**Nicki Minaj’**s new album, **Jay Z’**s Annie, Mariah Carey at the Beacon—here are the ten most essential cultural events happening this week.
Photo: Brian Forrest/Courtesy of the Artist/Courtesy of the MoMA1/10The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World at MoMA
The curators at MoMA had an ambitious idea behind their latest exhibition: amassing a group of artists who approach their work with a sense of atemporality. The show features contributions by an impressive array of painters, from Kerstin Brätsch to Rashid Johnson.
Photo: Courtesy of Universal Music Group2/10Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint
Nicki Minaj has finally released her third album, The Pinkprint, after a year of teasing with one-off songs, guest verses, and crazy music videos. With an appearance by Beyoncé and a bevy of production heavyweights on hand, Minaj has made a pulsating collectsion of songs that are perfect to listen to in the gym, in the club, or in a car with heavy bass.
Photo: Courtesy of © Columbia Pictures/Photofest3/10Annie
Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis are starring in a modern update of the classic Broadway musical Annie. This movie version was produced by Jay Z and Will Smith, with Sia on deck to help arrange the musical numbers, so expect to see the classic story in a whole new light.
Opens Friday, December 19
Photo: Getty Images4/10Mariah Carey at the Beacon Theatre
Though she received flak for her lackluster performance at the tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center, Mariah Carey is here to prove that she is still the queen of Christmas with a string of holiday-themed live shows. Carey is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her record Merry Christmas, one of the best-selling Christmas album of all time.
Photo: Courtesy of Chelsea Market5/10The Chelsea Market’s Jingle Holiday Market
This is the eighth year that New York’s foodie mainstay the Chelsea Market has hosted the Jingle Holiday Market, a temporary congregation of more than fifteen vendors selling everything from terrariums to jewelry.
Photo: Courtesy of © Entertainment One6/10Mr. Turner
A new biopic about the life of English landscape painter J.M.W. Turner is receiving rave reviews. In the film, director Mike Leigh used vintage lenses to visually recreate the sublime skies Turner painted.
Opens Friday, December 19
Photo: Getty Images7/10Dee Dee Ramone exhibit at the Hotel Chelsea
A little-known fact about Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone: He was also a prolific painter. The Storefront Gallery at the legendary Hotel Chelsea, where Ramone lived off and on for years, is hosting an exhibition of his work.
On view until January 1
Photo: Gabi Porter/Courtesy of Miracle on Ninth Street8/10Miracle on Ninth Street
A holiday-themed cocktail pop-up is open for business on Ninth Street in the East Village, with bartender Nico de Soto serving a variety of inventive drinks, including the Grinch (rum-based) and the Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel (chocolate-infused tequila).
Photo: Getty Images9/10The Holiday Window Displays on Fifth Avenue
One of the best things about Manhattan in December? The holiday window displays at Bergdorf’s, Saks, and Barneys, which this year was dressed by the likes of Baz Luhrmann.
On view until December 31, 2015
Photo: © George Condo/Courtesy of the Skarstedt Gallery New York10/10George Condo at Skarstedt Gallery
George Condo, an artist best known for infusing classic portraiture with a pop sensibility, is showing his new exhibition, “Double Heads / Black Paintings / Abstractions,” at New York City gallery Skarstedt. The works demonstrate Condo’s latest experimentation with “action painting,” which stresses the physical act of applying paint to the canvas.
