Talk About Nothing with Laurie Anderson, Fiona Shaw, Raj Patel & More

RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
"Talk About Nothing"

For Immediate Release

RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART

presents
TALK ABOUT NOTHING

THIS WEEKEND:
Poet Marie Howe + Christopher Potter - Saturday, Dec. 18
Acting Coach Patsy Rodenberg + Christopher Potter - Sunday, Dec. 19 (3 pm)
Laurie Anderson + Charles Seife - Sunday, Dec. 19 (6 pm)

UPCOMING:
Actress Fiona Shaw + Simon Critchley - Jan. 17
Science Writer Richard Panek + Physicist Lee Smolin - Jan. 19
Writer/Activist Raj Patel + Director Peter Sellars - Jan. 29

JUST ADDED:
Poet Paul Muldoon + Craig Blinderman, M.D., chief of the Adult Palliative Medicine Department of Anesthesiology at Columbia University
after the premiere screening of The Sound of Insects, Dec. 22.

The Rubin Museum of Art's TALK ABOUT NOTHING is a series of on-stage conversations with eminent artists, philosophers, actors, writers and musicians about what "nothing" means to them. It began in October and continues through January 2011. Most events have sold out, including those with Mike Nichols, Ken Burns, Bill Viola, Philip Glass, Karen Armstrong...Don't miss the remaining talks!

Talk About Nothing in the Press:
Vanity Fair attends the Mike Nichols event
The Economist covers Rick Moody, Melissa Franklin and Samuel Beckett
The Huffington Post: Sat Hon on his Talk About Nothing with Philip Glass

Films About Nothing screen Fridays at Cabaret Cinema at The Rubin Museum.
Each classic film features an introduction by a notable guest including Baz Luhrman, Francine du Plessix Gray, Lisa Birnbach, Frances Kazan, Dan Safer,
Kurt Andersen and more.
Free with a $7 bar minimum.
See the schedule of films here: Cabaret Cinema

For media questions or a press ticket, please email Kimberly Burns: KB@KimberlyBurnsPR.com

For speaker bios, more about the focus of each talk, or further information on the Rubin, visit
The Rubin Museum of Art Website

TALK ABOUT NOTHING upcoming events:

Saturday, Dec. 18 Marie Howe + Christopher Potter

Sunday, Dec. 19 (3pm) Patsy Rodenberg + Christopher Potter

Sunday, Dec. 19 (6pm) Laurie Anderson + Charles Seife

Monday, Jan. 17 Fiona Shaw + Simon Critchley

Wednesday, Jan. 19 Richard Panek + Lee Smolin

Saturday, Jan. 29 Peter Sellars + Raj Patel

Tickets are now on sale to the public and available through the Rubin Museum's website: rmanyc.org/nothing or by telephone at 212.620.5000 ext. 344 or in person at the museum.

Details

Event: The Rubin Museum of Art presents TALK ABOUT NOTHING, a series of on-stage conversations with remarkable people about what "nothing" means to them.

Date: October 2010 through January 2011

Location: The Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St, New York City

Tickets: rmanyc.org/nothing or 212.620.5000 ext 344 or in person at the museum.

Media Inquiries: Kimberly Burns, KB@KimberlyBurnsPR.com or 212.226.0981

About The Rubin Museum of Art

RMA holds one of the world's most important collections of Himalayan art. Paintings, pictorial textiles, and sculpture are drawn from cultures that touch upon the arc of mountains that extends from Afghanistan in the northwest to Myanmar (Burma) in the southeast and includes Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia, and Bhutan. The larger Himalayan cultural sphere, determined by significant cultural exchange over millennia, includes Iran, India, China, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. This rich cultural legacy, largely unfamiliar to Western viewers, offers an uncommon opportunity for visual adventure and aesthetic discovery.

The Rubin Museum of Art is located at 150 West 17th Street, New York, NY.

To reach the museum by subway, visitors may take the A, C or E to 14th Street; the 1 to 18th Street; 1, 2, 3 to 14th Street; F and V to 14th Street; N, R, Q, W, 4, 5 and 6 to 14th or the L to 6th Avenue. By bus, visitors may take the B20 to the corner of 7th Avenue and 17th Street.

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tel. 212.226.0981