CORE: Culture CORE: curates and produces 300+ high-profle cultural experiences each year. The events below represent a selection of our favorite happenings. Art & Architecture Artist Jef Koons in conversation with Jefrey Deitch Conversation with designer and activist Kenneth Cole Afternoon tea with artist Will Cotton Multitalented actor, writer, and artist James Franco in conversation with Alanna Heiss, founding director Private viewing with Ryan McGinness of his exhibition, of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and founder and Women: The Blacklight Paintings director of the Clocktower Gallery and its radio station ARTonAIR.org Architect Daniel Libeskind in conversation with composer Steve Reich Private tour of Philip Johnson’s Glass House with artist E.V. Day Conversation between artists Marina Abramovic and Glenn Ligon Private tour with artist Tom Sachs of his installation, Space Program: Mars, at the Park Avenue Armory Artist Richard Tuttle in conversation with artists Ursula von Rydingsvard and Kiki Smith Private residential viewing of renowned collector Aggie Gund’s collection Celebrated photographer Nan Goldin in conversation with the Louvre’s head curator of contemporary art Conversation with famed photographer Albert Watson, Marie-Laure Bernadac and Elizabeth Sussman, moderated by Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone magazine curator and Sandra Gilman curator of photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art Conversation with internationally celebrated Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf and Aperture publisher Feigenbaum’s personal collection Lesley A. Martin Conversation with artist Shai Kremer on his exhibition, Rolls-Royce drive to view renowned art patrons Melva World Trade Center: Concrete Abstract Bucksbaum and Ray Learsy’s collection in their private granary in CT Pre-release Screening of Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry and Q&A with flmmaker Alison Klayman Conversation with celebrated photographer David LaChapelle Conversation with Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier Private Tour of Dance & Fashion with Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Conversation with renowned architect Bjarke Ingels Institute of Technology with Julie V. Iovine, executive editor of The Architect’s Newspaper Pre-release Screening of Beauty is Embarrassing about artist Wayne White and Q&A with director Neil Berkeley Conversation with internationally recognized contemporary artist Spencer Tunick Art and architecture tour of the only private residence in the U.S. designed by Ai Weiwei Conversation with video artist Bill Viola and American Patrons of Tate Pre-release screening of Academy Award-nominated documentary Cutie & the Boxer and Q&A with artists Conversation between artist Richard Woods and Ushio & Noriko Shinohara and director Zachary collector and gallerist Adam Lindemann Heinzerling Conversation with artists Robert Mangold, Sarah Sze Pre-release screening of Jean-Michael Basquiat: The and Rackstraw Downes Radiant Child and Q&A with FAB 5 FREDDY and artist Michael Holman Conversation between photographer and artist Alexandra Penney and Departures editor-in-chief Conversation with celebrated artist Takashi Murakami Richard Story Pre-release screening of Exit Through the Gift Shop and Conversation with famed architects David Childs and Q&A with Marc Schiller Bill Baker from Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP Conversation with internationally recognized American Photographer Stephen Shore in conversation with The photographer Gregory Crewdson New Yorker’s Jane Kramer Conversation with famed fashion photographer Nigel Conversation with artist Fred Wilson Barker Pre-release screening of Marina Abramovic: The Artist Conversation with famed artist Christo discusses his Is Present, Q&A with flmmakers Matthew Akers, Jef new Colorado River Project, followed by a studio visit Dupre and Maro Chermayef Pre-release Screening of Making Sh*t Up about artist Contemporary artist John Baldessari in conversation Burt Rodriguez, and Q&A with director Bill Bilowit and with Joel Wachs, president of the Andy Warhol producer Grela Orihuela Foundation for the Visual Arts Conversation with Chinese superstar artist Cai Guo- Conversation with artist Julie Mehretu Qiang Conversation between artist Matthew Ritchie and Conversation between renowned artist Carrie Mae cultural theorist Kaja Silverman Weems and actor and comedian David Alan Grier Conversation between artist group assume vivid astro Private tour of renowned gallerist & collector Richard focus (AVAF), Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, essayist of the AVAF book, and renowned collector Rosa de la Cruz American painter Richard Phillips in conversation with gallerist Bill Powers Private viewing with artist Matthew Day Jackson of his exhibition Something Ancient, Something New, Something Stolen, Something Blue at Hauser & Wirth Gallery