Visual Arts - Opening October 2, 2002: exhibition of Rens Lipsius (b. 1960 in Soest, the Netherlands), the artist responsible for the conception of the ICAR-Paris space and an active participant in Art/Research 2000. The site-specific installation includes Large Standing Figures and Abstract Panels, a recent large group of paintings made in Lipsius' studio in New York, as well as photography, digital art, and objects.
ICAR-Paris, October 2 - December 16, 2002

Visual Arts - Opening October 24: ICAR at the FIAC 2002, selection from the The Art/Research 2000 Program. Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles. October 24 - October 28, 2002

Danse: Tumultus, choreographed by Nathalie Ripoll as a site-specific choreographic event for the ICAR-Paris space. The École National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts project. ICAR-Paris, June 26-28, 2002

Visual Arts: Workshop/Exhibition - presented by artists Patrick Faigenbaum and Mark Pataut and students of the École National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, based on an idea of Jean-François Chevrier. Special project. ICAR-Paris, May 8 - July 14, 2002
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Music: A series of concerts for violin and piano and voice and piano featuring: violinist Latica Honda-Rosenberg (winner of major international music competitions) and pianist Eldar Nebolsin in a program of Mozart, Brahms, and Prokofiev; and bass baritone MahnKyu Kim and pianist Simon Lebens in a program of Mozart, Mahler, Finzi and Ibert.  The Art/Research 2000 Program, Part VI.  ICAR-Paris, March 2002.
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Visual Arts: the exhibition of Dutch multimedia artist JCJ Vanderheyden (b. 1928 in Den Bosch, the Netherlands).  Final installment of ICAR's two-year Art/Research 2000 Program.  ICAR-Paris, February 6 - April 14, 2002.
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Visual Arts: "Paintings + Drawings 1989-1995," first exhibition in France of Japanese painter Akira Arita working in New York.  The Art/Research 2000 Program, Part V.  Icar-Paris, October 3 - December 16, 2001.
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Visual Arts: Icar at the FIAC 2001, Selection from The Art/Research 2000 Program.  Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles.  The Art/Research 2000 Program, Part V.  October 5 -December 9, 2001.

Visual Arts: First exhibition in France dedicated to the architectural projects of American artist Vito Acconci and the Acconci Studio. Art/Research 2000 Program, Part IV.  Icar-Paris, May - July, 2001
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Visual Arts: First Retrospective of installations by American artist William De Lottie. Art/Research 2000 Program, Part III. Icar-Paris, February - April, 2001.
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Lecture: “William De Lottie and his Punctum” presented by Jean-Michel Rabaté, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, in connection with the De Lottie exhibition. Art/Research 2000 Program, Part III. Icar-Paris, March 10, 2001.
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Visual Arts: Selected works of American sculptor and conceptual artist Dennis Oppenheim, a survey exhibition including recent works. Art/Research 2000 Program, Part II. September - November, 2000.
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on Dennis Oppenheim

Music: Pianist Alice Ader and Ensemble Ader, in a special program - "Around Brahms" - conceived by the Ensemble for the closing of Dennis Oppenheim's exhibition. Music by Brahms, Stravinsky, Schnittke, Berg, Ligeti, and a new composition by Gerard Iglesia. 

Music: A lieder recital by New York based, Korean bass-baritone Mahnkyu Kim accompanied by pianist Simon Lebens. ICAR-Paris, December, 2000. Art/Research 2000 Program, Part II.

Symposium: "Techno-Virtual Culture and Conceptual Art," papers by Richard Beardsworth, Professor of Philosophy, The American University in Paris, and editor of Tekhnema, Journal of Philosophy and Technology, and Arkady Plotnitsky, Professor of English and Director of Theory and Cultural Studies Program, Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A. December, 2000.
Read Arkady Plotnitsky's paper on Dennis Oppenheim

Music: A series of concerts for violin and piano featuring two young soloists, violinist and winner of major international classical music competitions, Latica Honda-Rosenberg and pianist Avner Arad, music by Stravinsky, Bloch and Franck, Art/Research 2000 Program, Part I.
Icar-Paris, March 2000.

Tekhnema: The Journal of Philosophy and Technology, published by the American University in Paris, France, 1999-2001.

Publication of The Catalogue and participation in the exhibition at The Art Exchange Show, New York City, 1998.

Co-sponsoring of the conference Turn of the Century - End of Analysis?, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1998.

Co-sponsoring of The "Science Peace" Workshop on the Current Debates Concerning the Two Cultures, The University of Southampton, Great Britain, 1997.

John Coplans: A Self-Portrait, 1984-1997, book published on the occasion of the retrospective at  P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York City, 1997.