Upcoming Events
TBD: Review the work of photographer Jacob Merkelbach, founded one of the best-known Amsterdam studios specialized in portrait photography of the early twentieth century. His customers included many Jewish businessmen, intellectuals and artists including artist Chaya Goldstein, actor Louis de Vries, and Madi Hari. The Rijksmuseum and Jewish Museum in Amsterdam have exhibited his work.
2023: Discussion of the life and times of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. Sousa Mendes was the Portuguese aristocrat and consul in France who saved thousands from the Nazis in WWII by disobeying orders and issuing visas to those fleeing occupied France.
Previous Events
A new play. Another successful late spring evening with great performances and an interesting new play. Looking forward to the premiere in August. We’ll be certain to keep everyone in the loop! Look at the bright shiny faces!
So… how did it go? If I’m being honest I spent most of the evening hiding under the bed. But my guardians tell me it was a great evening. Director General, Sabine Haag, spoke eloquently. Bärbel Holaus gathered potential new International Friends. And a good time was had by all. (Roary and I got some […]
We are so happy to be celebrating the great Viennese institution, the Kunsthistorisches Museum and their International Friends! Sabine Haags, Director General and Géza von Habsburg, Chair of the Int’l Friends of the KHM will join us for an evening of cocktails and conversation.
On May 1, 2022, Atelier 86 proudly hosted the world premiere of Für Pamuk, composed by Alexandra du Bois and performed by Wendy Sutter, Bill Wolfram and Michelle Kim. It has taken a month to write about; it was a very emotional day for the Atelier 86 family. The day was a perfect reflection of […]
Table reading of Daniel Mitura’s new play “The Martingale” Last night Atelier86 dipped its toes into starting up again. We were excited to have Zainab Jah stretch her directorial muscles as some fantastic actors including Ben Eakeley read Daniel’s exciting new play. Best part was the talk-back afterwards. Well maybe after the snacks… So happy […]
We were lucky to have Wendy run through the Suites at a spontaneous, well ventilated and socially distanced Atelier prior to her performance on August 23rd. Please enjoy the below link to the video. https://atelier86.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Wendy-Sutter-08-16-1.mov
An intimate staged-reading of and the swan, a new work by Patricia Black and James D. Palmer. A retelling of the lives of history’s most infamous matriarchs. and the swan is an intimate portrait of misrepresentation that will leave you wondering, who will tell your story? Atelier 86’s penthouse venue sets the stage for this […]
Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 5:00pm Join us for a private screening of a short film on Breton’s Follies as well a brief live performance. Q/A and discussion to to follow. Snacks and cocktails will be served. Who Breton Tyner-Bryan is a director, choreographer and actor specializing in musicals, immersive productions, film, and video. She […]
Cinco de Mayo, 2019 Featuring novelists Luisa Valenzuela and Ayşegül Savaş with founder/director Magda Bogin Founded in 2003, UNDER THE VOLCANO is an international, bilingual program of writing master classes that convenes every January in Tepoztlán, Mexico, an hour outside Mexico City in the foothills of the great volcanoes. An incubator of literary talent, a […]
Presenting: Yesterday-Tomorrow and Pantheon The photography-based work of Marc Erwin Babej (Germany and USA, b. 1970) inquires into the interplay of ideology, rhetoric and aesthetics in the manufacture of political and societal narratives. The work is rooted in rigorous research and informed by collaboration with eminent scholars. It looks beyond depiction of marginalization — to […]
