Minimalism
Explore the fundamentals of the Modern’s permanent collection through four chronological gallery talks led by scholars in art and art history.

Sean Dockray, artist, writer, and founding director of Telic Arts Exchange in Los Angeles, California, has initiated critical and innovative projects, including The Public School and AAAARG.ORG. For Tuesday Evenings, he presents Exhibitability, a reflection on the sometimes destructive threshold he observed while running an art space as well as his own queries on alternatives to the exhibition model.

 

Gretchen Diebenkorn Grant, daughter of Richard Diebenkorn, shares her insights and thoughts on the life and art of her father on the occasion of Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series, the most comprehensive show to date of Diebenkorn’s celebrated works, the Ocean park paintings.

Jayson Musson is an artist and writer living and working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For Tuesday Evenings, he shares his multifaceted body of work, which includes provocative performances, drawings, and writings, as well as Art Thoughtz by his “cousin” Hennessey Youngman.

Alejandro Cesarco, born in Montevideo, Uruguay, is an artist living and working in New York. For Tuesday Evenings, he presents his work as seen in the Uruguay Pavilion at the 54thVenice Biennale, as well as his curatorial endeavors in Uruguay, the United States, and Argentina.

 

May 5, 2011

A lively discussion about what regionalism means to the art world of the 21st century.

Perspectives on the Permanent Collection with Modern Docent Pamela Smith

In conjunction with Andy Warhol: The Last Decade, Dr. Mark Thistlethwaite, the Kay and Velma Kimbell Chair of Art History at Texas Christian University, offers four lectures on the artist who many consider the most important of the later twentieth century.

In conjunction with Andy Warhol: The Last Decade, Dr. Mark Thistlethwaite, the Kay and Velma Kimbell Chair of Art History at Texas Christian University, offers four lectures on the artist who many consider the most important of the later twentieth century.

In conjunction with Andy Warhol: The Last Decade, Dr. Mark Thistlethwaite, the Kay and Velma Kimbell Chair of Art History at Texas Christian University, offers four lectures on the artist who many consider the most important of the later twentieth century.