Lectures and Conversations

Lectures & Conversations Fall and Winter 2010–2011

The Dallas Museum of Art presents a stimulating season of programs exploring art from around the world and throughout time with distinguished artists, scholars, and artistic leaders. Visit us online at DallasMuseumofArt.org for more information about these and other upcoming events.

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The Boshell Family Lecture Series on Archaeology The Boshell series features internationally recognized archaeologists, historians, and authors working at the forefront of archaeological research. The series is made possible by the Boshell Family Foundation and the DMA’s Boshell Lecture Series Endowment Fund.

The Richard R. Brettell Lecture Series This series brings notable scholars of 19th- and 20th-century European art to present new research and fresh interpretations of the Museum’s modern masterworks. The series was created with a gift from Carolyn and Roger Horchow in honor of Dr. Richard Brettell, former DMA Director and an eminent scholar of 19th-century French art.

Exhibition Lectures From medieval treasures to magnificent African masks, the Museum will present an array of dynamic special exhibitions this fall. Local, national, and international speakers will share their insights on these exciting works of art. See page 13 in this brochure for more information on special exhibitions on view this season.

Late Night Lectures Join us on the third Friday of each month, when the Museum is open until midnight. Each Late Night offers hundreds of experiences for visitors of all ages, including talks by artists, scholars, and special guests.

State of the Arts Join KERA host and producer Jeff Whittington to explore the creative process and the future of the city’s cultural landscape with Dallas’s key artistic leaders.

Art and Ritual This Saturday lecture series explores the provocative relationship between art, architecture, and ritual, from antiquity to contemporary culture, and presents new and interesting perspectives from artists, art historians, and curators.

Arts & Letters Live A celebration of the literary and performing arts featuring acclaimed authors, actors, illustrators, musicians, and more

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Art and Ritual

Ritual, Art, and Theater in Mexican Celebrations Saturday, September 11, 2:00 p.m.

Join Sara Cardona, artist and Instructor of Humanities at Richland College, and Cora Cardona, co-founder and Artistic Director of Teatro Dallas, to learn more about the role art and theater play as expressions of ritual and sacrifice during the Days of the Dead in Mexico, one of the oldest continuous holidays celebrated on our continent.

Late Night Lecture Friday, September 17, 7:00 p.m.

José Guadalupe Posada and His Influence on Mexican Art Although he died poor and unknown, Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada is now considered the most influential Mexican artist of the beginning of the 20th century; Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, among many others, credit Posada’s influence on their own work. Join Dr. Ron Tyler, Director of the Amon Carter Museum, to discover the work of this prolific and exceptional artist.

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Late Night Lecture Friday, September 17, 9:00 p.m.

Homero Aridjis Presented in partnership with the Center for Translation Studies at UT Dallas

Join poet Homero Aridjis for a discussion and reading of his work, which explores political consciousness, Mexico’s cultural heritage, and environmental concerns. Considered one of Latin America’s greatest living writers, Aridjis is also known for his pioneering work as an environmental activist and for his ambassadorial appointments. Aridjis’s books of poetry and prose have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and he is the recipient of a number of important literary prizes.

State of the Arts

Trenton Doyle Hancock and Jaap van Zweden

Wednesday, September 22, 7:30 p.m.

Join Jeff Whittington for a thought-provoking conversation with Trenton Doyle Hancock Artist Jaap van Zweden Music Director, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

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Arts & Letters Live Special Event

Sara Gruen Tuesday, October 12, 7:30 p.m.

Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants (both a word-ofmouth success and a New York Times #1 Best Seller), will discuss this book as well as her forthcoming novel, Ape House, the story of a family of Bonobo apes who are cast in a reality TV show and get caught up in a media storm.

6:30 p.m. Join DMA curator Dr. Roslyn A. Walker for a pre-event tour of the exhibition African Masks: The Art of Disguise. ticket prices: $37 Full $32 Reduced $15 Student Photo: Lynne Harty Photography

State of the Arts

Kevin Moriarty and Anne Pasternak

Thursday, October 14, 7:30 p.m.

