Checkerboard Films

Our mission is to document artists making important contributions to American Arts, since 1979.

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Checkerboard is proud to announce that we are currently producing a 60-minute documentary on Julie Mehretu, set to be released in May 2020. The film will document the preparations, installation, & realization of her mid-career retrospective, co-produced by @LACMA & @whitneymuseum

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Checkerboard's film 'Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest' is now available to stream on Vimeo (https://t.co/koNtjxRHv0)
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This film documents @JulieMehretu's mid-career retrospective, co-organized by @LACMA & @whitneymuseum.

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In honor of Billy Collins & poetry month, we are pleased to offer the film 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬: 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 on Vimeo & Amazon for the month of May, for $1 (🔗in bio)
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Billy was a two term U.S Poet Laureate (2001 - 2003)

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Checkerboard’s film 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘱 is available to stream for $1 on Vimeo and Amazon. ⁣
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Barry offers weekly Jazz workshops in New York every Tuesday. Piano, Vocal and Improvisation classes are just $15 (weekly) for non-members.

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Remembering Jack Youngerman (1926 - 2020) on what would have been his 94th birthday.

Checkerboard filmed Jack on many occasions and will premiere the film 'Jack Youngerman: My Life in Art' later this year.

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CORRECTION: 38th Edition

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‘On the Wings of Brancusi’ is included in @ARTFIFA Carte Blanche to @RADHOURANI during their online program.

For only $30, FIFA is providing access to several films included in its 30th edition until March 29 across Canada.

© Succession Brancusi All rights reserved (ARS) 2018

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#Checkerboard’s film 'On the Wings of Brancusi' will be making its Dutch premiere on March 12 during the @AmbachtinBeeld festival. The screening will be followed by a talk with designer Aldo Bakker & furniture designer Rutger Graas.

📸 Ellsworth Kelly, The Centre Pompidou, 2006

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#Checkerboard’s film 'On the Wings of Brancusi' will be making its Dutch premiere on March 12 during the @AmbachtinBeeld festival. The screening will be followed by a talk with designer Aldo Bakker & furniture designer Rutger Graas.

📸 Ellsworth Kelly, The Centre Pompidou, 2006

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To conclude the five-part series 'Checkerboard Films on the American Arts: Recent Releases', @ngadc will screen 'Jeff Koons: The Whitney Retrospective' on February 25. The film follows Koons & Whitney Chief Curator, Scott Rothkopf, through every gallery of the 2014 exhibition.

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#Checkerboard's film 'Vincent Scully: An Art Historian Among Architects' (2010)is part of the season 7 lineup for the Architecture + Design Film Series in Vermont on February 19.
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📸 #FromtheArchives Vincent Scully, 2009

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.@ngadc will be screening two of Checkerboard’s films on Tuesday, February 4th: 'Eric Fischl: The Process of Painting' (2012) and 'Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art' (2012).

📸 In Production with Eric Fischl / The Considered © Carrie Mae Weems and Jack Shainman Gallery

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Tuesday at 12:30 pm, catch a double-feature of @CheckerboardNYC films on the contemporary American artists Eric Fischl and Carrie Mae Weems.

Details: https://t.co/4JaFfZxc0T

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Mehretu offers extensive commentary on her work, her process, and the chronology of her career. Also interviewed are a number of art world friends and associates.⁣
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Check out our website for more details (link in bio). ⁣

📸“MURAL” 80 by 23 feet, Goldman Sachs Lobby, NYC

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Checkerboard is proud to announce that we are currently producing a 60-minute documentary on Julie Mehretu, set to be released in May 2020. The film will document the preparations, installation, & realization of her mid-career retrospective, co-produced by @LACMA & @whitneymuseum

[Checkerboard Films @CheckerboardNYC]

#Checkerboard’s film 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝗪𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢 (2018) will be screened at the @ngadc on Tuesday, January 21 (West Building Lecture Hall).
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📸 Sculptures by Constantin Brancusi (c) Succession Brancusi/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY at NGA (2020)

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#Checkerboard’s film 'Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High Line' (2012) will be screened January 15 at @FirstOntPAC.

The Checkerboard Collection is available for streaming on Vimeo and Amazon. #DSR

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#Checkerboard’s film 'Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High Line' (2012) will be screened January 15 at @FirstOntPAC.

The Checkerboard Collection is available for streaming on Vimeo and Amazon. #DSR

[National Gallery of Art @ngadc]

Today at 12:30 pm, see two documentaries by @CheckerboardNYC: “Frank Stella Black Aluminum Copper” and “Cornell Tech: Architecture and Art,” about the design of @cornell_tech on Roosevelt Island.

Details: https://t.co/s9d8lZUCP3

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Continuing #Checkerboard’s five-part series at @ngadc, 'Frank Stella Black Aluminum Copper' and 'The Architecture and Art of Cornell Tech' will be screened on January 14 (West Building Lecture Hall).

The Checkerboard Collection is available for streaming on Vimeo and Amazon.