Adult Saturday Workshop: Modern Masters Studio
Join artist Liz Trosper and take a closer look at Modern Masters. Explore the intersection of contemporary painting and new forms of imaging through the lens of structure and space.
Join artist Liz Trosper and take a closer look at Modern Masters. Explore the intersection of contemporary painting and new forms of imaging through the lens of structure and space.
In conjunction with the exhibition Modern Masters: A Tribute to Anne Windfohr Marion, Michael Auping, former Chief Curator of the Modern, and Andrea Karnes, current Chief Curator of the Modern, discuss the rich and generous legacy of the Modern’s longtime patron Anne Windfohr Marion. Curated by Auping, the exhibition begins with three renowned works gifted to the Museum from Marion’s collection: Arshile Gorky’s poetic The Plow and the Song, 1947; Willem de Kooning’s bold and historically significant Two Women, 1954–55; and Mark Rothko’s sublime White Band No.
The Son centers on Peter (Hugh Jackman), whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) appears with their son who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing from school for months and is troubled, distant, and angry. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have liked his own father to have taken care of him while juggling work, his and Beth's new son, and the offer of his dream position in Washington.
In this latest thriller from South Korean master film maker, Park Chan-wook, a man plummets to his death from a mountain peak. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man's wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.
138 minutes; Korean with English subtitles
In the early 20th century, impoverished teenage Italian cobbler Salvatore Ferragamo sailed from Naples to America to seek a better life. He settled in Southern California and became Hollywood's go-to shoemaker during the silent era. In 1927, he returned to Italy and founded, in Florence, his namesake luxury brand. This feature-length documentary recounts his adventures.
PG; 120 minutes
At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie's tender recollections of their last holiday become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't, in Charlotte Wells' superb and searingly emotional debut.
R; 101 minutes.
Brahms, Beethoven, and Klotz or Johannes, Ludwig, and Michael, as they're also known, invite you to come to an open rehearsal for the CMSFW's Oct. 22 concert.
The rehearsal will be in the auditorium from 10 am–1 pm. Make it a point to be there between 11:45 and 12:15 and get photographed with Beethoven and Michael.
This rehearsal is free and open to the public.
I am always inspired by the elegant simplicity of structures in nature. . . . Man-made designs should emulate these naturally integrated systems. The individual components of building cannot be simply additive. They must be congruent, balanced, and harmonious.
At the root of Ridgway’s work is her study of lines. She is fascinated by the simplicity of groves, and the way edges structurally assemble.
Justin Adian’s work is as good as a vinyl top of a 1969 Dodge Charger. Richard Prince, Interview Magazine, January 7, 2015