Proust Weekend
Join us for a festive weekend celebrating French author Marcel Proust’s remarkable body of work through performance art, live readings, creative workshops for kids, a patisserie tasting, and more.
Discover, rediscover, and connect with Proust’s art and ideas as we mark 100 years since his passing at Villa Albertine’s headquarters, the landmarked Payne Whitney Mansion on Fifth Avenue. This gem of Gilded-Age architecture and design offers a portal into the era when the author lived. Works written and inspired by Proust will be available for purchase at Albertine Books, on the ground floor.
All events are free and open to the public, but space will be limited. Eventbrite RSVP is required.
Saturday, December 3rd
10am (in English) and 11am (in French) – Once upon a time, there was an author named Marcel Proust…
Kids’ coloring and 3D animation workshops in partnership with Les Editions Animées, led by artist Amélie Gaulier. Click on a time above to sign up.
2pm – 6pm: A Saturday with Proust
Includes sign-up for the following:
• 2pm – Live readings of In Search of Lost Time by actor Jim Fletcher
• 3pm – The Many Ways of Proust: Adaptations, Translations and Reception
Roundtable discussion with author Rubén Gallo, playwright and theater director Mary Zimmerman, and translator Lydia Davis moderated by Professor André Benhaïm
• 4pm – Proust in Hollywood
Live performance by Professor André Benhaïm
• 4:30pm – Proust in One Hour
Live performance by artist Véronique Aubouy
Sunday, December 4th
10am and 11am – Once upon a time, there was an author named Marcel Proust…
Kids’ coloring and 3D animation workshops in partnership with Les Editions Animées, led by artist Amélie Gaulier. Click on a time above to sign up.
2pm – Reading Proust during the Pandemic: A conversation with Oliver Munday, an associate creative director at The Atlantic, and Caroline Weber, author and Barnard professor. Presented in partnership with The Atlantic
3pm – 6pm – In Search of the Lost Madeleine
Includes sign-up for the following:
• 3pm – Live readings of In Search of Lost Time by actress Dee Beasnael
• 4pm – A Proust-inspired madeleine event moderated by Adam Gopnik, New Yorker staff writer and featuring three acclaimed pastry chefs who will re-interpret the famous madeleine: Chef Eujin Lee (Lysée); Chef Jimmy Leclerc (Ladurée), and Chef Sebastien Rouxel (Boulud).
