Tag: Exhibition Tour

CANCELLED New York | Private Tour of ‘From Forces to Forms’ at Pratt Manhattan Gallery

March 23, 2022 | 12:00 pm

Image of artwork by Christy Rupp
12pm ET

Join us for a special access tour of From Forces to Forms, a group exhibition on view at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery through April 27, 2022. Led by curator Ellen K. Levy and Pratt Gallery Director of Exhibitions Nick Battis, this tour will consider how the artists included in From Forces to Forms engage with potent processes of nature and the implications of form generation in a variety of media and contexts, including ecosystems, materiality, evolution, and the origins of life.

The complete list of of invited artists includes: Ricci Albenda, Gemma Anderson, Tauba Auerbach, Lillian Ball, Robert Root-Bernstein, Adam Brown, Marta de Menezes in collaboration with Maria Antonia Gonzalez Valerio, Janet Echelman, Ursula Endlicher, María Elena González, Haresh Lalvani, William Lamson, Oliver Laric, Christy Rupp, Todd Siler, Paul Thomas, Meredith Tromble, and Victoria Vesna.

Admission:

  • ArtTable Members – $10
  • Members may bring a guest for an additional $20.

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All visitors to the Pratt Manhattan gallery must be fully vaccinated. All visitors will need to show proof of vaccination upon arrival. All visitors must wear a mask at all times while on the Pratt campus.

Pratt Manhattan is fully compliant and conforms to ADA standards. The gallery is on the first floor, and there are accessible washrooms, elevators, and ramps where needed. The entrance does not have any steps or barriers.

Pratt Manhattan Gallery is located at 144 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011 on the ground floor. The nearest subway stations are 14 St / 8 Av (A, C, E, L), 14th Street (1, 2, 3) and the 14th Street PATH station.

 

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About the speakers

From Forces to Forms is curated by Ellen K. Levy, a multimedia artist and writer known for exploring art, science, and technology. She is a past president of the College Art Association who has exhibited internationally and published widely. Relevant to this exhibition, she co-edited with Charissa Terranova an anthology on D’Arcy Thompson’s influence on contemporary art, design, and architecture, published by Bloomsbury Press.

Nick Battis, Director of Exhibitions, Pratt Institute has been involved in organizing and curating exhibitions for over 32 years. He has coordinated numerous exhibitions of fine arts, architecture, and design in Pratt’s Manhattan and Brooklyn galleries.

Image: Christy Rupp, Moby Debris, 2019, Found, discarded plastic, 20 objects (variable), each approximately 6 x 14 x 5 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Thank you to ArtTable Member Margaret Graham, Program & Communications Manager, VoCA (Voices in Contemporary Art), for organizing this program.

Details

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Pratt Manhattan Gallery

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SoCal | Grinstein Family Art Collection Visit

1:00pm PT

Join us for a private tour of the Grinstein Family Art Collection. This prolific collection was a lifetime passion for Elyse and Stanley Grinstein, who collected art for over 50 years. Elyse, an architect, and Stanley, a cofounder of Gemini G.E.L., the landmark publisher of artist editions, are widely beloved for their support of art and artists.

In addition to a tour of the grounds and the home’s first floor, we will be speaking with members of the Grinstein family about the collection and their relationship with the many represented artists, such as Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, and Rauschenberg, just to name a few.

In the Press: Opening the Doors of Gemini, a Family Home Brimming With Historic Art (2016)

This program is open to ArtTable members only.

Admission:

  • ArtTable Circle Members – $40
  • All other ArtTable Members – $55

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Masks are required for all visitors for the duration of the tour, regardless of vaccination status. Proof of vaccination will also be required and must be shown at the door.

Please note that the residence is not wheelchair accessible. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility.

The residence is located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The exact address and directions will be shared with all registrants.

 

 

Thank you to Jacqueline Cabrera, ArtTable Southern California Chapter Leader, for organizing this program, as well as the Grinstein Family for welcoming us into their home.

Image: Artwork by artists Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, and Claes Oldenburg in the Grinstein Art Collection. Photo by Jacqueline Cabrera.

