Exhibitions & Events

Palais Idéal, Photo (c) Emmanuel Georges/ Collection Palais Idéal

Join Intuit as we explore the wonderful art environments of France. Centered in Paris, this tour will provide a variety of day trips to various museums and art environments throughout France. Price includes hotel accommodations, breakfasts and 3 group meals as well as ground transportation, entrance fees and English speaking guides during group day trips. For more detailed information on the sites we will be visiting, please click here. Please note that day-to-day itinerary is subject to change.

For further information or to place your reservation, please contact Intuit’s Education Director, Carol Ng-He.

Space is extremely limited, please reserve your spot today!

In conjunction with HEAVEN+HELL, Intuit will present a careful selection of provocative films that address the literal, personal, and metaphorical interpretations of heaven and hell. This Film Series will challenge viewers conceptually, literally, and emotionally.

To kick off the series, join Dan Rybicky, Guest Film Curator from Columbia College, with colleagues Ron Falzone and Zoran Samardzija as they explore excerpts from their favorite depictions of heaven and/or hell as seen in film or television.

Films Series Includes:
March 8, 6pm: Stairway to Heaven (A Matter of Life and Death) (1946), directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Presburger
April 12, 6pm: Jigoku (or The Sinners of Hell) (1960), directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
May 10, 6pm: The Exterminating Angel (1962), directed by Luis Bunuel
June 14, 6pm: In a Dream (2009), directed by Jeremy Zagar

In August, 1994, more than 33,000 Cubans attempted to escape the island by sea. Two writers, friends since adolescence, are faced with a choice—continue struggling with the hardships of the island or brave the open water on a homemade raft. Ernesto Santana chooses Cuba, Jorge Mota chooses the Sea. This is the story of their struggles, their successes and the friendship that binds them. Filmed on location in Cuba, the U.S., and México.

Enjoy a film screening of Dream Havana followed by a Q&A session with filmmaker Gary Marks. Refreshments will be provided. Running time: 82 minutes.

Stairway to Heaven (A Matter of Life and Death) (1946), directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Presburger, Runtime: 104 minutes

Returning to England from a bombing run in May 1945, flyer Peter Carter’s plane is damaged and his parachute ripped to shreds. He has his crew bail out safely, but figures it is curtains for himself. He gets on the radio, and talks to June, a young American woman working for the USAAF, and they are quite moved by each other’s voices. Then he jumps, preferring this to burning up with his plane. He wakes up in the surf. It was his time to die, but there was a mixup in heaven. They couldn’t find him in all that fog. By the time his “Conductor” catches up with him 20 hours later, Peter and June have met and fallen in love. This changes everything, and since it happened through no fault of his own, Peter figures that heaven owes him a second chance. Heaven agrees to a trial to decide his fate. (imdb.com)

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