Lectures
 
Saturday Lecture SeriesSelected Saturdays, 2:00 p.m.
C3 Theater, Center for Creative Connections
Included in general admission to the Museum; no reservations required Join us to explore the history and culture of the Normandy coast and to consider the work of the artists who portrayed its landscapes, tourists, and commercial pursuits in the 19th century. This lecture series is presented in conjunction with The Lens of Impressionism, on view from February 21 until May 23, 2010.
Technology and Tourism: Catalysts for Artistic Innovation on the Normandy Coast
Saturday, March 27
Join Lisa Kays, DMA Manager of Adult Programming, to investigate how a unique convergence of forces affected artists working on the Normandy coast in the 19th century. Discover this picturesque region of France and why it became a center for photographers and avant-garde painters alike.
Interpreting Photographs
Saturday, April 24 Dr. Terry Barrett, art educator, author, and artist, will discuss the subjects, stylistic choices, and significance of the photographic works featured in The Lens of Impressionism. Join Dr. Barrett to discover iconic images of the Normandy coast produced by pioneering photographers such as Gustave Le Gray and Henri Le Secq. Anarchists at the Beach: The Neo-Impressionists in Normandy
Saturday, May 22
At the end of the 1880s, the neo-impressionist, or pointillist, painters responded to the example of impressionism with a radical new style of painting. They continued, however, the impressionist’s tradition of painting seascapes and port views in Normandy and on the Mediterranean coast. Dr. Heather MacDonald, The DMA Lillian and James H. Clark Associate Curator of European Art, will discuss the neo-impressionists’ seascapes within the tradition of coastal landscape painting in France during the nineteenth century
The Richard R. Brettell Lecture SeriesJoin renowned historians of 19th-century French art as they recount the compelling stories of the Dallas Museum of Art’s modern European masterworks—exceptional paintings by celebrated artists including Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec that portray the people, places, and activities of modern life.  Special Brettell Lecture Event
Thursday, April 1, 2010
7:00 p.m., Horchow Auditorium
$15 for the public, discounts available for DMA members, students, and seniors.
Order tickets online or by phone at 214-922-1826.
Enjoy a special evening with a husband and wife team of distinguished art historians as they examine several stunning works in a collection formed by another formidable couple, Wendy and Emery Reves. The Reves Collection is a one-of-a-kind installation of impressionist and post-impressionist art and decorative art that celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary at the Dallas Museum of Art in 2010. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's "Femmes de Maison": The "Back" Story
Toulouse-Lautrec's images of brothel life are varied--ranging from the dignified to the saucy, the documentary to the caricatural. How might Dallas's fine pastel be defined? Dr. Richard Thomson, Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh, will look widely at Lautrec's images of figures seen from behind to compare his work with contemporary artists such as Edgar Degas and, in a larger context, with parallels in French theater and psychology. Edouard Vuillard: Exploring the Limits of Intimism
This lecture will consider the works by Edouard Vuillard in the Dallas Museum of Art's collections. Dr. Belinda Thomson, independent art historian and Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, will examine to what extent the effectiveness of these works depends upon Vuillard's relationship with each subject. Although many of the subjects are close friends or family members of the artist, was Vuillard able to step outside of the scene and view his motif with a distant and appraising eye? This series is supported by The Richard R. Brettell Lecture Series Endowment Fund. Hotel accommodations provided by The Adolphus. Promotional support provided by WRR Classical 101.1 FM.
Artist Talk and Demonstration: France Scully OstermanThursday, April 8, 7:00 p.m.
C3 Theater, Center for Creative Connections
$15 for the public, discounts available for DMA members, students, and seniors.
Order tickets online or by phone at 214-922-1826. Join artist and nationally recognized expert in early photographic process, France Scully Osterman, for an investigation of the techniques and technology employed by 19th-century photographers featured in The Lens of Impressionism.
Late Night Lecture
Monet in Étretat: Tourism, Fishing, and GeologyFriday, April 16, 9:00 p.m.
Horchow Auditorium
Included in general admission to the Museum; no reservations required The towering cliffs and pebbled beach at Étretat have long served as striking subjects for artists. Join Dr. Richard Brettell, The Margaret McDermott Distinguished Chair of Art and Aesthetics at UT Dallas and renowned expert on impressionist art, to explore Claude Monet's paintings of this dramatic coastline—one of his favorite subjects. This lecture is presented in conjunction with Late Nights at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Thursday Night Lecture
Photography and "the New Painting" in 19th-Century FranceThursday, April 22, 7:00 p.m.
C3 Theater, Center for Creative Connections
$15 for the public, discounts available for DMA members, students, and seniors.
Order tickets online or by phone at 214-922-1826. Dr. Sarah Kennel, Associate Curator in the Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art and a specialist in early French landscape photography, will investigate how the advent of the new artistic medium of photography dramatically transformed the development of impressionist painting during the second half of the 19th century.
Opera Insights: Madame ButterflySunday, April 25, 3:00 p.m.
Horchow Auditorium
Included in general admission to the Museum; free for DMA and Opera Guild members Opera Insights is a lively panel discussion featuring the singers, conductor, and artistic staff of the upcoming Dallas Opera production of Madame Butterfly moderated by Artistic Director Jonathan Pell. Pell will be joined by the cast and production team of one of the world’s favorite operas, Puccini’s Madame Butterly. This opera is the heartbreaking story of a naïve Japanese girl given in "marriage" to a U.S. naval officer at the turn of the last century. The Dallas Opera attracts international casts in order to bring North Texas audiences the very best the world has to offer. This is your opportunity to meet these outstanding artists in an up-close-and-personal way.
The Boshell Family Lecture Series on ArchaeologyJoin us for an exciting season of lectures with internationally recognized archaeologists, historians, and authors working at the forefront of archaeological research.
 Shadow Divers: Mystery and Adventure on the Bottom of the Atlantic
Presented in partnership with Arts & Letters Live
Thursday, May 6, 7:30 p.m.
Horchow Auditorium
$37 for the public, discounts available for DMA members, educators, students, and seniors.
Order tickets online or by phone at 214-922-1818.
Hailed by the New York Times as a "pulse-quickening real-life thriller." Shadow Divers is a story of riveting adventure in the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean. An unexpected discovery in 1991 began a six-year quest to solve one of the last mysteries of World War II. Though official records denied it, and no historian or government could explain it, a German U-boat with the remains of fifty-six Nazi soldiers lay wrecked sixty miles off the coast of New Jersey. Join Robert Kurson, best-selling author of Shadow Divers, as he shares insights into the remarkable discovery and the subsequent pursuit to identify the lost submarine and its nameless crew. This series is supported by the Boshell Family Foundation and the DMA's Boshell Lecture Series Endowment Fund. Hotel accommodations provided by The Adolphus. Promotional support provided by WRR Classical 101.1 FM.
Late Night Lecture
La Pausa Before La PausaFriday, May 21, 9:00 p.m.
Horchow Auditorium
Included in general admission to the Museum; no reservations required The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection is a gem of the Dallas Museum of Art both for its outstanding works of art and for the unique setting that replicates the couple's home, Villa La Pausa, on the Côte d’Azur. Before it was purchased by Emery Reves, La Pausa was already a house full of art and glittering guests. Join Olivier Meslay, DMA Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, to discover the rich history of this idyllic seaside villa. This lecture is presented in conjunction with Late Nights at the Dallas Museum of Art.
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