Thursday, September 14, 2006
Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Hai Bo
Sunday, Sept. 17, 2 - 3 p.m.
Continuing a Phillips Collection tradition of connecting with working artists, the Center for the Study of Modern Art will host a series of lectures by visiting artists. The first will be by photographer Hai Bo (China, b. 1962), who uses the camera to reconstruct past events and relationships. Bo has had his work shown in China, Singapore, and the United States, and in 2001 was chosen for the Venice Biennale. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session.
COST: $10 for adults, $8 for visitors 62 and over and students, free for members and visitors 18 and under. Includes admission to the museum.
WHERE: The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St., NW. Metro: Dupont Circle, Q Street exit.
Sunday, Sept. 17, 2 - 3 p.m.
Continuing a Phillips Collection tradition of connecting with working artists, the Center for the Study of Modern Art will host a series of lectures by visiting artists. The first will be by photographer Hai Bo (China, b. 1962), who uses the camera to reconstruct past events and relationships. Bo has had his work shown in China, Singapore, and the United States, and in 2001 was chosen for the Venice Biennale. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session.
COST: $10 for adults, $8 for visitors 62 and over and students, free for members and visitors 18 and under. Includes admission to the museum.
WHERE: The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St., NW. Metro: Dupont Circle, Q Street exit.
Friday, September 01, 2006
On Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 7:00pm at the Corcoran Gallery of Art , Annie Leibovitz, one of the most celebrated photographers of our time, renowned for her work in Vanity Fair, Vogue and Rolling Stone, designated a Living Legend by the Library of Congress, named by Smithsonian magazine one of the 35 Innovators of Our Time, will speak about her work over the past fifteen years—with images from her personal as well as professional life. She'll share the arc of her relationship with Susan Sontag (who died in 2004), the birth of her three daughters and many events involving her large and robust family, all part of a larger passion that extends to her professional work; the two worlds meet thematically. Leibovitz will discuss the circumstances under which her photos were made, both technically and logistically, and her relationships with and thoughts about many of her subjects—pregnant Demi Moore, Mandela in Soweta, Clinton in the Oval Office, Jack Nicholson on Mulholland Drive, William Burroughs in Kansas. Following the talk, Ms. Leibovitz will sign copies of her book, A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005
