By Andrew Russeth, Michael H. Miller and Rozalia Jovanovic 7/16/12 10:11am

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WEDNESDAY | Opening: Stan VanDerBeek, "Writings, Drawings and Collages," at American Contemporary

7 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before July 22

TUESDAY, JULY 17

Screening: “Maso et Miso Vont En Bateau,” at the Kitchen
Organized by Stéphanie Jeanjean and Alaina Claire Feldman around the themes of protest and satire, this two-day program, spanning Tuesday and Wednesday, features screenings of feminist videos made by radical pioneering French film collectives followed by discussions with artists and writers Elisabeth Subrin, K8 Hardy, Kate Millet, Georgia Sagri and Martha Wilson. The event aims to recognize the contribution of these collectives in the Western canon of media studies and feminism. A number of works will be making their English and American debuts. —Rozalia Jovanovic Read More

By Andrew Russeth 3/20/12 9:07am

Art

A postcard for a performance by Michael Smith at Electronic Arts Intermix. (Courtesy EAI)

Bob Nickas on Today’s Art World

Following in the tradition of its Ice Cream and Creamier books, Phaidon just recently released another hulking contemporary art survey. This one is called Defining Contemporary Art: 25 Years in 200 Pivotal Artworks—the works are selected by eight top-flight curators like Bice Curiger, Massimiliano Gioni and Okwui Enwezor. It’s a pleasurable anthology, with some nice quirks. But more on that another time. We just wanted to share this tiny excerpt from a roundtable discussion among the participants and Phaidon editor Craig Garrett. Read More