VBMA Executive Director Brady Roberts will provide an exciting overview of the exhibition Made in Germany: Art Since 1980 from the Rubell Family Collection. Roberts first spent time in Berlin before the fall of the Wall and has been back many times since, meeting contemporary artists and organizing exhibitions. He will combine his affinity for […]
Tamar March, Ph.D. What is the essence of humor, of wit, of irony? What is the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous in human behavior? Is the ability to be funny or to be amused by things that are funny definable? We will explore these questions by discussing examples […]
Tim Barringer, Chair and Paul Mellon Professor in the Department of the History of Art at Yale University Space is limited; pre-registration is required. This talk explores the radical response of British artists, designers and theorists to the rapid changes around them. Orthodox Victorian thinking welcomed industrialization and the new cities as a manifestation of […]
Take a tour of Victorian England and the Pre-Raphaelite movement with the “Historian of the Victorian” Kirsty Stonell Walker! Go beyond the Brotherhood artists who created the magnificent artworks of the era, to the women behind the movement, including Elizabeth Siddal, Jane Morris, and Fanny Cornforth. During her presentation, Kirsty will bring these women and […]