts down to the
exact time people meet their soul mates. Love-starved Oona (Emma
Caulfield, TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is pushing 30, but her TiMER
hasn't even started counting down yet. What's worse, she's falling for a
guy (John Patrick Amedori, Gossip Girl) who is set to meet his true love
in four months. Newcomer Jac Schaeffer crafts a smart romantic comedy
that leaves behind the burning question... would you want to know?
* Burning Season. Directed by Cathy Henkel. (Australia) -
International Premiere. TFF award winner Henkel returns with this
powerful portrait of three lives affected by deliberately lit fires
raging across Indonesia. Destroying pristine rainforest, endangering
wildlife, and contributing to climate change, these fires only benefit
the lucrative palm oil industry. Following a carbon-trading
entrepreneur, an orangutan rescuer, and a palm oil farmer, this doc
inspirationally shows those caught at the intersection of big business
and conservation. Hugh Jackman narrates.
* Vegas: Based on a True Story. Directed by Amir Naderi, written
by Susan Brennan, Bliss Esposito, Charlie Lake Keaton and Naderi. (USA)
- North American Premiere. Returning to the Festival, acclaimed director
Amir Naderi applies his inimitable cinematic style to Vegas. The film
takes place away from the glittering strip of luxury mega casinos, but
the judgment-clouding greed of Sin City is just as pervasive on the
desert outskirts of town, where an otherwise happy family is thrown into
turmoil after learning of a forgotten fortune that may be buried beneath
their scrubby little home.
* Racing Dreams. Directed by Marshall Curry. (USA) - World
Premiere. What Little League is to baseball, go-karting is to auto
racing. Oscar(r)-nominated director Marshall Curry (Street Fight)
follows the exhilarating and emotional journeys of three top racers
competing for the national championship. Three adolescents and their
families must discover if they have the talent and dedication-and
sponsorship dollars-to one day become NASCAR superstars. Part of the
Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival.

Prior to the screening of these clips, Schafer welcomed and introduced
the directors of these four films. Schaffer is a first time filmmaker
and new to Tribeca, while Australian filmmaker Henkel won the Best
Feature Documentary Award at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival, Curry won
the Audience Award at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival for his documentary
Street Fight, which went on to be nominated for an Academy Award, and
Naderi returns to Tribeca for the third time, having previously debuted
two films during the 2003 and 2004 Tribeca Film Festivals.

About the Tribeca Film Festival
Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded the Tribeca
Film Festival in 2001 following the attacks on the World Trade Center,
New York City to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of the
lower Manhattan district through an annual celebration of film, music
and culture. The Festival's mission is to help filmmakers reach the
broadest possible audience, enable the international film community and
general public to experience the power of cinema and promote New York
City as a major filmmaking center.

Tribeca Film Festival is well known for being a diverse international
film festival that supports emerging and established directors. The
Tribeca Festival has screened over 1,100 films from over 80 countries
since its first festival in 2002. Since its founding, it has attracted
an international audience of more than two million attendees and has
generated over $530 million in economic activity for New York City.

THE MAIN FESTIVAL ACTION

Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2001 following the attacks on the World Trade Center, New York City to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of the lower Manhattan district through an annual celebration of film, music and culture. The Festival’s mission is to help filmmakers reach the broadest possible audience, enable the international film community and general public to experience the power of cinema and promote New York City as a major filmmaking center.

The Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival is a partnership between Tribeca Enterprises, the parent company of the Tribeca Film Festival, and ESPN Inc. The Festival, founded in 2006, is the premiere showcase for independent sports film.

Tribeca Film Festival is well known for being a diverse international film festival that supports emerging and established directors. The Tribeca Festival has screened over 1100 films from over 80 countries since its first festival in 2002. Since its founding, it has attracted an international audience of more than two million attendees and has generated over $530 million in economic activity for New York City.

For the first time in the three-year history of the Festival, Tribeca and ESPN have created a unique competition to find the official Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival trailer that will be scheduled to play prior to all of the films in this year’s sports film festival. The 2009 Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival will take place during the Tribeca Film Festival, April 22 through May 3, 2009.

To participate in the competition, contestants will need to shoot a reenactment of a scene from a classic sports film. Three scenes from two classic Walt Disney Pictures, Remember The Titans and Cool Runnings, have been preselected for contestants to recreate. All recreations of the scenes should keep within the spirit of the original film and be under 30 seconds. A panel of Tribeca and ESPN notables will select the top submissions and choose the final winner. The competition ended Saturday, March 7, 2009.

For the first time in its three-year history the  Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival announced a competition to find the official trailer for the 2009 Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival.

Contestants should log on to:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=tribeca/trailer/contest
to download the script pages to both films and then submit their videos.

Selected shorts will be featured on www.espn.com, beginning in early April 2009.

..........the prize winner gets

In addition to having the scene play as the official trailer for the 2009 Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, the grand prize winner will receive a trip for two to New York City (including airfare and hotel accommodations) for two nights to attend the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, dinner for two at the ESPN Zone, one Apple TV with an I-Tunes gift certificate in the amount of $100, and a 17-inch Apple Mac Book Pro fully loaded with Leopard OS and Final Cut studio.

editor: April 2009

In addition to the Chamber Music America award, Prieto has received numerous grants and fellowships, and was a Grammy Award nominee for his album, Absolute Quintet, as Best Jazz Album, and a Latin Grammy nominee for Best New Artist in 2007.

On November 21, 2008, the series features the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto with special guests Harvey Wainapel and Felipe Salles performing selections from the album Canto do Rio.
Jovino Santos Neto, hailed for his brilliant and intuitive style, is a Brazilian pianist, flutist, and composer whose inspiration comes from Brazilian musical traditions, including African and Portuguese, as well as classical forms. In 2004, Jovino Santos Neto's Canto do Rio was nominated for Best Latin Jazz Record, and in 2006, Roda Carioca was nominated for Best Latin Jazz Record.

Future performances include saxophonist Donny McCaslin and his group on January 7, 2009; soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom and her quartet on February 20, 2009; double bassist Ben Allison and Medicine Wheel on May 1, 2009; and bassist Drew Gress and 7 Black Butterflies on August 26, 2009.

All concerts in the Duke Jazz Series are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

Performances will be held in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, New York, 10023.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and performances begin at 7:30 p.m.

For information, please call +1 212 642-0142.

Part of this program is included in the 3rd Annual Latin American Cultural Week (LACW), a celebration of Latin American arts and artists, with music, theater, visual arts, literature, and lectures in venues throughout New York City from November 5 through 21. LACW is a program of PAMAR (Pan American Musical Art Research) founded and directed by Uruguayan pianist Polly Ferman.

editor: September 2008

Total Awards:

South Pacific: 7
August: Osage County: 5
In the Heights: 4
Gypsy: 3
The 39 Steps: 2
Boeing-Boeing: 2
Les Liaisons Dangereuses: 1
Passing Strange: 1
The Seafarer: 1

the highlights:

Best Play
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard
The Seafarer by Conor McPherson

Best Musical
Cry-Baby
In the Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu

Best Revival of a Play
Boeing-Boeing
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Macbeth

Best Revival of a Musical
Grease
Gypsy
South Pacific
Sunday in the Park with George

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
Rufus Sewell, Rock 'n' Roll
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
Amy Morton, August: Osage County

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Kerry Butler, Xanadu
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius
Raul Esparza, The Homecoming
Conleth Hill, The Seafarer
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
David Pittu, Is He Dead?

