"CHOICE EATS"
Scouring greater New York for the best experiences of food is a slow (and potentially costly). The no to the task could seek the assistance of an expert as Robert Sietsema, who has been the food Village Voice critic since 1993. Sietsema has an inclination of ethnic and cheap grub is not so easy to find, and he has curated a presentation of food from more than 50 restaurants of modern and dark. Cuisine of more than thirty-five countries, including Cambodia, Uzbekistan, Tunisia, will be on offer. The event will take place in the 69 Armory, on Lexington Avenue in St. 26, but even this vast space is not large enough to contain the possibilities of epicurean, food trucks were are aligned above outside. (For more information, visit choiceeats.villagevoice.com.) (March 29 6: 30-9: 30).
"A TASTE OF HOME"
At the same time that the masses rush the Armory 69 for "Election Come The Village Voice", a smaller meeting of exceptional chefs be carried out in the coffee house library of works for the benefit of their programs in AIDS relief. There are food by Brad Farmerie of public; Colleen grapes, the pastry chef to the Red cat and the Harrison; Tessa Liebman, the restoration of works; and Luis Nieto, the Palm Tribeca. Alex Guarnaschelli of butter and Darby's restaurant, is the host. (126 Crosby St. 212-334-3324.) (March 29-7).
AUCTIONS AND ANTIQUES
The lovers of the art of Asia have rich offers to choose this week. Of Sotheby's makes it easy on his second day of sales on March 23 with a private collection of Chinese ceramics of the Song dynasty. a broader sale of Chinese ceramics and works of art, including a painting of the Qing dynasty, "Siege of Pingyu", spectacular battle fill the day, before the camera will change its focus to Indian art and Southeast Asia. For a more traditional sale, March 24, sculptures, as a figure of sandstone Cambodian century x of an athlete, will be offered along with miniature paintings from the India and a spectacular circular "parachute" (1865-70) created by the Maharaja of Baroda, the tissue that contains more than half a million pearls. The sale of South Asia, modern and contemporary art, on 25 March is led by works of the Indian painters Akbar Padamsee, Maqbool IFAD Husain and Sayed Haider Raza. (Avenida York 72 St. 212-606-7000). | Christie offers a selection of modern and contemporary South Asian art with paintings by Tyeb Mehta, Syed Haider Raza and Vasudeo Gaitonde at the head on March 23. Later in the afternoon, the Japanese and Korean art share billing in a sale which is particularly strong in screens (including the "Southern barbarian come to trade," a spectacular seascape of ships in the port of Nagasaki) and ceramic (such as a massive jar of "Dragon" of the 18th century porcelain blue and white of the Korean Royal Court). Art Chinese closed the week, with a private collection of porcelain monochrome in the morning of March 24, followed by a more general sale (March 24-25), which contains pieces from the collection of Arthur M. Sackler apparently inexhaustible. The works of porcelain in the sale of tomorrow, which they date to the reigns of emperors Qianlong and Yonzheng, are particularly notable, especially the main element, a vase of unusual shaped bottle with a bright blue enamel, whose fanciful controls are birds. (20 Rockefeller Plaza, St. 49 212-636-2000.) | Not partial to Ming vases or sandstone Buddhas? Head to sale of Swann's photographs (March 24), where you can find an album of the 19th century of Platinum prints by Adam Clark Vroman representing native American scenes or a portrait of the exuberant modern dancer and choreographer Alexandra Bellercaptured in ecstatic motion by Irving Penn. (104 e. 25 St. 212-254-4710.)
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