Events

The Vicky David Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of the Belgian artist Arne Quinze.

The gallery will present pieces from the series "My Home, My House, My Stilthouse" which plays on the dichotomy between chaos and equilibrium. From the appearant fragility of his material emerges overflowing energy and pure beauty.  Arne Quinze dreams of an ideal society in which all individuals communicate and interact with each other. Eclectically he uses paintings, drawings, sculptures and monumental installations to develop his work in the urban movement, by focusing on the themes: Order, Disorder, Structure and Habitation.

Beginning in the early 2000’s, Arne Quinze’s œuvre is the subject of many public and private installations around the world such as ("Uchronia", Nevada, USA; "Timegate", Miami, USA; "Rebirth", Paris, FRANCE; "Red Beacon", Shanghai, CHINA; "Camille", Rouen, FRANCE; "The Sequence", Brussels, BELGIUM; "The Traveller", Munich, GERMANY ; "The Visitor", Beirut, LEBANON).

Arne Q

Edith Piaf Alive and Living in New York

Introducing Floanne

Written by Floanne Ankah & Alice Jankell

Directed by Alice Jankell

Piano: Audrey Saint-Gil, Accordion: Kate Dunphy

Guitar: Marcel Van Dam, Percussion: Alby Roblejo

Saturday, Jan 21/Feb 18/Mar 17 at 9:30

Thursday, April 19/May 17/Jun 21 at 9:30

The Metropolitan Room

34 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010 Tickets $20.00, 2 drinks minimum (212) 206-0440, www.metropolitanroom.com

www.floanne.com

French actress and singer Floanne Ankah recounts the Piaf story. This authentic ‘chanteuse’ and farm girl opens the door to her culture, by taking a closer look at the legendary ‘Little Sparrow’ —with that husky, mournful voice so popular in the 1940’ and 50’s. The performance is a culturally rich and moving presenta- tion that will make you smile, with tunes transporting you to other times and places.

Yes, both Floanne and Edith Piaf will be attending the rendez-vous in a medley of vintage tunes from their native France... with a modern twist. She w

“She's not especially beautiful or intelligent or sincere, but she’s a real woman,” says one of the smitten leads of Jules and Jim. He’s describing Jeanne Moreau’s capricious romantic but could well be speaking of the actress herself. Moreau—who embodied the style and free spirit of the New Wave with her unique combination of confidence and vulnerability—has made more than 100 films with top filmmakers around the globe. Orson Welles called her “the greatest actress in the world.”

• The Bride Wore Black   Feb. 17, 18, 19
• The Diary of a Chambermaid   Feb. 18, 20, 21
• Jules and Jim   Feb. 20, 22
• The Lovers   Feb. 22, 23
• Mr Klein   Feb. 23
• The Train   Feb. 24, Mar. 1
• Elevator to the Gallows   Feb. 24, 26, 29
• Time to Leave   Feb. 25, Mar. 1
• Touchez Pas au Grisbi   Feb. 25, 27
• Mademoiselle   Feb. 26, 28
• Monte Walsh   Feb. 27, 28, 29

This February, Fashion at FIAF extends into the Gallery with a witty collection of colorful fashion drawings and paintings by Jean-Phillipe Delhomme, one of the most delightful satirists in fashion today.

Delhomme is a painter, writer, cultural blogger, and fashion illustrator, whose illustrations have been featured in renowned magazines such as Vogue, W, Vanity Fair, GQ, and The New Yorker. In this exhibition, he explores how fashion, contemporary art, and design interact with each other and influence today’s popular culture.

Free and open
to the public

Gallery Hours
Tue–Fri: 11am–6pm
Sat: 11am–5pm

The 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek, March 1-11. 

Tickets are available online for each participating venue at www.filmlinc.com, www.ifccenter.com andwww.BAM.org/BAMcinematek respectively, as well as directly from the box offices. For more information, call The Film Society at (212) 875-5601, the IFC Center at (212) 924-7771, or BAM at (718) 636-4100 x2 or please visit: www.rendezvouswithfrenchcinema.com. Tickets for Opening Night are available online at www.filmlinc.com and at Alice Tully Hall Box Office, 1941 Broadway (on 65th St between Broadway and Amsterdam).

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema is supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy (www.frenchculture.org)

Thursday. March 1, 7:00 p.m.

JEROME GAME
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cinema Studies, American University of Paris; author of Poetic Becomings; Sous influence. Ce que l’art contemporain fait à la littérature 

Après plus d’un siècle de désarticulation de ses normes thématiques ou formelles, la poésie française semble aujourd’hui engagée dans un rapport de croisement à ses différents ‘Autres’ (arts visuels, sonores, scéniques notamment), précipitant une porosité entre pratiques d’écriture et pratiques plastiques autour d’opérations et de dispositifs communs. Zoomant sur ces effets de translation, de correspondance ou de contagion, on s’interrogera sur les effets d’un tel import/export esthétique sur l’écriture poétique aujourd’hui.

In French.

OPENING NIGHT

RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA

THE INTOUCHABLES (INTOUCHABLES)
Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, 2011, France; 112m

A phenomenon in France, where it shattered box-office records to become the second most successful film of all time, The Intouchables tells the true story of the unlikely friendship between a handicapped white millionaire (François Cluzet) and his unconventional Senegalese caretaker (breakout star Omar Sy). A Weinstein Company release.

*In person: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache and François Cluzet

The 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinématek, March 1-11. 

Nicole Brenez, with a response by Kent Jones

Nicole Brenez is professor of Cinema Studies at Universite Paris 3. She is a film historian, curator and leading specialist of avant-garde cinema. Her books include Cinéma d'avant-garde (2007), Abel Ferrara (2007), and Chantal Akerman (2011).

Kent Jones is a writer and filmmaker in New York.

This talk is featured as part of the Columbia Maison Française series on Cinema: History and Theory, and is co-sponsored by the Sites of Cinema University Seminar chaired by Jane Gaines.

Generous support was provided by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

Nicole Brenez presents this talk in connection with the film series she curated for the Anthology Film Archives, Internationalist Cinema for Today, taking place March 2-11, 2012. For details, please visit http://anthologyfilmarchives.org

New York Premiere Courteline en dentelles
Short Plays by Georges Courteline
With Jérôme Deschamps and Michel Fau
Wednesday, February 29
and Thursday, March 1, 2012
8pm
FIAF, Florence Gould Hall

Presented in partnership with the Center for French Civilization and Culture, New York University

Jérôme Deschamps directs and acts in a series of delightful short plays by the witty French satirist and dramatist Georges Courteline, a contemporary of Georges Feydeau.

Joined by the acclaimed stage actor Michel Fau, Deschamps pokes fun at human imperfection and the triviality of everyday life. Packed with banter and inane arguments, this performance promises to be a comical, often insightful study of human nature.

In French without English supertitles.

Reviews

"Alternately funny and naughty, always mischievous, polished, the plays that slam human failings are hilarious thanks to two clowns, Jérôme Deschamps and Michel Fau."—Le Figaro, June 2011

"Characters, situations, texts, lines, all make the aud