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Michel Gondry (2004)

Originally aired 11/8/04

In this terrific program from a series of conversations with leading music and media innovators, groundbreaking director Michel Gondry talks to media critic and curator Ed Halter. Recorded at the CUNY Graduate Center, September 30, 2004.

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Larry Rivers and Terry Southern: The Donkey and the Darling (1979)

Originally aired 10/25/04

When the artist Larry Rivers talked the irascible novelist & screenwriter Terry Southern into collaborating on a book, neither knew quite what he was in for. Spunky art historian Amei Wallach moderates. Recorded at MoMA, June 26, 1979.

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"Cineprobe: An Evening with Melvin Van Peebles" (on Sweet, Sweetback's Baadassss Song ) - 1971

Originally aired 10/11/04

Martin Van Peebles is a true renaissance man - an actor, director, writer of five French novels, composer, Wall Street trader, Air Force pilot & a number of other jobs that Peebles has held over his eight decades.

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Sir Roland Penrose: The Sculpture of Picasso (1967)

Originally aired 9/13/04

The Surrealist painter, poet & collector Sir Roland Penrose (1900-1984) wrote essential biographies of his friends Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst & Joan Miro, as well as founding the Institute of Contemporary Art in London. Recorded October 16, 1967.

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A Literary Evening in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968)

Originally aired 8/30/04

Allen Ginsberg sings & reads poetry, as does southern writer, Robert Penn Warren, while Ralph Ellison stuns with a story from the second great novel he never finished & James Baldwin concludes with a fiery recollection & plea for social justice.

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Cineprobe: Paul Morrissey (1969)

Originally aired 8/23/04

Paul Morrissey speaks of Flesh. Recorded in 1969.
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Cineprobe: Jack Nicholson (1969)

Hosted by Charles Ruas

Originally aired 7/26/04

Jack Nicholson speaks on Easy Rider. Recorded in 1969.

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Cineprobe: Bernardo Bertolucci (1969)

Originally aired 6/21/04

The Conformist & Last Tango in Paris were still figments of imagination in '69, when Bernardo appeared at MoMA for a screening of Partner, his rather tepid follow-up to Before the Revolution. In Italian, with translation.

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Joan Jonas (2002)

Originally aired 6/7/04

Joan Jonas is one of the most significant figures in contemporary art whose installations, films & performances have appeared in numerous galleries & museums around the globe, from the 60s to the present. The artist speaks on her work (March, 2002).

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The Writer Looks at Painting (1952)

Originally aired 5/24/04

MoMA curator Monroe Wheeler moderates this amusing panel discussion with poet Marianne Moore, playwright Elmer Rice, philosopher Kenneth Burke, the New Yorker's Janet Flanner & novelist Glenway Westcott. Recorded at MoMA on February 26, 1952.

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RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Galit Eilat (2007) Radio show Galit Eilat is a Curator and the Founding Director of The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon. She is Co-Editor in Chief of Maarav - an online arts and culture magazine, as well as a teacher at Tel Aviv University in the Department of Film Studies... Originally aired 7/23/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Abdellah Karroum (2007) Radio show Abdellah Karroum (born 1970, Morocco) works as an independent art researcher, publisher and curator. He is the founder and artistic director of several art projects: 'L'appartement 22', an experimental space for encounters, exhibitions and artists'... Originally aired 7/23/07 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Historic Audio from the Museum of Modern Art North African and Middle Eastern Curatorial Symposium: Nadira Laggoune-Aklouche (2007) Radio show Nadira Laggoune-Aklouche is an Algerian art historian based in Algiers. Since 1986, she has taught aesthetics and the history of art at l'Ecole SupÃ©rieure des Beaux-arts d'Alger. She has concurrently held several other associated positions at the... Originally aired 7/23/07 Listen Read More »