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Gallery Talk

Girl Talk: A Conversation about Becoming a Woman in the Age of Enlightenment

  • Date & Time
    • Sunday, October 08, 2017 3:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Cost
    • Free
  • Description

    Join Melissa Hyde, Curatorand UF Professor of Art History, and Maura Gleeson, ABD in Art History at UF, for a conversational tour of the exhibition of Becoming a Woman in the Age of Enlightenment: French Art from The Horvitz Collection on October 8, 2017, at 3 P.M. in the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Girl Talk: A Conversation is free and open to the public.

    Becoming a Woman in the Age of Enlightenment: French Art from the Horvitz Collection

    Becoming a Woman in the Age of Enlightenment: French Art from The Horvitz Collection is primarily an exhibition of drawings, but will include pastels, paintings and sculptures selected from one of the world’s best private collections of French drawings. The exhibition will feature more than 150 works by many of the most prominent artists of the eighteenth and early nineteenth-century, ranging from spirited, improvisational sketches and figural studies, to highly finished drawings of exquisite beauty, the works included in the exhibition vary in terms of style, genre and period. The exhibition will offer fresh perspectives on a subject that still has direct relevance to our times, but that has not been the focus of a significant exhibition for decades. Through its conceptual framework, thematic organization and its emphasis on historical context, the exhibition will provide viewers opportunities to consider what issues pertaining to women’s lives seem to have changed or persisted through time and across space.

    Becoming a Woman is curated by Melissa Hyde, Professor of Art History and Research Foundation Professor, University of Florida, and the late Mary D. Sheriff, W.R. Kenan J. Distinguished Professor of Art History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is organized by Alvin L. Clark, Jr, Curator, The Horvitz Collection and The J.E. Horvitz Research Curator, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg. An illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition and be available for purchase in the Museum Store. This exhibition is made possible by the generous support of the Londono Family Endowment, the C. Frederick & Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Dr. M. F. Smith and Mr. Carl E. Wisler, Marcia Issacson, Kenneth and Laura Berns and Visit Florida with additional support from the Harn Program Fund and a group of women in the UF community.

  • Links
  • Venue
    Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
    Address
    3259 Hull Road
    Phone
    352-392-9826
    Website
    Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art Website