Art
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ARBUS DAY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers several programs Sunday in conjunction with the exhibit “Diane Arbus Revelations.” The new documentary “Who Is Marvin Israel?” explores the life of an artist and designer who influenced Arbus and Richard Avedon, along with Lee Friedlander. After a screening, director Neil Selkirk participates in a discussion about the film (11 a.m.). Curators Sandra Phillips and Elisabeth Sussman discuss their assembly of “Revelations,” setting Arbus’s work in the context of 1960s art (2 p.m.). Finally, in an audio recording of a 1970 slide presentation, Arbus talks about photography using examples from her own work and other photographs, snapshots, and clippings from her collection (4 p.m.). Sunday, museum open 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd Street, 212-535-7710, free with museum admission, $15 general, $10 seniors, $7 students, free for children under 12 and members.
CHICAGO’S CATS
Artist Judy Chicago, best known for her sculpture “The Dinner Party” (1979), signs her book “Kitty City: A Feline Book of Hours” (Harper Design International).The book was produced in conjunction with her watercolor exhibit of the same name, depicting the cats that she has owned with her husband, photographer Donald Woodman.The Aspca is on hand with kittens that are available for adoption. Saturday, 2-4 p.m. signing, noon-4 p.m. cat adoption. Exhibit: Through Saturday, April 23, Tuesday-Saturday, 10:30-6 p.m., ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th St., between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues, fifth floor, 212-206-8080, free.
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