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Sinead Cusack, Rock 'n' Roll
Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing
Laurie Metcalf, November
Martha Plimpton, Top Girls
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
Danny Burstein, South Pacific
Robin De Jesus, In the Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
de'Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Andrea Martin, Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz, In the Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre, South Pacific

Best Direction of a Play
Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
Conor McPherson, The Seafarer
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing

Best Direction of a Musical
Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
Thomas Kail, In the Heights
Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights
Christopher Gattelli, South Pacific
Dan Knechtges, Xanadu

Best Book of a Musical
Cry-Baby - Thomas Meehan & Mark O'Donnell
In the Heights - Quiara Alegria Hudes
Passing Strange - Stew
Xanadu - Douglas Carter Beane

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Cry-Baby - Music and Lyrics by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger
In the Heights - Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Little Mermaid - Music by Alan Menkin; Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Passing Strange - Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald; Lyrics by Stew

and the results show

is on June 15, 2008






Tony Nominations
by Production




In the Heights - 13
South Pacific - 11
Sunday in the Park with George - 9
August: Osage County - 7
Gypsy - 7
Passing Strange - 7
Boeing-Boeing - 6
Macbeth - 6
The 39 Steps - 6
Les Liaisons Dangereuses - 5
Cry-Baby - 4
Rock 'n' Roll - 4
The Seafarer - 4
Xanadu - 4
A Catered Affair - 3
The Homecoming - 3
Young Frankenstein - 3
The Little Mermaid - 2
Come Back, Little Sheba - 1
Cyrano de Bergerac - 1
Grease - 1
Is He Dead? - 1
Mauritius - 1
November - 1
Thurgood - 1
Top Girls - 1

editor: May/June 2008

TRIBECA DRIVE-IN OUTDOOR SCREENINGS

(part of the Tribeca Film Festival)

at World Financial Center Plaza

April 24 - 26, 2008

Thriller Night: Thriller & The Making of Thriller - Thursday, April 24th

oin filmmaker and Thriller video director John Landis for a special 25th anniversary screening of Michael Jackson's epic 1984 music video, plus the classic Making of Thriller. Learn the Thriller dance and take part in the world's largest zombie disco. Become a zombie at the Thriller face-painting station. Cast your ballot at our Michael Jackson look-alike contest. The evening kicks off the evening with a classic Solid Gold Dance Party. . . and bringing out the ghouls as soon as the sun goes down. » View the Film

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins – Friday, April 25th

Moviegoers can take the Meerkat personality test, play Meerkat Manor trivia featuring challenges from all three seasons of the Animal Planet show and participate in the Meerkat dance-off challenge prior to the screening. Meerkat mayhem begins at at 7:30 p.m. with the screening starting at 8:00 p.m.

The film tells the story of wild African meerkats and in particular Flower and her family.  Whoopi Goldberg’s narration brings the movie alive.  As imaginative as any cartoon, it will have pet lovers begging for their very own baby meerkat (not recommended). Directed by Chris Barker and Mike Slee this will be one of the World Premieres at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.

Winner of Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival Fans’ Favorite Football Flick – Saturday, April 26th

The third and final night of the Drive-In will feature the winner of the Tribeca/ESPN Fans’ Favorite Football Flick competition. The tournament, which began on March 20, pits the top 16 football films in a head-to-head style tournament. Over the course of a four week period, fans had the chance to vote who should triumph in each match-up at TribecaESPN.com until April 17 when the ultimate champ was announced.

Tribeca Drive-In, the Film Festival’s classic outdoor screening series  opens its doors at 6:30 p.m. and seating for this free public event is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Programs will begin at 7:30 p.m. with screenings starting at approximately 8:00 p.m.

editor: April 2008

HORST PLATINUM

A Photographic Exhibition of the Work of Horst P. Horst
through March 15, 2008

  at

THE FORBES GALLERIES
60 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street

Ethereal elegance, statement-making style, unspoken glamour. Welcome to the fashion-forward world of photographer Horst P. Horst, whose iconic images graced the cover pages and editorial of Vogue from 1931-1991 and have now been revived for Horst Platinum, a special exhibit taking place at the The Forbes Galleries

Curated by Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque, Horst Platinum takes a breathtaking look at fifty of the most impressive photographs taken by Horst over the course of his legendary career. Viewed in retrospect, these images continue to provide inspiration and insight into the ever-evolving realms of fashion photography and print.

Spanning the themes of Horst¹s work, Horst Platinum includes timeless photographs of celebrities and Vogue fashion spreads amidst images from the artist¹s travels and still life subjects. Horst¹s most famous photograph Mainbocher Corset, the last he developed in Paris before World War II, will also be on exhibit alongside notables Round the Clock, Salvador Dali, Lisa as V.O.G.U.E. and Lisa with Harp.

HORST Horst, arguably the best known photographer of his time, was born in 1906 in Germany and enjoyed a long, successful career at Vogue Magazine. In the history of twentieth-century fashion and portrait photography, Horst's contribution figures as one of the most artistically significant and long lasting, spanning as it did the sixty years between 1931 and 1991. During this period, his name became legendary as a one-word photographic byline, and his photographs came to be seen as synonymous with the creation of images of elegance, style and rarefied glamour.

JUAN CARLOS ARCILA-DUQUE Based out of Miami, Florida, Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque is a Colombian-born decorator with notable clients throughout the world. A passionate photography collector at his former Miami A-D gallery, he has curated and displayed a number of exhibitions highlighting the work of Peter Beard, Helmut Newton, Araki, Sarah Moon, Albert Watson, Iran Issa Khan, and Horst P. Horst, amount others. His design work includes everything from private, upscale residences to trendsetting restaurants. He is currently the co-chairman of the Junior Host Committee for Art Basel Miami Beach.

THE FORBES GALLERIES The Forbes Galleries are located at 60 Fifth Avenue on the lobby level of the Forbes building. Gallery hours are 10:00AM ­ 4:00PM on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Thursday tours are available with a reservation. Admission is free. Please visit www.forbesgalleries.com for more information on Horst Platinum and other exhibits.

editor: March 2008

U2 goes 3D

from January 23, 2008

in Imax 3D and digital 3D theatres

Directed by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington "U2 3D" is the latest in 'live performance'.  And this 85 minute film may be as good as the real thing .... if you are in the cheap seats at the live show......

As part of the U2 total experience, fans can now see a 3D presentation of U2's global "Vertigo" tour. Shot at seven different shows, this production employs the greatest number of 3-D cameras ever used for a single project. 

