Lectures Spring 2009
Wednesday, January 28th at 6:30 PM
Joachim Pissarro & David Carrier
For a Kantian Critique of Modernism
JOACHIM PISSARRO is Bershad Professor of Art History, Director of the Hunter College Galleries; Adjunct Curator - Painting & Sculpture, MoMA DAVID CARRIER is ... more
Wednesday, February 4th at 6:30 PM
Harry Cooper
Juan Gris: The Phantom
HARRY COOPER is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. He is former Modern Art Curator at ... more
Wednesday, February 11th at 6:30 PM
Phyllis Tuchman
Courbet's "The Wrestlers" & "The Bathers" / The Primacy of Painting
PHYLLIS TUCHMAN writes for several journals and websites, including Art+Auction, Art in America, Artnet, Obit-Mag and Town & Country. Lectures begin at 6.30PM. ... more
Wednesday, February 18th at 6:30 PM
Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Lecture - Panel Discussion
Pierre Bonnard: Possessive Space
GRAHAM NICKSON, Painter & Dean of the New York Studio School. Solo museum shows, 2007-08: Meeting & Passing, at the Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway ... more
Wednesday, February 25th at 6:30 PM
Panel Discussion
The Art of Biography: A discussion between Michael Brenson & Mark Stevens, with David Cohen
MICHAEL BRENSON is a writer, critic and teacher. He is working on a biography of David Smith, to be published by Farrar, Straus & ... more
Wednesday, March 4th at 6:30 PM
Jeffrey Weiss
path bond grid edge clay beam: Carl Andre's Space
JEFFREY WEISS is Adjunct Professor of Fine Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York, and former Curator and Head of Modern and ... more
Tuesday, March 17th at 6:30 PM
Leonid Lerman
On his work
LEONID LERMAN, sculptor, is represented by David McKee Gallery. Lectures begin at 6.30PM. Seating may be limited. more
Tuesday, March 31st at 6:30 PM
Ann Craven
On her work
ANN CRAVEN, painter, has been exhibiting since 1995. In 2008, she showed her work at the Sculpture Center, Long Island City; Knoedler & Co., ... more
Tuesday, April 7th at 6:30 PM
Mike Glier
Along a Long Line: Painting Along the Line of Longitude that stretches from the Arctic, through New York City to the Equatorial Rain Forest
MIKE GLIER is represented by Gerald Peters Gallery in New York, Santa Fe and Dallas, and Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston. He is currently Professor ... more
Tuesday, April 14th at 6:30 PM
Mark Lewis
On his work
MARK LEWIS is a painter in the Midwest, teaching at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma. His work includes paintings, drawings and collages. Lectures ... more
Tuesday, April 21st at 6:30 PM
Lynette Lombard
On her work
LYNETTE LOMBARD, painter. Recent exhibitions: Five in the Field at Lohin Geduld Gallery, and Light, Water, Earth at Bowery Gallery. Lombard is Professor of ... more
Tuesday, February 3rd 6:30 PM
Pat Lipsky
The Right Color
PAT LIPSKY, abstract painter; twenty-eight one-woman shows; included in twenty-four museum collections; most recently won the Edwin Palmer Memorial Prize, National Academy Museum 2008 ... more
Tuesday, February 10th 6:30 PM
Mark Greenwold
"O Troubled Heart": on his work
MARK GREENWOLD, painter, is represented by D.C. Moore Gallery, New York. Lectures begin at 6.30PM. Seating may be limited. more
Tuesday, February 17th 6:30 PM
David Salle with Richard Milazzo
In Conversation
DAVID SALLE, painter, is currently represented by Mary Boone Gallery. RICHARD MILAZZO is a critic, curator and writer. Lectures begin at 6.30PM. Seating ... more
Tuesday, February 24th 12:00 PM
Joyce Pensato
On her Work
Painter; represented by Friedrich Petzel Gallery. Lectures begin at 6.30PM. Seating may be limited. more
Tuesday, March 3rd 6:30 PM
John Moore
Thirteen Miles from Paradise
JOHN MOORE, painter, is represented by Hirschl & Adler, New York and Locks Gallery, Philadelphia. Current exhibition at Hirschl & Adler is on show ... more
Wednesday, March 11th 6:30 PM
Karen Wilkin
Anthony Caro: The Chapel of Light, St.-Jean Baptiste, Bourbourg
KAREN WILKIN is an independent curator/critic, and author of Anthony Caro (Prestel, 1991) among other books. Lectures begin at 6.30PM. Seating may be ... more
Wednesday, March 18th 6:30 PM
Richard Kendall & Jill Devonyar
Degas and Music
RICHARD KENDALL and JILL DEVONYAR are art historians who specialize in the work of Edgar Degas. They are currently curating an exhibition on the ... more
Wednesday, April 1st 6:30 PM
Annual AICA/USA Commemorative Lecture - Debra Bricker Balken
Harold Rosenberg and the Herd of Independent Minds
DEBRA BRICKER BALKEN is an independent curator and writer. Lectures begin at 6.30PM. Seating may be limited. more
Wednesday, April 8th 6:30 PM
Donald Kuspit & Fre Ilgen
In Conversation on the Fate of Abstraction
DONALD KUSPIT is Distinguished Professor of Art History and Philosophy at SUNY Stony Brook. His publications include The End of Art (Cambridge University Press, ... more
Thursday, April 16th 6:30 PM
Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Lecture - Philippe de Montebello & Eugene V. Thaw
In Conversation at the Morgan Library
PHILIPPE DE MONTEBELLO, Director Emeritus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art EUGENE V. THAW, Collector and patron. NOTE: This lecture will take place at ... more
Wednesday, April 22nd 6:30 PM
Jerry Saltz
This is the End; The Rising Tide that Floated All Boats has Gone Out and All Boats are in Danger of Sinking
JERRY SALTZ, Senior Art Critic for New York magazine, will ruminate and rant about where we are now, how we got here, what it ... 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.