The Arts Arena

The Arts Arena founder and artistic director Margery Arent Safir will be joined by our good friends Alexandre de Vogüé and Dena Kaye in the newest episode of "Leading Voices" from @HistoricNE broadcasting tonight! Learn about the series and register: historicnewengland.org/visit/virtual-…

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For the 14th time, the Arts Arena presents the international documentary film festival UNAFF: Indoctrination, How Easy It Is. This year's selected films will be available for free online viewing and on May 17 you can join us for a conversation and Q&A with the filmmakers.

Join us tonight at 7 pm CET for Painting the Stage, a talk by writer Denise Wendel-Poray on the meeting of visual arts and opera! Register for free here: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

It’s turning out to be a rich week for #opera #scenography! Check out this @TheArtsArena event with writer Denise Wendel-Poray on her book “Painting the Stage: Artists as Stage Designers”, via @TheArtsArena on Apr 13.

A rare van Gogh drawing sold for $10.4 million at a Christie's auction on Monday artnews.com/art-news/marke…

Art is very big business. Join us on March 3 with @amchamfrance and @CGCParisCenter to hear an exceptional trio of specialists discuss the very big business of art, with a special transatlantic focus on the Paris and New York markets. Register here: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

If you can’t get enough of Lulu after last night’s event, Pandora’s Box, G. W. Pabst’s iconic 1929 silent film starring Louise Brooks, is available to watch on YouTube! 📽🎞 youtube.com/watch?v=VuwfU2…

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for our conversation with Paten Hughes on the creative ways in which actors and theaters are persevering in the time of Covid 🎭💫 We are so looking forward to seeing Paten take on the role of Lulu live in theaters or live-streamed!

Loved talking art in the time of Covid, Wedekind and the Lulu Plays, and working with the bold and the beautiful Tea Alagic on a new production co-devised with Andi Villa Stover, Christian Gibbs and Constantine Baecher. Un grand merci @TheArtsArena

Register for this virtual event here: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join us next Tuesday, February 16 for Anatomy of a Stage Production in the time of Covid! 🎭 Actor Paten Hughes (@TresPay) will discuss the play Lulu and the creative ways in which stage actors are coping with the artistic and financial challenges of theater in the time of Covid.

Register for this event here: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join us tomorrow evening for an exciting new conversation with photographer João Pina and Fred Ritchin, Dean Emeritus of @ICPhotog. Together, the photographer and the scholar will consider the role of photography moving forward: The Useful Photographer 📸

Join us on February 4 for a new conversation with João Pina and Fred Ritchin on the role of photography moving forward: The Useful Photographer. Register here: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Additional videos include Margery Arent Safir's introduction of James Conlon from the 2016 event and a recital by Maroussia Gentet, First-Prize winner of the Orléans International Piano Competition!

Join us tonight for the Arts Arena Archives Series, celebrating lives in the arts! Watch James Conlon's Arts Arena talk on his life in classical music, delivered at the Hôtel de Talleyrand in Paris on January 15, 2016: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

What's Streaming #Classical (1/18-24): @JamesJConlon talk via @TheArtsArena; @DavoneTines MASS via @VocalArtsDC; @TulsaOpera LIVE w/ @patriciaracette; @ShaiWosnerPiano (Resident Artist of @PeoplesSymphony) w/ #PinchasZukerman & @testore1699. Learn more: shumanassociates.net/agency.php?vie…

Join us on December 9 for a new lecture by artist, critic, and curator Robert Storr: Joan Mitchell: A Furious Pastorale! He will deliver this special lecture on the American artist live from Yale University. Register for the livestream here: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

We are grateful to James Conlon and LA Opera for use of the image, pre-performance material, and live performance access. Maestro Conlon is a member of the Arts Arena International Board of Trustees and has given two lectures at the Arts Arena in Paris.

You can also read James Conlon's program note on the composer: laopera.org/discover/la-op… and listen to his pre-performance lecture: laopera.org/discover/la-op…

The Arts Arena, James Conlon, and LA Opera invite you to the opera! Continuing his mission of resurrecting neglected repertoire, Maestro Conlon now leads LA Opera’s new production of the 1780 chamber opera, L’Amant anonyme, by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.