Etel Adnan Documentary Has Its American Premiere in New York

"Adnan being and time," Marie Valentine Regan's film about the artist Etel Adnan, was shown in the United States for the first time earlier this month at the Rockaway Film Festival in New York. Choosing Rockaway for the premiere put the film by the water, away from the city's main screening rooms. That's a fitting setting for a portrait of an artist whose ideas are still being studied. The film looks at how Adnan thought and at the body of work that remains in her name. For readers who follow how an artist's reputation holds up once the work is in other hands, the premiere was worth noting.

With reporting from ARTnews.