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Culture Calendar: NY Fashion Week, NBC's Answer to Glee, and Jeff Mangum Live
Art and Museums Taylor Mead at Churner and Churner, New York (through February 18) Prolific underground artist and Warhol scene icon Taylor Mead's latest series of drawings—inspired by his "Fairy Tale Poem"—are on display at the Manhattan gallery. Also featured: a collection of paintings from the 1980s and '90s influenced by Mead's urban bohemian lifestyle. Christopher Boffoli: Big Appetites at Winston Wächter Fine Arts, Seattle (through February 23) Boffoli juxtaposes hand-painted figurines with staged photographs of food and drink to create humorous multimedia canvases depicting mundane daily activities in bizarre surroundings. George Harrison: Living in the Material World at
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Culture Calendar: Underground Filmmaker Kenneth Anger, Photographer Cecil Beaton and Daniel Radcliffe
Art and Museums Degas and the Nude at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (through February 5) Now entering its final week, the critically acclaimed collection—curated by representatives from the MFA and the Musée D'Orsay in Paris—highlights Impressionist painter Degas' expressive depiction of the human form. Charles Dickens at 200 at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York (through February 12) This retrospective of Britain's first literary superstar honors the bicentennial of his birth—as well as his legacy—with a series of rare manuscripts, photos, illustrations and more. Cecil Beaton: The New York Years at the Museum of the City
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Culture Calendar: Sundance Films Near You, Wilco on Tour, and a Miniature LA
The Details-approved concerts, movies, and events coming your way this week. Art and Museums "Hungry Planet: What the World Eats" at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle (Opens January 28) A catalog of photographs from ten countries explores the nature of family, culture, and tradition through the food people eat. "Focus: KAWS" at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth (through February 18) The work of Brooklyn-based artist Brian Donnelly—more commonly known by his KAWS alias—is at the center of this collection, which features his pop-culture-referencing graffiti, murals, sculptures, and paintings. "Metropolis II" at LACMA,
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The Cultural Agenda: Isaac Layman's "Paradise" and the Portlandia tour
The Details-approved concerts, movies, and events coming your way this week. Art and Museums Isaac Layman, "Paradise" at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle (through January 22) Using large-scale photographs—featuring materials from his own home—Layman configures visual representations of everyday malaise and the dreams of escape and utopia such feelings spawn. "Unlikely Friends: James Brooks and Dan Flavin" at Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City (through February 18) Friends and colleagues Brooks and Flavin collaborated and curated this exhibit, combining Brooks' paper and canvas works with Flavin's eccentric fluorescent-light fixtures. "New Photographers" at Danziger Gallery, New York City (through February
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The Cultural Agenda: Otherworldliness, Tomorrow Never Knows, and 30 Rock Returns to Prime Time
The Details-approved concerts, movies, and events coming your way this week. Art and Museums "Otherworldliness" at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City (through January 21) A collection of Surrealist and magic-realist paintings by various artists illustrates the limitations of reality and the intangible realm of emotions and the unconscious mind. "Write Now: Artists and Letterforms" at Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago (through April 29) Forty artists (primarily Chicago-based) demonstrate the importance of the written word throughpainting, sculpture, video, and print. "Mark Handforth: Rolling Stop" at Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (through February 19) A series of sculptures and installations exaggerates
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The Cultural Agenda: Portlandia, Jillian Mayer's Love Trip, and Winter Jazzfest
The Details-approved concerts, movies, and events coming at you in the next seven days. Museums and Art Vivian Maier at Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (through February 25) While working as a nanny in New York City, Vivian Maier secretly took over 100,000 street photographs that are now the subject of this posthumous collection. David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy at the Whitney Museum, New York (through January 8) Sculptor David Smith's experimentation with geometric abstraction is the focus of this collection, now entering its final week on display. After January 8, Cubes and Anarchy will move to the Wexner Center
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The Cultural Agenda: Jim Henson's Fantastic World, The Iron Lady, and New Year's Eve plans
The Details-approved concerts, movies, and events coming at you in the next seven days. Museums and Art Jim Henson's Fantastic World at the Museum of Moving Image, New York City A collection of photographs, sketches, film clips, and puppets (including Miss Piggy, Kermit, and Bert and Ernie) provide insight on the imagination of the Muppet mastermind. Through March 4. Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro: Are We There Yet? at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC The Australian natives create an installation specifically for the Washington, DC gallery from mass-produced household products—specifically commonly-used food items and toys. These materials are repurposed to
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The Cultural Agenda: The Clock, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and Eva Hesse
The Details-approved concerts, movies, and events coming at you in the next seven days. Monday, December 19 Now playing at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Christian Marclay's The Clock is a visual collage of time. Marclay's film is composed of clips of watches, clock towers, sundials, and countdowns, all synchronized to coordinate with each minute of the day. The film screens during museum hours and runs through December 31. Aunt Martha join Matisyahu at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg for the first night of the reggae artist's annual Festival of Light. Tuesday, December 20 "In Focus: Los Angeles,
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The Cultural Agenda: The National, Wu-Tang Clan, and "California Song"
Monday, December 12 The National play their first show in a six-night series at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Oh Land performs at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Now on display at New York City's Jewish Museum, "The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951" traces the impact a group of young photographers had during the tumultuous era in U.S. history that spanned the Great Depression, WWII, and the Cold War. Tuesday, December 13 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings perform the first of a two-night set at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Wednesday,
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The Cultural Agenda: Michael Dweck at Staley-Wise Gallery, Lana Del Rey, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Monday, December 5 It girl Lana Del Rey performs at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Tuesday, December 6 The Roots perform at New York City's Highline Ballroom in support of their latest release, undun. Girls play at the Music Box in Los Angeles. Join Details and Technogym for an exclusive shopping event at their SoHo store in New York City, complete with cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and live music. Wednesday, December 7 Jeffrey Eugenides talks with Richard Ford about his latest novel, The Marriage Plot, at Symphony Space in New York City. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah perform
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