Indian craftspeople are heirs to thousands of years of natural dye knowledge. Charllotte Kwon and Tim McLaughlin have had the opportunity to study and work with some of the finest artisan families still practicing traditional…
With Molly Moog, research assistant for modern and contemporary art This talk will consider the critical approach of American artist Philip Guston, highlighting his understanding of painting as “impure,” or bound both to the world…
Swing by the exhibition Day & Dream in Modern Germany, 1914–1945, for a record-listening session with curator Melissa Venator, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow for Modern Art. Immerse yourself in popular music of the…
The Ann W. Olin Endowed Lecture will be given by Diana Seave Greenwald, William and Lia Poorvu Interim Curator of the Collection at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and author of Painting by Numbers: Data-Driven…
With Sarah Fee, Senior Curator of Global Fashion & Textiles, Royal Ontario Museum As no other cloth in history, the painted and printed cottons of India—known today as Indian chintz—changed the fashion, economies, and relations…
The annual Donald Danforth Jr. Lecture on Native American Art will be given by Christina E. Burke, Curator of Native American Art, Philbrook Museum of Art. Dakota and Lakota artists have always created bold geometric…
With Lee Talbot, curator, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum The fabrics that furnished upper-class Chinese homes during the Ming (1369–1644) and Qing (1644–1912) dynasties reveal the aesthetic and technical virtuosity of…
George E. Mylonas Lecture in Classical Art and Archaeology With Michael L. Galaty, director and curator of European and Mediterranean archaeology, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, and professor of anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan…
Arts in the Basic Curriculum (ABC) guided tours explore the Saint Louis Art Museum’s collection through close observation, conversation, and inquiry-based learning. Public, private, and parochial schools in Saint Louis City and County are invited…
