The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
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Swimming
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Thursday Oct 22, 2009 (11am–noon)
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
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Free with museum admission
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American painters have always told stories in their works. Carrie Rebora Barratt, co-curator of the exhibition, will discuss how by capturing the temperament of their respective eras, artists featured in this exhibition described and defined Americans as individuals, citizens, and members of ever-widening communities. The lecture begins at 11 a.m. in the Museum's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.
This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915, on view now through January 24, 2010.
Tickets for this lecture are $23 and are available by clicking here.
Image: Thomas Eakins, 1844-1916. Swimming, 1885. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Purchased by the Friends of Art, Fort Worth Art Association, 1925; acquired by the Amon Carter Museum, 1990, from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth through grants and donations from the Amon G. Carter Foundation, the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, the Anne Burnett and Charles Tandy Foundation, Capital Cities/ABC Foundation, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The R. D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation and the people of Fort Worth
