THIRTEEN Continues SUNDAYARTS Today with MoMA's Islamic Art Gallery and More

THIRTEEN previously announced the following episodes for the upcoming weeks of SUNDAYARTS:

Sunday, December 25
12-12:30 p.m.
SUNDAYARTS #295 -- Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. This week, de Montebello hosts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new galleries for Islamic Art and explores the exhibit currently on view "Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures." The Tenement Museum on New York's l ower east side is the focus of the "Weekly Profile," and the Langon Chapel at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park is the "Curator's Choice." News correspondent Christina Ha, based at the New York Historical Society, reports on various events around town including: the "DiMenna Children's History Museum"; the "Holiday Train Show" at the New York Botanical Garden; "Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition" at the Frick Collection; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the New York City Center; and "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties" at the Brooklyn Museum.

Sunday, January 1
12-12:30 p.m.
SUNDAYARTS #296 -- Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners. This week, de Montebello hosts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new galleries for Islamic art and explores the current exhibit "Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures." "Toonology" - an anthology of children's comics, co-edited by cartoonists Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly is the focus of the "Weekly Profile," and the New York City Transit Museum, the Morris-Jumel Mansion, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Wisteria Room make up a bounty of "Curator's Choice" segments this week. News correspondent Christina Ha, based at the New York Historical Society, reports on various events around town: including the "DiMenna Children's History Museum"; the "Holiday Train Show" at the New York Botanical Garden; "Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition" at the Frick Collection; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the New York City Center; and "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties" at the Brooklyn Museum.

[NOTE NEW DAY & TIME: BEGINNING JANUARY 5, SUNDAYARTS MOVES TO THURSDAY NIGHTS AT 8 P.M., WITH A REPEAT BROADCAST SUNDAYS AT 12 NOON.]]

Thursday, January 5
8-8:30 p.m.
SUNDAYARTS #122 -- Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners, at the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center. De Montebello spotlights the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia." Jim Henson is this week's Feature Profile. And the National Museum of the American Indian's "Infinity of Nations" is the "Curator's Choice." News correspondent Christina Ha reports on various events around town including: "The Bearden Project" and "Kira Lynn Harris: The Block | Bellona" at The Studio Museum in Harlem; "The 21st Annual Jewish Film Festival" at the Walter Reade Theater and Elinor Bunim Munroe Film Center; "The Birth Of Promotion: Inventing Film Publicity In The Silent Film Era" at the New York Public Library For The Performing Arts; "Kids 'N Comedy" at the Gotham Comedy Club; and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) presents "2012 Winter Festival: FIRE." (Encore presentation, Sunday, January 8 at 12 p.m.)

Thursday, January 12
8-8:30 p.m.
SUNDAYARTS #123 -- Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners, at the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center. De Montebello looks at the Diego Rivera murals at MoMA. Paula Zahn interviews Anna Deavere Smith in this week's Feature Profile. "Curator's Choice" features include "Joaquin Sorolla & the Glory of Spanish Dress" at the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, with commentary by Queen Sophia Spanish Institute Chairman Oscar de la Renta and curator Andre Leon Talley. News correspondent Christina Ha will report on other events around town, including: "The Bearden Project" and "Who, What, Wear: Selections from the Permanent Collection" at The Studio Museum in Harlem; "Fantastic Voyages" at the Elinor Bunim Munroe Film Center; "Parsons Dance" at The Joyce Theater; "The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936 - 1951" at The Jewish Museum; "Stick Fly" at Broadway's Cort Theatre. (Encore presentation, Sunday, January 15 at 12 p.m.)

Thursday, January 19
8-8:30 p.m.
SUNDAYARTS #124 -- Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners, at the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center. De Montebello reports from The Frick Collection. Jay Hunter Morris, "A New Siegfried for the Ring" is this week's Feature Profile. "Curator's Choice" focuses on "Art Underground: Faith Ringgold." News correspondent Christina Ha will report on various other events around town. (Encore presentation, Sunday, January 22 at 12 p.m.)

Thursday, January 26
8-8:30 p.m.
SUNDAYARTS #124 -- Weekly magazine providing the tri-state audience with a unique overview of the city's unparalleled cultural offerings with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, both 2011 New York Emmy Award winners, at the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center. Zahn also reports from the Museum of the City of New York. "Jazz for Young People at Lincoln Center" is this week's Feature Profile, and Klimt/Adele Blochbauer is the focus of "Curator's Choice." News correspondent Christina Ha will report on various other events around town. (Encore presentation, Sunday, January 29 at 12 p.m.)

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