On the occasion of their visit to New York to open their London Pictures exhibition at Lehmann Maupin Gallery and Sonnabend (26 April – 23 June 2012) Gilbert & George sat down at the Clocktower Gallery with Alanna Heiss and Jessica Craig-Martin.

A profile of an evening-long opening at the Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn, celebrating the artists of the Celeste Network and the awarding of its 2011 prize in a variety of disciplines. Co-produced with Roberto Paci Dalò and the Celeste Lab.

Lynn Hershman Leeson’s film !Women Art Revolution has a theatrical premiere at New York City’s IFC Center on June 1, 2011. Robot Radio? Her next project is with Tilda Swinton and Marilyn Manson as part of her Teknolust Trilogy (DNA in cyborgs!).

From a 1966 Pixie Records release by Dr. Timothy Leary, the man who coined the phrase, "Turn on, tune in, drop out", who was called "the most dangerous man in America" by Richard Nixon, outlines chapter and verse of his LSD gospel.

In this historic panel, Tariq Ramadan makes his first appearance in the U.S. since being barred from the country in 2004. He discusses the multiplicity of identities that all people have, specifically the identities of Muslims in Western societies.

AIR Director Alanna Heiss speaks about her close friend Malcolm McLaren shortly after hearing of his passing on April 8, 2010. With links to more McLaren features on ARTonAIR.org.

Architect Avi Oster led a discussion in the Architect Talks lecture series' Focus on 13th Street series, hosted by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons.

Moderated by the Executive Director of the West Harlem Art Fund, Inc., this conversation focuses on the role of art in the public arena and how the various purposes of public art may be defined. Panelists include Chakaia Booker and other artists.

New media artist Fred Forest presents a lecture on the moral crisis he sees affecting the world. Forest combines his knack for provocation with his exploration of notions of territory in this new work, The Experimental Center of the Territory.

Hans Ulrich Obrist, the Van Alen Institute's New York Prize Senior Fellow, interviews architect Rem Koolhaas and artist Yoko Ono in his Formulas for Now, a collection of filmed interviews exhibited at the Van Alen Institute in 2008.

Cliff Preiss assembled this historic collection that investigates the assimilation of jazz into the mainstream. We hear records for young people produced in the 1940s-60s that trace the sources of jazz, tell personal stories, and survey the scene.

The Oil of the 21st Century: Perspectives on Intellectual Property was a conference on intellectual property rights and conflicts. It was coordinated by Bootlab; based on a concept by Partner gegen Berlin; produced with The Thing, and Waag Society.