Saul Steinberg

Cavalier Gallery will present New York Stories a solo exhibition featuring paintings by contemporary realist Jenness Cortez. The show will be on view from November 21st a?" December 31st at Cavalier Gallery, 4th floor, 3 W. 57th Street, New York, New York. An opening reception with the artist in attendance will be held on Thursday, November 21st, from 6 to 8pm.

The Jewish Museum announced today that it has received a major gift from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation, established in 1996 by Annalee Newman, the artist's widow. The gift includes artworks from Barnett and Annalee Newman's personal collection and works created by artists who were recipients of the Barnett and Annalee Newman Award. The gift also includes $10 million, for the endowment of the Museum's first curatorial position dedicated to contemporary art; for the care and exhibition of the collection; and a promised gift for future institutional use.

Occasionally in cabaret, one encounters a performer with 'star power.' Other times, one sees a legitimate star in a cabaret setting---say, Patti LuPone or Ben Vereen---and knows instantly why the person is a star. But in his Feinstein's/54 Below solo debut show, Tony Danza: Standards & Stories, Tony Danza reminds audiences what it means to be a star, onstage as well as off.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Romanian Film Initiative are pleased to announce the 9th edition of Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema, which has been hailed by The New York Times as one of the “annual treasures” of the Film Society's programming.

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of noted artist Saul Steinberg (1914 - 1999) on June 15, the Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce that The Saul Steinberg Foundation has donated 54 of his original works on paper to the museum, including five of his distinctively whimsical masks drawn on paper bags.

Summer is hot at SculptureCenter and we've got lots of art, events, and projects to keep you coming back to Long Island City. Our summer exhibitions opened on June 1st to an enthusiastic crowd of old and new SculptureCenter friends. Currently on view, Liz Glynn's RANSOM ROOM will be changing daily as she attempts to cast Inca Emperor Atahualpa's ransom in golden wax. And if you are looking for a way to enjoy a day in LIC, check out the new LIC Art Bus that promotes and connects Long Island City's cultural institutions! If you aren't in the city, but want to check out some of our recent SculptureCenter Conversations, we've just uploaded Neomaterialism with Joshua Simon and Sexing Sculpture to our YouTube channel!

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of noted artist Saul Steinberg (1914 - 1999) on June 15, the Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce that The Saul Steinberg Foundation has donated 54 of his original works on paper to the museum, including five of his distinctively whimsical masks drawn on paper bags.

BRIDGING THE GAP: A traveling group exhibition featuring 50 artworks representing 40 artists from Queens, New York. This multi-venue show, curated by LIC Artists, Inc (Long Island City Artists) and Amy Winter, Director Godwin-Ternbach Museum, in collaboration with Flushing Town Hall, reaches out to the varied communities near LaGuardia Community College, Flushing Town Hall, and Queensborough Community College, to highlight and showcase the broad diversity and creativity of Queens' artists.

Treasures of New York showcases the series' first Long Island 'treasure' about the historic Amagansett Life-Saving Service Station in Ocean Keeper. After premiering at the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival, the film receives its public television primetime premiere on Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN and Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 9:30 p.m. on WLIW21.

Roland Auctions of New York City will be selling the estate of legendary playwright, director, and screenwriter, Arthur Laurents on Saturday, June 2, 2012. Mr. Laurents, whose credits include West Side Story, Gypsy, La Cage Aux Folles, Hallelujah, Baby and The Way We Were, amongst many others, had a long and distinguished career, both on Broadway and in Hollywood. See photos below for sample pieces available as well as as list of items slated to be auctioned.

The first major museum survey of the work of illustrator, author and designer Maira Kalman (b. 1949, Tel Aviv), known for her whimsical yet probing imagery, opens at The Jewish Museum on March 11 and remains on view through July 31, 2011.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on playwright Samuel Beckett with Deirdre Bair, recipient of the National Book Award for 'Samuel Beckett: A Biography,' and Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, following the Sunday, July 11, 3 p.m. matinee performance of Beckett's 'Happy Days,' directed by Lamos.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on playwright Samuel Beckett with Deirdre Bair, recipient of the National Book Award for 'Samuel Beckett: A Biography,' and Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, following the Sunday, July 11, 3 p.m. matinee performance of Beckett's 'Happy Days,' directed by Lamos.

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA - is thrilled to announce our new exhibition: NEOINTEGRITY: COMICS EDITION on view now through May 30.

"CHARLES ADDAMS'S NEW YORK" will be featured at the Museum of the City of New York. The exhibition will include original Addams Family Works many of which served as the inspiration for the upcoming musical. From MARCH 4-MAY 16, 2010.

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA - is thrilled to announce our new exhibition: NEOINTEGRITY: COMICS EDITION on view now through May 30.

"CHARLES ADDAMS'S NEW YORK" will be featured at the Museum of the City of New York. The exhibition will include original Addams Family Works many of which served as the inspiration for the upcoming musical. From MARCH 4-MAY 16, 2010.

"CHARLES ADDAMS'S NEW YORK" will be featured at the Museum of the City of New York. The exhibition will include original Addams Family Works many of which served as the inspiration for the upcoming musical. From MARCH 4-MAY 16, 2010.