The feature length film, shot during U2’s visit to South America on the Vertigo Tour, is directed by Catherine Owens, with additional direction from Mark Pellington. The movie will arrives in specialist 3D cinemas in New York in February

Owens has collaborated with U2 on live-show visuals many times in the past but this movie has been the greatest challenge.   Its new and exciting format gives the audience access to a view from the stage with the band as well as a position from the back of the stadium... and ervything in between.

There is no comparison with a traditional concert film seen in 2D!

The shoot took place over seven shows in Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. 
The film was produced by 3ality Digital in Los Angeles, edited by Olivier Wicki with music produced by Carl Glanville. Peter Anderson was Director of 3D photography and the Director of photography was Tom Krueger.

It's as 'real' as it gets and even if you are not a fan of U2 go see the movie for a truly unique experience.

editor: January 2008

Paley Center DOCFEST07

October 27, 2007

The Paley Center for Media in New York,
25 West 52 Street, New York, NY,
between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

photo credit is: Sundance Channel.

New York Premiere
Nimrod Nation
October 27 at 7:00 pm

Acclaimed filmmaker Brett Morgen's documentary series for the Sundance Channel is an affectionate paean to the quirky life of Watersmeet, a tiny hamlet on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Enchanted by the characters he met while making a sports commercial, Morgen uncovered a real-life Fargo or Northern Exposure, where a hunter community lives for its high school basketball team, the Nimrods. Morgen will discuss with his production team how they captured this unique culture of small-town America. (2007; three episodes, 25 min. each)

Q&A Filmmaker Brett Morgen; Adam Pincus, Exec. Prod.; Kevin Proudfoot, Exec. Prod.; Lynne Kirby, Exec. Prod., Sundance Channel (Senior VP, Original Programming and Development, Sundance Channel)

Concourse Theater Events:
· To Die in Jerusalem
· Sputnik Mania
· Larry Flynt: The Right to be Left Alone
· The Art of the Documentary Pitch
· The Full Frame Institute Presents Knee Deep
·· Resolved
· Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
· 20 Years of P.O.V.: The Art of Personal Storytelling
· Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
· Darfur Now
· Chicago 10

Goodson Theater Screenings:
· Saturdays Are for the Dead (Focus: Africa)
· Welcome to Nollywood (Focus: Africa)
· Uganda Rising (Focus: Africa)
· Afghanistan Unveiled
· The Struggle for Woman's Expression in Afghanistan: A Conversation with Jamila Emami
· Crude Impact

editor: October  2007

New York Musicals Festival

September 17, 2007 - October 7, 2007

The cost of producing musicals continues to escalates exponentially and it has become nearly impossible for any producer to take a risk on launching new material. Take for instance, in 1956 it cost $350,000 to produce My Fair Lady ($2.46 million, adjusting for inflation). In 1983, it cost $4 million to produce Cats ($7.7 million in 2006 dollars). Today, it would require at least $12 - $15 million to produce either show on Broadway. Likewise, as Broadway ticket prices soar over $110, audiences are taking fewer chances on what they choose to see. While regional theaters have taken the lead on developing new pieces in recent years, it's expensive and risky whether you're in Manhattan or Minnesota. Frighteningly, only a handful of musicals ever reach full production each year.

The gap between the cost of developing a new musical on the page and the cost of presenting it on stage is so wide that many promising shows and worthy artists will never have the opportunity to be discovered. Where will the next generation of musical theatre artists be heard? It is into this void that we felt The New York Musical Theatre Festival had to step.

Each year, during a three-week fall Festival, NYMF presents more than thirty new musicals at venues in the midtown theater district. More than half of these productions are chosen by leading theater artists and producers through an open-submission, double-blind evaluation process; the remaining shows are invited to participate by the Festival's artistic staff. In our first three years, seven shows transferred to off-Broadway commercial runs, four more were picked up by regional theaters and numerous others secured options or financing.

One such example is Virtuoso

Diane Seymour's play, Virtuosa, captures the extraordinary life of Clara Schumann and in the process creates the perfect marriage of words and music. Child prodigy, pianist extraordinaire, composer, muse and wife to one of the great geniuses of the Romantic era, Robert Schumann, inspiration to Johannes Brahms, mother of seven, businesswoman- Clara was a superwoman before the term existed. Diane's beautiful writing brings out the natural drama that was inherent in Clara Schumann's life in this one-woman, one pianist show in two acts.

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NYMF audiences have enjoyed premieres of new musicals from Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States, featuring a broad spectrum of contemporary musical styles including R&B, jazz, hip-hop, Broadway, emo-pop, rock, punk, ska, country and opera. NYMF premieres have ranged from original pieces like Altar Boyz, Gutenberg! The Musical!, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and [title of show] (all of which have enjoyed subsequent off-Broadway productions), to adaptations of classic stories like The Portrait of Dorian Gray and Far From The Madding Crowd.

NYMF also presents a wide range of special events, readings and concerts of new music, explorations of musicals in TV and film, and unusual collaborations with other New York-based arts organizations. NYMF 2004 included a four-day celebration of movie musicals at the AMC Empire Theaters in Times Square; in 2005, the Festival featured a series of co-productions with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater exploring the nexus of improvisation and musical theater. And in 2006, NYMF premiered its Dance Series, celebrating the fusion of musical theatre and dance. In 2006, NYMF produced a number of concerts, from large star-studded evenings like "The Unauthorized Musicology of Ben Folds," to intimate events like our salon with Grammy Award nominee and Spring Awakening composer Duncan Sheik.

The Paley Center also participates in the New York Musical Theatre Festival with a sampler of famed musicals adapted for television and a salute to West Side Story on the fiftieth anniversary of its Broadway premiere.

Saturday, September 29
West Side Story at 50
12:30 pm
Includes the "balcony scene" with original cast stars Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert on The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); a 1958 episode of Look Up and Live, with director/choreographer Jerome Robbins and cast members; and a 1961 episode of the WCBS program American Musical Theatre, with Stephen Sondheim. (90 minutes)

The Best of Broadway: Panama Hattie
2:00 pm
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Herbert Fields and B.G. DeSylva (television adaptation by Herbert Baker and supervised by Jule Styne). With Ethel Merman, Art Carney, Ray Middleton, Jack E. Leonard, Janis Carter, Neil Hamilton, and Karin Wolfe. (1954; 60 minutes)

Applause
3:00 pm
Music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. With Lauren Bacall, Larry Hagman, Penny Fuller, Sarah Marshall, Robert Mandan, Harvey Evans, and Rod McLennan. (1973; 105 minutes)

Sunday, September 30
Hallmark Hall of Fame: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
3:00 pm
Music, lyrics, and book by Clark Gesner, based on the Charles Schulz comic strip. With Barry Livingston, Wendell Burton, Ruby Persson, Mark Montgomery, Noelle Matlovsky, and Bill Hinnant. (1973; 80 minutes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Fantasticks
4:45 pm
Book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt. With Ricardo Montalban, Stanley Holloway, Bert Lahr, Susan Watson, and John Davidson (1964; 50 minutes)

editor: September  2007

From Berlin to Broadway
The Ebb Bequest of Modern German and Austrian Drawings

Alexej Jawlensky (1864–1941)
Savior’s Face with Open Eyes, 1923
Watercolor on wove paper
9 3/4 x 7 inches (250 x 177 mm)
The Pierpont Morgan Library, Bequest of Fred Ebb,
2005.137
Photography by Joseph Zehavi, 2006
© 2006 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2