New York | MAD About Jewelry Holiday Edition – Private Member Tour

6:00pm ET

This December, the Museum of Arts and Design will present MAD About Jewelry, its annual show and sale featuring designs from more than 40 emerging and acclaimed US-based jewelry artists. MAD About Jewelry has become known as the ultimate pop-up shop for contemporary artist-made jewelry, where collectors and jewelry enthusiasts have the rare opportunity to meet and acquire pieces from some of the most innovative creators in the field. We are thrilled to offer ArtTable members a special private walkthrough of the show with the shows’ curator, Bryna Pomp.

This program is open to ArtTable members only. ArtTable Circle members have first access. Registration will open to all other members on Friday, November 19.

Admission

  • ArtTable Circle members – $10
  • All other ArtTable Members – $15

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Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed.

For the protection of staff and visitors, the Museum’s health and safety policies adhere to Centers for Disease Control recommendations, as well as Federal, State, and City guidelines.

  • All visitors over the age of twelve and Museum staff must provide proof of vaccination against Covid-19 to enter the building.
  • Face coverings must be worn by all staff members and all visitors over the age of two.
  • Enhanced cleaning of high-touch surfaces throughout the day; with hand-sanitizer units stationed throughout the building for visitors to use regularly.
  • Social distancing throughout the galleries and the Store at MAD.
  • Please use the stairs if you are able.
  • Visitors who are feeling unwell, have a fever of 100°F or higher, tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 14 days, or had close contact with anyone who is confirmed or suspected of having Covid-19 should not visit the museum.

To learn more about MAD’s response to Covid-19, please click here.

The Museum offers people with disabilities free admission and a $15 discount on Individual and Dual/Family memberships. For tickets, please inquire at the Visitor Services desk or contact [email protected] to reserve a ticket in advance. For membership information, please call the membership office at 212.299.7732. Please click here for more information about accessibility at the Museum of Arts and Design.

If you require accommodations for this particular program, please email [email protected].

The Museum is located at 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 11001. It is easily accessible by subway via the A, B, C, and 1 lines.

 

 

Thank you to Bryna Pomp and the Museum of Arts and Design.

Image: Photo courtesy of the Museum of Arts and Design

New York | ‘Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone’ at the New Museum

Please join us for a curatorial welcome and self lead walkthrough of Soft Water Hard Stone, the fifth New Museum Triennial which brings together works across mediums by forty artists and collectives from around the world. The title of the exhibition is taken from a Brazilian proverb, versions of which are found across cultures: Água mole em pedra dura, tanto bate até que fura (Soft water on hard stone hits until it bores a hole).

The title speaks to ideas of resilience and perseverance, and the impact that an insistent yet discrete gesture can have in time. It also provides a metaphor for resistance, as water—a constantly flowing and transient material—is capable of eventually dissolving stone—a substance associated with permanence, but also composed of tiny particles that can collapse under pressure.

In this moment of profound change, where structures that were once thought to be stable are disintegrating or on the edge of collapse, the 2021 Triennial recognizes artists re-envisioning traditional models, materials, and techniques beyond established paradigms. Their works exalt states of transformation, calling attention to the malleability of structures, porous and unstable surfaces, and the fluid and adaptable potential of both technological and organic mediums.

Soft Water Hard Stone is curated by Margot Norton, Allen and Lola Goldring Curator at the New Museum, and Jamillah James, Senior Curator, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA), with Jeanette Bisschops, Curatorial Fellow, and Bernardo Mosqueira, ISLAA Curatorial Fellow.

 

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Proof of vaccination is required for museum entry.

In compliance with the Mayor's Emergency Executive Order 225 issued on August 16, 2021, the New Museum requires visitors 12 years of age and older to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter the Museum. Visitors 18 years of age and older must also show an ID bearing the same identifying information as proof of vaccination. Vaccinated visitors ages 12–17 without an ID must be accompanied by a vaccinated adult with an ID.

All visitors ages 4 and up are still required to wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status.

HEARING
Assistive listening devices, headsets, and neck loops are available for most programs at the New Museum. Headsets and neck loops are available for Audio Tours.

WHEELCHAIRS
The New Museum and its programs are accessible to people using wheelchairs. All galleries and facilities are wheelchair accessible. Two wheelchairs are available in the Coat Check free of charge. Please call in advance to reserve one if you need a wheelchair during your visit.

