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NYC-Arts Top Five Picks: June 4 – 10
“Interesting. Unusual. Uniquely NYC. Highlights of this week’s top events include Then and Now: American Social Realism, Cézanne Drawing, 20th Anniversary DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL and more. Get the NYC-ARTS Top Five in your inbox every Friday and follow @NYC_ARTS on Instagram or @NYCARTS on Twitter to stay abreast of events as they happen.”
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Cézanne Drawing
Museum of Modern Art
Manhattan / Sun, Jun 06, 2021 - Sat, Sep 25, 2021
The Museum of Modern Art presents a major exhibition offering a new look at the celebrated modern artist Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) through close attention to his process in pencil and watercolor and fresh insights into this profoundly original yet lesser-known body of work. "Cézanne Drawing," is the first major effort in the United States to unite drawings from across the artist’s entire career, tracing the development of his practice on paper and exploring his working …
35th Annual Performance Mix Festival
New Dance Alliance
Manhattan / Thu, Jun 10, 2021 - Sun, Jun 13, 2021
New Dance Alliance (NDA) announces the lineup for the 35th anniversary of the "Performance Mix Festival." This four-day festival brings together more than 20 artists with diverse approaches to performance, inviting audiences to engage with the unexpected and to experience some of the newest voices in experimental dance. The festival will feature live in-person performances, livestreams, installations, and video/film screenings at Movement Research at 122 Community Center in Movement Research studios and the Courtyard at 122CC. "Performance Mix 35" ...
Then and Now: American Social Realism
Forum Gallery
Manhattan / Thu, May 13, 2021 - Fri, Jul 02, 2021
Forum Gallery presents a group exhibition of American social realism featuring paintings, drawings, and sculpture dating from the first half of the Twentieth Century to today. Artists working in the years between the world wars and well known for their contributions are shown side by side with contemporary American Artists whose work continues the humanist legacy of social realism. American social realism took shape in the 1920s in the centers of commerce also home to artistic communities, ...
GatherNYC 2021
Morris-Jumel Mansion
Manhattan / Sun, May 23, 2021 - Sun, Jun 20, 2021
"GatherNYC," the weekly concert series returns for five Sunday afternoon outdoor concerts at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Manhattan’s oldest surviving house. The series features top NYC talent including singer/songwriter/cellist Laufey, members of the New York Philharmonic and more. Founded in 2018 by cellist Laura Metcalf and guitarist Rupert Boyd, "GatherNYC" presented 49 concerts featuring such acclaimed classical artists as the Dover, Brentano and Calidore quartets, clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinist Rachel Barton Pine and more, at SubCulture in downtown Manhattan before closing ...
20th Anniversary DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL
WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company
Brooklyn / Thu, Jun 10, 2021 - Sun, Jun 13, 2021
WHITE WAVE Dance is proud to celebrate their 20th Anniversary season of the "DUMBO Dance Festival," virtually! WHITE WAVE scours the globe in search of today's most innovative dancemakers, both emerging and established, and brings them virtually together for one extended weekend, all the while paying extra attention to the new, emerging, and experimental. Dance lovers will experience a veritable cornucopia of the best of contemporary dance. "VDDF 2021" attracts the very best by providing artists ...