Conversation with artist and architect Vito Acconci Conversation with artists David Altmejd and Eli Sudbrack of assume vivid astro focus Conversation between artists El Anatsui and Catherine Opie Glenn O’Brien in conversation with contemporary artists Adam McEwen, Jef Mermelstein, and Peter McGough Conversation on the originality and creative process featuring DABSMYLA and Andrew W.K. Trunk Show featuring Duca Sartoria and precise personalization by Max Girombelli of Duca Sartoria Pre-Release Screening of Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back Q&A with director Maura Axelrod and Maurizio Cattelan Andy Warhol’s Photography Exhibit in our Gallery Complimentary VIP Preview Passes to Frieze Art Fair on Randall’s Island VIP Preview of sculptor Marino di TeanaeExhibit at 1stdibs Founder Michael Bruno’s Hamptons Estate Discover the work of Venezuelan Master Oswaldo Vigas in The Orchid Seller, Q&A with director Lorenzo Vigas following Hear Walter Isaacson talk about his new book Leonardo Da Vinci - meet the bestselling author and former CEO of the Aspen Institute Art Basel Miami Beach & Cruise Art of Innovation – featuring a conversation between artist Matthew Schreiber and Scott Indrisek, presented by Audi Technology & Media Google chairman Eric Schmidt in conversation with Anne-Marie Slaughter, former director of policy planning at the State Department and current president of the New America Foundation Founder of the Hufngton Post, Arianna Hufngton, in conversation with Jake Weisberg, editor of the Slate Group Conversation with Facebook co-founder and editor-in- chief of The New Republic, Chris Hughes Conversation with FOX News’ Greg Gutfeld The Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown and author Ken Auletta discuss Google Eminent writer Walter Isaacson in the life of Steve Jobs with Ken Auletta, media critic for The New Yorker Business writer Robert Levine in conversation with the New York Times’ media columnist David Carr Conversation with Lou Dobbs Writer Zachary Karabell in conversation with vice president of Tumblr Andrew McLaughlin Conversation with experts from PSFK sharing their fndings on technology and analog products through their efectiveness and productivity Hacking National Security in the Tech Age – a conversation with General Michael V. Hayden, former director of the NSA and CIA, in partnership with The Atlantic Council Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, hosted by Women’s Entrepreneurship Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, & Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy Conversation with author Jonathan Taplin and Jefrey Toobin TV Everywhere – The Next Wave of Always-On Media, a conversation with Al Roker Stroke of Genius: an evening with Dr. John Krakauer, how video gaming and robotics may promote stroke recovery Geo-Political Screening of American War Generals and Q&A with Pre-release Screening of Dear Governor Cuomo, General David H. Petraeus, Anne-Marie Slaughter, followed by Q&A with Natalie Merchant and Peter Bergen Pre-release Screening of Breaking the Taboo, Q&A Conversation with Ben Wizner, Edward Snowden's with Richard Branson, his son and executive producer legal advisor and director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy Sam Branson, former Brazilian President Fernando & Technology Project Henrique Cardoso, and the Drug Policy Alliance’s Ethan Nadelmann, moderated by Bloomberg TV’s Conversation with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Trish Regan Paulson Pre-release Screening of Koch, Q&A with flmmakers Conversation with U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Neil Barsky, Jenny Carchman, and Juliet Weber Rice Pre-release Screening of Waiting for Superman, Q&A Conversation on UN Women for Peace with Mrs. Ban with Geofrey Canada, president and CEO of Harlem Soon Taek, wife of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Children Zone Conversation with 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Pre-release Screening of My Country is Tibet, Q&A Leymah Gbowee with exiled 17-year-old King of Tibet, Lhagyari Trichen Namgyal Wangchuk Conversation on the US-Iranian relations and possibilities with Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a Writer and journalist Peter Bergen in conversation with longtime Iranian diplomat Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright Former director of policy planning at the State Pre-release Screening of The World According to Dick Department Anne-Marie Slaughter in conversation Cheney, Q&A with director R.J. Cutler with Jim Fallows of the Atlantic Magazine Conversation with HRH Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad Conversation between CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, journalist Steve Coll, and Charles Kaye, chairman of Screening of The Heroes Project and Q&A with The the Asia Society Heroes Project founder Tim Medvetz and Injured War Heroes USMC SSgt Mark Zambon and USMC SSgt HRH