Please click here to read more about accessibility at the New Museum.

The New Museum is located at at 235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002. Please click here for driving directions and here for nearby parking. The New Museum is accessible via the N, R, J, Z, 6, B, D, F, and M subways.

 

 

About the speaker

Jeanette Bisschops is a curator and writer from Amsterdam based in New York. She is currently a Curatorial Fellow at the New Museum, New York. Between 2016 and 2019, Bisschops served as Curatorial Assistant for Time-Based Media at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and has curated multiple exhibitions as an independent curator. She holds a Master’s in Psychology from Maastricht University and a Master’s in Art History from the University of Amsterdam.

 

Thank you to Regan Lynn Larroque, New York Chapter Programs Committee Co-Chair, for organizing this program.

Images:

  1. Soft Water Hard Stone

New York | ‘Ruth Orkin: Expressions of Life’ Tour at Fotografiska

Please join ArtTable’s New York Chapter and Mary Engel, director of the Ruth Orkin Photo Archive, for a special in-person tour of Expressions of Life at Fotografiska.

Expressions of Life is an emotional, inspiring, and romantic chronicle of the pioneering photographer and filmmaker Ruth Orkin. Featuring landmark photographs from her work across Hollywood, New York City, Israel and Italy, the exhibition celebrates the Orkin’s centennial, and showcases her as a master of intimacy, warmth, and boldness behind the camera.

From photographs of her monumental cross country bicycle trip at age 17 and behind-the-scenes of MGM Studios as the first “messenger girl” in 1941, to European adventures and spontaneous, cinematic New York City moments – Expressions of Life spotlights some of her most renowned photographs: American Girl in Italy (1951), Bernstein in Green Room, Carnegie Hall, NYC, (1950), and Einstein at Princeton luncheon, NJ (1953), among others.

This program is $5 for ArtTable members and $10 for non-members.
Please note that entry to the exhibition is paid separately, which must be done on-site. Pricing is $13 for general admission and $8 for seniors. The ArtTable program fee goes to support this in-person walk-through.
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Fotografiska New York is open to the public and to members with guidelines in place for the safety and well-being of our guests and staff. Proof of vaccination is required in order to enter Fotografiska. Please have this documentation with you when you join the program and ready to present at the museum.

Fotografiska is fully wheelchair accessible.

Please email [email protected] if you require more information.

Fotografiska is located at at 281 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010. If you prefer to drive, there are several public parking lots close by:

Champion Parking
36 E 21st St, New York, NY
(212) 473-9365

Icon Parking
41-47 E 21st St, New York, NY
(212) 674-9528

Manhattan Parking Gramercy Corp.
32 Gramercy Park S # 1, New York, NY
(212) 533-0863

PUBLIC TRANSIT
Public transportation is a great way to get to Fotografiska. The closest subway stations are the 23rd Street Station on the 6 and the R/W lines. Several city buses stop nearby, including the M1, M2 and M3.

Citibike is available at the northeast corner at Park Ave S, & 20th Street.

 

 

About Mary Engel

Headshot of Mary Engel holding a cameraMary Engel is the founder and president of the American Photography Archives Group, APAG, an award winning filmmaker and the director of the Orkin/Engel Film and Photo Archive. Engel has been the director of the Ruth Orkin Photo Archive since its inception in 1985. She is responsible for all aspects of managing the archive including sales, licensing, marketing, legal issues, preservation and social media. Engel works with photography galleries, museums and auction houses in the United States and abroad. She has published four catalogs of photography.

Engel’s first film “Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1996. It went on to screen at many other festivals. The film was selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of the “Outstanding Documentaries of 1996.” Her film “Morris Engel: The Independent” premiered on Turner Classic Movies, TCM in 2009. Engel is also a contributing producer of “Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League’s New York” released in 2011.

Engel has recently participated on panels at POWarts and Photoville, and has lectured at Harvard University, New York University, Brooklyn Historical Society, St. Louis Art Museum, Central Park Conservancy, and has appeared at the Avon Theater, (Stamford, CT), Loews Jersey (Jersey City, NJ) Film Forum (New York, NY) and the Egyptian Theater (Park City, Utah). She has been published in The New York Times, the American Society of Media Photographers magazine, Photo District News and Film Comment.

