Events - March, 20, 2013

Italy's Extraordinary Art: From the Pantheon to St. Peter's

Dr. Janetta Rebold Benton is back by popular demand for her second season of lectures at the Schimmel after 30 years at the Metropolitan Museum...

Art/Photo/Design

Italy's Extraordinary Art: From the Pantheon to St. Peter's

Dr. Janetta Rebold Benton is back by popular demand for her second season of lectures at the Schimmel after 30 years at the Metropolitan Museum...

Art/Photo/Design

Prime Objects' of the Gods? Replications and Transformations of Navajo Sandpainting Imagery

Exploring the relevance of George Kubler’s notion of ‘prime objects’ to a Navajo epistemology of art, Janet Berlo’s lecture will examine multiple replications and transformations...

Art/Photo/Design

Dominique Nahas, Margaret Evangeline, Jonathan Goodman - Sabachthani

Artist Margaret Evangeline, poet and art writer Jonathan Goodman, and art critic Dominique Nahas discuss art’s potential to mirror social issues without subverting the aesthetic...

Science/Tech/Health

Nassim Taleb and Daniel Kahneman

How do people make decisions? Philosopher Nassim N. Taleb and Nobel prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman explore together their differing approaches to unlocking the mystery of the decision-making...

Religion/Spirituality

Louis Marshall and the Founding of Modern American Judaism

Marshall was a brilliant lawyer and a pioneer of civil rights and environmental causes who exerted a profound effect on the American Jewish community. Yet...

Food & Drink

American Wine:A Talk & Tasting - Jancis Robinson with Michael Steinberger

Join Jancis Robinson, MW, author of The Oxford Companion to Wine, for a talk and tasting of American wines at her only public New York...

Legal/Politics/Economics, History/NYC

92YU: Time Runs Out - FDR and George W. Bush at War

Wartime presidents are in a race against time. They need to accomplish a set of difficult tasks as their ability to shape circumstances wanes. Through...

Books

Brian Wood

Join Brian Wood, one of today’s most engaging comic writer/illustrator as he discusses his new series The Massive. The Massive looks at a post-apocalyptic world ruined by all...

Performing Arts/Film

David Cross

David Cross—one of today’s leading actors, writers and standup comedians—joins our stage for an in-depth conversation about his career in comedy, from the ground breaking...

Books

Mary MacLane: In Conversation

Join Emily Gould, Kara Jesella, and Normandy Raven Sherwood, to celebrate and discuss the publication of Mary MaClane's shocking, brave and intellectually challenging diary.

Science/Tech/Health

Brainwave: The Memorist

The Museum as Memory Palace: Memory is another form of illusion but also a tool to navigate the construct of time. Test your ability to...

Art/Photo/Design

Public Art Fund Talks at The New School: Susan Philipsz

Berlin-based artist Susan Philipsz (b. Glasgow, UK, 1965) is best known for her ethereal sound installations featuring songs ranging from folk ballads to pop music, often sung a...

Books

Mary MacLane: In Conversation

Join playwright Normandy Sherwood, feminist scholar Kara Jesella and writer Emily Gould for a discussion of the life and legacy of one of the early...