The Downtown Festival: ART/New York & 3 Downtown Artists
Roxy Cinema
This program presents rare archival portraits of three artists pivotal to downtown New York's visual culture: Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Nan Goldin. Through interviews, exhibition footage, and intimate documentation, the films trace their work and lives at critical junctures in their careers. These works collectively form an extraordinary record of singular artists whose work documented and reshaped the cultural landscape of downtown New York.
Friday, October 9
In Person: Paul Tschinkel (Director and Producer), Marc H. Miller (Art Historian and Curator), Rebekah Sherman-Myntti (Filmmaker, Founder & Director of The Downtown Festival)
The Downtown Festival: ART/New York & 3 Downtown Artists
Roxy Cinema
This program presents rare archival portraits of three artists pivotal to downtown New York's visual culture: Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Nan Goldin. Through interviews, exhibition footage, and intimate documentation, the films trace their work and lives at critical junctures in their careers. These works collectively form an extraordinary record of singular artists whose work documented and reshaped the cultural landscape of downtown New York.
Friday, October 9
In Person: Paul Tschinkel (Director and Producer), Marc H. Miller (Art Historian and Curator), Rebekah Sherman-Myntti (Filmmaker, Founder & Director of The Downtown Festival)