All events listed below, except those marked with an asterisk (*), are free with museum admission. For further information on lectures and related events, please call (312) 443-3680.
MARCH
March 6
6:00 Lecture: "The Triumph of Instinctive Individualism: Denis, Bonnard,
and Vuillard"
Belinda Thomson, author, Scotland
Rubloff Auditorium
March 10
10:30 Seminar: "Salon: Painting and Music in France, 1890-1930"*
Rubloff Auditorium and Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
*For tickets, call (312) 575-8000.
March 13
12:00 Lecture: "Carrying the Prophets’ Torch: Impact of the
Nabis on 20th-Century Art"
Mark Krisco, artist
Morton Auditorium
March 15
12:00 Performance: "Voices: Literary Visions, Bonnard/Vuillard"
Price Auditorium
March 21
12:00 Lecture: "Exhibition Overview"
Morton Auditorium
March 22
12:00 Performance: "Voices: Pierre Bonnard"
Price Auditorium
March 25
2:00 Concert: "Debussy and the Painters’ Poets: Flute and Strings"
Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
March 30
11:00 Lecture Series: "Images, Words, Movement, Sound, and Color:
The Nabi Circle"*
Guest scholars
Price Auditorium
*For tickets, call (312) 575-8000.
12:00 Lecture: "Black
Stockings: Bonnard between the Bedroom and the Boudoir"
Mark Krisco, artist
Morton Auditorium
March 31
11:00 Lecture: "Exhibition Overview"
Morton Auditorium
APRIL
April 3
6:00 Lecture: "Misia: Muse and Patron of Bonnard and Vuillard, 1890-1910"
Gloria Groom, exhibition curator
Price Auditorium
April 6
11:00 Lecture Series: "Images, Words, Movement, Sound, and Color:
The Nabi Circle"*
Guest scholars
Price Auditorium
*For tickets, call (312) 575-8000.
April 10
6:00 Conversation: "Two Viewpoints on the Paintings by Vuillard"
Gloria Groom, exhibition curator, and Faye Wrubel, conservator of painting
Price Auditorium
April 11
12:00 Lecture: "Denis’s Seasonal Paintings"
Patricia Smith Scanlan, assistant director, Museum Education
Morton Auditorium
April 17
6:00 Lecture: "Verging on Vuillard: Puvis de Chavannes and the Development
of a Decorative Aesthetic"
Aimée Brown Price, art historian, Princeton
Price Auditorium
April 20
11:00 Lecture Series: "Images, Words, Movement, Sound, and Color:
The Nabi Circle"*
Guest scholars
Price Auditorium
*For tickets, call (312) 575-8000.
April 27
11:00 Lecture Series: "Images, Words, Movement, Sound, and Color:
The Nabi Circle"*
Guest scholars
Price Auditorium
*For tickets, call (312) 575-8000.
12:00 Lecture: "The
Nabis and the Japanese"
Mark Krisco, artist
Morton Auditorium
April 28
11:00 Lecture: "Exhibition Overview"
Morton Auditorium
MAY
May 1
12:00 Lecture: "Exhibition Overview"
Morton Auditorium
May 4
12:00 Lecture: "Carrying the Prophets’ Torch: Impact of the
Nabis on 20th-Century Art"
Mark Krisco, artist
Morton Auditorium
May 7
9:30 Study Day: "Decoration: Chicago Interiors 100 Years Ago"*
Columbus Drive Entrance
*For tickets, call (312) 575-8000.
May 8
6:00 Conversation: "That Perfect Gem of Art: Folding Screens by Japanese,
American, and European Artists, 1860-1920"
Michael Komanecky, chief curator, Phoenix Art Museum, and Bernd Jesse,
curator of Japanese art, the Art Institute
Price Auditorium
May 9
12:00 Lecture: "Exhibition Overview"
Price Auditorium
Family
Programs
All family programs take
place in the Kraft Education Center unless indicated otherwise. Children
must be accompanied by an adult. We regret that we cannot accept groups
for family programs. Questions? Call (312) 857-7161.
March 3, 4, 10,
11, 17, 18, 25, 31, and April 1
12:30–3:30 The Artist’s Studio: "Garden of Delights"
March 10
10:30–11:30 Family Workshop: "Around the House: Painting"
Ages 4–6
March 10
2:00–3:30 Family Workshop: "Rooms with a View: The Art of Bonnard
and Vuillard"
Ages 7–12
April 8
12:30–2:00 Drawing in the Galleries: "Color and Light: Bonnard"
Ages 9 and older
Pre-registration required. Call (312) 857-7161.
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