In this Research and Academic Program lecture, Olivier Bonfait (Université de Bourgogne / Clark Fellow) traces the evolution of large-format painting.
When James Fenimore Cooper wrote “Last of the Mohicans” he created a narrative that has lasted centuries. But it was a false narrative. The Mohican Nation is alive and well today with a rich history that spans before colonization – the land that today we call Williamstown is part of their ancestral homelands. Join Heather Bruegl, Director of Education at Forge Project, to learn about who the Stockbridge-Munsee Community is and how they are not the Last of the Mohicans.
The Clark's Performing Artists in Residence, Edward Arron and Jeewon Park, provide a bravura performance of Felix Mendelssohn's Sonata in B-flat for Cello and Piano, Op 45 in the serene setting of the Conforti Pavilion at the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
In conjunction with the opening of Tauba Auerbach and Yuji Agematsu: Meander, the Clark Art Institute hosts a lecture by Associate Curator of Contemporary Projects Robert Wiesenberger.
Sarah Grandin, Clark-Getty Curatorial Fellow looks at work on paper from the Clark's collection showcasing the role prints played in making drawing more accessible to the public in eighteenth-century France. Select works by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, François Boucher, Jean-Antoine Watteau are among those Grandin presents.
