July 15, 2010

Events

Cocktail Conversations: Women with Cameras

Slam a shot and get serious with Maria Buszek, assistant professor of art history at the Kansas City Art Institute and uber-smarty-pants on gender issues, as she facilitates a candid discussion at the Art Center about pictures of and by women in contemporary visual culture.

This program takes place in conjunction with the Art Center’s current exhibition, PHOTOGRAPHIC: Anne Collier and Melanie Schiff.

Films

The Secret in Their Eyes

The London Times has picked this film as the “must-see art house gem of the summer!”

When director Juan José Campanella’s riveting drama won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film a few months ago, it was considered an upset-The White Ribbon  was the more prestigious, well-known, “artistic” front-runner.  But Academy voters weren’t swayed by the prestige of all those Cannes Film Festival prizes conferred on The White Ribbon.  As critic Roger Ebert suggested, the recent rules change required voters…

Exit Through the Gift Shop

A couple years ago, L.A. Weekly ran a story about an art exhibition showcasing the work of neophyte Thierry Guetta, a one-time clothing store owner who found his artistic calling late in life.  For years, however, Guetta was an aficionado and supporter of “fringe art,” particularly the work of graffiti artists, many of whom he would accompany during their covert, creative, but illegal and often physically dangerous endeavors, all the while shooting endless videotape footage, ostensibly for a…