May 6th-August 12th, Washington

"Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape" comes to the National Gallery of Art in Washington with the help of the Institut Ramon Llull

Beginning on May 6 the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, D.C. hosts the exhibit "Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape", organized jointly by the Tate Modern in London and the Fundació Miró in Barcelona with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull. The exhibit runs through August 12. A rich variety of public programs will be presented during the run of the exhibition. All programs are free of charge and take place in the East Building Auditorium unless otherwise noted. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

June 16th – 22th, 2012, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York

Filmmakers Isaki Lacuesta and Andrés Duque, guest artists at 58th Annual Robert Flaherty Film Seminar

The 2012 Flaherty Seminar will take place June 16-22 at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY. The annual seminar, founded in 1955 by Flaherty's widow Frances, is a weeklong event that brings together filmmakers, artists, curators, scholars, students, librarians, and film enthusiasts to celebrate the power of the moving image. Over 170 participants from around the world will spend the week viewing films and engaging in intensive discussions with guest filmmakers and other participants.

May 5th - June 18th, New York

"Deixants i portes:" Catalan artist, Jordi Alcaraz's first solo exhibition in New York City featuring 27 new works

Tomlinson Kong Contemporary has organized DEIXANTS I PORTES, Catalan artist Jordi Alcaraz's first solo exhibition in New York City. The nearly two-dozen paintings and sculptures in this exhibition are explicitly not meant to relate to any preconceived theory, verbalization, or specific intent. Unlike much contemporary, rational art that represents predetermined ideas or concepts existing outside the object, Alcaraz is dedicated to the process of creating without intention. His poetic, reverent work explores the notion that once something is named, it begins to disappear. This act automatically limits the object's success to only its ability to achieve the definition of this thing rather than its ability to be something wholey new.

June 14th - June 17th

La Travesía presents "por instantes" at Baryshnikov Arts Center

La Travesía, a collective of Barcelona-based artists, led by choreographer Julia Koch and director Daniel Zippi, creates dance theater episodes from passing moments at an urban intersection. Movement styles ranging from contemporary dance and folk traditions to club dancing are set to an original, eclectic score based on ambient recordings taken from the streets of Spain.

May 14th, NYC

The Bridge: Dalkey Archive Translators Night

In celebration of Dalkey Archive's National Literature Series, novelist and critic Joshua Cohen moderated a conversation about the challenges and adventures of translating contemporary works from German (Swiss), Norwegian, Hebrew, and Catalan with acclaimed translators Burton Pike, Damion Searls, Todd Hasak-Lowy, and Mary Ann Newman.