April 20 through September 2, 2007

A extraordinary collection of forty-three early-twentieth-century German and Austrian drawings by some of the leaders of the German expressionist movement and the Vienna Secession is on view in From Berlin to Broadway. The exhibition is drawn from a collection formed by Broadway lyricist Fred Ebb (1928–2004) and includes drawings by Max Beckmann, Egon Schiele, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Oskar Kokoschka, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. In total, twenty-two artists from the period are represented in the Ebb collection, which is shown in its entirety.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938)
Figures on a Busy Street, 1914
India ink, watercolor, gouache, and reed pen on
wove paper
12 3/8 x 16 1/2 inches (313 x 420 mm)
The Pierpont Morgan Library, Bequest of Fred Ebb,
2005.140
Photography by Joseph Zehavi, 2006
© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer,
Wichtrach/Bern

Most of the drawings and watercolors date from 1910 to 1925, when expressionism dominated the avant-garde in Germany and Austria. The earliest work in the exhibition is a moving depiction of an old peasant woman by Paula Modersohn-Becker (ca. 1899). At the other end of the chronological span of the exhibition, the most recent work is a drawing created by Max Beckmann(1947), soon after his arrival in the United States, where he would spend the last three years of his life.

A particular strength of the Ebb collection is its large number of portraits, including a powerful self-portrait of Erich Heckel in his studio (1912) and another by Schiele (1910) in which the disembodied head of the artist, with typically tormented features, seems to be floating in a dramatic, spare composition. The largest number of works by a single artist in the Ebb bequest is the eight drawings by Schiele, four of which are portraits.

A fully illustrated catalogue documents the entire bequest and includes reminiscences of Fred Ebb by John Kander and an introduction by Isabelle Dervaux, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Drawings, The Morgan Library & Museum.

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976)
Seated Nude, ca. 1915
Watercolor on laid paper
19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (503 x 404 mm)
The Pierpont Morgan Library, Bequest of Fred Ebb,
2005.164
Photography by Joseph Zehavi, 2006
© 2006 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

About the Morgan

In 1924 J. P. Morgan, Jr. gave his father's extraordinary library to the public. The most influential financier in this country's history, Pierpont Morgan was also a voracious collector. He bought on an astonishing scale, collecting art objects in virtually every medium, including the rare books, manuscripts, drawings, prints, and ancient artifacts that are the core of The Morgan Library & Museum's holdings.

Karl Hubbuch (1891–1979) The Film Star Spends Two Minutes in Her Parents’ Garden,
ca. 1932 Reed pen and India ink heightened with white on wove paper 25 1/4 x 20 7/8 inches (640 x 531 mm)
The Pierpont Morgan Library, Bequest of Fred Ebb, 2005.
136 Photography by Joseph Zehavi, 2006

A complex of buildings in the heart of New York City, The Morgan Library & Museum began as the private library of financier Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), one of the preeminent collectors and cultural benefactors in the United States. As early as 1890 Morgan had begun to assemble a collection of illuminated, literary, and historical manuscripts, early printed books, and old master drawings and prints.

Mr. Morgan's library, as it was known in his lifetime, was built between 1902 and 1906 adjacent to his New York residence at Madison Avenue and 36th Street. Designed by Charles McKim of the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, the library was intended as something more than a repository of rare materials. Majestic in appearance yet intimate in scale, the structure was to reflect the nature and stature of its holdings. The result was an Italian Renaissance-style palazzo with three magnificent rooms epitomizing America's Age of Elegance. Completed three years before McKim's death, it is considered by many to be his masterpiece. In 1924, eleven years after Pierpont Morgan's death, his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867–1943), known as Jack, realized that the library had become too important to remain in private hands. In what constituted one of the most momentous cultural gifts in U.S. history, he fulfilled his father's dream of making the library and its treasures available to scholars and the public alike by transforming it into a public institution.

Over the years—through purchases and generous gifts—The Morgan Library & Museum has continued to acquire rare materials as well as important music manuscripts, early children's books, Americana, and materials from the twentieth century. Without losing its decidedly domestic feeling, the Morgan also has expanded its physical space considerably.

In 1928, the Annex building was erected on the corner of Madison Avenue and 36th Street, Pierpont Morgan's residence. The Annex connected to the original McKim library by means of a gallery. In 1988, Jack Morgan's former residence—a mid-nineteenth century brownstone on Madison Avenue and 37th Street—also was added to the complex. The 1991 garden court was constructed as a means to unite the various elements of the Morgan campus.

The largest expansion in the Morgan's history, adding 75,000 square feet to the campus, was completed in 2006. Designed by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Renzo Piano, the project increases exhibition space by more than fifty percent and adds important visitor amenities, including a new performance hall, a welcoming entrance on Madison Avenue, a new café and a new restaurant, a shop, a new reading room, and collections storage. Piano's design integrates the Morgan's three historical buildings with three new modestly scaled steel-and-glass pavilions. A soaring central court connects the buildings and serves as a gathering place for visitors in the spirit of an Italian piazza.

editor: May 2007

April 25, 2007 for two weeks

Post 9/11, the Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff. After the attacks on the World Trade Center to help economically and culturally revitalize Lower Manhattan, the festival was launched as an annual celebration of film, music, and culture. The Festival’s mission is to assist filmmakers to reach the broadest possible audience, enable the international film community and the general public to experience the power of film.

One aspect of this year's festival which adds to the normal ingredients of  most international festivals is the addition of a dedicated sports element.

The Galas

The Gala Premiere of The Grand heralds the opening of The Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival on April 27.  The Grand is a mockumentary starring Woody Harrelson on a quest to win the Grand Championship of Poker to save his dead father’s hotel-casino from the clutches of a high-end real estate developer.

A second gala premiere features acclaimed director Michael Apted’s documentary The Power of the Game. Weaving together six storylines of triumph over adversity, the film chronicles the social impact of the 2006 World Cup on a global scale.

The films that follow cover a virtual smorsgasboard os sports related topics.

The Films Chops, a documentary directed by Bruce Broder (U.S.A.) features the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival, a competition of high school jazz bands from across the country;

Doubletime, a documentary directed by Stephanie Johnes (U.S.A.) chronicles the world of competitive jump roping.

The Final Season, directed by David Evans, written by Art D’Alessandro (U.S.A.) is based on the true events of the final baseball season in a town in Iowa.

The First Saturday in May is a documentary directed by John and Brad Hennegan (U.S.A.) following two brothers on the holy grail of horse racing as they travel from Arkansas to Dubai and onto Churchill Downs to trace the paths of six rising equine stars.

