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Clark Art Presents First Sunday Free| 08:11AM / Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute First Sunday Free series continues on Sunday, November 3 from 1 to 4 pm. November's theme is "Frame and Reframe." According to a press release: At the Clark, we love talking about paintings, prints, and drawings. But for this First Sunday Free, we are excited to talk about something that is often overlooked—the frame! In addition to their often-ornate decoration, frames serve an important function: defining what we can and cannot see. Take a viewfinder into the galleries and discover interesting compositions all around you. Decorate a frame to take home for your own photo or >> Read More |
Clark Art Gifted 331 Works, Endowment to Build New Wing| 05:52PM / Monday, October 28, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute has received one of the largest gifts in its history from the foundation of the late philanthropist Aso O. Tavitian. The gift includes 331 works of art from Tavitian's personal collection and more than $45 million to endow a curatorial position to oversee the collection, provide necessary support for the collection's long-term care, and fund construction of a new Aso O. Tavitian Wing at the Clark. "It is an incredible honor to receive this transformational gift," said Olivier Meslay, Hardymon director of the Clark Art Institute. "During his lifetime, Aso Tavitian was a wonderful friend to the >> Read More |
Clark Art Talk by Post Art Critic | 08:02AM / Monday, October 28, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Oct. 30 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a special appearance by Pulitzer Prize-winner Sebastian Smee, art critic for The Washington Post, as he introduces his new book "Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism." According to a press release. From the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871 Paris and its people were besieged, enduring bloody street battles, the burning of central Paris, and widespread starvation. It was against the backdrop of these tumultuous times that the Impressionist art movement was born?in response to violence, civil war, and political intrigue. Smee tells the story of those >> Read More |
WCMA Programs Celebrate Pallavi Sen Exhibition| 04:03PM / Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art will celebrate Pallavi Sen: Colour Theory, an immersive installation of new work by interdisciplinary artist and Williams College assistant professor of art Pallavi Sen, with two programs this weekend. Through partnerships with writers, students, and other artists, the exhibition reflects the key tenets of Sen's practice, namely teaching, collaborative making, and the nurturing of life. Co-curated by Nicholas Liou, former Mellon Curatorial Fellow at WCMA, and Roz Crews, Associate Curator of Programs, the exhibition runs through Dec. 22. On Friday, Oct. 25, from 6 to 7 p.m., join the artist and curators for a >> Read More |
Clark Art Lecture on Radical Art, Mass Print Media in Cold War Brazil| 07:51AM / Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Oct. 29, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a lecture by Mari Rodriguez?Binnie (Williams College), who discusses her new book "The São Paulo Neo-Avant-Garde" (University of Texas Press, 2024) in which she examines how?artists challenged a military dictatorship through mass print technologies in the 1970s and 1980s in São Paulo, Brazil. This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Often working collaboratively, these artists established alternative networks of exchange locally and internationally to >> Read More |
Clark Art Lecture on Cross-Cultural Visualizations of Territory| 11:17AM / Friday, October 18, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Oct. 22, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents "Here, Low, In This River Bend," a lecture by Adrian Anagnost (Tulane University / Clark Fellow), who charts a cross-cultural history of visualizing territoriality in the lower Mississippi River Valley and the Gulf of Mexico. This free event takes place at 5 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Among Indigenous inhabitants, the area that would become New Orleans was known as Bvlbancha—the land of many tongues, or many waters. This region was located at the threshold of land and water and, by the >> Read More |
Clark Art Screens 'The French Connection'| 08:11AM / Friday, October 18, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — As part of its free David-Jeremiah film series this fall, the Clark Art Institute screens The "French Connection" (1971) at 6 pm on Oct. 24 in the Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Director William Friedkin's documentary-style account of a 1961 smashup of an international heroin-trafficking ring by two New York cops—played by two then-little-known actors, Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider—is a real-time thriller about staking out criminals, the bureaucracy of crime-fighting, class differences, and the ugliness of bigotry (especially when it wears a plain-clothes uniform). But it's also about >> Read More |
Clark Art Invites People with Dementia, Caregivers | 08:10AM / Thursday, October 17, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Monday, Oct. 21 at 1 pm in the permanent collection galleries, the Clark Art Institute presents Meet Me at the Clark. This free gallery talk program is designed specifically for people living with dementia and their care partners. On select Mondays, when the museum is closed to the general public, specially trained educators guide open-ended conversations about art and how it celebrates our shared humanity Free. Advance registration required; capacity is limited. To register, please call the Education Department Coordinator at 413 458 0563. >> Read More |
Clark Art Hosts Talk by Master of Glass| 12:03PM / Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — At 2 pm on Sunday, Oct. 20, the Clark Art Institute hosts glass artist Josh Simpson, who offers a glimpse into historical and contemporary glassmaking techniques. This free event takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. Presented in conjunction with "Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum," this talk explores the intricate process behind creating one of the exhibition's stunning objects, Megaworld. Drawing parallels to his own work in his rural studio, Simpson discusses how natural and astronomical inspirations translate into glass art. Fragile Beauty will be on view for one >> Read More |
Clark Art Airs Live Production of 'Grounded' | 08:04AM / Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of "Grounded" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 1 pm in the latest installment of the 2024–25 season of The Met: Live in HD. This award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. The Clark broadcasts the opera in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori's powerful new opera "Grounded" premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, wrestling with often-overlooked issues >> Read More |
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