Program 2010
Friday, January 15th
2:30pm - Lisa Mintz Messinger, “Collecting the Art of their Times: Modern Collectors and The Metropolitan Museum of Art”
An illustrated talk by the associate curator of 19th Century Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and author of major books on Jackson Pollock and Georgia O’Keeffe.
3:30pm - “Look Into the Future, Studio Glass 2020”
Join collectors Dale and Doug Anderson, curators Davira Taragin and William Warmus, and educator/artist William Carlson for a round table discussion about how glass will be used as an art making material by the year 2020.
4:30pm - Lino Tagliapietra, “The Artist’s Studio, Illustrated Presentation”
A behind the scenes view of the artist’s lab, studio and inspiration.
Saturday, January 16th
1:00pm – Holden Luntz Gallery Booth
Bruce Weber Book Signing: “Roberto Bolle: An Athlete in Tights”
1:30pm – Howard Ben Tré “The Artist’s Contributions to Creating Public Art”
The internationally renowned artist discusses his use of fine art glass in public art projects and the creation of the City of Glass. Illustrated lecture sponsored by Habatat Galleries of Michigan.
2:30pm - "Exploring the New Chinese Ink Art,"
Panel discussion exploring the new Chinese ink painters, with Alexandra Munro, Senior Curator of Asian Art, Guggenheim Museum; Dr. Shen Kuiyi, Professor of Art History at University of California, San Diego, curator of the forthcoming Ink Painting exhibition at the Metropolitan show and the leading scholar in America in the field of Chinese contemporary art; and Michelle Yun, formerly of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and director of the studio of artist Cai Guo-qiang. In coordination with the special exhibition featuring works by Liu Dan, Xu Lei, Wei Ligang, Wang Dongling, and Gao Xingjian. Moderated and sponsored by Michael Goedhuis, Goedhuis Contemporary.
4:30pm - “Artist’s Choice: The Makers Collect”
Thomas Lollar, sculptor and director of visual arts at Lincoln Center, Arthur Carter, sculptor and major collector of Picasso, Mondrian and others, and Scott McIntire, painter and collector of folk art, discuss the effects of collecting on their creating. Moderated by Justo J. Sanchez.
Sunday, January 17th
2:30pm - Joana Grevers, “Art on the Danube Now”
Surveying the scene with a scholar who is also a driving force in the region’s contemporary art movement.
3:30pm - Cuba Ascendant
Artist Kadir Lopez opens the curtain on the dynamic, emerging contemporary scene that languished for decades under an authoritarian regime. Interviewed by Art historian and award winning New York cultural journalist Justo J. Sanchez.
Monday, January 18th
3:30pm - “Focus: Vietnam”
Nora Annesley Taylor, the Art Institute of Chicago’s curator of Southeast Asian art, guides us to a hot spot in contemporary art.
4:30pm - Judith Brown, “Glamour in Six Dimensions”
An art historian advances an alluring new theory of style and aesthetics.
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