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Into Bondage Gallery Talk
Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:30 p.m. In celebration of Black History month join Corcoran staff for these 30-minute discussions of works that depict aspects of the African American experience in this country. Meet at the Information Desk. Gallery talks are free with paid admission.
Into Bondage, Aaron Douglas 1936
The Revolutionary Interiors of Michael Taylor
Monday, February 22, 2010 7 p.m. Dubbed by the legendary Diana Vreeland as “the James Dean of Interior Design,” Michael Taylor was one of the most innovative, imitated, and internationally respected design icons of the 20th century. Taylor revolutionized interior design with his invention of the “California Look” that brought the outdoors inside. On this evening, design expert and author Stephen Salny presents some of Taylor’s most notable interiors, illustrates how Taylor’s work continues to influence interior design today, and shares stories about the designer whose personality—as well as his interiors—were larger than life. Following the talk, Salny signs copies of his new book, Michael Taylor Interior Design (W.W. Norton, 2009).
TURNER TO CÉZANNE “SPOTLIGHT ON THE ARTISTS” LECTURE SERIES
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 24
Camille Pissarro and Vincent Van Gogh: When did Impressionism become Post-Impressionism?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7 p.m. Join Joachim Pissarro, Bershad professor of art history and director of the Hunter College Galleries, Hunter College, New York, as he examines Impressionism and Post-Impressionism through the life and work of Camille Pissarro and Vincent van Gogh—two of the artists represented in the exhibition, Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National MuseumWales. Dr. Pissarro previously served as a curator in MoMA’s department of painting and sculpture, organizing several exhibitions including Colors of the Night: Van Gogh’s Nocturnal Paintings (2009) and Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne and Pissarro (2005). Don’t miss this distinguished scholar as he gives an in-depth look at these two modern masters.
A Pastoral Visit and Grace Allison McCurdy (Mrs. Hugh McCurdy) and her Daughters, Mary Jane and Letitia Grace, c. 1804, Gallery Talk
Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:30 p.m. In celebration of Black HIstory month join Corcoran staff for these 30-minute discussions of works that depict aspects of the African American experience in this country. Meet at the Information Desk. Gallery talks are free with paid admission.
A Pastoral Visit, Richard Norris Brooke, 1881and Grace Allison McCurdy (Mrs. Hugh McCurdy) and her Daughters, Mary Jane and Letitia Grace, c. 1804, Joshua Johnson
Cézanne in Provence: A Painting's Trajectory
Monday, March 08, 2010 7 p.m. Shortly after Paul Cézanne completed his masterpiece, The François Zola Dam (c. 1877–1878), he traded it in Paris for more paint and canvas from the legendary art supply dealer, Père Tanguy. Artist Paul Gauguin bought the painting from Tanguy, and it later belonged to Édouard Vuillard as well. Nancy Locke, associate professor of art history at the Pennsylvania State University, will trace the trajectory of this fascinating painting in the exhibition, Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales. See how a single painting—once considered part of Cézanne's ongoing "research"— influenced the history of early 20th-century art.
Impressionism and Politics: The Cases of Pissarro and Renoir
Thursday, March 11, 2010 7 p.m. In Washington D.C., the political capital of the world, it is worth reminding ourselves that all human activity, even art, has a political dimension. Join Richard Brettell, Margaret McDermott distinguished chair of art and aesthetics at the University of Texas at Dallas, as he considers the cases of two painters—Camille Pissarro and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Renoir came to a profound anti-modern political stance, based on the assumption that machine-made products are fundamentally evil. Pissarro, by contrast, was a life-long anarchist, who rebelled against his bourgeois family and was a fervent political radical for most of his life. On this enlightening evening, Dr. Brettell will discuss the "politics" of both artists and relate their respective political ideologies to their art.
J.M.W. Turner: The Infinity of Nature and the Infinity of Art
Thursday, April 22, 2010 7 p.m. “His feeling for the infinity of nature made him reveal in his works the infinity of art, and thus demonstrate that there is still, and always will be, a new art after the masters of the past.”
– Théophile Thoré on J.M.W. Turner’s work
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