Engel is the 2017 recipient of the Griffin Museum of Photography – Focus Spotlight Award. She also completed the 2017 Seminar on Strategy for Artist-Endowed Foundation Leaders, presented by the Aspen Institute Artist-Endowed Foundations Initiative (AEFI).

 

Thank you to ArtTable member Susan Halper and Sarah McNaughton, New York Chapter Programs Committee Co-Chair, for organizing this program.

Images:

  1. American Girl in Italy 1951© Ruth Orkin Photo Archive
  2. Mary Engel

DC | ‘Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful’ Tour & Discussion at the Phillips Collection

Join ArtTable’s DC chapter for a special guided tour of Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful at The Phillips Collection with Renee Maurer, coordinating curator for the exhibition, and Gwendolyn Everett, Howard University Professor of Art History. In addition to an overview of the exhibition, among the topics to be discussed during the tour will be new insights gained after spending time with the works assembled for the exhibition, now that the show has reached its second venue; current politics of exhibition organization, challenges and opportunities for representing multiple voices/perspectives, and enriching visitors’ understanding of Alma Thomas, her work, and her impact on the art world in DC and beyond. Jonathan Walz, Director of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of American Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Georgia, and one of the co-curators of the exhibition will join in the conversation.

This program is $5 to attend and is open to ArtTable members only.
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Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed.

The Phillips Collection requires that museum visitors 12 years of age and over show proof of vaccination or a same-day negative COVID-19 test upon entry, along with a government-issued photo ID. Proof of a negative same-day COVID-19 test must come from a health care provider. Results from a self-administered COVID-19 test will not be accepted. All safety COVID-19 protocols including mask-wearing and physical distancing will be followed. All visitors over the age of two are required to wear face masks, regardless of vaccination status, unless an individual is unable to wear a face covering due to a medical condition. Masks must cover both your mouth and nose, without gaps between your mask and face.

Patrons who do not or cannot comply with the policy will not be allowed into the museum. For those who are unable to visit us in person, or who prefer to enjoy the Phillips from home, we continue to offer numerous online options.

Following DC government, DC Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, The Phillips Collection has developed new cleaning, safety, and operational protocols.

Please stay at home if you are feeling sick. Please do not visit the Museum if you have a fever or any covid-19 symptoms, have tested positive for covid-19 within the past 14 days, or have had close contact with anyone who is confirmed or is suspected of having covid-19.

Please click here to read more about health & safety protocols at The Phillips Collection.

The Phillips Collection is committed to ensuring that the museum’s facilities, services, exhibitions, and programs comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Reasonable accommodations are in place to ensure that people with disabilities have equal physical and communications access, as defined by federal law. If you have specific questions or concerns, please call 202.287.2151 or email [email protected] in advance of your visit.

All galleries and public facilities of the museum are wheelchair accessible. A limited number of wheelchairs is available at the coat check. Elevators are available throughout the museum; a wheelchair lift is also available between Goh Annex Floor 3 and the bridge walkway to House Floor 2U. Please see a museum assistant for access to the lift. The Center for Art and Knowledge also has an elevator available for its public programs.

Service animals are welcome.

American Sign Language and a limited number of assistive listening devices for programs and tours are offered by request.

Please click here to read more about accessibility at The Phillips Collection.

The Phillips Collection is located at 1600 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC, near the corner of 21st and Q Streets, NW. The museum is committed to promoting the use of sustainable transportation as a way to reduce local traffic congestion and air pollution. While we do provide driving directions, please consider other transportation options.

Please click here for more detailed information on getting to the Museum via Metro, DC Circulator, Bike, or Car, as well as parking options.

 

 

About the Speakers

Headshot of Dr. Gwendolyn EverettGwendolyn H. Everett, art historian, museum educator, curator, and children’s book author, and ArtTable member is an Associate Professor in Art History in the Department of Art at Howard University, Washington, D.C. She formerly served as Associate Dean for the Division of Fine Arts, Director of the Howard University Gallery of Art, and Chairperson of the Department of Art. Everett received her Ph.D. from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, MA in Art History from Howard, and a BA from Spelman College, where she majored in Studio Art. She is currently co-organizing a symposium, “Alma W. Thomas and David Driskell: Journeys in Art,” with the Howard University Department of Art and the Phillips Collection to coincide with Alma Thomas and David Driskell exhibitions on view at the Phillips, November 13, 2021.

