Travels to Nüremberg to see the exhibit commemorating the 500th anniversary of Albrecht Dürer’s birth.

Visits Colmar, France to see Gruenewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece.

Crosses the border to East Germany to see Dürer’s original copper plate of Philip Melanchthon in Gotha.

Becomes a member of the faculty, New School for Social Research, Parsons School of Design, New York.

Lectures for United States Information Service (USIS) in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain. Meets with Antonio López GarcÍa in Madrid.

Adjunct lecturer, New York City Technical College (CUNY), Brooklyn, New York, until 1988.

McDowell Colony Fellowship
 

Travels to Rome and goes to Orvieto to visit the Signorelli murals in the San Brizio Chapel.

Returns to Italy for six weeks to revisit Rome, Florence, Padua and Venice. Views exhibit Japan in Italy at the Palazzo della Esposizioni in Rome.
 

Representation by ACA Galleries, New York and Munich. Appears in group exhibitions at ACA Galleries in New York and with exhibitions of ACA Galleries at the Basel Art Fair in Switzerland and Carol Craven Fine Arts in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
 

Publication of Simon Dinnerstein: Paintings and Drawings, Hudson Hills Press, (essays by Rudolph Arnheim, Guy Davenport, Robert L. McGrath, John Russell, Edward J. Sullivan, Miller Williams)

Men Without Women: Paul Cadmus as Curator, National Academy of Design, NewYork.
 

Travels to London to see Lucian Freud retrospective at the Tate Britain.
 

Work featured in Hanging Loose (Simon Dinnerstein: A Portfolio) edited by Robert Hershon
 

Travels to Madrid to see exhibition, The Spanish Portrait, at the Prado Museum.

Travels to London to see exhibition of Frida Kahlo at the Tate Modern.
 

Hosts an Open Studio to present this painting along with other works in this series.
 

Exhibit of The Fulbright Triptych at the German Consulate (2011-2014).

Cousin Cousinne's Reminder, Issue Number Three, is published, Zack Zook, Executive Director. It contains Jhumpa Lahiri's essay on The Fulbright Triptych, The Space Between the Pictures, with 24 details of the painting.

Robin Quivers moderates an on-stage conversation at the German Consulate between Simon Dinnerstein and Simone Dinnerstein.

Artist Ann Tracy moderates a conversation at BookCourt, Brooklyn between Simon Dinnerstein and Jhumpa Lahiri.

The Fulbright Triptych is exhibited at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, School of Law (2014-2017).

Daughter, Simone Dinnerstein, performs the Goldberg Variations at the Opera Garnier in Paris with the Paris Opera Ballet.

Renée Dinnerstein's book, Choice Time: How to Deepen Learning Through Inquiry and Play is published by Heinemann. The book, a meditation on education for the young child, stressing curiosity and exploration, represents a fifty year career in education.

A conversation at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Law School, with the noted art historian, Lynn F. Jacobs (author of Opening Doors; The Early Netherlandish Triptych Reinterpreted).

A catalog of the exhibit is published with essays by Alex Barker, museum director, Rudolf Arnheim, psychologist; Tom Healy, former Chariman, Fulbright Scholarship Board, 2021-2014; and an interview with Lynn F. Jacobs.

Alarm Will Sound, a contemporary chamber ensemble, commissions Robert Sirota to compose, Three Nocturnes, based on three works of Simon Dinnerstein, Night, Night Scene 1, Purple Haze, for a premiere on July 27, 2017. The performance accompanies the exhibit at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Ellis Ludwig-Leone is commissioned by the Terezin Music Foundation to compose a work based on the art of Simon Dinnerstein which will be performed by Simone Dinnerstein on October 8, 2018.

A symposium on The Fulbright Triptych takes place on September 22-23, 2017 at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Begins work on At Four, a reflection on the theme and voyage of childhood (80 1/4 x 83").

The Fulbright Triptych is exhibited at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit in the Spring, 2019 and at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College in the Fall, 2019.

Passage of the Moon is featured in the inaugural exhibit, "Masterworks of American Figurative Painting" at the Center for Figurative Painting, New York.

A grouping of Archival Pigment Prints are produced: First Street Trio (N's Kitchen, Night Scene 1, The Sink).

Musaics presents An Evening of Night Improvisations, featuring performers, Jordanian violinist Layth Sidiq and Greek Laouto player Vasilis Kostas. They improvise to an image, Night Scene 1, of the artist. The performers see this print for the first time on the evening of the performance.

Musaics presents the premiere, "Of Simon and Solaris," composed by Alistair Coleman, Emma Meinrenken, violin, July, 2021. The work is based on Simon Dinnerstein's painting, Solaris. Moderated by Musaics of the Bay Artistic Director Audrey Vardanega. Premiere Video: https://vimeo.com/574996495/5231f8f675 Extended Conversation: https://youtu.be/gROn7CTfVDA

Musaics presents the premiere of "The Triptych" for solo piano by Milad Yousufi, May 17, 2021. The piece was inspired by Simon Dinnerstein's painting The Fulbright Triptych. Moderated by Musaics of the Bay Artistic Director Audrey Vardanega, Premiere Video: https://youtu.be/5s4RBKSZw1M Extended Conversation: https://youtu.be/FrorzqN-8YA

e Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, online exhibition, National Academy of Design Members, displays Simon Dinnerstein's drawing Conversation, 1995-2020.

The framed copper engraving plate of Angela's Garden is donated to the Palmer Museum, a gift of Lori Cohen and Christopher Rothko. This engraving plate is depicted in the middle panel of The Fulbright Triptych. It can be seen on the artist's studio table surrounded by tools of engraving.

Two major self portraits, Rear Windows and Reflection, both drawings, are donated to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. The collectors, Jackye and Curtis Finch, possess a major collection of self-portraits and it is their collection which is being donated to the museum.

Art Essays, University of Iowa Press, a book of 15 essays by novelists, is published. The volume presents a grouping of essays on the fine arts. It includes, The Space between the Pictures, by Jhumpa Lahiri, an essay on The Fulbright Triptych. The book is edited by Alexandra Kingston-Reese. The publication contains a diverse selection of essays by award winning writers such as Zadie Smith, Orhan Pamuk, Ben Lerner, Teju Cole, and Hanya Yanagihara.

New York Premiere of George Crumb's Metamorphoses Book II, Marcantonio Barone, piano, is presented at Barge Music, Brooklyn, New York, October 24, 2021. The suite of 10 works relate to Crumb's musical response to works of art. Included in this group is a drawing of mine, Purple Haze, as well as music relating to Wyeth, Van Gogh, Klimt, Gauguin, Chagall, etc.

Simone Dinnerstein's multi-media piece The Eye is the New Circle is performed at Peak Performances, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, October 14, 15, 16, 17, 2021. The piece derives its origins from Emerson's essay, "Circles". Simone's performance involves her playing Charles Ives' Concord Sonata which is juxtaposed with images of The Fulbright Triptych. The theme is of circles and the journey that we all are on, and how we find ourselves. https://www.eyeisthefirstcircle.com

Washington, DC, Premiere of George Crumb's Metamorphoses Book II, Margaret Leng Tan, piano, is presented at Concerts from the Library of Congress, November 19, 2022. The Suite of 10 works relate to Crumb's musical response to works of art. Included in this group is a drawing of mine, Purple Haze, as well as music relating to Wyeth Van Gogh, Klimt, Gauguin, Chagall, etc. Images of the works will be projected during the performance.