Join Jeff Whittington for a thoughtprovoking conversation with

Kevin Moriarty Artistic Director, Dallas Theater Center Anne Pasternak President and Artistic Director, Creative Time

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Late Night Lecture

Splendors of the Burgundian Court Friday, October 15, 7:00 p.m.

The Burgundian dukes of the 14th and 15th centuries were renowned for the splendor of their court and the superlative quality of artworks they commissioned to express their power and taste. The mourners from the tomb of John the Fearless are exemplary objects of the ducal patronage. Join art historian and author Dr. Marina Belozerskaya to explore other arts—goldwork, tapestries, manuscripts, music, and multimedia pageants—that made the Burgundian dukes the preeminent rulers of the early Renaissance.

ART in October This October, join the DMA and the entire Dallas Arts District as we shine a spotlight on the arts and launch a new season of exciting performances, exhibitions, events, and programs. Spotlighted events include the Opening Celebration on Saturday, October 2, and the Family Celebration on Sunday, October 31, celebrating the art of disguise and costume. Also, join us on Sunday October 10, for an exclusive Membership Day, when your Dallas Museum of Art membership card will allow you FREE entrance to the Crow Collection and Nasher Sculpture Center.

For a schedule of activities, visit TheDallasArtsDistrict.org.

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Arts & Letters Live: C3 Special Event

Steven Johnson: Where Good Ideas Come From Tuesday, October 19, 7:00 p.m.

Where Good Ideas Come From addresses one of the most crucial questions facing us as a society and as individuals: how do we generate more of the innovative ideas that allow us to advance in our personal lives, our careers, and our culture?

Steven Johnson is one of today’s most respected public intellectuals. This book is a must-read for creative people of all types. ticket prices: $25 Full $20 Reduced $10 Student

Art and Ritual

Art and Life in Africa: Masks Give the Spirits Life Saturday, October 23, 2:00 p.m.

Be transported to Burkina Faso, in West Africa, where people in rural farming towns use masks in performances to make the spirits of nature visible. These spirits control the forces of nature, bring good rains and abundant crops, and protect the villagers from accidents and disease. Join prominent scholar Dr. Christopher D. Roy, Professor of Art History at the University of Iowa, who has been studying masks in West Africa for forty years.

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Brettell Lecture

Rodin, His Collectors, and The Gates of Hell Thursday, October 28, 7:30 p.m.

In 1880 Auguste Rodin was asked to create a monumental decorative portal, The Gates of Hell. Depicting a scene from Dante’s epic poem The Divine Comedy, the work contains almost 200 figures, which Rodin sculpted individually; he also imagined ways to transform these figures to create entirely new works.

Three important sculptures by Rodin in the DMA’s Wendy and Emery Reves Collection are products of this creative process. Antoinette Le NormandRomain, former curator of the Musée Rodin in Paris, illuminates these works, created for Rodin’s most important patrons.

Exhibition Lecture

Sculptural Innovation at the Court of Burgundy: Artists, Patrons, and Imagery Thursday, November 4, 7:30 p.m.

Join art historian and author Dr. Sherry Lindquist to investigate the medieval masterworks from the tomb of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy from 1404 to 1419. This elaborate tomb is among the most important examples of Burgundian art and is part of an artistic program commissioned by the Valois dukes to express both their power and religious devotion.

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State of the Arts

Graeme Jenkins and Special Guest

Thursday, November 11, 7:30 p.m.

Join Jeff Whittington for a thoughtprovoking conversation with Graeme Jenkins Music Director, Dallas Opera Special Guest To be announced

Arts & Letters Live: exclusive member event

Stacy Schiff: Cleopatra Thursday, November 18, 7:30 p.m.

Stacy Schiff is the author of Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for biography. She will talk about her highly anticipated new biography, Cleopatra, due for release by Little, Brown and Company this fall and scheduled to be made into a film starring Angelina Jolie as Egypt’s notorious Queen of the Nile.

This event is open to DMA members only; tickets are FREE. NOT A MEMBER? Don’t miss this great opportunity—become one today!

