Events

This webinar series presents the work of a range of Bearden’s contemporaries which provides greater insight regarding the cultural and racial milieu. These fellow artists, who came from diverse racial backgrounds, likewise felt the call to respond to the tenor of the times and tackle Black subject matter and/or racial themes in their work. The series will expand our understanding of how racial concerns were articulated during this watershed decade.

A virtual conversation on Romare Bearden’s public art
June 13, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET

A conversation dedicated to the lesser-studied sphere of Romare Bearden’s art making: his public art. In his later career, he translated his iconic collage making practice into larger-than-life ceramic, mosaic and painted murals displayed in salient communal spaces around New York, Charlotte, Baltimore and more. Oftentimes, these works served as an initial meeting ground, introducing Bearden to the general public.

Webinar Series
June 15 to June 29, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET

Between the Two: Art and Sexuality in 1960s New York, a webinar series that explored gender, sexuality, and eroticism in the art of early 1960s New York, with a particular focus on ideas and artists circulating around Pop, Performance and Neo-Dada.

Webinaire avec Géraldine Lefebvre
22 mai 2023 à 18h CET / 12pm ET

This webinar, presented in French by Géraldine Lefebvre, centered Léon Monet, brother of Claude Monet, and distinguished art collector, on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Luxembourg Museum, “Léon Monet, frère de l’artiste et collectionneur”, curated by Lefebvre.

A virtual conversation
November 17, 2022

The WPI hosted Special Agent Christopher McKeogh from the Art Crime division of the FBI. SA McKeogh gave a presentation on some of the notable cases he’s seen in recent times, what to look out for, and what art world experts can do to fight back against these fraudulent activities.

A virtual conversation Frank Stewart and Chester Higgins, Jr.
November 9, 2022 at 6:30 pm ET

In celebration of the launch of the Romare Bearden Papers on the Digital Archives, the WPI hosted a webinar featuring renowned photographers Frank Stewart and Chester Higgins, Jr., in a conversation moderated by Dalila Scruggs, Curator of Photography and Prints at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.