WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Oct. 3, in conjunction with special exhibition "Dürer & After," author Philip Hoare discusses and reads from his new book, "Albert and the Whale."

 

This free program will be presented by the Clark Art Institute via Zoom and Facebook Live at 2 pm.

 

Author and professor of creative writing at the University of Southampton, Philip Hoare has written several books including "Leviathan or, The Whale" (winner of the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize), "Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant," "Noël Coward: A Biography," and "England’s Lost Eden: Adventures in a Victorian Utopia."

 

Hoare is also co-curator of the Moby-Dick and Ancient Mariner 'Big Reads,' among other whale-related projects.

 

Registrants will receive an email with a private Zoom link to this live virtual program before the event. The event will also be broadcast via Facebook Live. For more information and to register, visit clarkart.edu/events. 

 

Copies of the book are available for purchase in the Museum Store.