NYC French Events to Check out in December

Here’s a list of French cultural events to check out around New York this month! Let us know if you have any French related events or expositions to share with your Coucou classmates 🙂

French artists, Diane Detalle & Faustine Badrichani, present their exhibition Layers: from an abstract world to a figurative world. Detalle will feature large-scale, expressionist paintings and Badrichani will present figurative oil paintings and direct plaster sculptures. For more information about the gallery, check out their website: http://oneartspace.com/about-2/

 

One Art Space

23 Warren St

New York, NY 10007

Attend a free screening of the 2012 Academy Award winning film, Amour, at Columbia University’s French Cultural Center.

NYU’s French cultural center will host Kaija Saariaho, the composer of L’Amour de Loin, the French language opera making its debut at the Metropolitan Opera, for a panel and discussion.

* Check out this post to find out more about L’Amour de Loin showing Live in HD on December 10th at BAM.

Two French artists, Anna Des and Pierre Boisseau will be featured in the Sensorial Perspectives exhibition at the Agora Gallery in Chelsea.  The reception will take place on Thursday, December 8th from 6-8pm.

Pierre Boisseau, “Burano 2”                               Anna Des “Flous”

For more details, go to the gallery’s website: http://www.agora-gallery.com/exhibitions/upcoming.aspx

Agora Gallery

530 West 25th Street

New York, NY 10001

Adrienne Haan stars in Cabaret Français, a night of French music featuring classics from Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, and Jacques Brel as well as lesser known french songs from the 1920s and ’30s. Tickets range from $24-$115. Check out the venue’s website for more details:  http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?cart&id=251543

Metropolitan Room

34 West 22nd Street,

New York, NY 10010