The Hammer, directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, written by Kevin Hench (U.S.A.) is an underdog comedy about an aging boxer who is convinced by a wily coach to step back into the ring - after a 20-year hiatus - in a quest for a slot in the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team.

Hellfighters, a documentary directed by Jon Frankel (U.S.A.) features Harlem's only high school football team.

Chávez, a documentary marking Diego Luna’s directorial debut (Mexico) is about the life and career of his countryman, Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez.

King of Kong, a documentary directed by Seth Gordon (U.S.A.) takes a look inside this world of competitive gaming.

Planet B-Boy, a documentary directed by Benson Lee (U.S.A.) is about the vibrant global resurgence of break-dancing.

Sons of Sakhnin United, a documentary directed by Christopher Browne (U.S.A.) shows how Jews and Arabs strive for a common goal as they are united by sport.

Steep, a documentary directed by Mark Obenhaus (U.S.A.) traces the legacy of extreme skiing from its early pioneers to the death-defying daredevils of today.

The World Premiere of Unstrung - a documentary directed by Rob Klug (U.S.A.) - exposes the surprising dramas of the amateur tennis world.

April 25, 2007 for two weeks

Post 9/11, the Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff. After the attacks on the World Trade Center to help economically and culturally revitalize Lower Manhattan, the festival was launched as an annual celebration of film, music, and culture. The Festival’s mission is to assist filmmakers to reach the broadest possible audience, enable the international film community and the general public to experience the power of film.

One aspect of this year's festival which adds to the normal ingredients of  most international festivals is the addition of a dedicated sports element.

The Galas

The Gala Premiere of The Grand heralds the opening of The Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival on April 27.  The Grand is a mockumentary starring Woody Harrelson on a quest to win the Grand Championship of Poker to save his dead father’s hotel-casino from the clutches of a high-end real estate developer.

A second gala premiere features acclaimed director Michael Apted’s documentary The Power of the Game. Weaving together six storylines of triumph over adversity, the film chronicles the social impact of the 2006 World Cup on a global scale.

The films that follow cover a virtual smorsgasboard os sports related topics.

The Films Chops, a documentary directed by Bruce Broder (U.S.A.) features the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival, a competition of high school jazz bands from across the country;

Doubletime, a documentary directed by Stephanie Johnes (U.S.A.) chronicles the world of competitive jump roping.

The Final Season, directed by David Evans, written by Art D’Alessandro (U.S.A.) is based on the true events of the final baseball season in a town in Iowa.

The First Saturday in May is a documentary directed by John and Brad Hennegan (U.S.A.) following two brothers on the holy grail of horse racing as they travel from Arkansas to Dubai and onto Churchill Downs to trace the paths of six rising equine stars.

The Hammer, directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, written by Kevin Hench (U.S.A.) is an underdog comedy about an aging boxer who is convinced by a wily coach to step back into the ring - after a 20-year hiatus - in a quest for a slot in the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team.

Hellfighters, a documentary directed by Jon Frankel (U.S.A.) features Harlem's only high school football team.

Chávez, a documentary marking Diego Luna’s directorial debut (Mexico) is about the life and career of his countryman, Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez.

King of Kong, a documentary directed by Seth Gordon (U.S.A.) takes a look inside this world of competitive gaming.

Planet B-Boy, a documentary directed by Benson Lee (U.S.A.) is about the vibrant global resurgence of break-dancing.

Sons of Sakhnin United, a documentary directed by Christopher Browne (U.S.A.) shows how Jews and Arabs strive for a common goal as they are united by sport.

Steep, a documentary directed by Mark Obenhaus (U.S.A.) traces the legacy of extreme skiing from its early pioneers to the death-defying daredevils of today.

The World Premiere of Unstrung - a documentary directed by Rob Klug (U.S.A.) - exposes the surprising dramas of the amateur tennis world.

editor: April 2007

editor: April 2007

NEW YORK'S LEFT BANK

Art and Artists off Washington Square North, 1900-1950 

Snug Harbor Cultural Center

March 10 - June 10, 2007

Why not take the famous Staten Island Ferry and visit the Snug Harbor Cultural Center.
Its latest exhibit -  is an homage to: "New York's Left Bank: Art and Artists off Washington Square North, 1900-1950,"

The ascendance of the two blocks immediately north of Washington Square as a creative center is the focus of this exhibition.

The show surveys artists' studios and institutions dedicated to the visual arts in the two blocks just north of Washington Square in Greenwich Village during the first half of the twentieth century. Converted from stables and town houses, these artists' spaces evoked something of the atmosphere of the Latin Quarter in Paris and became a source of endless fascination for the public. Here some of America's most important artists - among them Daniel Chester French, Edward Hopper, Gaston Lachaise, Paul Manship, Isamu Noguchi, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney - lived, socialized, and created numerous works.

The exhibition was curated by Virginia Budny, research assistant in the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and consultant to the Lachaise Foundation. A 56-page catalogue by Budny that accompanies the show contains an essay and 36 illustrations.

As part of the exhibition, "Visual Variations on Noguchi," an experimental film by Marie Menken made in 1945 in Noguchi's Greenwich Village studio, will be shown on March 10, at 5 pm, and March 24, April 7, and 21, at 3 pm.

Snug Harbor Cultural Center occupies the site in Staten Island of Sailors' Snug Harbor, a home for retired seamen. Many of the artists' spaces featured in New York's Left Bank were owned by that philanthropic institution.

Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art

Snug Harbor Cultural Center

1000 Richmond Terrace

Staten Island, NY 10301

call 718 448 2500 for more information

editor: March 2007

The 79th Academy Award nominations for outstanding film achievements

............in 2006

Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.   

Sunday, February 25, 2007

the nominations

THE BEST OF THE BEST

Best motion picture of the year

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

A Warner Bros. Pictures Production

Nominees to be determined

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production

Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers

  “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production

Nominees to be determined

 "The Queen" (Mirimax, Pathe and Granada)

A Granada Production

Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

Adapted screenplay

  “Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (20th Century Fox)

Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer

Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips

  “Children of Men” (Universal)

Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Screenplay by William Monahan

  “Little Children” (New Line)

Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta

  “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

Screenplay by Patrick Marber

Original screenplay

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Written by Guillermo Arriaga

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

Screenplay by Iris Yamashita

Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis

  “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

Written by Michael Arndt

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)

Written by Guillermo del Toro

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

Written by Peter Morgan

 Achievement in directing

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Stephen Frears

  “United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal) Paul Greengrass

ACTING 

Performance by an actor in a leading role

  Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

  Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (THINKFilm)

  Peter O’Toole in “Venus” (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Council)

  Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

  Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

  Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children” (New Line)

  Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

  Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

  Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role 

  Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)

  Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

  Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

  Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox)

  Kate Winslet in “Little Children” (New Line)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  Adriana Barraza in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

  Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

  Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

  Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

  Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

BEST OF THE REST

 Best foreign language film of the year

  “After the Wedding” A Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production

Denmark

  “Days of Glory (Indigènes)” A Tessalit Production

Algeria

  “The Lives of Others” A Wiedemann & Berg Production

Germany

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production

Mexico

  “Water” A Hamilton-Mehta Production

Canada

Best documentary feature

  “Deliver Us from Evil” (Lionsgate)

