October 2019
Ai Weiwei: Global Artist, Borderless Humanist, Contemporary Emperor
Presented by Taliesin Thomas, Founding Director of AW Asia Ai Weiwei is one of the most provocative and celebrated figures working in the spheres of international art and political activism. His extraordinary range of activities is unparalleled among his artistic peers—from large-scale museum exhibitions that reference traditional Chinese art forms to candid Instagram posts at international refugee camps, Ai Weiwei’s creative vision, fearless spirit, and commitment to human rights is widely admired around the world. In recent years, Ai Weiwei’s…
Find out more »Women in the City: Seeing and Being Seen in Fin-de-Siècle Paris
Karen J. Leader, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History, Florida Atlantic University Saturday, October 26, 2019, 2PM Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jane Avril, 1899, color lithograph, photograph by John Faier, © 2015, courtesy of the Richard H. Driehaus Museum Visibility in the growing urban populations of the late nineteenth century was shaped by both art and popular culture. Scenes of leisure, popular entertainment, strolling, shopping and art viewing were all the subject of artists and illustrators, and were consumed by the…
Find out more »November 2019
From the Classical to the Cabaret: French Music from the Late-Nineteenth Century
Leslie Amper, Concert Pianist Concert pianist Leslie Amper will present a unique, multi-media piano recital that connects French artists, musicians, and their work during fin-de-siècle Paris. Amper will feature the music of Claude Debussy and Yvette Guilbert; the short silent films of Alice Guy Blaché (with piano accompaniment); and artworks by a variety of artists, including Claude Monet, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Jules Chéret, that will transport participants to late-19th century Paris.
Find out more »February 2020
International Lecture Series 2020
The premier Vero Beach lecture program, now in its 38th year, brings the finest arts and humanities scholars to our community. In 2020, the Museum will present four high-profile speakers. Live seating has SOLD OUT! REGISTER NOW for Simulcast seating in the Leonhardt Auditorium. Individual simulcast presentation tickets are also available.
Find out more »March 2020
Music and Modernity: American Popular Song from the 1920s-40s
Michael Lasser, Music Scholar Cindy Miller and Alan Jones, Musicians The songwriters of Tin Pan Alley and Broadway borrowed from ragtime and jazz to make a new, distinctively American popular music. Irving Berlin, raised in poverty on the Lower East Side, was working as a singing waiter in a tough joint in Chinatown when he wrote his first song. George Gershwin was a teenager who used to sneak into Harlem rent parties to hear the piano players “stride” across the…
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