Events: June 30, 2012
Selected by Dominique Nabokov
June 28, 2012 – June 30, 2012
The Life and Death of Marina Abramović
deSingel, Antwerp
A delightful “opera” based on the life of the performance artist Marina Abramović.
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Selected by Joyce Carol Oates
June 21, 2012 – June 30, 2012, 8 pm
‘As You Like It’ in Central Park
The Delecorte Theater in Central Park, New York
Wildly inventive and imaginative, with an outstanding performance by Lily Rabe as Rosalind, and original bluegrass music by Steve Martin, the Public Theater's production of As You Like It would be at the top of anyone's summer theater list.
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Selected by J. Hoberman
June 29, 2012 – July 5, 2012
‘Funny Face’
Film Forum, New York
The last great, unself-conscious Hollywood musical features Audrey Hepburn playing a beat chick among the fashionistas, Fred Astaire dancing, and cabaret madcap Kay Thompson clowning.
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Selected by Cathleen Schine
June 29, 2012 – July 8, 2012
Le Conversazioni
Hotel Punta Tragara, Capri
The most romantic literary gathering the world has ever known. On a piazzeta with views of the Bay of Naples, readings of new, original works in English and Italian.
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Reviewed in the NYR
March 14, 2012 – July 8, 2012
Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (7th-9th Century)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
In the May 10 issue, Peter Brown writes: "The foundation of the Arab empire has been called ‘one of the most remarkable achievements in human history.’ Byzantium and Islam takes us to the heart of this great detonation."
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Selected by Dominique Nabokov
May 10, 2012 – July 19, 2012
Robert Delpire: A Retrospective
The Aperture Foundation, New York
Robert Delpire—a French publisher, curator, and editor who published the work of some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century—is the subject of an ongoing retrospective at no fewer than six galleries throughout New York.
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Selected by Andrew Butterfield
May 1, 2012 – July 29, 2012
Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes
The Frick Collection, New York
This small and exquisite show at the Frick Collection brings out the subtlety of Antico's sculptures, revealing them to be more than just de luxe items for delectation, but also extremely finely calibrated studies of poetic sensibility.
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Selected by Mark Ford
Ongoing
Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden
The Southbank Centre, London
This has just reopened and is one of the nicest spots in the whole of London.
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