30th Anniversary of Choreographer Agnes de Mille’s Death Commemorated at 92nd Street Y

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30th Anniversary of Choreographer Agnes de Mille’s Death Commemorated at 92nd Street Y

A group of experts — Diana Gonzalez-Duclert, Ted Chapin, Elena Zahlmann, and Diana Byer — who have all been closely involved with de Mille’s choreographic and written works, celebrate de Mille’s major contribution to American dance and its cultural heritage, and explore how these contributions are still relevant today in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Agnes de Mille’s death in a live, online course presented by Roundtable at the 92nd Street Y.

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GME Notes the Recent Passing of Artist and Filmmaker Alfred Leslie

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GME Notes the Recent Passing of Artist and Filmmaker Alfred Leslie

The iconoclastic figurative painter amidst the surging reign of abstract expressionist painters of the 1960, Alfred Leslie was also a noted filmmaker, especially well-known for his films THE CEDAR TAVERN (1952, from his own play of the same title), and the definitive Beat film, PULL MY DAISY (1959), made with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Frank and other luminaries from the scene.

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Alex Katz Photos from the Jack Mitchell Collection in Conjunction with his Paintings at the Guggenheim Museum

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Alex Katz Photos from the Jack Mitchell Collection in Conjunction with his Paintings at the Guggenheim Museum

GME would like to share some photographs by Jack Mitchell of the artist Alex Katz alongside the exhibition, currently at the Guggenheim Museum, of 8 decades of Katz’s portraits, social scenes, and landscapes, which capture the immediacy of visual perception in his paintings.

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GME Notes the Recent Passing of Claes Oldenburg and Ivana Trump

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GME Notes the Recent Passing of Claes Oldenburg and Ivana Trump

Two bold-face named New Yorkers passed this week, individuals who personified their respective areas of interest, one in the arts and the other in the art of public perception. Both were among the iconic subjects of photographer Jack Mitchell’s camera. Jack Mitchell (1925 – 2013) photographed artists, dancers, film and theatre performers, musicians and writers in more than 6,000 individual sessions. His work frequently appeared on the cover of major magazines as well as in newspapers.

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GME Celebrates the Legacy of Photographer Jack Mitchell During Pride Month

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GME Celebrates the Legacy of Photographer Jack Mitchell During Pride Month

As Pride month comes to a close, GME celebrates the legacy of photographer Jack Mitchell. In 1957 Jack met Bob Pavlik. Within a few weeks they moved together into a large apartment at East 74th Street and York Avenue that afforded them adequate space for a photography studio and darkroom. Bob became Jack’s business and life partner. Over the course of a career spanning more than half a century, Jack Mitchell (1925 – 2013) photographed artists, dancers, film and theatre performers, musicians and writers in more than 6,000 individual sessions.

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