A Disarming Films Production

Amy Berg and Frank Donner

  “An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)

A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production

Davis Guggenheim

  “Iraq in Fragments” (Typecast Releasing)

A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production

James Longley and John Sinno

  “Jesus Camp” (Magnolia Pictures)

A Loki Films Production

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

  “My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)

A Praxis Films Production

Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

Best animated feature film of the year

  “Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter

  “Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller

  “Monster House” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan  

MUSIC

 Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla

  “The Good German” (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman

  “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

  “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”

(Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)

Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge

  “Listen” from “Dreamgirls”

(DreamWorks and Paramount)

Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler

Lyric by Anne Preven

  “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”

(DreamWorks and Paramount)

Music by Henry Krieger

Lyric by Siedah Garrett

  “Our Town” from “Cars”

(Buena Vista)

Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

  “Patience” from “Dreamgirls”

(DreamWorks and Paramount)

Music by Henry Krieger

Lyric by Willie Reale

 TECHNICAL

 Achievement in cinematography 

  “The Black Dahlia” (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond

  “Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki

  “The Illusionist” (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro

  “The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister

Achievement in film editing

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise

  “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Steven Rosenblum

  “Children of Men” (Universal)

Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Thelma Schoonmaker

  “United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal)

Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

Achievement in sound editing

  “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)

Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar

  “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Lon Bender

  “Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)

Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

Alan Robert Murray

  “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)

Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Achievement in sound mixing

  “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)

Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara

  “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock

  “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton

  “Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)

John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin

  “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)

Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

Achievement in visual effects 

  “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)

John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall

  “Poseidon” (Warner Bros.)

Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier

  “Superman Returns” (Warner Bros.)

Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

Achievement in costume design

  “Curse of the Golden Flower” (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man

  “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field

  “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis

  “Marie Antoinette” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle

fashion ON THE PAVEMENT

begins it s first weekend

on

Saturday July 3

with womens ready-to-wear designers.

Rising from the asphalt from July 3, 2004, Fashion on the Pavement, New York's hottest new fashion abode will be weaving its way to the colorful sidewalks of Hell's Kitchen Flea Market. A collaboration shaped by fashion authority Vicki Ross, and Chelsea flea market founder Alan Boss, Fashion on the Pavement provides a turf for creative and experimental independent designers to sell original collections right on the street over the summer months. Combining contradistinctive elements of street chic and couture with a mix of vintage costuming, couturiers committing their designs to the delightful patchwork of eclectic vendors lining the street include local talent Maurice Mallone, leather designer Carla Dawn Behrle evening attire designer Neil Bieff, graffiti artist Mark Lawrence with vintage experts Marilyn Kirschner and BW's Eagle Eye.

An industry wide venture linking a fashion coterie of industry decision makers including the Council of Fashion Designers of America, The Fashion Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, Center for Professional Studies, Fashion Group International, The Fashion Calendar, Fashion News Workshop, and Roundtable, a percentage of the proceeds each weekend will benefit the charity Bottomless Closet. Women's, men's, and children's ware, accessories, original art and vintage clothing will be sold.

Hell's Kitchen Flea Market, a diamond in the rough & tumble of a neighborhood rich in gritty urban history, resurrected Spring 2004 for an anything but hellish shopping experience. New York's newest outdoor market harkens back to the legendary Paddy's Market, a massive outdoor mart that thrived from the 1870's through the 1930's at the same location. Blocks from the bright lights and city sites of Times Square, Hell's Kitchen is no longer a backdrop for the old "Gangs of New York." Hardly a journey down the River Styx, Hell's Kitchen Flea Market is bustling with 170 sellers including up-and-coming designers, original art & antiques, collectibles, fresh produce and Farmers Market, jewelry, furniture, and flowers.

the editor, June 30, 2004

David Stern, Self-Portrait with Red Wings Cap,
28"x17", Oil on Canvas, 2004

DAVID STERN NEW PAINTINGS

AT

ROSENBERG + KAUFMAN FINE ART/SOHO

through

June 6

Contemporary artists always seem to be pushing the limits, and New York gallery-hopping is perhaps the most quintessential of the urbane Manhattan experience. Don a very fashionable (preferably black) outfit, proceed downtown to the one of the hippest areas in the city, and commune with the wealthy and the beautiful as they 'ogle' the latest art-world hotshot.

Through June 6, David Stern’s latest exhibition is on view at Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art in Soho, a neighborhood synonymous with art since the mid-60's. The gallery, housed in a characteristic cast-iron building is, as to be expected, a white cube with blank walls, perfect for displaying Stern’s medium and large size paintings. 

The paintings on display are from a series titled Braces and Shadows, and they depict Stern in his studio in Chelsea. (Stern was born in Germany, but now lives and works in New York.)  At first, they seem an abstraction: rough, broad strokes, and blobs of paint randomly laid on in thick Expressionist impasto, but look more closely and you begin to see shapes emerge. One realizes that the “braces” of the title are the structural supports that form the structure of his expansive studio, figures sitting or standing in between. Often, the images are self-portraits, the melancholy artist at work, as he thinks in a space suffused with both literal and metaphorical “shadows.” In other self-portraits Stern’s eyes are the soul of the canvas, dark spots of intensity reflecting out at the viewer. These are works that reward patience; the details emerge only after minutes of fixation. Ok, ok, I know what you’re thinking. But even if you’re not in the mood to analyze the art, you can at least check out your fellow gallery-goers. There’s nowhere better than a gallery for people-watching!

Background info:

Strongly rooted in the European Expressionist tradition, David Stern's artistic and spiritual legacy comes from such artists as Kirchner, Beckmann, Soutine and Giacometti. His new canvases are the bold next step of a virtuoso painter, reversing, in a sense, the experience of viewing modernist abstraction, in which a recognizable object deconstructs before one's eyes.

Since his last exhibit at Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art in the fall of 2002, Stern's work has been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Cornell Fine Art Museum at Rollins College, FL; and the City University of New York. His paintings were also included in Skin: Contemporary Views of the Body, the inaugural exhibition opening the new Jacksonville Museum of Art in Florida in May 2003

Gallery hours:

11AM-6PM Tuesday through Saturday

For an appointment.call David Schotzko +1 212.431.4838

Helen, May 20, 2004

Whitney Biennial

at

Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Ave
at 75th Street

through May 30, 2004

Join the lines round the corner of Madison as you wait to see Manhattan's answer to Modern Art

The Whitney signature show explores the talent and influence of American modern artists.

It is a fine collection of the 108 top US contemporary artists and as you  would expect, it is a mix of very good and not so good.

The exhibition includes painting, sculpture, installations, photography, drawing, film and video.