Headshot of Renee MaurerArtTable member Renee Maurer is Associate Curator, The Phillips Collection, and coordinating curator for the Phillips’s presentation of the Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful exhibition. Other exhibitions she has coordinated include Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition, guest curated by Adrienne Childs in 2020; A Modern Vision: European Paintings from The Phillips Collection and its tour (2017–2020); Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Époque (2017); Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks from Switzerland (2016); American Moments: Photographs from The Phillips Collection (2015); Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life: 1928–1945 (2013); and Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme (2012). Prior to working at the Phillips, she was a research assistant at the National Gallery of Art. She received her BA from Dickinson College and her MA from George Washington University.

About the exhibition

Photograph of Alma Thomas by Ida JervisAlma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful provides a fresh perspective on the artist’s dynamic long life (1891-1978) and multifaceted career that was defined by constant creativity. This major retrospective traces her journey from semi-rural Georgia to Washington, DC, to become the first Black woman given a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art at age 80. Through artworks and archival materials, this exhibition demonstrates how Thomas’s wide-reaching artistic practices extended far beyond her studio. It helped shape every facet of her life—from community service to teaching to gardening.

Everything Is Beautiful contextualizes Thomas’s art and life within her creative community, delving into her association with Howard University, American University, and the Barnett Aden Gallery, which she helped co-found. Some of her works are placed alongside examples by her friends and contemporaries, such as Loïs Mailou Jones and Morris Louis, who also helped shape the DC art scene. The exhibition offers an intimate look at this inspiring cultural icon who used her imagination and ingenuity to lead a rich and beautiful life.

Click here to read more about the exhibition.

 

Thank you to Renee Maurer, Associate Curator, and Erica Harper, Educator, The Phillips Collection.

Images:

  1. Alma Thomas, Pansies for Washington, 1969, acrylic on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Vincent Melzac)
  2. Dr. Gwendolyn Everett
  3. Renee Maurer
  4. Ida Jervis, Alma Thomas at Home, 1968, gelatin silver print. Alma Thomas Papers, c. 1894–2001, Of Alma Thomas,1950s–60s, box 5, folder 36. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

NoCal | Curator Tour of ‘New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century’, at BAMPFA

Join Claire Frost, Curatorial Assistant at BAMPFA, for a guided tour of New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Afterwards, join Claire and your fellow ArtTable members at a nearby outdoor patio for no-host drinks and a discussion under guidance of local writer/curator and ArtTable member, Marcia Tanner.

This program is $5 and open to ArtTable members only. Members may bring a guest for an additional $10. This includes entry to the museum but not post-tour drinks.

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Covid-19 Guidelines:

In accordance with an order from the San Francisco Department of Public Health, all individuals regardless of vaccination status must wear a mask while inside the museum. All staff and visitors are required to wear face coverings. BAMPFA has increased sanitizing high-touch areas using products approved for use against COVID-19. Hand sanitizer stations are available throughout the building.

If you are showing COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home. This is critical to the health and safety of museum staff and communities. Please click here for additional health and safety guidelines at BAMPFA.

Accessibility:

The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is wheelchair accessible. A wheelchair is available at the admissions desk for visitor use. Assisted listening devices are available at the admissions desk for all film programs. Please click here for additional accessibility information at BAMPFA.

Getting There:

BAMPFA is located at 2155 Center Street, between Oxford Street and Shattuck Avenue, in downtown Berkeley. BAMPFA is Bartable and parking is available. Please click here for more information.

 

 

About the speakers

Headshot of Claire Frost

Claire Frost is Curatorial Assistant at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. In addition to BAMPFA, she has held positions at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, ArtSpan, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Intersection for the Arts. A Bay Area resident since 2011, she took a two year hiatus to attend grad school in Chicago, where she received her MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. Her graduate studies focused on the intersection of identity and historiography and the way in which artists’ communities are documented, particularly in relation to second wave feminism and conceptual art. She is the founder and curator of the apartment galleries COLLABO in Chicago, and Claire Frost in San Francisco.

