NYC-ARTS

On multiple platforms, NYC-ARTS aims to increase awareness of New York City’s nonprofit cultural organizations, whose offerings greatly benefit residents and visitors—from children to adults, and teenagers to senior citizens. NYC-ARTS promotes cultural groups’ activities and events to tri-state, national and international audiences through nonprint media, using new technologies as they develop. Through web sites, television, mobile applications and social media, NYC-ARTS nurtures New York City’s position as a thriving cultural capital of the world, one that has both world renowned institutions and those that are focused on local communities. NYC-ARTS is growing, and your NYC cultural IQ just went up! Connect, install, subscribe, follow, like, bookmark and link to NYC-ARTS at the following extensions of the NYC-ARTS brand.

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In the Labyrinth: works by Kiley Ames - NYC-ARTS

Drawn from the complex relationships between individual and whole, "In the Labyrinth: works by Kiley Ames" is characterized by merging contrasting visual elements. The dense flecks of color populating "Startled by Stillness" — light against dark, muted against vivid — come together to ultimately create an image simultaneously unified and disparate, reflecting the alienation of the subject itself.

"In the Labyrinth: works by Kiley Ames" is characterized by merging contrasting visual elements. 

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Divine Encounter: Rembrandt's Abraham and the Angels - NYC-ARTS

Displayed publicly for the first time in more than ten years, "Abraham and the Angels" is the centerpiece of a small exhibition dedicated to Rembrandt’s depictions of Abraham and his various encounters with God and his angels, as recounted in the book of Genesis.

This is the last weekend to see Rembrandt's Abraham and the Angels, displayed publicly for the first time in more than 10 years. 

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UNTAMED! Opera Festival - NYC-ARTS

The dell’Arte Opera Ensemble's UNTAMED! Opera Festival spotlights the unpredictable, wild characters of opera, exploring parallels between human and animal kingdoms.

Opera Ensemble’s UNTAMED! Opera Festival is still in full swing!  

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Battery Dance Festival - NYC-ARTS

For its 36th year, the annual Battery Dance Festival brings free performances to the breathtaking backdrop of the New York Harbor at Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park in Battery Park City.

Head over to Battery Park for free performances with the breathtaking backdrop of the New York!  

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BAMcinématek | Jonathan Demme: Heart of Gold - NYC-ARTS

From spiky 80s comedies to 90s prestige dramas, definitive concert videos to documentary passion projects, the films of Jonathan Demme overflow with his generosity of spirit. BAMcinématek pays tribute to the late, great director’s work with a career retrospective.

BAMcinématek pays tribute to the late, great  Jonathan Demme. Check it out for free this weekend! 

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The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival - NYC-ARTS

The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Long Island’s longest-running classical music festival, has something of a water theme. The music of the 12 concerts evokes the festival’s seaside setting with such selections as the Vivaldi concerto subtitled “La tempesta di mare” (“Storm at Sea”); Ravel’s Jeux d’eau (Water Games); Debussy’s Poisson d’or (Gold Fish); Kevin Puts’s Seven Seascape, and Elizabeth Brown's Island Nocturnes.

Long Island’s longest-running classical music festival kicks off this Sunday! 

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Tactile/Textile - NYC-ARTS

"Tactile/Textile," a group exhibition, aims to exemplify the balance between fine art and design by demonstrating unconventional techniques of textile work.

This exhibition has one common thread: the usage of textile materials.

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The Wallach Art Gallery: Uptown - NYC-ARTS

"Uptown," a new triennial surveying the work of artists who live or practice north of 99th Street in New York City, showcases the work of established and mid-career artists alongside emerging talent from Harlem, El Barrio, Washington Heights and all of northern Manhattan.

There's a lot of great happening north of 99th street. 

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City of Gold, Bronze and Light: Jerusalem between Word and Image - NYC-ARTS

As kaleidoscopic as the holy city itself, "City of Gold, Bronze and Light: Jerusalem between Word and Image" features paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, medals, posters, books, video, architectural models and memorabilia, drawn from the collection of Yeshiva University Museum, with select loans from local collections.

Opening this Sunday at Yeshiva University Museum! 

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Blind Spot: Vijay Iyer and Teju Cole

Where are humanity’s blind spots? Where are yours? Composer/pianist Vijay Iyer and writer/photographer Teju Cole‘s powerful new collaboration, Blind Spot, investigates our blindness to tragedy and injustice throughout history.

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NYC-ARTS Choice: Louis Armstrong House Museum

A visit to the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens, devoted to celebrating the life of one of the most popular figures in jazz music.

Did you know you could take a tour of Louis Armstrong's REAL home in Queens? 

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The Classical Theatre of Harlem: The Three Musketeers

The Classical Theatre of Harlem's newest production, The Three Musketeers, is an action-packed adventure fit for the whole family.

Grab a picnic blanket and see The Three Musketeers (for free!) in Harlem all month long!  

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Hansel & Gretel at The Armory

Hansel & Gretel, a new immersive visual art commission by Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, addresses the pervasiveness of surveillance in today’s hyper-monitored world.

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Carmen, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi - NYC-ARTS

This summer, the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College presents Bizet's Carmen and Puccini's, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. These masterpieces are traditionally staged and costumed with orchestra, chorus and children's chorus.

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NYC-ARTS Choice: "Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern"

Guided by guest curator Wanda Corn, NYC-ARTS visits "Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern," on view at the Brooklyn Museum through July 23, 2017. This exhibition takes a new look at how the artist expressed her progressive, independent lifestyle through a self-crafted public persona that included her clothing and the way she posed for the camera.

Only a few weeks left to see “Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern" at Brooklyn Museum! 

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This Week at Lincoln Center: Black Art Jazz Collective

On June 27th and 28th Black Art Jazz Collective returns to Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola to perform a program of post-bop originals dedicated to African American icons. The group, led by tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, includes trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, trombonist James Burton, pianist Xavier Davis, bassist Vicente Archer, and drummer Johnathan Blake.

In case you missed it, Black Art Jazz Collective returned to Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola this week!