Every fall, the Art Lecture Committee brings yet another fantastic series of three lectures to the DCA. The lectures offer an in-depth look into a specific type of art, and are led by curators and other art scholars from the region.
This last fall (2012) was our 51st year of lectures. We were delighted to feature The Frick Collection – the venerable Gilded Age mansion and museum on Fifth Avenue in New York – with their own curators offering our attentive audiences a glimpse at their expansive knowledge. Please find the list of presenters and their topics below, followed by those of previous years. The DCA Art Lecture Series is proudly sponsored by SBD Kitchens, LLC in Darien, CT.
2012 Art Lectures Series: The Frick Collection
Susan Grace Galassi Ph.D.
Senior Curator, The Frick Collection
“Picasso the Draughtsman: From Malaga to Mastery”
Charlotte Vignon Ph.D. (under completion Sorbonne, Paris)
Curator of Decorative Arts, The Frick Collection
“Henry C. Frick and Joseph Duveen Built a Museum: French 18th Century Decorative Arts at The Frick Collection”
Image credit: The Frick Collection, New York. Photo: Michael Bodycomb.
Inge Reist Ph.D.
Director, Center for the History of Collecting and the Frick Art Reference Library, The Frick Collection“Helen Clay Frick: Charting Her Own Course as a Collector.”
Image credit: The Frick Collection, New York. Photo: Michael Bodycomb.
2011 Art Lecture Series: “Paris – Le Seduction Artistique”
“Man Ray/Lee Miller: Partners in Surrealism” Presented by Phillip Prodger, Head, Photography Department, Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA, Ph.D., Cambridge University
“Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco” Presented by Jared Goss, Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, M.A., Cooper-Hewitt Museum/Parsons School of Design
“A Preview of Matisse: In Search of True Painting”
An Exhibition Opening Next Year at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Presented by Rebecca A. Rabinow, Curator, Dept. of Nineteenth Century, Modern and Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ph.D., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Image credit: Nasturtiums with the Painting “Dance,” 1912 Henri Matisse, Metropolitan Museum of Art. (1)
2010 Art Lecture Series: “Italy: A Grand Tour”
Connoisseurship and the “Eye” of the Collector
Presented by Richard L. Feigen, International Art Dealer
Upcoming lectures
The next Art Lecture Series event will be held in the fall of 2013. Details will be availble closer to that time.