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culturedmag.com 69 In the post-fascist counterculture of 1980s Spain, filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar built a vibrant universe of saturated colors, sexual fluidity and a flamboyant magical realism (often starring his longtime muse Penelope Cruz). The Museum of Modern Art celebrates the Spanish iconoclast with a career survey November 29 through December 17, screening all 20 of his films, including his latest, Julieta. MOMA.ORG Doug Aitken's the Mirror #11 (rise), 1998. A still from Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces, 2009 What if a picture of a house could function as a portrait? François Dischinger's architectural photographs have more personality than most. Usually captured while on editorial assignment, Dischinger's body of work feels more at home in a gallery, which is exactly where it will be on display come September 21. Hosted by Danziger Gallery, the inaugural exhibition will see some of Dischinger's images blown up to epic proportions worthy of their monumental muses. Favorites include the recently closed Four Seasons, where Dischinger shot a Negroni in honor of designer Philip Johnson. "I feel that when I go to a location the most important thing is to have an experience," he says. "I try to get a sense of the space by being quiet. As crazy as it sounds, it works." DANZIGERGALLERY.COM François Dischinger's Farnsworth Terrace PHOTO COURTESY © MOMA; ©FRANÇOIS DISCHINGER