Visual Art Performance vs. Contemporary Performance by Andy Horwitz

What is the difference between Visual Art Performance and Contemporary Performance and why does it matter? Andy proposes some questions and answers.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 1:45pm on November 25, 2011☆⚑

Why Aren't Audiences Stupid? (Andy Version) by Andy Horwitz

Andy adds his $.02 to Jeremy's response to Michael Kaiser's HuffPo essay.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:37am on November 16, 2011☆⚑

Tom Bradshaw's "Burning" on Theatre Row by Andy Horwitz

Anal sex, cocaine and pederasty - Thomas Bradshaw is up to his old tricks in BURNING, a new play produced by The New Group and directed by Scott Elliott, now playing on Theatre Row.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:35pm on November 14, 2011☆⚑

"The Climate Chronicles" at Incubator Arts Project by Andy Horwitz

Donovan & Calderon's CLIMATE CHRONICLES at Incubator Arts Project is a humorous look at a dysfunctional group of scientists.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:28pm on November 14, 2011☆⚑

Shadows at the Collapsable Hole by Andy Horwitz

Hoi Polloi's "Shadows" at the Collapsable Hole is the best show of the season thus far - a funny, poignant, high-energy, imaginative re-invention of a Cassavetes classic.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 2:05pm on November 6, 2011☆⚑

Andy's Week In Review(s) by Andy Horwitz

After a much-needed vacation Andy's back in action - this week (so far) we saw D.J. Mendel's "Dick Done Broke" at Bushwick Starr, Phantom Limb's "69 Degrees South" at BAM, Maria Hassabi's "S…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 5:08pm on November 5, 2011☆⚑

Should Visual Artists Get Resale Fees? by Andy Horwitz

Sotheby's to artists: "Drop Dead!" - Chuck Close, Frank Stella and others file class action lawsuit against Sotheby's, Christie's and E-Bay to try to recoup resale fees for their artwork. In…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 5:29pm on November 2, 2011☆⚑

Tides Supports Occupy Wall Street by Andy Horwitz

Tides - a foundation that facilitates effective grantmaking programs for individual donors and institutions, has granted more than one billion dollars to nonprofits working for positive soci…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 6:07pm on November 1, 2011☆⚑

Dialogues in Dance at Marymount " Nov. 9 by Andy Horwitz

Laurie Uprichard lectures on "Contemporary Dance at Home and Abroad: Perspectives and Aesthetics in the Global Village" as part of Marymount Manhattan College's "Dance Dialogue" series.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 7:58pm on October 31, 2011☆⚑

Maria Hassabi's SHOW at The Kitchen by Andy Horwitz

Maria Hassabi brings her newest performance/installation to the Kitchen, this Thursday through Sunday.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 7:46pm on October 31, 2011☆⚑

Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker vs. Beyonce by Andy Horwitz

Beyonce's video for "Countdown" looks remarkably like Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's "Rosas Danst Rosas". What are the implications for dance and performance as intellectual property?

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 4:05pm on October 24, 2011☆⚑

António Zambujo at Live@365 by Andy Horwitz

Portuguese Fado singer Antonio Zambujo was amazing at CUNY's new Live @ 365 series, curated by Isabel Soffer.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 1:22am on October 24, 2011☆⚑

ICPP 2012-2013 applications available by Andy Horwitz

Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance (ICPP) Certificate Program is taking applications for its second cohort of participants.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:14am on October 22, 2011☆⚑

New Georges presents Sylvan Oswald's "Nightlands" at HERE by Andy Horwitz

Only a few days left to catch playwright Sylvan Oswald's new work, "Nightlands" presented by New Georges at HERE.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:01am on October 22, 2011☆⚑

Stop The Virgens at St. Ann's Warehouse by Andy Horwitz

Karen O.'s new project "Stop The Virgens" is a fun rock show but falls short as new opera or contemporary performance.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 8:55pm on October 21, 2011☆⚑

Playing With Cinema at The Invisible Dog by Andy Horwitz

American artists - NTUSA, Miguel Gutierrez, Annie-B Parson and Dan Safer - use a few minutes of a French movie as the basis for their performances. Presented in association with Les Subsista…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 4:13am on October 19, 2011☆⚑

Cuqui Jerez at The Performing Garage " October 13 by Andy Horwitz

Cuqui Jerez' "The Rehearsal" is a mind-bendingly good time.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 3:01pm on October 17, 2011☆⚑

Faustin Linyekula at The Kitchen " October 12 by Andy Horwitz

Faustin Linyekula's "more more more....future" is an intense musical journey from soukous to psychedelia to hard rock and back again, a sociopolitical investigation of Congo, dancing at the …

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 2:25pm on October 17, 2011☆⚑

La MaMa 50th Anniversary World Block Party by Andy Horwitz

La MaMa celebrates 50 years with a World Block Party on Sunday October 16 from 2-6PM.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:06am on October 14, 2011☆⚑

Eye On Dance 30th Anniversary Event " October 15 by Andy Horwitz

Eye on Dance celebrates 30 years of arts coverage with a screening and talkback featuring Yvonne Rainer, Sara Rudner and EOD founder Celia Ipiotis. October 15 at Gibney Studios @ 4:30PM. FRE…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:21am on October 11, 2011☆⚑

Program the Pier! Artist and Ideas Wanted! by Andy Horwitz

The Waterfront Committee of Manhattan Community Board 2, the community board which serves the West Village and Soho, is seeking arts-related ideas on possible programming for Pier 45 (at Chr…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 3:05pm on October 5, 2011☆⚑

The Bessies at The Apollo on October 24 by Andy Horwitz

This year The Bessies will be held on Monday October 24, 2011, 8pm at The Apollo Theater and will be hosted by Bebe Neuwirth! Wowzers!!

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 7:57pm on October 2, 2011☆⚑

The Debate Society's Coolsville Dance Party on October 17th by Andy Horwitz

Downtown darlings The Debate Society are throwing a party on October 17th! Don't miss it!

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 7:43pm on October 2, 2011☆⚑

A.Bandit at the Kitchen, October 5-6 by Andy Horwitz

A.Bandit, an experimental performance art group featuring Los Angeles-based visual artist Glenn Kaino and magician Derek DelGaudio, brings their multimedia magic spectacular to The Kitchen.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:05pm on October 1, 2011☆⚑

Drinking Buddy (featuring Marylouise Burke) by Andy Horwitz

Kaz Phillips Safer directs Marylouise Burke and friends in a video for David Clement's new song "Drinking Buddy"

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 9:33am on October 1, 2011☆⚑