Opening reception for The Popular Image, 1963: Robert Rauschenberg and Olga Adorno (dancing); Andy Warhol and Mary Rapoport (right), photo by I.C. Rapoport. This week is the last chance to see Happenings: New York, 1958-1963 at The Pace Gallery. The exhibition includes over 300 photographs, artworks, videos and ephemera documenting how the movement unfolded in New York City. (through Saturday, 3/17) → This article points out that one set of photos in the exhibition is actually from a party in Washington D.C., at the opening of The Popular Image in 1963. Popular Image curator Alice Denney recalls how a John Cage lecture/performance came to be labeled as a “happening” when some of the cheap chairs rented by the gallery began to collapse during the event. →
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Opening reception for The Popular Image, 1963: Robert Rauschenberg and Olga Adorno (dancing); Andy Warhol and Mary Rapoport (right), photo by I.C. Rapoport.

This week is the last chance to see Happenings: New York, 1958-1963 at The Pace Gallery. The exhibition includes over 300 photographs, artworks, videos and ephemera documenting how the movement unfolded in New York City. (through Saturday, 3/17) →

This article points out that one set of photos in the exhibition is actually from a party in Washington D.C., at the opening of The Popular Image in 1963. Popular Image curator Alice Denney recalls how a John Cage lecture/performance came to be labeled as a “happening” when some of the cheap chairs rented by the gallery began to collapse during the event. →

Source: washingtoncitypaper.com

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    day! Thank you for mentioning our Happenings exhibit, it closes tomorrow, Saturday, March 17th
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