Not for Sale 2: Artists’ View Thursday, November 18, 6 pm Einstein Auditorium, 34 Stuyvesant Street   Moderated by RoseLee Goldberg, art historian and critic, this forum will examine how contemporary performance artists use institutions and the marketplace for their own ends. How does the changing role of the modern museum as lively cultural […]

Around the World in 80 Exhibitions: Internationalism and Cultural Translation in Art Informel and Gutai Tuesday, November 9, 7:30 pm La Maison Française, New York University 16 Washington Mews (at University Place)   In 1958, French Art Informel critic Michel Tapié and Japanese Gutai leader Jiro Yoshihara introduced their utopian project for framing an international […]

Atelier and Collaboration in Japanese Art: History, Theory, and Practice Thursday, October 14, 6:30 pm Silver Center, Room 300 (enter at 32 Waverly Place)   For centuries, the work of artists (painters, sculptors, lacquerers, potters) in Japan was defined by group practice through family ateliers and guilds, as well as loose associations formed around common […]

Rethinking Art and Politics in Postwar Japan Thursday, September 30, 6:30 pm Department of East Asian Studies, 715 Broadway, Room 312   In this panel discussion, Harry Harootunian, Chair of the Department of East Asian Studies and Professor of History, NYU; artist, writer, and translator Sabu Kohso; Alexandra Munroe, Vice President of Arts & Culture […]

Inside the Studio: Atsuko Tanaka and Akira Kanayama in Conversation with Alexandra Munroe Tuesday, September 14, 6:30 pm Japan Society 333 East 47th Street (between 1st and 2nd Aves.)   Atsuko Tanaka, whose early work is featured in the Grey Art Gallery’s current exhibition, and her husband, artist and critic Akira Kanayama, will elucidate the creative process behind […]