Art historian Smith to discuss contemporary art and global change
Art historian Terry Smith will discuss “Contemporary Art and the Contemporaneity Question” at Kemper Monday, Oct. 13.
Terry Smith to discuss contemporary art and global change at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Oct. 13
Terry SmithThe phrase “modern art” has become so associated with historical movements that it has ceased to describe the many new and different forms being made today. So argues Terry Smith, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of Pittsburgh, who will discuss “Contemporary Art and the Contemporaneity Question” at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Oct. 13.
‘Cool’ Saturday jazz series begins at Kemper Sept. 27
The Saturday afternoon jazz series, a set of four free concerts in conjunction with the “Birth of Cool Exhibit” at Kemper Art Museum begins Sept. 27 with the BAG Trio.
‘Birth of the Cool’ curator to speak at Kemper
Elizabeth Armstrong, curator of “Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury,” will discuss the exhibition at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.
‘Birth of the Cool’ curator to speak at Kemper
Elizabeth Armstrong, curator of “Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury,” will discuss the exhibition at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.
“Birth of the Cool” showcases 1950s California art, design and culture
From painting and architecture to music, film, furniture and the graphic arts, 1950s Los Angeles was an epicenter of American modernism. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum examines that era with “Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury.”
Eco-fashion subject of Sam Fox symposium
Can eco-fashion outgrow its granola image? On Sept. 18 the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the St. Louis chapter of Fashion Group International will explore that question with “Eco-Watch…Creating Fashion Solutions.”
“Birth of the Cool” showcases 1950s California art, design and culture
From painting and architecture to music, film, furniture and the graphic arts, 1950s Los Angeles was an epicenter of American modernism. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum examines that era with “Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury.”
‘Bold Strokes’ celebrates work of alumnus Ezell, renowned set designer
Courtesy PhotoThe Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ Des Lee Gallery presents “Bold Strokes and Finesse: The Stage Designs of John Ezell,” an exhibition beginning Sept. 11 that features the work of one of contemporary theater’s most influential set designers.
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to host Birth of the Cool Jazz Series
Teddy PresbergAlton, IL, native Miles Davis helped invent the notion of “cool” with his groundbreaking album Birth of the Cool, a recording that also ushered in a whole new school of West Coast jazz. This fall the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will celebrate Davis’s legacy with a series of free Saturday afternoon jazz concerts with notable St. Louis musicians, each inspired by the work of a modern jazz master.
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