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In the fall of 2011, Balcer and his wife Carolyn organized and sponsored the exhibition Blooming in the Shadows: Unofficial Chinese Art 1974–1985 at New York's China Institute, featuring works from the Wuming, Stars and Grass groups of experimental artists.
Drawn from the unparalleled collection donated to VMFA by preeminent Hasui collectors René and Carolyn Balcer, the exhibition exemplifies the creativity and cultural hybridity Hasui’s work embodies. His art has been embraced by American and Japanese audiences alike for nearly a century.
NEW YORK, September 28, 2017 — Following a screening of their film Above the Drowning Sea, director René Balcer and producer Carolyn Hsu-Balcer sit down for a Q&A with Asia Society Museum Director Boon Hui Tan.
René Balcer, writer-director of documentary Above the Drowning Sea, tells how the story of the escape of Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe to Shanghai on the eve of WWII, is an echo of history with parallels in today’s world.
Nov 13, 2017 · On the weekend I went to Jewish Film Festival in Hong Kong. We watched a movie called 'Above the Drowing Sea' directed by Rene Balcer and Nicola Zavaglia. Rene and his wife Carolyn was also present for Q&A after the movie.
Nov 15, 2014 · The exhibition utilizes the unparalleled collection donated to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts by preeminent Hasui collectors, René and Carolyn Balcer. The exhibition is curated by Kendall Brown , Professor of Asian Art History at California State University, Long Beach, and author of earlier books on Hasui and several catalogues on modern ...
Nov 28, 2017 · Premiere Screening: "Above the Drowning Sea" (《上海餘生》) a documentary of Jewish refugees in Shanghai during WWII and meeting and discussion with the filmmakers René Balcer, an award-winning producer of "Law and Order" and Carolyn Hsu-Balcer, a designer, philanthropist and art collector.
