Adam Gopnik on De Chirico and Man Ray’s Premonitions of Modernity
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short video from Sotheby’s with good information on De Chirico and Man Ray:
Adam Gopnik on De Chirico and Man Ray’s Premonitions of Modernity
Shared Videos
The Kangxi Emperor Scroll
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, an informative video:
The Kangxi Emperor’s Southern Inspection Tour’ is an ingenious creation depicting the lives and lands of 17th century Southern China. Part of an original monumental work comprising 12 scrolls, Scroll VI was cut into seven fragments and separated in the early 20th century. Professor Claudia Brown, custodian of Scroll VI at Phoenix Art Museum, discusses this masterful artwork with Sotheby’s Chairman Kevin Ching. Learn how the scroll was created and discover the hidden meaning behind the colours and characters. As the centrepiece of our ‘Fine Classical Chinese Paintings’ (8 October | Hong Kong) pre-sale exhibition, Sotheby’s will unveil this precious and prized treasure to the public for the first time in over a century.
Innovative Prints by Mary Cassatt and British Modernists: Insider Insights
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a video from the Met:
Innovative Prints by Mary Cassatt and British Modernists | Insider Insights
Learn about Mary Cassatt’s groundbreaking color aquatints and a dynamic series of linocuts produced by early-20th-century British artists in this discussion with Met experts in conjunction with the exhibition Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Collectors’ Collections.
Kehinde Wiley
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a great video from Sotheby’s:
Summer Talks | Artist Kehinde Wiley and The Duke of Devonshire
Kathleen states “It will change the way I use our Wiley piece and many of our other works by artists of color.”
Art Talk: ‘Madame Cézanne’
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short video from the Detroit Institute of Arts:
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, an article and short video on artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith:
National Gallery of Art Acquires Its First Painting by a Native American Artist
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s work addresses questions of identity and appropriation.
Video on Winslow Homer
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short video on Winslow Homer from the Met:
Essential characteristics of Baroque Art
Here are some short PPT videos completed for the last docent class, discussing the essential characteristics of Baroque Art:
Art Talks from the Detroit Institute of Arts
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a playlist of short curator-led art talks from the Detroit Institute of Arts:
Healing and Magic in Ancient Egypt
A video recommended by your colleague Kathleen Steiger:
Healing and Magic in Ancient Egypt
At Home with Christie’s: Intimacy & Impressionism
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short video from Christie’s:
At Home with Christie’s: Intimacy & Impressionism: Manet, Degas, Bonnard, Vuillard
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection
A virtual tour found by your colleague Kathleen Steiger:
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection
Birmingham Museum of Art short videos
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a video on a painting in the BMA by Albert Bierstadt:
If you look at the playlist from the Birmingham Museum of Art, you’ll find other artworks that correlate to similar art in our own collection.
Seascapes that inspired Winslow Homer
From your colleague, Mary Ann Wark, a short film of the seascapes that inspired Winslow Homer:
Bryan Stevenson on the impact of Jacob Lawrence’s work
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short video on Jacob Lawrence’s work, as described by Bryan Stevenson:
Bryan Stevenson on the power of art to communicate justice
British Aristocrats and American Plutocrats in the Age of Sargent
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a recommended video on the times of John Singer Sargent:
British Aristocrats and American Plutocrats in the Age of Sargent
Roxane Gay on using Kara Walker’s art to confront history (MoMA BBC),
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short video:
Culture writer Roxane Gay describes the importance of sitting with discomfort in front of Kara Walker’s enormous drawing “Christ’s Entry into Journalism” (2017), Video link.
Alice Neel
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short Sotheby’s video:
The Honest Appraisals of Alice Neel
When Lee Krasner Harnessed the Power of the Sun on Canvas
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short Sotheby’s video about artist Lee Krasner:
When Lee Krasner Harnessed the Power of the Sun on Canvas
Mark Rothko: Pioneer of Abstraction
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short video on Mark Rothko from Sotheby’s: