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Halsband: From Rock Clubs to Arts Club

A small, but excellently edited collection of Michael Halsband portraits are on display at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park through April 25.

Included in the mix that goes back to the mid 1980s are selections from Rolling Stones tours, images of artists and other musicians of the time, his nudes series, contemporary surfers and their culture across a few continents, and some recent formal portraits.

Featured prominently are a few images from his famous Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat shoot where they donned boxing gloves to promote their duel show at Tony Shafr

Laurie Anderson Curator of Upcoming NY Live Arts Festival

Laurie Anderson will serve as curator for the “Live Ideas” festival of New York Live Arts beginning Wednesday.

Working with Bill T. Jones, the artistic director of New York Live Arts, they have developed a program of musical performances, lectures, dance works, panels, film screenings, and other events over a five-day period ending on Sunday.

Highlights will include “Arvo Pärt: Journeys in Silence,” a day-long immersion, through music, lectures, and film, into the work of this influential composer; a performance by Beth Gill with a work in progress presented by Ms.