Artworthy

Comedian Steve Martin captured a bit of the art world in his novella Shopgirl, which was turned into a movie featuring Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, and Martin, himself, in 2005.

It wasn't the first time he'd joined his professional skills with his interest in art (Martin is a contemporary collector). In the '90s, the actor wrote a play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, about an imaginary meeting of Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein at a Parisian bar in 1904, just a few years before the artist would finish his seminal painting Demoiselles d'Avignon (last week's Artworthy pick) and the physicist would publish his theory of relativity.

East Hampton Studios in Wainscott, NY has revived the play, which runs through September 1st.

Next, Martin collaborates with artist William Wegman for PBS' fourth season of Art:21 — Art in the Twenty-First Century, a television series about contemporary art and artists, which premieres on October 28th. See a clip of Martin's performance here. And here, a trailer for the season:

*Artworthy is a recurring feature we'll put up each Friday to call out exhibitions, fairs, and/or other art world events we think are worth your few days of free time. This weekend's pick: