Lectures and Gallery Talks

1916 Gallery Highlights Tours

Every day at 1:30. Old Friends in New Spaces, no registration necessary. As of October 19, the Tuesday and Sunday talks are replaced by Artistic Luxury exhibition tours (see below).

Exhibition Tours

Beginning October 19, see highlights of the exhibition on Tuesdays and Sundays at 1:30 with exhibition ticket. Meet at exhibition entrance.

Guest Lectures

National and international speakers give greater context to the exhibition.

Emmanuel Ducamp
Fabergé specialist
Sunday, October 19, 2:00
The Franco-Russian Connection and Fabergé around 1900

Dale Hilton
Director, Distance Learning
Sunday, November 2, 1:30
Pillars of Society

Janet Zapata
19th-century jewelry specialist Wednesday, November 5, 6:30 Before Lalique and Tiffany: Jewelry Design, 1850–1900

Joan Rosasco
Lalique specialist
Wednesday, December 3, 6:30
Who Wore Them? Lalique and His Clients

Jeannine Falino
Tiffany specialist
Sunday, December 14, 2:00
A Tale of Two Tiffanys

All-Day Exhibition Program

A Day of Luxury

Enjoy lectures and tours that complement the exhibition Artistic Luxury: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique.

All-day seminar, Friday, October 31, 10:00–4:30; repeated on Saturday, November 8.

$135, CMA members $100. Fee includes lunch and parking.

10:00 Welcome and coffee
10:30 Lecture: Introduction to "Artistic Luxury: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique"
11:30 Audio tour: Artistic Luxury: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique
12:30 Lunch
2:15 Lecture: The House of Fabergé
3:45 Lecture and tour: The Gem Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Artist’s Dialogue

These two discussions, led by the curators of the exhibition with local jewelry designers Russell Trusso and John Paul Miller, provide a unique opportunity to hear from renowned local artists whose work is directly influenced by the masters featured in Artistic Luxury.

Stephen Harrison with Russell
Trusso, Sunday, October 26, 1:00

Marjorie Williams and Stephen Harrison with John Paul Miller, Wednesday, December 17, 6:30

College Day

Wednesday, October 29, 10:00–9:00

This special day is reserved for college and university faculty and students! Join us for special lectures by Curator of Decorative Art and Design Stephen Harrison, discounted exhibition tickets, and free tours of the exhibition. For more information call 216–707–2461.

Wade Chapel Tours

Saturdays, October 25 (12:00), November 15 (2:00), December 13 (2:00), and January 10, 2009 (2:00) Lake View Cemetery
12316 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland

Take advantage of these free
special tours of a Louis Comfort
Tiffany masterpiece just down the road from the museum on Euclid Avenue. Meet at the Wade Chapel in Lake View Cemetery. Call 216–707–2656 to register at least three days prior to each tour. Limit 45 per date.

Coffee with a Curator

Wednesdays, 10:30–12:00

Session II: October 15–November 5

Join us for coffee and conversation with University Circle’s brightest curators. Over the course of four weeks, you will have the opportunity to view collections, visit labs, and chat with curators from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Botanical Garden, Museum of Natural History, and Western Reserve
Historical Society. Offered through Cuyahoga Community College. Call 216–987–3075 for information and registration. $50 per session; limit 25.

Art in Focus Talks

Wednesdays, October 1–November 19, 1:30

Free 30-minute talks on a single work of art or theme in the newly opened permanent galleries. Meet in the lower education lobby.

Nov. 5 Influence of Asian Art in European and American Painting

Nov. 12 British Views: Constable and Turner

Nov. 19 A Beauty from the Gilded Age: Sargent’s Portrait of Lisa Colt Curtis

Art and Fiction Book Club

The Glitter and the Gold, by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
Wednesdays, October 1–15, 1:30–2:45

Nicholas and Alexandra: The Story That Ended an Empire, by Robert Massie
Wednesdays, November 5–19, 1:30–2:45

This structured look at art history through fiction and narrative non-fiction is a collaboration between the museum’s Ingalls Library and the education division. $45, CMA members $35.

Lecture Courses

A survey of the visual arts featuring works from the CMA collection and temporary exhibitions. Please register at least three days prior to the beginning of class (cancelled if insufficient registration).

Artistic Luxury: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique
This series introduces the three greatest jewelry and luxury goods designers at the turn of the 19th century whose creations came together at the 1900 world’s fair in Paris. Complements the October exhibition.

4 Wednesdays, October 22–
November 12, 10:30–11:30

$70, CMA members $56. Individual lectures $25, CMA members $18

Oct. 22 1900 Paris World’s Fair
Oct. 29 Peter Carl Fabergé
Nov. 5 Louis Comfort Tiffany
Nov. 12 René Lalique

Lectures sponsored by the Department of Art History & Art, Case Western University. Free and open to the public

Art History Lecture
Baroque Visual Rhetoric and its Conflict with 'Good Taste' (Buon Gusto): The Language of Art and Culture in the Roman Settecento
Friday, November 7, 4:00pm, Lecture Hall. Professor Vernon Minor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado at Boulder)

The Julius Fund Lecture in Renaissance Art
A Sculptural Juggling Act and Iconographical Agility on the Exterior of the Baptistery in Florence
Wednesday, November 19, 4:00pm, Recital Hall. Professor William R. Levin, Centre College

Talk and Panel Discussion

Revisioning Race: The Power of Images
Sunday, December 7, 2:30–3:30

Explore representations of race in this special event which includes a public presentation and panel discussion followed by a self-directed gallery stroll. Planned to complement the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s exhibition Race: Are We So Different? Dale Hilton, director of distance learning, introduces images in the CMA collection that depict images of race. Cleveland State University’s Dr. Regennia N. Williams then moderates a panel discussion that will be opened to the audience for comments. Visit the galleries after the program for more viewing and your own discussions.

Holiday Lecture

Season of Light
Wednesday, December 10, 6:30

Celebrations of holidays such as Christmas, Hanukkah, and Diwali fall during the early winter months and often make use of light. Lorain County Community College professor of religion Cheryl Piper teams up with the museum’s Dale Hilton to explore these traditions using objects from the CMA collection.

Talks to Go

Building for the Future
Join us as the Cleveland Museum of Art builds for the future. Enjoy free talks by our museum staff for your community group at your location. The presentation introduces the museum’s $350 million renovation and expansion, and gives a preview of what is coming as the CMA expands its spaces for collections as well as educational and public programs. To request a speaker, call Sarah Dagy at 216–707–2458.

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