Chinese Calligraphy demonstrated by Dr. Tan Ye

Beyond Turner to Cezanne: Manet and Caillebotte (lecture)

Dr. Bradford Collins lectures on the history of European painting from the Neoclassical movement of the late 18th century through French Impressionism in the early 20th century.

In this episode Dr. Collins discusses the work of Edouard Manet and Gustav Caillebotte and the development of the new urban environs of Paris beginning in the mid-1800's.

Bradford Collins has been teaching art history at the University of South Carolina for over twenty years. He is currently writing a survey text titled "Modern Art and Modern Life, 1848 to the Present."

This lecture is a program of The Columbia Museum of Art Adult Art School. The Adult Art School offers lectures and courses in several art media. For more information contact the Art School by emailing this podcast ( podcast@columbiamuseum.org ) or call 803.343.2187.

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AfriCOBRA Lecture

Kyle Coleman discusses AfriCOBRA, an art movement that paralleled the Black Cultural revolution and incorporated elements of Trans-Africanism, Free Jazz, vibrant color and the sublime.

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Turner to Cezanne Opening Lecture

Oliver Fairclough, exhibition curator and Keeper of Art at the National Museum Wales, discusses works in the exhibition Turner to Cezanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection. Margaret and Gwendolyn Davies collected this extraordinary group of 19th and early 20th century paintings between 1908 and 1923. The collection is exceptionally strong in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works and includes masterpieces by, among others, Cézanne, Corot, van Gogh, Monet, Daumier, Manet, Millet, Pissarro, Renoir, Turner and Whistler.

Turner to Cézanne features 53 stunning works of art, seen together in the United States for the first time. The exhibition will travel to only five venues and the Columbia Museum of Art is the opening venue. The Columbia presentation is made possible by the Blanchard Family.

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What's Love Got to Do With It? Chapter 3 (for mature audiences)

What's Love Got to Do With it? Chapter 3
701 Whaley St.
February 14, 2009

Columbia area artists participating in the exhibition "What's Love Got to Do With It? Chapter 3" discuss their work, the exhibition, and events planned for the opening on Saturday, February 14, 2009, at 701 Whaley St. in Columbia, SC.


Participating Artists: Alejandro Garcia, Anastasia Chernoff, Molly Harrell, Lee Ann Kornegay, Melinda Register, Michael Krewjewski, Billy Guess, Leslie Pierce, Bonnie Goldberg, Travis Teate, Diana Farfan, Danielle Howle, Unbound, Half & Half,
Angela Howard

Sponsored in part by Stir Magazine

This podcast is intended for mature audiences.

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Melissa Chiu, Director of the Asia Society

Melissa Chiu, Director of the Asia Society in New York and Vice President of the Society's Global Arts Program, discusses "Chinese Contemporary Art: Seven Things You Should Know."

Melissa Chiu, vice president of Global Art Programs and museum director of Asia Society, is a leading authority on Asian contemporary art and uniquely positioned to talk about the dramatic beginnings of the vanguard movement in China in 1979 to the burgeoning scene of today. Melissa Chiu's new book, “Contemporary Chinese Art: 7 Things You Should Know,” offers an accessible guide to understanding Chinese contemporary art: what you need to know about the artists, the art market, and what can legitimately be called a new art movement, perhaps the first great art movement of the 21st century.

Melissa Chiu received her B.A. from the University of Western Sydney and her M.A. from the College of Fine Arts, University of South Wales. She has completed her Ph.D. from the University of Western Sydney, for her work on contemporary Chinese artists. An author of artist monographs and conference papers, she has published widely in journals, magazines and for exhibition catalogues. She was recently awarded a Getty Curatorial Research Fellowship for her work on an upcoming exhibition on the art of the Cultural Revolution and its contemporary legacy. Ms. Chiu was asked by Oxford University Press to edit The Grove Dictionary of Art edition on Asian contemporary art and has been a faculty member of the Rhode Island School of Design where she taught Asian contemporary art and design. She has served on a number of boards and grant panels, including the New York State Council on the Arts, Museums Grant Committee and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

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Eye to the East: Members' Opening Lecture

Don Wood, Chief Curator at the Birmingham Museum of Art, delivers the opening lecture at the museum Members' preview of Eye to the East: The Turner Collection of Chinese Art.