The New York Studio School (8 West 8th Street) has an impressive Lecture Series that is open to the public and admission is free. They have a pretty impressive line-up of artists, historians, and critics from all over the world.
Tomorrow night, Wednesday, April 29, Robert Rosenblum is giving a lecture titled John Currin's Eerie America at 6:30pm. Here is Flavorpill's write-up on the lecture:
John Currin's peculiar figurative paintings render aging socialites, buxom beauties, and ladies of the suburban elite with a virtuosic, classical clarity, and a dash of satire. While his portraits of women have generated controversy in the past, the Whitney's survey exhibition of his work opened to rave reviews last year. Robert Rosenblum, an NYU faculty member, curator at the Guggenheim Museum, and contributing editor of Artforum, authored John Currin (Henry Abrams, 2003), the artist's first major monograph. Expect this noted art critic's lively lecture on Currin's assorted art historical allusions to pack a provocative punch.
If you are not in New York, just about every art school and museum have lecture series of their own. Check out their websites for information and times. This is a great way for new collectors to join the dialogue of art and to perhaps learn a thing or two from experts in their field. Here are a few to get you started:
Site Santa Fe
The Art Institute of Chicago
UCLA Hammer Museum
The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Norton Museum of Art
Hi Paige,
Here's the link for the SFMOMA lecture series:
http://www.sfmoma.org/calendar/calendar_month.asp
I loved the Currin exhibit at the Whitney! I wish I were in town to go to the lecture. :-(
Posted by: elise | April 28, 2004 at 01:45 PM