Former PR Director at SFMOMA and Executive Director of the San Jose ICA, art writer and independent curator Marcia Tanner has organized three exhibitions of contemporary feminist art: Bad Girls West, 1994, the Wight Art Gallery, UCLA; Brides of Frankenstein, 2005, San Jose Museum of Art; and We Interrupt Your Program, 2008, Mills College Art Museum. She has been an ArtTable Member since 1987.] Her Berkeleyside review of New Time can be found here.
About the exhibition

New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century is a major survey exploring recent feminist practices in contemporary art. In 1980 Lucy Lippard argued that feminist art is “neither a style nor a movement” but rather “a value system, a revolutionary strategy, a way of life.” Taking Lippard’s statement as a point of departure, the exhibition examines the values, strategies, and ways of life reflected in current feminist art. In keeping with Griselda Pollock’s observation that “feminism is a historical project and thus is itself constantly shaped and remodelled in relation to the living process of women’s struggles,” New Time aims to demonstrate that feminism in the twenty-first century is multifaceted, encompassing many complex issues and perspectives, and therefore cannot be reduced to a single subject, style, or agenda. Although artworks made since 2000 are the primary focus, the objects and installations on view span several generations, mediums, geographies, and political sensibilities. In this way the project seeks to convey the heterogeneous, intergenerational, and gender-fluid nature of feminist practices today. Click here to read more about the exhibition.

Thank you to Kitty Teerling, Artigo Tours, for organizing this program.

Images:

  1. Linda Stark: Stigmata, 2011; oil on canvas over panel; 36 x 36 in.; BAMPFA, purchase made possible through a gift of the Paul L. Wattis Foundation.
  2. Claire Frost

NoCal | Curator Guided Tour of ‘Judy Chicago: A Retrospective’ at the de Young Museum

Join Claudia Schmuckli, Curator-in-Charge of Contemporary Art and Programming at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, for a guided tour of the Judy Chicago: A Retrospective exhibition at the de Young Museum. Meet up with your fellow NoCal members at the entrance to the exhibition on October 14th at 11am. Following the tour, enjoy a no-host lunch with Schmuckli at the de Young Café.

This program is $5 and open to ArtTable members only. Members may bring a guest for an additional $10. Please note that museum admission and lunch are not included.

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Covid-19 Guidelines:

In accordance with an order from the San Francisco Department of Public Health, all individuals regardless of vaccination status must wear a mask while inside the de Young museum. Proof of vaccination is not required for regular museum visits to the de Young., but is a requirement to attend some onsite events.

The museum continues to have safety measures in place to ensure a safe and healthy environment for visitors and staff. The measures include frequent cleaning of high-touch areas, sanitizing stations, and Plexiglass shields at the Tickets and Membership Desks.

*The museums reserve the right to deny entry, refuse service to, or revoke the admission of any visitor who does not comply with safety guidelines.

If you are showing COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home. This is critical to the health and safety of museum staff and communities.

Accessibility:

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are committed to offering services that make its collections, exhibitions, and programs accessible to all visitors. Programs and visiting options for individuals with disabilities as well as other underserved populations in the community are crucial for creating equity in access to the arts. Please click here to read more about accessibility options at the de Young Museum, and email [email protected] if you need assistance in setting up accommodations for this program.

Getting There:

John F. Kennedy Drive is currently closed to vehicular traffic from Kezar Drive to Transverse Drive. Paid parking is available in the Music Concourse garage; access from the Fulton Street and 10th Avenue entrance. A limited number of accessible parking spots are available in the garage. For information on public transportation, please visit the SFMTA website. Cars have the ability to drop off visitors in front of the de Young using Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr. This is accessible via the intersection of MLK and Music Concourse drive.

 

 

About Claudia Schmuckli

Claudia Schmuckli is the inaugural Curator-in-Charge of Contemporary Art and Programming at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Since joining in the fall of 2016, she has developed a dynamic program of exhibitions, commissions, and acquisitions that dialogue with the institution’s sites, buildings, and collections in view of a self-critical reassessment of the Museums’ histories and identities.

