Join Dr. Nikki Georgopulos, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory at the University of British Columbia, for this year's Brettell Lecture, where she will explore Afternoon Tea by Eva Gonzalès as a springboard for a broader discussion of mirrors, gender, and the body in French art of the mid-19th century.
Prior to the lecture, browse the European Art galleries on Level 2 from 5:15 to 6:00 p.m.
Nikki Georgopulos is a historian, curator, and educator specializing in European art of the 19th century. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory at the University of British Columbia, where she is also Affiliated Faculty at the Centre for European Studies. She previously served as the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow in the Department of French Paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, where she worked on the curatorial team of the recent exhibition Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment. Her research on Mary Cassatt has been published in scholarly journals and catalogue essays, most recently for the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She received her PhD in Art History & Criticism from Stony Brook University in 2020 and has held positions at the Morgan Library & Museum, the International Foundation for Art Research, and the Corning Museum of Glass. She is currently at work on a book project on representations of mirrors and reflections in 19th-century French art
This program is presented by the Richard R. Brettell Lecture Series.
Image: Afternoon Tea, about 1874. Eva Gonzalès. Oil on canvas. Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., 2018.5.McD.
