Presented in partnership with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain
Learn more about the life and work of artist Juan Gris in this four-part virtual symposium featuring an international panel of scholars.
Keynote Talk:
"A Certain Professional Secret”: Juan Gris’s Studio Practice
Dr. Nicole R. Myers, Interim Chief Curator and The Barbara Thomas Lemmon Senior Curator of European Art, Dallas Museum of Art
This keynote lecture unlocks Gris’s elusive studio practice, presenting the artist as a beguiling virtuoso who concealed his professional secrets even as he revealed them across the surfaces of his paintings.
Esta charla estará subtitulada en español.
Juan Gris y el cubismo
Paloma Alarcó, Chief Curator of Modern Painting, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Esta charla contextualiza la obra de Juan Gris dentro del movimiento cubista lanzado por Pablo Picasso y Georges Braque.
This talk will be subtitled in English.
The Early Reception of Juan Gris in America
Katherine Rothkopf, The Anne and Ben Cone Memorial Director of the Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies, and Senior Curator of European Painting and Sculpture, The Baltimore Museum of Art
Learn more about Juan Gris’s reception in America, including the key figures who championed and collected his work.
Esta charla estará subtitulada en español.
Juan Gris y María Blanchard: Una emancipación cubista
Eugenio Carmona, Professor of Art History, Málaga University, Spain
Esta charla explora la estrecha amistad y relación de trabajo entre Juan Gris y la pintora española María Blanchard, ambos con un papel destacado en el movimiento cubista.
This talk will be subtitled in English.
Image: Juan Gris, The Painter’s Window, 1925, oil on canvas, Baltimore Museum of Art: Bequest of Saidie A. May. Photography by Mitro Hood