Our ARTalks are lively discussions on art and architecture with some of today's most respected artists, architects and critics.
Admission is $12 and includes free admission to museum exhibitions. Seniors (65+) and students with valid ID: $7, Children under 12: free. Friends of the Academy, National Academicians and National Academy Students, please RSVP to rsvp@nationalacademy.org or 212-369-4880 x201 to receive complimentary tickets to ARTalks events.
Friday, April 27, 2012, 6:30 PM *Note new time!
The Review Panel
David Cohen and art critics Lance Esplund, Maddie Phinney, and Barry Schwabsky discuss the following exhibitions.
POLLY APFELBAUM FLATLAND: COLOR REVOLT
Hansel & Gretel Picture Garden, 511 West 20th Street
POLLY APFELBAUM: FLATTERLAND FUNKYTOWN
D’Amelio Gallery, 525 West 22nd Street
STAN DOUGLAS: DISCO ANGOLA
David Zwirner, 529 West 19th Street
DOUGLAS FLORIAN: DAWN THIEVES
BravinLee programs, 526 West 26th Street
RON GORCHOV
Cheim & Read, 547 West 25th Street
EVE SONNEMAN: LA CÔTE D’AZUR
Nohra Haime Gallery, 730 Fifth Avenue
YANG FUDONG
Marian Goodman Gallery, 24 West 57th Street
David Cohen is the editor and publisher of artcritical.com. Lance Esplund is the
U.S. art critic for Bloomberg News. Maddie Phinney specializes in representations of gender and queerness in visual culture
and has published her work at artcritical.com, BOMBlog, and
V Magazine. Barry Schwabsky is art critic for The Nation as well as co-editor of international reviews for
Artforum.
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Wednesday, May 30, 6:30 pm
Against the Grain: Strategies, Choices, and Controversies of Women in Sculpture
This panel surveys the advancement of women artists within the field of sculpture since the mid-20th century. Unlocking new opportunities in artistic endeavors has not been without difficulty in the face of entrenched art world attitudes. The distinguished artists on the panel will discuss the trajectories and achievements of their careers in the context of professional and aesthetic dimensions of the art world.
Moderated by Joan Marter, Distinguished Professor of Art History at Rutgers University, the panel will include artists and National Academicians Lin Emery, Nancy Grossman, Pat Lasch, and Rhoda Sherbell. This program is a collaborative effort with the International Sculpture Center.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Museum Mile Festival
Ten of the country's finest museums, all ones that call Fifth Avenue home, collectively open
their doors from 6pm - 9pm for free to New Yorkers and visitors for a mile-long block party
and visual art celebration. This traffic-free, music- and art-filled celebration fills the
street and sidewalks of Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 105th street. Check back for more information
on free children’s art classes that day!
June 20, 2012, 6:30 PM
Linear Thinking: Mary Cassatt's Set of Twelve Drypoints with Dr. Nancy Mowll Mathews, Eugénie
Prendergast Senior Curator of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art Emerita, Williams College Museum of Art
Of all of Cassatt's works, this series of original prints exploits the power of line in every sense
of the word and evokes the artist's unique connection of hand, eye, and mind. Cassatt in her early
days had what was called "talent of the brush," and had to struggle to master the art of drawing.
It was only in the late 1880s, after decades of refining her approach to line that she developed the
pure technique of drypoint and created the set first exhibited in Paris in 1890. The early states of
these prints, many of which are in other New York collections, serve as cinematic frames in an
animation of Cassatt's creative process, providing rare insight into her own thoughts, just as
throughout the series, she used gestures and gazes ("lines of sight") to suggest the thoughts of her models.
As finished products, the twelve prints document the moment when she emerged as a major artist in Paris,
leading to her first one person exhibition in 1891 and showing her analysis of the modern woman, upon
which she based her Modern Woman mural of 1892-3.
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July 13, 2012, 2:00-3:00 PM
Curator Insights: Colleen Browning: Urban Dweller – Exotic Traveler
Diana Thompson, Assistant Curator, National Academy Museum, leads a gallery talk on realist painter, Colleen Browning.
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July 27, 2012, 2:00-3:00 PM
Curator Insights: Women Sculptors of the Academy
Bruce Weber, Senior Curator, 19th and 20th Century Art, National Academy Museum, leads a gallery talk on some of the highlights of
Women Sculptors of the Academy.
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August 3, 2012 , 2:00-3:00 PM
Curator Insights: Curator Insights: May Stevens’ Big Daddy Series
Bruce Weber, Senior Curator, 19th and 20th Century Art, National Academy Museum, leads a gallery talk on some of the highlights of
Women Sculptors of the Academy.
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