Currently on view at the Fine Arts Museums are her most recent exhibitions Wangechi Mutu: I am Speaking, Are You Listening? at the Legion of Honor and Judy Chicago: A Retrospective, at the de Young. Prior to these presentations, Schmuckli curated Uncanny Valley: Being Human in the Age of AI, the first major museum exhibition in the United States to reflect on the political and philosophical stakes of artificial intelligence and Specters of Disruption, an exhibition drawn from the Museums’ Collections, which connected the geological and colonial underpinnings of the de Young Museum to the current conditions in Northern California. Other projects include interventions at the Legion of Honor by Alexandre Singh, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Sarah Lucas, and Urs Fischer, as well as projects by Lisa Reihana, Leonardo Drew, Ranu Mukherjee, Matt Mullican, and DIS at the de Young.

Previously, Schmuckli was the director and chief curator of the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, where she organized over thirty exhibitions including solo shows dedicated to The Propeller Group, Matthew Ronay, Analia Saban, Slavs and Tatars, Candice Breitz, Tony Feher, Johan Grimonprez, Gabriel Kuri, Chantal Akerman, and Amy Sillman, among many others. Schmuckli began her career in New York as a curatorial assistant at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and an assistant curator at the Museum of Modern Art. She is a Swiss citizen and holds an MA degree in art history from the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany.

About the exhibition

Pioneering feminist artist Judy Chicago’s retrospective spans her early engagement with the Californian Light and Space Movement in the 1960s to her current body of work, a searing investigation of mortality and environmental devastation, begun in 2015. The exhibition includes approximately 130 paintings, prints, drawings, and ceramic sculptures, in addition to ephemera, several films, and a documentary. Together, these works of art chart the boundary-pushing path of the artist named Cohen by birth and Gerowitz by marriage, who, after trying to fit into the patriarchal structure of the Los Angeles art world, decided to change her name and the course of history.

Organized on the heels of the 40th anniversary of Chicago’s landmark installation, The Dinner Party, in San Francisco and opening in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote across the United States, Judy Chicago: A Retrospective pays homage to an artist whose lifelong fight against the suppression and erasure of women’s creativity has finally come full circle.

 

Thank you to Dorothy Dávila, ArtTable Board Member, for organizing this program, and to Claudia Schmuckli for her time and expertise.

Images:

  1. The de Young Museum, courtesy of hisour.com.

New York | Curator Guided Tour of Amant

Join Ruth Estévez, Amant’s Artistic Director for a private tour of The Amant Foundation’s 21,000 square foot multi-building SO-IL designed “art campus” in East Williamsburg. Opened in June 2021, the complex serves as Amant’s new headquarters, as well as the home for its exhibitions, public events, archival projects, performances, and residency program. Conceived as a research and process-oriented platform, Amant provides a public forum that presents and supports the practices of both established and under-recognized artists working across diverse creative fields.

Artwork by Grada Kilomba

We will also tour the inaugural exhibition, “Grada Kilomba: Heroines, Birds and Monsters” the first solo exhibition of the artist in the United States. Working with theory, performance, film, and literature, Kilomba reveals the narratives of the colonial past, giving space to the silenced voices whose traumas are ever present. In her own words: “What if history has not been told properly? What if our history is haunted by cyclical violence precisely because it has not been buried properly?”

The tour will culminate with light snacks in the bookstore. Registrants will also receive a list of nearby restaurants where we can continue the conversation after the tour.

 

This program is free and open to ArtTable members only. Not an ArtTable member? Join today!

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Covid-19 Guidelines:

To ensure a positive and safe experience, and in keeping with the ‘Key to NYC’ requirements outlined by the New York City Mayor’s Office, as well as CDC recommendations, Amant adheres to the following protocols:

From September 2nd, Amant will require all visitors (12+) to show proof they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use by the FDA or WHO. For more information regarding this requirement, visit Key to NYC.

Amant recommends that all visitors (age 2+) wear face coverings while inside of Amant and maintain the 6-ft social distancing rule when interacting with any staff and other visitors. Additional masks are available at the reception desk.

