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The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center presents the solo exhibition "Marco Maggi: Lentissimo," 1/20 – 4/1.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center will present the solo exhibition "Marco Maggi: Lentissimo" from January 20 to April 1, 2012. Curated by Mary-Kay Lombino, "Lentissimo" is an exhibition of 14 colorful new works by Marco Maggi made expressly for the occasion of this exhibition. The exhibition is supported by the Evelyn Metzger Exhibition Fund.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center presents the innovative exhibition Space, Time, and Narrative: Mapping Gothic France, 3/23 - 5/20.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center presents the innovative exhibition Space, Time, and Narrative: Mapping Gothic France, March 23 - May 20, 2012.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center presents the exhibition "Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu," 4/13 - 6/17.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center presents the exhibition Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu as well as a selection of Mehretu’s paintings and drawings from the collection of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn ’89 and Nicolas Rohatyn, April 13 - June 17, 2012.
On the calendar
Exhibition Preview and Reception: Space, Time, and Narrative: Mapping Gothic France
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 6:00pm
"Notes on Art" series: Chamber music performance in the galleries
Thursday, April 5, 2012, 12:00pm - 12:45pm
It's A Capella Night at the Lehman Loeb!
Thursday, April 5, 2012, 5:00pm - 9:00pm (music starts at 6:00pm)
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- Artful Dodger: Prof. Mita Choudhury
Today’s post comes from Kristina Arike, class of 2014 and Art Center Student Docent. On February 28, Mita Choudhury, Associate Professor of History, presented this semester’s final installment of the Artful Dodger. The subjects of her discussion were two seventeenth-century Dutch portraits painted by Paul Lesire, “Alida Pietersdr. Van Scharlaken, aged 25, 1637” and “Portrait of Reynier Johnsz., Aged 32, 1637”. Professor Choudhury began with an explanation of how she came to select these paintings. She explained that she has always been interested in portraits and faces; while in London studying abroad in her undergraduate years, she often went to the National Portrait Gallery to visit the paintings, as if they were old friends. She also has fond memories of the family portrait photography in her paternal grandmother’s house in India. It was this sort of close looking and questioning that fascinated her about portraiture: Who were these people? What were they thinking? What were their lives like? Why was the portrait made? For the purposes of this discussion, the most important question is: What do these portraits say about the societies in which they were produced? Professor Choudhury provided some background in order to frame our reading of the painting. These paintings were read more
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