Starts at 7:00 p.m.
1305 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Reservations requiredJoin photographer Zoe Strauss and curator Peter Barberie for an in-depth conversation about Zoe Strauss: Ten Years as part of Project Basho’s first annual photography conference Onward Summit. For this portion of the Summit, Strauss and Barberie will speak about the process of putting together an exhibition of such magnitude, which not only includes a physical exhibition at the PMA with approximately 150 photographs and interior slideshows, but also a special project featuring Strauss’s photos displayed on billboards throughout Philadelphia.
Starts at 3:00 p.m.
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, discuss their new biography, Van Gogh: The Life. They’ll speak about the artist’s turbulent personal life, his immersion in the art and literature of his era, and how they shaped one of the signature imaginations in Western art. A book signing will follow the talk.
Starts at 6:30 p.m.
1400 N. American Street #103
Philadelphia, PA 19122
The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center is pleased to host a lecture and book signing by Philadelphia-based photographer Zoe Strauss. Strauss will discuss her decade-long I-95 project and Zoe Strauss: Ten Years, followed by a book signing. Strauss published her first book America in 2008. The exhibition catalogue Zoe Strauss: Ten Years is now available.
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Zoe Strauss discusses Bruce Springsteen and his influence on her life and work. The artist based the structure of her decade-long I-95 project on Springsteen’s musical trajectory. This talk will address the conceptual intersections of music and visual art and the underlying ideas behind the arrangements of her I-95 installations.
This program is part of The Art and Social Transformation lecture series, made possible by a generous gift from Dina and Jerry Wind.5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Join Collab and art dealer - car collector Kenny Schachter for an illustrated lecture on Zaha Hadid’s Z-Car, which was commissioned by Schachter’s Rove Gallery (www.rovecars.com). The Z-Car is on display in the Perelman Building as part of the exhibition Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion.
Starts at 6:30 p.m.
Joseph Rishel explores key works and themes of Van Gogh Up Close. Rishel is the Gisela and Dennis Alter Senior Curator of European Painting before 1900, and Senior Curator of the John G. Johnson Collection and the Rodin Museum.
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Los Angeles–based artist Mark Bradford speaks about his work and its connections to the urban landscape. This talk will also address how both he and Zoe Strauss, two artists working in different mediums, confront similar subject matter. Following the talk, Strauss will join Bradford in a discussion moderated by exhibition curator Peter Barberie.
This program is supported by the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Endowment Fund for Education, and is also part of The Art and Social Transformation lecture series, made possible by a generous gift from Dina and Jerry WindStarts at 6:30 p.m.
Free tickets required after Museum admissionFree Museum admission for students and faculty from participating Symposium schools, with valid ID.
Speaker: Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby, Professor of the History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley
Prof. Grimaldo Grigsby’s talk “Cursed Mimicry: France and Haiti Again,” concerns French caricature after France’s second abolition of slavery in 1848 and examines the politics that bound Napoleon III and the newly self-appointed black Emperor of Haiti, Faustin Soulouque.
Starts at 6:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Leslie King-Hammond
Artist and art historian of African American art Dr. Leslie King-Hammond discusses her work on the exhibition Ashé to Amen: African Americans and Biblical Imagery at the Museum of Biblical Art in New York City (opens January 2013). This keynote talk is part of symposium, "Faith, Identity and History: Representations of Christianity in Modern and Contemporary African American Art." Sponsored by the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art (ASCHA) and St. Joseph’s University, the symposium continues on Saturday, March 24 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Led by Diana Lind, editor in chief of Next American City magazine (americancity.org), panelists will address questions of how we can improve our cities and make them thriving, cultural centers in which people want to live. The discussion will center around the built environment as well as ongoing changes and possible improvements to the economy and society.
Starts at 6:30 p.m.
Artists Emily Brown, Hiro Sakaguchi, and Zoe Strauss
Why is Van Gogh still important to artists today? Enjoy this informal conversation between local artists and curators.
Starts at 6:30 p.m.
Speaker: James H. Johnston
Charles Willson Peale's celebrated 1819 portrait of Yarrow Mamout, recently acquired by the PMA, led the writer James H. Johnston to the remarkable story of an African American family's long journey from slavery to triumph. A Muslim brought to the U.S. from West Africa in chains, Yarrow was freed after forty-five years. He died in 1823, the owner of his own home and “bank stock,” but this did not end the saga of his family's perseverance.
Starts at 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: David Gaimster, Director of The Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland
Stoneware ceramics, produced in Germany and the Netherlands from the Middle Ages, were highly valued and widely traded, especially from the 16th through the 18th century. In the 1600s, the heyday of stoneware production, these ceramics found an enthusiastic market in colonial Philadelphia. Professor Gaimster, author of the most comprehensive study of the medium -- German Stoneware 1200-1900: Archaeology and Cultural History -- will explore the artistic and social significance of these bold, bright-and very useful-ceramics. This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Art of German Stoneware 1300-1900. The Charles W. Nichols Collection and the Philadelphia Museum of Art and is supported by the Edna G. Diskant Fund.
Starts at 6:30 p.m.
Paid tickets required$20 adult ($16 members and students with valid ID); includes lecture and ground floor admission only.
Speaker: Walter Denny, Professor of Art History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Some of the most famous and beautiful carpets from Iran, India, and Anatolia have long been plagued by questions regarding authenticity. Join us for this rare opportunity to hear a world-renowned expert on Islamic art and Oriental carpets talk about this perennial problem in the study of Oriental carpets. Professor Denny’s will share many exciting discoveries during his exploration of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s own impressive collection of carpets from Spain, Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, Central Asia, India, Pakistan, and China.
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