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Between the Two: Art and Sexuality in 1960s New York

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

Join us this June for Between the Two: Art and Sexuality in 1960s New York, a webinar series that will explore 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. The series begins from the thesis that the exploration of gender and sexuality was not simply a secondary theme, but a constitutive element of artistic development during this period. Moreover, it seeks to expand on recent scholarship that explores queer, trans, and feminist perspectives in the art of the period and in the art historical approaches to it.

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Beyond the Block: The Public Art of Romare Bearden

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

Join us this June for 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.

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Léon Monet, frère de l’artiste et collectionneur

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

This webinar, presented in French by Géraldine Lefebvre, will center 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.

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Fakes and Forgeries

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.

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Photographers on Bearden

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.

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The Role of the Leo Castelli Gallery in the Advent of ‘Pop Art’

A Pop Places webinar
October 11, 2022

Leo Castelli established his gallery’s direction when it opened in the late 1950s by exhibiting the work of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. Their art marked a shift away from the prevailing mode of abstract expressionism by employing objects and signs from the everyday environment, popular culture, and the mass media. By the mid-1960s the Castelli Gallery was considered among the most influential “Pop Places,” exhibiting works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and James Rosenquist along with that of Johns and Rauschenberg. Bernstein, who frequented the Castelli gallery after arriving in New York in 1966 as an art history graduate student examines the origins of the galley as center for the various directions of Pop, including her personal experiences.

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Two Men from Cincinnati: Tom Wesselmann’s 1962 Debut at The Green Gallery

A Pop Places webinar
October 4, 2022

Richard (Dick) Bellamy opened the Green Gallery on West 57th street in Fall 1960. The gallery’s first eighteen months experienced paltry sales. However, with the explosive arrival of Pop art in America, the gallery became a go-to-source for the “new” art. Tom Wesselmann’s gallery debut featured his Great American Nude and Still Life paintings that were swiftly snatched up by committed collectors as they vied for the artist’s latest artworks. This webinar draws on the author’s research for the forthcoming monograph devoted to the stylistic development and reception of Wesselmann’s most famous body of work, the Great American Nude series (1961–1969/73).

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Pop Art Goes Viral: From New York City to Europe, Rosenquist’s F-111 Takes Flight

A Pop Places webinar
September 27, 2022

In the early 1960s, James Rosenquist was in all the right places. His first Pop art canvases were made at a studio on Coenties Slip, his first show at Green Gallery sold out in 1962, and Rosenquist was included in all the earliest Pop art shows in NYC and beyond. In 1964–65, energy was building around his latest and largest work to date, F-111.

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Announcing the new Maurice de Vlaminck Committee

Announcing the new Maurice de Vlaminck Committee
December 14, 2022

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JOHNS SCHOLAR ROBERTA BERNSTEIN AWARDED FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR

Johns Scholar Roberta Bernstein Awarded French Legion of Honor October 25, 2022

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Introducing The Romare Bearden Papers

The Romare Bearden Papers
October 12, 2022

The WPI is pleased to announce the inaugural release of materials in the Romare Bearden Papers (1900–2008, bulk 1940–1988).

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The Henry Certigny Papers: a peek into the work and life of an art expert

I began working on the Henry Certigny Papers in April 2019 to prepare the collection for digitization. These archives, which document the life and work of the Belgian poet, writer,…

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Bearden Call for Information

Bearden Call for Information
June 11, 2021

The Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonne project aims to create a comprehensive record of all artworks created by Romare Bearden (1911-1988). In partnership with the Romare Bearden Foundation, the WPI is in the process of digitizing the artist’s archives and conducting research on Bearden’s artistic output. To aid in our gathering of data, we would be grateful to receive information about any works by the artist currently in private collections. We encourage owners to submit the pertinent details regarding their work(s), along with photographic documentation, using the button below. All information will be kept confidential.

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Announcing: The Paintings of Paul Gauguin, 1891–1903

Announcing: The Paintings of Paul Gauguin, 1891–1903
May 01, 2021

The Wildenstein Plattner Institute is proud to announce the release of the long-awaited Gauguin: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, 1891–1903. This is the first major catalogue raisonné that we are publishing in a digital format, which enables a more dynamic and informed presentation of the artist’s work.

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