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1. Performa 11 Opening Night Benefit

As part of Opening Night of Performa 11, which has become legendary as one of the most anticipated events on New York’s winter cultural calendar, guests will enjoy the US premiere of Elmgreen & Dragset’s Performa Commission Happy Days in the Art World, a darkly comic self-portrait of the two artists, drawing references from Samuel Beckett’s play Happy Days (1961) and will feature renowned actors Joseph Fiennes and Charles Edwards as well as actress Kim Criswell, and is directed by Toby Frow. Following the performance at 9 pm, guests will be treated to the first-ever live retrospective of six major performance works by the artists, presented at Skylight Soho.

Details:
Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 7:30 pm
Happy Days in the Art World: Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place)
And Retrospective: 9:30 PM at Skylight Soho (275 Hudson Street)

[More info]

  • Performa 11- Nov 1
  • Nov 2: JONATHAN VANDYKE
  • Nov 2: 33 Fragments of Russian Performance
  • Nov 2: L’Encyclopédie de la parole
  • Nov 2: Mateo Tannatt
  • Nov 2: Rashaad Newsome
  • Nov 2: EL MUSEO PROGRAM
  • Nov 2: Spartacus Chetwynd
  • Nov 2: Andrey Kuzkin
  • Nov 2: PERFORMA FILM PROGRAM: NOT FUNNY
  • Mika Rottenberg and Jon Kessler
  • Public Movement
  • Frances Stark
  • Raphaël Zarka
  • Eleanor Bauer
  • Chelsea
  • The East Village
  • Soho
Filed under: 33 Fragments of Russian Performance, Abrons Arts Center, Alexandra Obukhova, Alicia Grullón, Andrew Cornell, Andrey Kuzkin, Anna Kustera Gallery, Anthology Film Archives, Ben Finer, Cecilia Alemani, Charles Edwards, Chelsea, Christina Ray, ClampArt, David Everitt Howe, El Museo del Barrio, Eleanor Bauer, Elmgreen & Dragset, Emmanuelle Lafon, Frances Stark, Frédéric Danos, fuse gallery, Grégory Castéra, Gregory Green, Heather Goodchild, Irvin Morazán, Jon Kessler, Jonathan VanDyke, Joris Lacoste, Joseph Fiennes, Juan Betancurth, Kameron Steele, Kathleen White, Kim Criswell, Lana Wilson, Lenny Bruce, Luise Ross Gallery, Lydia Diemer, L’Encyclopédie de la parole, Mae West, Major Lazer, Marc Yankus, Mark Beasley, Mark Leckey, Marlborough Chelsea, Mateo Tannatt, Matt Stone, Matthew Stone, Mika Rottenberg, Mulherin Pollard Projects, New York Live Arts, Nicole Klagsbrun Project, Performa 11, Performa Institute at the Performa Hub, Public Movement, Rafael Sánchez, Raphaël Zarka, Rashaad Newsome, Samuel Beckett, Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, Skylight Soho, Soho, Spartacus Chetwynd, Sperone Westwater, Stephanie Dotson, The East Village, The Hole, Thomas Lyon Mills, Toby Frow, Tom Sachs, VJ Demencia (René Juan de la Cruz), Washington Square, Yulia Askenova
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November 21, 2011

9:33pm

Hey check out (and like) an interesting take on Thomas Lyon Mills' art exhibition "The Catacombs" by a great contributor of Culture Catch Mr. Lombardi at: [culturecatch.com]  

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