Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane: A Free Special Evening Lecture at the Kimbell Art Museum

Andrew Graham-Dixon, British art critic and author, will present a free lecture titled Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane on Friday, November 18, at 6 p.m., in the Darnell Street auditorium.

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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Hosts Graduate Student Lectureship Program

The Graduate Student Lectureship Program provides local art and art history graduate students the opportunity to research and present public lectures on works on view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. These focused gallery talks discuss artworks within a thematic framework designed to provide new insights on familiar pieces.

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Who Ever Heard of a Woman Sculptor? A Lecture by SMU Professor Dr. Alessandra Comini at the Dallas Museum of Art

Dr. Alessandra Comini, University Distinguished Professor of Art History Emerita at Southern Methodist University (SMU), who gifted the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) with the sculpture Lady Godiva by Anne Whitney, will discuss women sculptors from America who descended upon the Seven Hills of Rome during the 1860s and beyond and who made social and art history.

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Artist Eric Fischl to Lecture at the Glassell School of Art

Internationally acclaimed American painter and sculptor Eric Fischl will present the inaugural Naomi Turner True Lecture at the Glassell School of Art on Friday, October 28, at 6 p.m. The lecture, How I paint what I paint, is free and open to the public, and it takes place in the school’s Frank Freed Auditorium, 5101 Montrose Boulevard.

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Author Stephen King Hosts Museum Fundraiser at Majestic Theatre in Dallas

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in downtown Dallas. If you had the chance to change history, would you? Stephen King’s latest novel 11/22/63, on shelves November 8, addresses this very scenario as the book’s main character travels back in time on a mission to prevent the assassination of President Kennedy.

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The Classical and the Primitive: Modern Sculptures at the Kimbell

Jed Morse, curator at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, will present a lecture entitled The Classical and the Primitive: Modern Sculptures of the Kimbell as part of the Museum’s Art in Context series, on Wednesday, September 21, at 12:30 p.m., in the Kimbell Art Museum auditorium. Admission is free.

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Treasures from the British Royal Collection Lecture at the Kimbell Art Museum

Oliver Everett, librarian emeritus of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, United Kingdom, will present a free lecture titled Treasures from the British Royal Collection on Friday, September 30, at 6 p.m., in the Kimbell Art Museum auditorium.

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The MAC Announces 2011 Fall Scholar Lecture Series

The McKinney Avenue Contemporary announces the 2011 Fall Scholar Lecture Series featuring Dr. Benjamin Lima, Professor Ryder Richards, Dr. Mark Thistlethwaite, Dr. Eric Stryker and Dr. Jennifer Way.

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Trompe-L'esprit: Cubism and the Play of the Imagination at the Kimbell Art Museum

Christine Poggi, professor of the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, will present a free lecture titled “Trompe-l’esprit: Cubism and the Play of the Imagination” on Friday, June 10, at 6 p.m., in the Kimbell Art Museum auditorium.

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Picasso and Braque Lecture at the Kimbell Art Museum

The Kimbell Art Museum’s new exhibition Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910–1912 opens with a free inaugural lecture. Harry Cooper, curator of modern and contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., will present “What Was Cubism?” on Saturday, May 28, at 10:30 a.m. in the Darnell Street auditorium, across Van Cliburn Way from the Museum.

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Stewart Smith to Speak on "The Art of Film" at the Tyler Museum of Art

Enjoy a delightful collision of film, history and pop culture during the final installment of the Tyler Museum of Art’s Spring Lecture Series featuring special guest speaker Stewart Smith, Arts and Entertainment Editor for the Tyler Morning Telegraph, on Tuesday, May 24. “Let’s Go to the Movies: The Art of Film and Progression of Pop Culture” will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Jean Browne Theatre located on the Tyler Junior College Campus. The lecture is free for TMA Members, $7 for adults, and $5 for students and seniors.

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Dallas Art Dealers Association Presents Spring Gallery Walk

The annual Spring Gallery Walk will be Saturday, April 16, 2–8 p.m. and will feature over 35 of DADA’s member galleries, museums, and nonprofit art spaces. This free event allows art lovers to socialize and roam (in a car) from gallery to gallery all in one day.

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Mr. Holga — Mr. Holga is a die-hard film photographer specializing in Holga cameras.
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