ArtBabble: Talks

Seeing Art Through a Museum Director's Eye: Maxwell Anderson with Krys Boyd

Dallas Museum of Art — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:18:06 +0000

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Dr Maxwell L Anderson, the Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art, joins KERA Think host, Krys Boyd in a conversation about the release of Anderson's new book, The Quality Instinct.

Paul Messier: A Photograph, a Camera, and the Cultural Moment

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:01:03 +0000

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Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

What can we tell about a photograph by knowing about the camera used to make it? The painters featured in the IMA exhibition Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard were experimenting with the newest technology of their era; the photos they made were created in a highly charged creative atmosphere, buoyed by the democratization of the camera and the birth of amateur photography.

Figures and Edges: Marlon Blackwell

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:15:53 +0000

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100 Acres

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

Marlon Blackwell, architect of the award-winning Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion talks about the focus on the origins and inspiration for his work in 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park. Reviewing the process that was proposed in collaboration with Ed Blake and Mary Miss, the talk will discuss how the artwork drove the development of the park rather than the architecture. In addition to a focus on the design and detailing of the Visitors Center, Blackwell will also provide an overview of the original vision including the Walkway Bridge and the Experiential Center.

Zero-Waste is Sexy

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:50:30 +0000

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

Sustainable fashion designer and author Timo Rissanen of Parsons School of Design, and Indianapolis’ own People for Urban Progress director Michael Bricker have a high-stakes conversation about designs that waste nothing. From apparel patterns that leave nothing on the cutting room floor or in the landfill, to repurposing colorful stadium seats to punctuate a cityscape, consider Indy’s place at the crossroads of design decisions as smart as they are sustainable. Moderated by Petra Slinkard, IMA Curatorial Associate, Textile and Fashion Arts.

Allora & Calzadilla: The Venice Biennale Redux

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:49:32 +0000

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Gloria, by Allora & Calzadilla, at the 2011 Venice Biennale

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

This talk is a series of discussions between Biennale collaborators, including gymnast Dave Durante, choreographer Rebecca Davis, composer Jonathan Bailey, and IMA staff members. The IMA has recently acquired Body in Flight (Delta) by the artists Allora & Calzadilla, one of the six new works featured in the U.S. Pavilion during the Venice Biennale. The sculpture will be placed in Efroymson for six weeks and will serve as the site for regularly scheduled performances by local gymnasts.

Excerpt From Marilyn Minter's Public Talk at MOCA Cleveland

MOCA Cleveland — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:36:19 +0000

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Public Talks and Performances @ MoCA Cleveland

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MOCA Cleveland

Artist Marilyn Minter and Senior Curator Margo Ann Crutchfield discuss the fashion industry, Photoshop, and Minter's painting methods in this short excerpt from their public talk at MOCA Cleveland on June 4, 2010.

UCLA Department of Art Lectures: Silke Otto-Knapp

Hammer Museum — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:55:38 +0000

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HAMMER LECTURES

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Hammer Museum

German artist Silke Otto-Knapp has had recent solo exhibitions at the Kunstverein München; Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York; The Banff Art Centre, Canada; Modern Art Oxford, UK; Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles; and Tate Britain, London. She has participated in group exhibitions such as Modern Modern at Chelsea Art Museum, New York; Rendez-Vous Nowhere at the Montehermoso Cultural Center, Spain; the 9th Istanbul Biennial; and The Undiscovered Country at the Hammer Museum.

Museums and Cultural Property Forum with James Cuno and Maxwell Anderson

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:02:20 +0000

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Talks

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

This forum explores current issues in the museum field related to the ownership and display of antiquities and other cultural property. IUPUI Museum Studies graduate students pose questions to Dr. James Cuno, President and Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Dr. Maxwell Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

BAN6 Conversations @ YBCA // New Traditions in Bay Area Food Culture (Part 3 of 3)

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:03:45 +0000

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BAN6 Conversations

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

From Produce to Production: New Traditions in Bay Area Food Culture, Sat, Feb 19, 2011 — With so many fields relying on technology and invention for progress, the food culture in and around San Francisco is largely connected through notions of preservation. And in the Bay Area, 'preservation' is more than just canned goods and dried fruits. From the ecological activists who strive for sustainable agriculture, to the local homesteaders who work to preserve their own heirloom produce, the landscape is rich with foodies dedicated to preserving both environment and tradition.

BAN6 Conversations @ YBCA // New Traditions in Bay Area Food Culture (Part 2 of 3)

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:31:47 +0000

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BAN6 Conversations

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts