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Edgar Degas, At the Milliner

Edgar Degas, At the Milliner, c. 1882–98, oil on canvas, 61.6 x 73.66 cm (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond) Speakers: Dr. Theresa A....

Agnes F. Northrop (Tiffany Studios) Mountain Landscape

Agnes F. Northrop (Tiffany Studios), Mountain Landscape (Root Memorial Window), 1917, leaded glass, lead came, and copper foil, 110 x 93 inches (Crystal Bridges Museum...

Swayne Hall, Talladega College

Swayne Hall, 1852–53, Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama speakers: Perry H. Trice, MLIS, BFA, Director, William R. Harvey Museum of Art and Special Collections Librarian/Archivist, Savery...

George Segal, Three People on Four Benches

George Segal, Three People on Four Benches, 1979, bronze figures with white patina, aluminum benches, and paint, 42 x 144 x 58 inches...

Claude Monet, Camille at the Window, Argenteuil

Claude Monet, Camille at the Window, Argenteuil (Camille à sa Fenêtre, Argenteuil), 1873, oil on canvas, 60.3 x 49.9 cm (Virginia Museum of Fine...

Emma Stebbins, Charlotte Cushman

Emma Stebbins, Charlotte Cushman, 1870, marble, 52.7 x 32.7 x 21.9 cm (Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington) speakers: Dr. Karli Wurzelbacher, Chief Curator, and Dr....

Claudia Alarcón and Silät, N ́äyij (Un camino / A path)

Claudia Alarcón and Silät, N ́äyij (Un camino / A path), 2024, hand-spun chaguar fiber, natural dyes from the native forest, woven fabric using...

Alex Janvier, Lake Shore Life

Alex Janvier, Lake Shore Life, 1979, acrylic on canvas, 127 x 101.6 cm (Art Bridges Foundation) © Estate of the artist speakers: Dr. Javier Rivero...

Looking at us for over 2,000 years, from ancient Pompeii

Painting is so much more fragile than bronze sculpture or marble or even ceramics, and there is so little of it, which is one...