Art Institute Of Chicago Lectures

This engaging day devoted to Pop and Conceptual artist Ed Ruscha, which kicked off the exhibition Ed Ruscha and Photography, revealed his important and widespread contributions to art of the past 50 years. Part of the Ed Ruscha and Photography Symposium. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

This engaging day devoted to Pop and Conceptual artist Ed Ruscha, which kicked off the exhibition Ed Ruscha and Photography, revealed his important and widespread contributions to art of the past 50 years. Part of the Ed Ruscha and Photography Symposium. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

This engaging day devoted to Pop and Conceptual artist Ed Ruscha, which kicked off the exhibition Ed Ruscha and Photography, revealed his important and widespread contributions to art of the past 50 years. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

This engaging day devoted to Pop and Conceptual artist Ed Ruscha, which kicked off the exhibition Ed Ruscha and Photography, revealed his important and widespread contributions to art of the past 50 years. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Art Institute Chair of American Art Judith Barter provides innovative insights into Hopper's love of film and explains its inspirational role in the settings and mood of his work. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

The Nichols Bridgeway will form a dynamic connection between the Art Institute and Millennium Park. Hear John Lupinos, Senior Project Manager of the Modern Wing Team, discuss this exciting addition. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Conservator Judith Walsh, Buffalo State-SUNY, considers how Homer's fresh, spontaneous-looking works often are the result of careful study and deliberate planning. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Franklin Kelly is the senior curator of American and British paining at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Hear Kelly provide the keynote lecture on opening night of the exhibitions Edward Hopper and Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Nick Cannellis of Turner Construction provides insights into the building of the Modern Wing. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

As part of our American Perspectives season, distinguished literary scholar and Stanford professor Arnold Rampersad explores the relation ship between jazz and the work of Langston Hughes and Ralph Ellison. His acclaimed study Ralph Ellison: A Biography has been recently published. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Artists Connect is a lecture series in which area artists discuss their own work and works in the collection of the Art Institute. Here, Laura Kina discussed the productive conflict that results from her encounters with Gauguin. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Francisco Aragon, Brenda Cardenas, Blas Falconer, and Gina Franco read recent writings and comment on their work. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Born in Ghana and raised in Jamaica, Kwame Dawes is a poet of precision, passion, and lyricism. At this event, Dawes reads from three of his books: Gomer's Song, Impossible Flying, and Wisteria, Twilight Songs from the Swamp Country. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Mario Ybarra, Jr. is a visual and performance artist, educator, and activist. Hear him discuss his Focus exhibition Take Me Out...No Man Is an Island. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Langdon Hammer, professor at Yale University, draws on his recent book, Hart Crane: Complete Poems and Selected Letters, to highlight the aspects of Crane's life and work that have served as inspiration for artist Jasper Johns. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Ellen Roberts, assistant curator of American art, provides an in-depth "sneak preview" of the exhibition Edward Hopper and reveals how the artist captured the essential qualities of the modern American experience. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

The defining event of the 20th century, the development of the Atomic Bomb is the basis for this John Adams work. The symposium's distinguished panelists include composer John Adams; his librettist and director Peter Sellars; Gerald Finley, who portrays Robert Oppenheimer in the opera; and president of the Art Institute James Cuno. Join them and many others for a fascinating look at both the opera and the incidents and characters that inspired it. A once-in-a-lifetime convergence of music, history, and scholarship, this not-to-be-missed symposium is an historic event in its own right. Moderated by Wynne Delacoma and Peter Sagal. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

In this special "sneak preview" of the upcoming Winslow Homer exhibition, Martha Tedeschi, curator of prints and drawings, offers an intimate look at the ways that one of America's most celebrated artists discovered the secrets of the watercolor medium. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Artist David Schutter has intently studied an Art Institute work by Jean Antoine Watteau, and is making a new painting from memory, evoking, rather than copying, the 18th century image. He is, as noted by curator Anthony Elms, "painting the action of looking." Learn more from the artist here. Artists Connect is a regularly scheduled series of lectures given by Chicago-area artists. In these illustrated talks, artists describe their own work in relation to one or several works in the permanent collection of the Art Institute. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Marjorie Perloff, renowned literary critic and professor of humanities at Stanford University, examines the interrelation between the works of Jasper Johns, poet Frank O'Hara, and composer John Cage. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.