Lectures Fall 2009
Tuesday, September 29th at 6:30 PM
Martha Clarke with Aimee Brown Price
In Conversation
MARTHA CLARKE: Director, Choreographer, MacArthur Fellow. Original productions include Garden of Earthly Delights, Miracolo D'Amore, Vienna: Lusthaus, Belle Epoque and The Hunger Artist. AIMEE ... more
Tuesday, October 6th at 6:30 PM
Ophrah Shemesh with Stanley Crouch
In Conversation
OPHRAH SHEMESH: Painter; solo shows include Philippe Daverio Gallery, Milan; Gallery Sales, Rome; Mario Diacono, MA; Stephen Wirtz, CA; and Freight + Volume, NY. ... more
Tuesday, October 13th at 6:30 PM
Ursula von Rydingsvard
On her sculpture
URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD: Sculptor; represented by Galerie Lelong. Her upcoming exhibition at the Sculpture Center will be accompanied by a monograph on her work. ... more
Tuesday, October 27th at 6:30 PM
Carroll Janis with Richard Brilliant
Style and Meaning
CARROLL JANIS: Independent scholar; former Director, Sidney Janis Gallery RICHARD BRILLIANT: Professor of Art History and Archaeology and Anna S. Garbedian Professor in the ... more
Tuesday, November 3rd at 6:30 PM
Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Lecture - Robert Longo with Richard Milazzo
In Conversation
ROBERT LONGO: Artist; retrospective currently on view at the Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (MAMAC) in Nice, France. Works recently featured in The ... more
Tuesday, November 10th at 6:30 PM
Enrico Riley
Subjects and Sources
ENRICO RILEY: Painter, Pageant Soloveev Gallery, Philadelphia; Purchase Prize recipient from the American Academy of Arts & Letters; 2008 recipient of the John Simon ... more
Tuesday, November 17th at 6:30 PM
Ann Gale
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Tuesday, November 24th at 6:30 PM
Pat Steir with David Cohen
In Conversation
PAT STEIR: Artist, represented by Cheim & Read, NY. DAVID COHEN: Editor and Publisher of artcritical.com; Gallery Director at the New York Studio School; ... more
Wednesday, September 30th 6:30 PM
Kathryn A. Tuma
The Color Out of Space
KATHRYN A. TUMA: Second Decade Society Chair and Assistant Professor of Modern Art, Johns Hopkins University. Lectures start promptly at 6.30PM. Seating may ... more
Wednesday, October 7th 6:30 PM
Arthur Wheelock
Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered
ARTHUR WHEELOCK: Curator of Northern Baroque Painting, National Gallery of Art, and Professor of Art History, University of Maryland. Curator of the Judith Leyster ... more
Wednesday, October 14th 6:30 PM
Mary Tomkins Lewis
Cezanne, Rembrandt and Bathsheba: the Nude and the End of Narrative
MARY TOMKINS LEWIS: Art Historian; Professor, Trinity College; Art Critic; contributer to the Wall Street Journal; author, Cezanne's Early Imagery (University of California Press, ... more
Wednesday, October 28th 6:30 PM
Ruth Butler
The Artist and the In-House Model
RUTH BUTLER: Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts-Boston; author of Hidden in the Shadow of the Master: The Model-Wives of Cezanne, Monet and Rodin (Yale ... more
Wednesday, November 4th 6:30 PM
Michael Fried with Mitch Epstein
In Conversation
MICHAEL FRIED: J.R. Herbert Boone Professor of Humanities, Johns Hopkins University; author, Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before (Yale University Press, 2008). ... more
Wednesday, November 11th 6:30 PM
Joseph J. Rishel, Jr.
Formation of Collections: Past & Present - Gifts and Purchases.
JOSEPH J. RISHEL, JR.: The Gisela and Dennis Alter Senior Curator of European Painting before 1900, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Recent exhibitions include The ... more
Wednesday, November 18th 6:30 PM
Panel Discussion
Mercedes Matter: The Painter Revealed
JED PERL: (Moderator). Art Critic at The New Republic and author of New Art City (Vintage, 2007) and Antoine's Alphabet (Knopf, 2008). CHARLES CAJORI: ... more
Lectures /
Two weekly evening lectures are held at the New York Studio School during the regular fall and spring semesters.
Lectures are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Seating is limited.
Sign-language interpretation will provided for those lectures designated with an asterisk(*). Please e-mail ckee@nyss.org to reserve a designated seat.
Tuesdays, emerging and established artists speak on their own work or artistic issues. Wednesdays, art critics and historians give both historical and contemporary takes on the art world and its artists.
The Evening Lecture Series is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The Evening Lecture Series is also supported in part through the generosity of the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation and the Charles Engelhard Foundation, as well as the contributions of its guests. The New York Studio School would like to thank all of its supporters.
The Spring 2010 Lecture Series calendar in PDF format can be downloaded here.