Art historian John House discusses paintings made by Pierre-Auguste Renoir of his favorite model, Lise Trehot. Two of these paintings are in the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art, Lise in a White Shawl and Lise Sewing.

This lecture is part of the Richard R. Brettell Lecture Series, which invites notable scholars of 19th- and 20th-century European art to present new research and fresh interpretations of the DMA's modern masterworks.

Co-curators Jessica Stockholder and Ian Berry discuss their ideas on abstraction and their collaboration for the Tang exhibition The Jewel Thief.

The Jewel Thief featured painting, sculpture, textiles, wallpaper, chandeliers, video, and photography by over fifty contemporary artists to explore new ways to think about and experience abstract art. Using divergent forms of display, the exhibition focused attention on art’s intersection with the decorative and functional elements of architecture.

Collaborating since 1992, Anthony Aziz and Sammy Cucher are pioneers in the field of digital photography. Aziz + Cucher have created a new body of work for their immersive video exhibition at the IMA in the McCormack Forefront Galleries. Watch the artists in The Toby as they discuss their work.

A Berlin-based artist, Veronika Beckh has exhibited extensively in the United States and Europe. Her work invites viewers to disconnect from the noise and chaos of everyday life and to find light, tranquility, and contemplation. Beckh used her residency at The Studio to expand her practice beyond smaller objects and ensembles toward room installations. She experimented with scale, combining blown pieces with float glass and mirror to integrate with and respond to space, light, reflections, and the viewer.

David McCullough, a two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author and recipient of the National Book Award, discusses his new book, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. In this video recorded on September 26, 2011, at the National Gallery of Art, McCullough tells the story of America's longstanding love affair with Paris through vivid portraits of dozens of significant characters. Notably, artist Samuel F. B. Morse is depicted as he worked on his masterpiece Gallery of the Louvre.

This film chronicles the history behind iona rozeal brown's solo exhibition, 'iona rozeal brown: all falls down,' at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. For this show, iona created a number of new works, and worked with local high school students on several collaborative projects, including a wall painting and Japanese screen decorated with poetry written by Cleveland-area teenagers. The exhibition opened on 1/29/10, closed on 5/9/10, and was sponsored by the Joyce Foundation, Chicago, IL.

The Oro association is responsible for enforcing fines and penalties and carrying out punishments. The Oro uses masks of this type during annual festivals. Maskers are also involved in burial procedures for everyone, no matter the status of the deceased. The many figures on top of the mask, including a prisoner, a preacher, a musician and a soldier indicate that Oro activities involve the whole community.

The Oro association is responsible for enforcing fines and penalties and carrying out punishments. The Oro uses masks of this type during annual festivals. Maskers are also involved in burial procedures for everyone, no matter the status of the deceased. The many figures on top of the mask, including a prisoner, a preacher, a musician and a soldier indicate that Oro activities involve the whole community.