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Browse French culture and artists in New York City, including: Mardi Gras, Bastille Day, Fête de la Musique, Rendezvous with French Cinema, and more.

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World Music Institute, Flushing Town Hall & the NY Gypsy Festival Join the Global Music Month World Music Festival

Saturday, August 29 – October 1, 2020
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Scope New York 2020

Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020
METROPOLITAN PAVILION
Chelsea, NYC
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A contemporary art fair of emerging international artists and galleries including Argentine, Cuban, French, French-Canadian, Italian, Mexican, Panamanian and Spanish art.

Art on Paper NYC 2020

Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020
PIER 36
Lower East Side, NYC

Volta New York 2020

Wednesday-Sunday, March 4-8, 2020
METROPOLITAN WEST
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
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Contemporary art fair of emerging and mid-career artists with Creole, Dominican, French, Italian and Spanish galleries.

ADAA The Art Show 2020

GALA PREVIEW
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
FAIR
Thu-Sun, February 27 – March 1, 2020
PARK AVENUE ARMORY
Upper East Side, NYC
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The top U.S. art dealer association’s art fair is showing Argentine, Brazilian, French, Indigenous, Italian, Mexican and Venezuelan artists.

OCA Dance “Pal’Monte”

Tuesday, February 11, 2020
DIXON PLACE
Lower East Side, NYC
On the theme of “The Inner Strength”, Kennyth Montes de Oca and the fine OCA Dance dancers invoke the West African mother goddess of the sea, Yemayá, on their way to that special place in the mountains of the human soul. “Olo ho Yemayá, Olo ho Yemayá, O… ..”

Oscars 2020 Academy Awards

Sunday, February 9, 2020
ABC, DOLBY THEATRE
Hollywood, California
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“Parasite” makes history as the first non-English language film to win Best Picture. Puerto Rico-born Joaquin Phoenix wins Best Actor.
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Latin connections to this year’s nominees are Argentine, Brazilian, Creole, Cuban, French, Italian, Jewish, Malian, Mexican, Nigerian, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Spanish and Trinidadian.

Westminster Dog Show 2020

Sat-Tuesday, February 8-11, 2020
PIER 94 &
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
African, Cuban, French, Italian, Mexican, Portuguese and Spanish dogs compete for Agility, Obedience, Breeds and Best in Show

Doc Fortnight 2020

February 5-19, 2020
MoMA, Museum of Modern Art
Midtown, NYC
MoMA Film’s documentary festival screens new African, Brazilian, Filipino, French, Ghanan, Italian and Lesothon films.

NYFW Women’s Fall-Winter 2020

Tuesday-Wed, February 4-12, 2020
SPRING STUDIOS
Tribeca, NYC
Official New York Fashion Week includes Argentine, Dominican, French, Italian and Spanish designers.

French Consulate NYC

UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC
Closed weekends
[France also has an embassy in NYC]

Hermès

UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC
MEATPACKING, NYC
FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NYC
The brand of the French establishment is getting down with the next generation

Chanel

Madison Avenue, Upper East Side
57th Street, Midtown
SoHo

Louis Vuitton

MIDTOWN EAST, SOHO & BATTERY PARK CITY, NYC ~ The flagship store is the one in Midtown at Fifth and 57th

Givenchy

Daily
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC
The house of the French couture designer who defined 1950s elegance

World Ballet Day 2019

Wed, October 23, 2019
The world’s leading ballet companies take you behind the scenes to see a day in the life of a professional ballet dancer on Facebook Live

Fall for Dance Festival 2019

October 1-13, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Four world-class companies / choreographers / dancers a night for just $15 is the best deal in dance at New York City Center

Edwynn Houk Gallery

745 Fifth Avenue #407
at 58th St
Midtown East, Manhattan
Monday – Friday

UN General Assembly looks for global solutions to global problems

September 17-30, 2019
High-Level General Debate
September 24-30, 2019
MIDTOWN EAST, NYC ~ Politicians discuss Climate, Universal Health Coverage, Sustainable Development, Financing for Development, Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and Small Island Developing States

Women’s World Cup France 2019

June 7 – July 7, 2019
Women’s soccer
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, French, Italian, Spanish, & USA teams play to be the best

Whitney Biennial 2019 shows the diversity of American art today

May 17 – Sep 22, 2019, Closed Tuesdays
MEATPACKING DISTRICT, NYC ~ The survey of the latest developments in U.S. art includes work by artists with an Argentine, Colombian, French, Indigenous, Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage

Camp: Notes on Fashion

Daily, May 9 – September 8, 2019
French, French-Canadian, Italian, Spanish fashion art exhibition
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ The Costume Institute’s 2019 exhibition explores how camp fashion goes mainstream

ArtExpo 2019 contemporary art & photography fair at Pier 90

HELL’S KITCHEN; Fri-Sun, Apr 4-7, 2019 ~ One of New York City’s big contemporary art fairs has independent artist [SOLO] and photography [FOTO SOLO] sections

New Directors/New Films 2019

LINCOLN CENTER & MIDTOWN; daily, Mar 27 – April 7, 2019; Film festival ~ New Argentine, Brazilian, Colombian, French & Mexican filmmakers curated by NYC’s most respected film presenters

Scope New York 2019 contemporary art fair at Met Pavilion

CHELSEA; Armory Week Thu-Sun, Mar 7-10, 2019; contemporary art fair ~ 60 emerging galleries are exhibiting including Argentine, Cuban, French, French-Canadian, Italian and Panamanian galleries and artists

Art on Paper 2019

Thursday-Sun, March 7-10, 2019
ARMORY WEEK
PIER 36
Lower East Side, NYC
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Works on paper and works made from paper from Argentine, French, French-Canadian, Italian and Spanish galleries

ADAA The Art Show 2019

UPPER EAST SIDE; pre-Armory Week, Gala preview Wed Feb 27; Fair Feb 28-Mar 3, 2019 ~ The art fair of the association of America’s leading art dealers

New York International Children’s Film Festival 2019

MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN & QUEENS, Weekends, Feb 22 – Mar 17, 2019 ~ Children’s movies from Andorra, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, France, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Portugal and Spain

Jordi Savall

CARNEGIE HALL, ZANKEL HALL, Thu, February 21, 2019, French classical live music ~ The Catalan Spanish early music master plays a concert of French baroque music

Westminster Dog Show brings Latin breeds to MSG

HELL’S KITCHEN & CHELSEA, Mon-Tue, Feb 11-12, 2019, Dog show with African, Cuban, French, Italian, Mexican, Spanish and Portuguese breeds.

Film Comment Selects 2019

LINCOLN CENTER, Wed-Sun, Feb 6-10, 2019, Film festival with Brazilian, Chilean, French & Spanish movies curated by Film Comment magazine editors.

Pelléas et Mélisande

LINCOLN CENTER, Thu, Jan 31 ~ Debussy’s only French opera is a slice of tragedy.
# french opera argentine star

The Image Book

LINCOLN CENTER, daily Jan 24 to Feb 7, 2019, French movies ~ A jaw-dropping kaleidoscope of sound and imagery from the 87-year old French New Wave master filmmaker.

NYC Ballet dances neoclassical ballet masterpieces at Lincoln Center

LINCOLN CENTER, Jan 22 – Feb 2, 2019 ~ Balanchine’s neoclassical masterpieces “Apollo,” “Orpheus” and “Agon” set to Stravinsky. Russian-French ballet dance theatre.

Discover Art Brut at the 2019 Outsider Art Fair

CHELSEA, January 17-20, 2019 ~ America’s leading art fair for “Art Brut” or art created outside the art world.
# french art fair

Golden Globes 2019 Winners “Green Book,” “Roma,” “A Star is Born”

NBC 🎞🏆 Sunday, January 6, 2019

Ballet Hispánico soars in “CARMEN.maquia” at The Apollo

APOLLO THEATER, Harlem, Manhattan

The Salon Art + Design Fair 2018 is a matter of taste

November 8 – 12, 2018
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PREVIEW, November 8
Nathalie and Laura de Gunzburg
Benefits Dia Art Foundation
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Park Avenue Arrmory
Upper East Side, Manhattan
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Historic, modern and contemporary furniture and groundbreaking design

Carmen

LINCOLN CENTER, Oct 30, 2018 to Feb 8, 2019 ~ French opera of Spanish Romani culture. French mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine and tenor Roberto Alagna star.

NYC Wine & Food Festival 2018 (NYCWFF)

PIER 94, HELL’S KITCHEN & AROUND MANHATTAN, Thu-Sun, October 11 – 14, 2018 ~ A weekend of fine wine and food prepared by over 500 world-renowned French, Italian, Jewish, Mexican & Spanish chefs and TV personalities from the Food Network and Cooking Channel
#WINEFESTIVAL #FOODFESTIVAL

Socrates Annual 2018 at Socrates Sculpture Park

Daily, October 7, 2018 to March 24, 2019
Dominican French Peruvian & Puerto Rican sculpture
ASTORIA, Queens ~ Annual outdoor sculpture show in the NYC park. FREE

New Yorker Festival 2018

October 5 – 7, 2018
Friday – Sunday
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African, French, Italian & Mexican thinkers

World Ballet Day 2018

FACEBOOK, Tuesday, October 2, 2018 ~ Go live behind the scenes with the Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Ballet and Australian Ballet

Fall for Dance Festival 2018

NEW YORK CITY CENTER, MIDTOWN ~ Mon-Sat, October 1-13, 2018 ~ $15 seats to watch four world-class companies a night. African, Argentine, Brazilian, Cuban, French & Romanian dancers or companies perform ballet, modern, contemporary and folkloric dances. Sells out every year!