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The Whitney Biennial: March 1 - May 27, 2012
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Sculpture, painting, installations, and photography—as well as dance, theater, music, and film—will fill the galleries of the Whitney Museum of American Art in the latest edition of the Whitney Biennial. With a roster of artists at all points in their careers the Biennial provides a look at the current state of contemporary art in America. This is the seventy-sixth in the ongoing series of Biennials and Annuals presented by the Whitney since 1932, two years after the Museum was founded.
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Check out the Huge Elefandret Sculpture at Union Square: Now Through May 29, 2012
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Barcelo’s immense Gran Elefandret, balances upright on its trunk, its four massive legs outspread searching for equilibrium at Union Square through May 29th, 2012. At twenty-six feet tall the sculpture brilliantly portrays an extraordinary, if not impossible physical and cultural feat; this contemporary monument believably captures with humor, scale and Spanish courage the essence of what a public monument can be today.
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Bushwick Open Studios: June 1 - 3, 2012
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The 6th annual Bushwick Open Studios event will take place the weekend of June 1st - 3rd, 2012. BOS brings the neighborhood’s thousands of artists and performers out into the streets and in view of each other, other community residents, and the general public. To help you get around, you'll find a handful of locations to act as informational hubs. At each hub space, you will find Arts in Bushwick volunteers who can provide you with assistance, maps and other promotional materials.
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Being Singular Plural at the Guggenheim: March 2 - June 6, 2012
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The Deutsche Bank Series at the Guggenheim: Being Singular Plural, the first exhibition of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to focus exclusively on artistic production in South Asia, presents new film, video, and sound-based works by seven of the most innovative and visionary contemporary artists, filmmakers, and media practitioners living and working in India today. This exhibition marks the first time that these artists will be showing work in a North American museum and is assembled as part of the Guggenheim’s global Asian Art Program.
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Hero, Villain, Yeti, Tibet in Comics at the Rubin Museum of Art: December 9, 2011 - June 11, 2012
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Characters as diverse as Mickey Mouse, the historical Buddha, Tomb Raider Lara Croft, and the Green Lama have something in common: Tibet. For more than sixty years Tibet has figured in comic books from around the world, at times creating and at times perpetuating notions of an otherworldly land roamed by the yeti, inhabited by wise and powerful lamas, or full of dark magic. Hero, Villain, Yeti, Tibet in Comics will be on display at the Rubin Museum of Art from December 9th, 2011 - June 11th,...
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34th Annual Museum Mile Festival: June 12, 2012
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The 34th Annual Museum Mile Festival, New York City's largest block party, is scheduled for Tuesday, June 12th, 2012. The event will feature free access from 6-9pm to all the museums along the mile, 23 car-free blocks, and live bands, entertainment, art-in-the-street and activities for kids on 5th avenue between 82nd & 105th street. One day a year, for the past 34 years, ten of the country's finest museums, all ones that call Fifth Avenue home, collectively open their doors from 6pm - 9pm for free to New Yorkers and visitors for a mile-long block party and visual art celebration.
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Fourth Annual Queens Art Express: June 14 - 16, 2012
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Queens Art Express is a spring arts festival of exhibitions, events, performances, and great places to eat in the vibrant cultural communities of Queens, NY, along the route of the No. 7 train and beyond. Join them for exciting Cultural Events — in dance, film, literature, music, performance, theatre, visual art and more — at some of Queens top arts spaces. The festival is set to take place June 14th - 16th, 2012. This year they’ll also commission 12 creators across disciplines to...
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Tom Sachs: Space Program: Mars at the Park Avenue Armory: May 18 - June 17, 2012
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Tom Sachs: Space Program: Mars will be on display at the Park Avenue Armory from May 18th through June 17th, 2012. Artist Tom Sachs takes his Space Program to the next level with a four week mission to Mars that recasts the 55,000 square foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall as an immersive space odyssey with an installation of dynamic and meticulously crafted scluptures. Using his signature bricolage technique and simple materials that comprise the daily surrounds of his New York studio, Sachs...
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9th Annual soloNOVA Arts Festival: May 29 - June 17, 2012
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The 9th Annual soloNOVA Arts Festival will be held May 29th - June 17th, 2012 at The New Ohio Theatre. soloNOVA Arts Festival (SAF) is now the longest-running solo performance festival in New York City. SAF began in 2004 as a vehicle to showcase innovative artists representing various disciplines and cultures, and whose solo performances reflect distinct perspectives. The 3-5 week festival hosts 8-10 performers annually, who perform 5 times each in repertory within a 99-seat downtown theatre.
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Manuscript Among Others on view at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building: Through June 24, 2012
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For the first time ever, selections from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein manuscript will be available for public viewing in the United States in this exciting exhibition, which is being shown in collaboration with the Bodleian Library at Oxford University in England and will highlight the literary and cultural legacy of P.B. and Mary Shelley, and that of her parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. The exhibit will be on view at the New York Public Library, Stephen A.
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