The Long Dream
Bringing together the time-based and live performances of artists featured in The Long Dream, this culminating event gathers and juxtaposes distinct artworks to evoke new connections between them. Audiences navigate […]
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Powers New Voices Festival 2021
The eighth annual Powers New Voices Festival, features four days of readings of new plays by some of the most exciting voices writing for the American theatre. Before each reading […]
A Thousand Ways
PART ONE: A PHONE CALL Created by 600 Highwaymen Pick up the phone. Someone is on the line. You don’t know their name, and you still won’t when the hour is over, but through this exchange – as you follow a thread of automated prompts – a portrait of your partner will emerge through fleeting […]
IDENTITIES
Photo: artwork by Ana de Alvear. Join Art of Elan performers for a free online pop-up concert inspired by the works of multidisciplinary artist Ana de Alvear, on view at the Museum in June 2021. Alvear’s work shifts perceptions and perspectives in a way that’s both subtle and transformative. A “search for identity” pervades her […]
When We Gather: Together
A multifaceted art project and three-minute art film, directed by Codie Elaine Oliver (Black Love, OWN) Followed by a special behind-the-scenes, interactive program, When We Gather: Together When We Gather: Together is a 35-minute online production that contextualizes the themes of the film: heal, unite, create. The multi-generational presentation features creative conversations, diverse artistic interpretive performances, […]
45 Seconds of Laughter
“45 Seconds of Laughter” was filmed in 12 days over 6 months at a Level Four (maximum security) facility in Calipatria, CA. Directed by Tim Robbins, the documentary follows a […]
O Mensch!
Pascal Dusapin’s O Mensch! is a cycle of songs for voice and piano, all settings of lyrical texts by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). The work bears the subtitle “An unreasoned inventory of some Nietzschean passions”, and as such it attempts to create an evolving musical and dramatic space for exploring the enigmatic meanings of these extraordinary […]
Travesuras | Daniel García Diego Trio | Dutch Premiere
‘Jazz and flamenco are brothers,’ says Daniel García Diego one of the most important pianists in the current jazz scene in Spain. For his album TRAVESURAS he dug deep into the music of his native country and combined it with the vocabulary of the modern jazz trio, with outstanding energy and virtuosity. The result is […]
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Recently marking our 30th Anniversary and currently screening films in over 20 cities around the world, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival (HRWFF) bears witness to human rights violations in […]
An Evening With the Bard: Maya Angelou
Bring a little bit of poetic inspiration home with this virtual viewing of An Evening With the Bard, a celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou that weaves together more than a […]
Experiments on Stone: Four Women Artists from the Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) Desert Plant (TAM.1460), 1965 Color Lithograph 18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (47 × 47 cm) © Estate of Ruth Asawa The Museum of Contemporary Art San […]
Mainly Mozart Festival of Orchestras
Two of the world’s great orchestras meet at the Mainly Mozart Festival of Orchestras, pairing members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony. Conducted by Met Opera Orchestra Concertmaster and Festival of Orchestras Artistic Partner, David Chan. PLUS, Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale with film legend Malcolm McDowell and Pierre Bouvier, lead singer of Simple […]