Pre-order your copy of Cleopatra for pick-up on the night of the event. Members will enjoy an additional 20% discount during Member Appreciation Week!c For reservations, to order books, or for more information, call 214-922-1247 or e-mail membership@Dallas MuseumofArt.org. Limit two tickets per membership.

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Late Night Lecture

Artist Talk: Renée Stout Friday, November 19, 9:00 p.m.

Renée Stout is an internationally renowned artist whose works explore themes of self-exploration, empowerment, and healing and draw from the belief systems and artistic traditions of Africa and the African Diaspora. In addition to the Dallas Museum of Art, Stout is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, among many others.

Photo: Mary Noble Ours

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Member Appreciation Week November 15–20 Each year the DMA reserves a special week just for members. Member Appreciation Week will kick off with Members Monday. Enjoy a scavenger hunt, take a tour, be the first to shop the second annual DMA Estate Sale in the Museum Store, and more! Activities are planned throughout the week, including special lectures and conversations especially for members. Not a DMA member? Visit DallasMuseumofArt.org or call 214-922-1247 to join today!

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Art and Ritual

Art, Death, and Commemoration in the Burgundian Netherlands Saturday, November 20, 2:00 p.m.

Join Dr. Douglas Brine, Assistant Professor of Art History at Trinity University, to examine the roles played by works of art in the Netherlands at the time of the Valois dukes. This lecture will consider the spectacular tomb of John the Fearless in the context of other funerary monuments made for his relations, his successors, and his subjects during a period when Burgundian art was internationally renowned for its splendor and innovation.

Boshell Lecture

Uncorking the Past Thursday, December 9, 7:30 p.m.

Dr. Patrick McGovern, Scientific Director of the Penn Museum’s Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory, presents the fascinating history of wine, from ancient Phoenicia and Egypt, to Crete, Etruria, and on to medieval France.

After the lecture, sample wines from the celebrated Burgundy region of France, whose wines have become models for the rest of the world. ticket prices: $50 Full $40 Reduced

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State of the Arts

Annette Lawrence and Charles Wylie

Thursday, January 13, 7:30 p.m.

Join Jeff Whittington for a thoughtprovoking conversation with Annette Lawrence Artist Charles Wylie The Lupe Murchison Curator of Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art and member of the art council

The Seventh Annual Michael L. Rosenberg Lecture

“Beguiling Deception”: Allegorical Portraiture in Early 18th-Century France Thursday, January 27, 7:30 p.m.

In 18th-century France, fashionable patrons commissioned “allegorical portraits,” which showed their subjects as classical goddesses, muses, or other mythological figures.

Join Dr. Kathleen Nicholson, Professor of Art History at the University of Oregon, to investigate Nicolas de Largillière’s charming portrait of the Countess of Montsoreau and her sister as the goddess Diana and an attendant.

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2010–2011 Exhibitions México 200 In celebration of the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence, the Dallas Museum of Art presents two special exhibitions of modern Mexican art.

José Guadalupe Posada: The Birth of Mexican Modernism June 18–December 26, 2010

Tierra y Gente: Modern Mexican Works on Paper June 18, 2010–January 9, 2011

African Masks: The Art of Disguise August 22, 2010–February 13, 2011 This exhibition of more than seventy objects will reveal the beauty, function, and meaning of African masks.

Encountering Space September 25, 2010–Fall 2012 The second exhibition to be featured in the Museum’s groundbreaking Center for Creative Connections gallery, Encountering Space presents works of art from both Western and non-Western collections at the Museum and asks visitors to consider how space is used to invite engagement, raise questions, and create meaning.

The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy October 3, 2010–January 2, 2011 Heralded by the New York Times as a crowning achievement, this exhibition presents some of the most significant examples of medieval Burgundian sculpture.

Big New Field: Artists in the Cowboys Stadium Art Program December 5, 2010–March 27, 2011 In celebration of Super Bowl XLV, to be held in Dallas on February 6, 2011, this exhibition features works by the artists represented in the contemporary art program at the spectacular new Cowboys Stadium.

Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement February 13–May 8, 2011 Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, this exhibition offers the first comprehensive examination of the work of one of the leading figures of the American Arts & Crafts movement, Gustav Stickley.

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Also on view, don’t miss Line and Form: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Wasmuth Portfolio (January 30–July 17, 2011).

The series is supported by the Boshell Family Foundation and the DMA’s Boshell Lecture Series Endowment Fund.

The series is supported by The Richard R. Brettell Lecture Series Endowment Fund.

The Seventh Annual Michael L. Rosenberg Lecture is made possible through the generosity of the Michael L. Rosenberg Foundation.

Hotel accommodations for Lectures and Conversations provided by The Adolphus.

Promotional support for Lectures and Conversations provided by WRR Classical 101.1 FM.

Promotional support for the State of the Arts lecture series is provided by The Dallas Museum of Art is supported in part by the generosity of Museum members and donors and by the citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas/Office of Cultural Affairs and the Texas Commission on the Arts. image credits cover: Isaac Soyer, Art Beauty Shoppe (detail), 1934, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Public Works of Art Project, 1935.7 inside (details): José Guadalupe Posada, Surprising Miracle (Sorprendente milagro), 1893, relief print, anonymous loan; José Guadalupe Posada, A Lounge Lizard Skeleton (Calavera de un logartijo), n.d., relief print, anonymous loan; Máximo Pacheco, The Zócalo (El Zócalo), c. 1920–1950, tempura on paper, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Art Association Purchase, 1951.103; Jean de la Huerta and Antoine le Moiturier, Mourner No. 72, 1443–56/57, alabaster, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon. Photo © FRAME (French Regional and American Museum Exchange) by Jared Bendis and François Jay; Elephant mask (mbap mteng), Cameroon, Bamileke peoples, 1920–30, palm leaf fiber textile, cotton textile, glass beads, and palm leaf ribs, Dallas Museum of Art, Textile Purchase Fund, 1991.54.1; Auguste Rodin, I Am Beautiful (Je suis belle), 1882, bronze, Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, 1985.R.66; Jean de la Huerta and Antoine le Moiturier, Mourner No. 55, 1443–56/57; Renée Stout, Fetish #1, 1987, monkey hair, nails, beads, cowrie shells, and coins, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Roslyn and Brooks Fitch, Gary Houston, Pamela Ice, Sharon and Lazette Jackson, Maureen McKenna, Aaronetta and Joseph Pierce, Matilda and Hugh Robinson, and Rosalyn Story in honor of Virginia Wardlaw, 1989.128; Jean de la Huerta and Antoine le Moiturier, Mourner No. 51, 1443–56/57; Pietro Paolini, Bacchic Concert, c. 1625–30, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, The Karl and Esther Hoblitzelle Collection, gift of the Hoblitzelle Foundation, 1987.17; Nicolas de Largillière, Portrait of the Comtesse de Montsoreau and Sister as Diana and an Attendant, 1714, oil on canvas, lent by the Michael R. Rosenberg Foundation, 29.2004.11; José Guadalupe Posada, Dandy Skeleton (Calavera catrina), n.d., relief print, anonymous loan; Raul Anguiano, Head (Cabeza), 1944, lithograph, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Pan American Round Table #1, 1947.39; Mask (Mukenga), Democratic Republic of the Congo, mid-20th century, raffia, wood, cowrie shells, beads, parrot feathers, and goat hair, Dallas Museum of Art, gift in honor of Peter Hanszen Lynch and Cristina Martha Frances Lynch, 1998.11; Robert Delaunay, Eiffel Tower, 1924, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, 1981.105, © L&M Services, Amsterdam; Jean de la Huerta and Antoine le Moiturier, Mourner No. 51, 1443–56/57; Olafur Eliasson, The outside of inside, 2008, projectors, spotlights, color-filter foil, stainless steel, and control unit, Dallas Museum of Art, DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction Fund, 2009.1.a–aa, © 2008 Olafur Eliasson; Gustav Stickley, Electric Lantern No. 777, c. 1908, copper and glass, Crab Tree Farm

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