Amongst my favorites and in no particular order:   T.J Wilcox 2003 film about 'Ortino - victim'. - (alone, worth the trip to the show); Taylor Davis and his clever take on mirrors and interior design; Roni Horn's 'Doubt by Water' 2003/4; Jim Hodges 'Untitled (its already happened) - a beautiful 3D forest of trees in Chromogenic Colorprint; Jack Pierson and his unusual take on the self portraits phenomenon (Pigmented Ink-Jet Prints); Dave Muller's lobby size 'That Hollywood Adage' 2004; and a spin on the cosmetics department in retail outlets by David Altmejd, 'Delicate -Yen in Positions of Power' 2003.

Hours:

Wednesday  11.00am to 6.00pm
Thursday  11.00am to 6.00pm
Friday  1.00pm to 9.00pm
Saturday  11.00am to 6.00pm
Sunday  11.00am to 6.00pm

The Editor, April 17, 2004

at

The Museum of Television & Radio

though May 2, 2004

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The Museum of Television & Radio presents IT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY....THE BEATLES IN AMERICA.  How long ago???

The museum gallery celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the Beatles' inaugural performance on American television. The exhibit includes photographic collections of rare and never-before-seen images as well as radio recordings celebrating the most popular, influential, and enduring rock group of all time. Taken from the CBS Photo Archive and the work of veteran LIFE photojournalist Bill Eppridge, candid shots of the band members at work and play were taken on the occasion of the Beatles' arrival in the United States and first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964.  This is memrobila at its best!

The Museum in New York
Photo: © Norman McGrath

Location:

The Museum of Television & Radio in New York
25 West 52 Street
Manhattan

Hours:
Tuesdays through Sundays from noon to 6:00 p.m. and until 8:00 p.m. on Thursdays.

The Museum is concurrently exhibiting a different collection in LA

There is also a concurrent show running in LA

The Editor, February 26, 2004

Centennial Tribute to John Gielgud  

at

the Library for the Performing Arts

Launching the series on February 9, 2004 with a Staged Reading of The Importance of Being Earnest, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts presents a free public program series, Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud to honor one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century.

Other presentations include screenings of Irene Worth's one-woman shows on Lillian Gish and Ellen Terry, which Ms. Worth created for the Library with assistance from Sir John; a reading of original Gielgud letters to Lillian Gish from the Library's collections; and the appearance of Richard Easton, Simon Jones, and Hayley Mills in a new play about the friendship between Gielgud and Noël Coward. The programs reflect John Gielgud's interests as well as his work as an actor, director, and producer.

John Gielgud was born April 14, 1904 in London into a renowned theatrical family. His career spanned more than 70 years and encompassed stage, screen, television, and radio. During his long and illustrious career, he presented and starred in both classics and innovative new plays, as well as creating memorable characters on film. He was equally at home in tragic and comic roles as is attested by his Shakespearean roles of Hamlet and Benedick or by his Julian in Edward Albee's Tiny Alice and Hobson in Arthur, the comedy for which he won an Academy Award in 1981. The Ages of Man, his one-man Shakespeare collage, was a tour de force in London, New York, and on tour. He died in 2000, and in his obituary in The New York Times, Mel Gussow described him as "one of the great actors of the English stage who enthralled audiences?with his eloquent voice and consummate artistry."

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Ages of a Man: A Centennial Tribute to Sir John Gielgud

The Program

Monday, February 9, 6:00 p.m. Staged reading of The Importance of Being Earnest. Directed by Estelle Parsons, the cast includes Douglas Sills as Algernon Moncrieff, Henry Stram as Jack Worthing (a role on which Gielgud placed an indelible stamp with his interpretation in both London and New York), Laurie Williams as Gwendolen, Katie Macnichol as Cecily, Estelle Parsons as Lady Bracknell, Melissa Leo as Miss Prism, Simon Jones as Rev. Chasuble, and Denis Holmes as Merriman/Lane. Sheridan Morley, who wrote Gielgud's authorized biography, has observed, "the role of John Worthing belonged beyond all doubt to John Gielgud, who had brought the play back to favor, familiarity, and fashion in 1939." In his review in The New York Times, Brooks Atkinson wrote, "It is highly unlikely that the original actors blessed Oscar Wilde's comedy with the knowing perfection that Mr. Gielgud and his colleagues are bestowing on it." For this program, free tickets will be distributed, one per person, from 4:00 p.m. on the day of the performance at the Library's entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, just south of 65th Street.

Thursday, February 19, 6:30 p.m. The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde. Lecture by Merlin Holland based on his new book. Mr. Holland is the grandson of Oscar Wilde.

Saturday, February 28, 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Lillian Gish, a Dedicated Life: Her Art, Her Friendships, Her Country at 2 p.m. Screening of Irene Worth's one ­woman show, which premiered at the Bruno Walter Auditorium on Thursday, March 6, 1997. Gielgud appeared with Lillian Gish in Hamlet in NY in 1936. Their friendship continued and is reflected in the nearly 100 letters from Sir John to Ms. Gish in the Library's Lillian Gish Papers.

A Tribute to Ellen Terry at 4:00 p.m. Screening of Irene Worth's one-woman show, which premiered at the Bruno Walter Auditorium on Tuesday, December 2, 1997. Ellen Terry was Sir John's great aunt.

Monday, March 15, 6:00 p.m. Gielgud's Chekhov. A program on Gielgud's work, as actor and director, with Chekhov's plays. Directed by Lawrence Sacharow. Gielgud wrote that he didn't feel like an actor until he stepped out on stage as Trofimov in The Cherry Orchard in 1925.

Saturday, March 20, 2:30 p.m. Chopin Master Class with Pianist Byron Janis. Mr. Janis will coach five students from the Juilliard School. (Chopin's music was a favorite of Gielgud and the actor once performed his music in a play.)

Saturday, March 27, 3:00 p.m. This Gives Life to Thee: Shakespeare's Sonnets in the Work of Sir John Gielgud. Lecture by John Simon.

Wednesday, March 31, 7:00 p.m. From Gielgud to Gish. Brent Carver and other actors from the Stratford Festival of Canada will read from the Library's original correspondence. The program will also include scenes from Gordon Daviot's Richard of Bordeaux, a play of importance to Gielgud's early career. Gielgud wrote to Lillian Gish that the public seems to prefer Richard of Bordeaux to Shakespeare's Richard II, another Gielgud favorite based on the same character. Pamela Wallin, Canadian Consul General in New York, will introduce this program.

Monday, May 3, 6:00 p.m. Johnny G and Noël C: Reflections on a 50-Year Friendship. A new play by Barry Day, which will include scenes from Coward's plays in which Gielgud, appeared or directed. The cast includes Richard Easton, Simon Jones, and Hayley Mills and her son, Jason Lawson.

Additional programs will be announced at a later date. One will feature Alan Bennett, the playwright who worked with Gielgud in Forty Years On. A complementary exhibition on four members of the Terry theatrical family, ?to illuminate the scene: Ellen Terry, Edith Craig, Edward Gordon Craig, and John Gielgud, will open in the summer at the Library for the Performing Arts.

All programs are held in:

The Bruno Walter Auditorium
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza.

Admission is free and is on a first-come, first-served basis, except for some programs that will require tickets.