Accessibility:

Amant is committed to making its space as welcoming as possible for all visitors. Entry at 315 Maujer St. is step-free and suitable for wheelchair users. The galleries, the bookstore, and the restroom facilities are also wheelchair accessible. All the on-site visitor and exhibition related materials are available in English and Spanish. Printed and digital copies can be found at the reception desk. Amant offers descriptive audio guides, as well as large print materials, for all the exhibitions. ASL interpretation for events at Amant is available on request. Amant requires two weeks’ notice to confirm an interpreter.

 

 

Thank you to Randy Rosen, Judith Richards, and Regan Lynn Larroque of the New York Chapter Programs Committee for organizing this program.

About the Speaker

Headshot of Ruth EstevezRuth Estévez is a curator and stage designer. Her research work focuses on artistic practices that explore how the spoken and written language operates within the visual arts, contemporary culture and politics.

She is the co-curator of the 34th São Paulo Biennial, which opens in September 2021. From 2018 to 2020 she was senior curator-at-large at the Rose Art Museum in Waltham, and curator of Idiorhythmias, the performance program at MACBA in Barcelona. She was Redcat Gallery Director in Los Angeles and Chief Curator at the Carrillo Gil Museum in Mexico City, where she also founded LIGA, Space for architecture, a non for profit platform focused on spatial practices.

Images:

  1. Amant facade – Photographed by Rafael Gamo
  2. Artwork image courtesy of Grada Kilomba and Goodman Gallery
  3. Ruth Estévez

Philadelphia | Mural Mile Walking Tour with Mural Arts’ Jane Golden

10am ET

Join Executive Director of the City of Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program Jane Golden for an exciting walking tour! Get to know Mural Arts Philadelphia’s world-renowned collection along the Mural Mile. Explore the culturally-rich and bold Center City! We will get up close and personal with murals that tell the intimate and inspiring stories of Philadelphia, its leaders, and citizens. The “Mural Mile” highlights art tucked in out-of-the-way corners to soaring additions to the cityscape. The tour will include an array of murals selected by Golden such as Russell Craig’s “Crown”, (2020), Amy Sherald’s “Untitled”, (2019), Euhri Jones and David McShane, “Water Gives Life”, (2018), Meg Saligman’s “Philadelphia Muses”, (1999), and Jonathan Laidacker’s “Philadelphia Microcosm”, (2019), among others.

We’re pleased to be able to offer ArtTable members & friends a discounted rate for this tour – $10 for ArtTable members and $15 for non-members. Not an ArtTable member? Join today!

Please read before registering:

Covid-19 Guidelines:

  • Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed.
  • We strongly encourage all attendees to wear a mask while in close proximity to others not from your immediate household.

Accessibility: Please email [email protected] if you require accessibility information for this program.

Getting There: The tour will begin at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Lenfest Plaza Paint Torch Sculpture (128 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102). This tour is not a loop, it ends in the general vicinity of 12th and Walnut Streets. Directions will be shared with all registered attendees in advance of the program.

About Jane Golden

Jane Golden has been the driving force of Mural Arts Philadelphia since its inception in 1984, overseeing its growth from a small city agency into the nation’s largest public art program. Under Golden’s direction, Mural Arts has created over 4,000 works of transformative public art through community engagement. In partnership with innovative collaborators, she has developed groundbreaking and rigorous programs that employ the power of art to transform practice and policies related to youth education, restorative justice, environmental justice and behavioral health.

Sought-after nationally and internationally as an expert on urban transformation through art, Golden has received numerous awards for her work, including the Philadelphia Award, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Award, as well as the Katharine Hepburn Medal. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She also serves on the Mayor’s Cultural Advisory Council and the board of directors of The Heliotrope Foundation. Click here to read more about Mural Arts Philadelphia!

 

Thank you to ArtTable Philadelphia Chapter Co-Chairs Laurie McGahey and Rachel Zimmerman for organizing this program. Thanks also to Jane Golden, Executive Director, and Genny Boccardo-Dubey, Chief Advancement Officer at Mural Arts Philadelphia.

Image:

  1. Mural Mile walking tour, April 2, 2019. Photo by Steve Weinik.

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