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“The Head of a Pin” a film by Su Friedrich

July 8, 2017

To assist you in your own explorations of the flora and the fauna this summer, Talking Pictures presents “The Head of a Pin”, a film by the brilliant Su Friedrich (my lady). Barbara Epler (Bad Kitty) and Claudia Steinberg have speaking parts, [...]

Paul D’Agostino: excerpts from “The Produce Chronicles, With Flowers”

May 22, 2017

Drawings with the lighthearted insouciance of early Warhol illuminate and are illuminated by Grim[m] fairy tales of contemporary life. Schizophrenically hilarious. — CNQ Selected from the show [...]

Page-turner about a Painter: “An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter” by César Aira

April 29, 2017

I woke up to a thunderstorm at 5:00 this morning, I’m speaking literally, and started composing this introduction in my head. So apt, because in this partly true, partly fictional (but which parts exactly?) “life” of Johann Moritz [...]

Talking Pictures 1st Invitational

March 6, 2017

Talking Pictures 1st Invitational Curated by Paul D’Agostino, Jeffrey Bishop and Cathy Nan Quinlan Michele Araujo + Meg Atkinson + Jeffrey Bishop + John Descarfino + James Donahue + Charles Luce +Brent Ridge + Marcy Rosenblat + Bob Seng + Fred [...]

Jeffrey Bishop interviews Susan Sontag Seattle, 1981

January 19, 2017

John Berger died, which made Paul D’Agostino search out and recommend the video of a John Berger/Susan Sontag conversation broadcast on television back in 1983 (link below). That got me and Paul talking about Sontag recently, which inspired Paul [...]

A Christmas Present from Talking Pictures: “Philosophy in the Bedroom” a film by Peggy Ahwesh

December 23, 2016

An X-rated must-see for anyone trying to make “something new.” Happy Next Year! Philosophy in the Bedroom Pt. 1 by Peggy [...]

Death Around Every Corner: Looking for Mushrooms at Woodlawn

October 26, 2016

All over the country, there are mycological societies devoted to mushroom foraging and mushroom education. In New York, the group is a robust collection of experts and novices who spend weekend mornings walking through parks, forests, and cemeteries [...]

You wanna do something for the birds and the bees? Native Plants in October at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

October 4, 2016

These are snapshots I took a few days ago which Uli Lorimer, Curator of the Native Flora Garden, kindly identifies and explains how they fit into the ecosystem. Yes, even in New York City we have an ecosystem! And we could have a better and more [...]

Bradley Eros at Anthology Film Archives

September 27, 2016

I wanted to play a digital clip but none exist. To see Eros and feel Eros, you have to be there. I could say more BUT…….. Read the titles and go! EROTIC PSYCHE: BRADLEY EROS & ALINE MARE (WORKS: 1983-87) VENUS TO PENIS 1983, 14 min, [...]

NOMENCoLorATURE at Studio 10

August 9, 2016

Paul D’Agostino’s latest beautiful effort to bring painters together on hot summer days opened last Saturday and can be viewed again on Saturday and Sunday (8/13 and 8/14) from 2-6. (Yours truly presiding on Saturday – CNQ) NOMENCoLorATURE – [...]