For the opening program on February 9, free single tickets will be distributed two hours before curtain.

For further information, call +1 212.642.0142

The Editor, February 10, 2004

Charles Bargue: The Art of Drawing

at

Dahesh Museum of Art
580 Madison Avenue at 57th Street
New York, NY 10022

through February 8, 2004

Charles Bargue: The Art of Drawing, is the first exhibition ever devoted to the gifted artist who revolutionized the teaching of draftsmanship. Generations of late 19th-century art students, including Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso, made active use of a series of 197 lithographs created by a little-known French artist, Charles Bargue (1826/27–1883). Bargue, hugely talented and probably self-taught, first published the exquisite collection of plates called the Cours de Dessin in Paris with Goupil & Cie between 1868 and ca. 1871. Goupil connected Bargue with one of their best-selling artists, Jean-Léon Gérôme, and together they published and sold thousands of these teaching manuals. Young artists copied plates in sequence in order to perfect their drawing skills.

Cours de Dessin or Drawing Course by Charles Bargue
with the collaboration of Jean-Léon Gérôme.

The exhibit is fascinating if you love drawing and wish to better understand the mathematical relationships between various features of our anatomy.  It acts as a course 101 to encourage would-be life artists to believe that if they know the 'technical stuff' even their drawings may soon become 'life-like'.

Charles Bargue, French, 1824-1883
Bashi-Bazouk, 1875
Oil on canvas
18 ¼ x 13 inches
Metropolitan Museum, New York

Charles Bargue: The Art of Drawing, features a magnificent selection of lithographs including selection from the Cours de Dessin on loan from the Musée Goupil, Bordeaux; some of Bargue’s extremely rare oil paintings that are jewel-like works, highly prized by major collectors in both Europe and the United States; and a selection of his most significant drawings.

Charles Bargue, French, 1824-1883
The Chess Players, 1880
Oil on panel
11 x 7.5 inches
Private Collection

Every exhibition organized by the Museum sets out to explore, often for the first time, some important feature of academic art and the institutions that nourished it in 19th- and early 20th-century Europe. Utilizing loans from distinguished international collections, both private and public, previous exhibitions here have examined the training of artists; the world of the Salon with its competitions and juries; the 19th-century fascination with the Orient, reciprocated from Cairo to Paris; the influence of photography, travel and archeological discoveries of the classical past; and the reproduction of artworks for an international market.

Reframing Academic Art: Masterworks of the Dahesh Museum of Art

Works in diverse media drawn from the permanent collection reprise the story of 19th- and early 20th-century European academic art that the Dahesh has investigated over the last eight years. Serving visitors as both a primer and manifesto for the new face of academic art, the exhibition reveals the full range and virtuosity of academically trained artists, delivering what critic Martin Filler calls "the shock of the old.

From November 25, 2003, the exhibit was expanded by the addition of approximately 50 works in all media, thereby doubling the number of permanent collection works on view. This extension of the original exhibition presents visitors with a more complete view of the growing permanent collection and introduces a magnificent gift of drawings recently donated to the Museum.

Charles Bargue, French, 1824-1883
Tête de cheval, c. 1868
Lithograph on paper
18 9/16 x 24 inches (47.1 x 61 cm)
Dahesh Museum of Art 2000.8

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM

The museum is like a lovely private house and every visitor can truly appreciate and enjoy the works of art on display in such magnificent surroundings

The Dahesh Museum of Art first opened to the public in 1995 at 601 Fifth Avenue with a unique mission—to provide the public with a fresh look at European academic art of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and to assess the impact of the academic tradition—training, style, subject matter, and ideals—on the world of art. This tradition had until then been relegated to the margins of art history, and consequently, the public had almost no access to museum exhibitions that explored the achievements of these artists and their legacies.

During the eight years that the Museum was located on Fifth Avenue (1995–2002), it organized and presented 23 exhibitions (each with its own publication) within a mere 1,800 square feet of space. Its ambitious vision and programming garnered respect from colleagues and visitors alike, and the dialogue it helped foster has inspired new scholarship and interest in academic art. The Museum soon traveled its shows throughout the United States and attracted an enthusiastic following here and abroad. In August 2002, the doors at Fifth Avenue were closed as the Museum prepared to move to 580 Madison, where you can find it today.

The Museum's Collection
The Dahesh Museum of Art's permanent collection originated with Dr. Dahesh (1909–1984), the pen name of Salim Moussa Achi, an influential Lebanese writer, philosopher, and connoisseur, in whose honor the Museum is named. Envisioning a premier art museum, he collected paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, and books by academically trained artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Friends brought Dr. Dahesh's collection to America in 1976 and founded the museum in 1987. For the next few years, the collection was researched and conserved, a location was secured, and exhibitions were prepared, all before opening to the public.

The original collection is continually enhanced with purchases and generous donations. Artworks by 19th-century masters such as Alma-Tadema, Barye, the Bonheur family, Bouguereau, Cabanel, Delaroche, Doré, Fabre, Gérôme, Lecomte du Nou

The heads up on future exhibits

March 2 – May 30, 2004
Staging the Orient: Visions of the East at La Scala and The Metropolitan Opera

The visual and musical arts come together in this exhibition examining Milan's Teatro alla Scala's productions of several operas with non-western settings, including Aïda, Turandot, and Madame Butterfly. Costumes, costume designs, and set designs illustrate 19th- and early 20th-century Europe's vision of the East. The Dahesh Museum of Art presentation will be enhanced by costumes from the Metropolitan Opera's archive, and by sketches from the Josef Urban archive at Columbia University. The exhibition was originally organized by the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam in cooperation with La Scala.

June 22 – September 19, 2004
From Homer to the Harem: The Art of Lecomte du Nou

Dahesh Museum of Art
580 Madison Avenue at 57th Street
New York, NY 10022

Hours
Tuesday—Sunday, 11am–6pm
Closed Mondays and federal holidays
Open until 9pm on the first Thursday of each month

Admission
$9 adults; $4 students and seniors (62+) with ID
Free to Museum Members and children under 12
Pay as you wish 6–9pm on First Thursdays

Transportation
By Subway: F to 57th Street; N, R, W to 5th Avenue; 4, 5, 6 to 59th Street; 1, 9 to Columbus Circle
By Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4 along Madison or Fifth Avenues, cross-town buses along 57th Street

Accessibility
The Museum is accessible to visitors with special needs. Large-type label copy, sign language interpretation, sound amplification, and specially designed tours for people who are visually impaired are available by request with advance notice. Call the Education Department at +1 212.759.0606 x222

Museum Shop
Open daily 11 am - 6 pm and evenings when programs are scheduled.

Café Opaline
Opening soon will offer lunch and afternoon tea. The Café and private dining salon will be available for corporate and special events.

Public Gallery Talks
Given every Tuesday at 12:15 pm and every Saturday at 1pm. On the first Saturday of every month, the gallery talk (Weekend Walkabout) will be child- and family- centered. For more information see Public Programs & Events.

visual arts Editor, December 31, 2003

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