Libraries & Museums


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Robert G. Workman: Crystal Bridges
Robert G. Workman
February 28, 2008
00:53:34
Robert G. Workman, executive director of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, discusses the planning, organization, construction, and implementation of the new museum project.
After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy
Jeffrey D. Grove
February 27, 2008
01:09:25
Artists Adam Pendleton, Nadine Robinson, Jefferson Pinder, Jeffrey Grove, and Hank Willis Thomas, along with Kenya Evans and Jabari Anderson of Otabenga Jones & Associates, discuss their participation in the exhibit After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy.
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Shooting My First Library: An Illustrated Talk
Thomas Kellner
February 14, 2008
01:09:21
Thomas Kellner discusses his Boston Athenaeum series of photographs with Richard Wendorf. In July of 2006 the German fine art photographer Thomas Kellner spent two weeks at the Boston Athenaeum as bicentennial artist-in-residence.
Color in Greek and Roman Ancient Bronzes
Sophie Descamps
February 2, 2008
01:04:13
Sophie DesCamps, curator of the Musée du Louvre, discusses colors in Greek and Roman ancient bronzes. This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Louvre Atlanta: The Louvre and the Ancient World".
The Maidservant by Camille Pissarro
Jenna Madison
January 3, 2008
00:31:49
Jenna Madison gives an in-depth view on the background of French Impressionist Camille Pissarro's painting, The Maidservant.
In Search of Culture: Birth of the Museum of Fine Arts
David B. Dearinger
December 13, 2007
00:52:13
David Dearinger discusses 19th century British tourists in search of culture in Boston, and Hina Hirayama discusses the Boston Athenaeum and the birth of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Visit to the Museum by Edgar Degas
Julia Forbes
December 6, 2007
00:28:38
Julia Forbes lends her expertise to a close-up look at Edgar Degas' Visit to the Museum.
Making it New: Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy
Deborah Rothschild
November 27, 2007
01:08:55
Deborah Rothschild discusses Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy, her collection of essays that examine, through images and text, the Murphys' influence on a remarkable c