WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Sept. 15, the Clark Art Institute hosts a conversation between Mary Morton, Head of the Department of French Paintings at the National Gallery of Art and co-curator of the Gallery's Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment exhibition, and Michelle Foa, Associate Professor of Art History at Tulane University and co-curator of the Clark's Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism exhibition. 

 

This free event takes place at 2 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium.

 

According to a press release: 

 

Morton and Foa explore how their respective exhibitions, both of which mark the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, encourage visitors to see aspects of Impressionism in a new light. They also discuss the state of Impressionist studies today.

 

Mary Morton serves as Head of the Department of French Paintings at the National Gallery of Art and is the co-curator of the Gallery's Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment exhibition. She is an acclaimed international expert on Impressionism. In 2018, the French government named her a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.

 

Michelle Foa serves as Associate Professor of Art History at Tulane University and is the co-curator of the Clark's Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism exhibition. She is Vice President of the National Committee for the History of Art and on the organizing committee for the Comité International d'Histoire de l'Art (CIHA) quadrennial conference in 2028. She was a Florence Gould Foundation Fellow at the Clark in the spring of 2024.

 

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.