Fran Lebowitz on Alice Neel
Fran Lebowitz discusses the life and work of painter Alice Neel, living in New York in the 1970s, and what it means to be an artist with PROGRAM host Helen Molesworth. Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers,…
Read MoreCan I Do That?
The Ella Project invited me to be a part of a Q and A with Mollie Quinlan-Hayes to discuss (nearly 10 years later!) the closing of the TMP dance company and about making big choices. It’s really interesting to me that this subject still resonates today. People ask me if I get sick of talking…
Read MoreManus x Machina
Very interesting to learn about this exhibit exploring technology and fashion. Not the floating cars and robots you might expect. This exhibit focuses on the practical uses of new technologies and what ideas are made possible because of it. ————————————————————————- Gallery views of The Costume Institute’s spring 2016 exhibition, Manus x Machina: Fashion in an…
Read MoreBreakthrough
Watch Episode 6, in which Daniel Bergmann, an Undergraduate Degree Candidate at Harvard University with autism, tells the story of how childhood visits to The Met’s koi pond led to the most important breakthrough in his life. It was only when he learned to spell at age twelve, that he could tell his parents, Meredith…
Read MoreRubbing / Loving
Artist Do Ho Suh makes one final artwork in the New York apartment that was his home and studio for eighteen years. Suh covered every surface in the apartment with white paper which he then rubbed with colored pencil to reveal and preserve all of the space’s memory-provoking details. “My energy has been accumulated and…
Read MoreArt Basel: Mickalene Thomas
While working on a host of spectacular collages, Mickalene Thomas welcomed Art Basel to her Brooklyn studio. Among the monumental cut-outs and jars of sequins, she talked about the women who inspired her: from actress Pam Grier and model Naomi Sims to everyday heroines like the beauty queens in the iconic African American magazine Jet.…
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