Bass Museum of Art
July 26th, 2009 | by Ernie Earth | Published in Arts & Culture, Events, Free Events and Things to Do in Miami, Museums
Bass Museum of Art
2121 Park Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305-673-75360
Museum SUMMER HOURS and Docent Tours
June through September 2009
Wednesday-Sunday 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
closed on Friday July 3rd in observance of Independence Day. Docent tours by appointment. Free with museum admission. To schedule a group tour call 305.673.7530 x 9-1013.
Sunday – July 26, 2009
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
“Altar Egos” Family Fun Day.
In conjuction with the exhibition “FRAMING THE ALTARPIECE.
WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS
Altar Ego.
Personal 3-dimensional works.
Collaborative Installation Art.
A fun-filled afternoon the whole family can enjoy. Working with professional artists using an electric variety of art materials and found objects, children will create personal 3-dimensional works and in the spirit of today’s art world learn to work in a team environment to create one large collaborative piece of art. Kids, come and enjoy FREE popcorn and snow cones and bring your moma and dads for FREE Bustelo Coffee. Spend $2.00 and help support our new Bass Teen Council fundraiser by purchasing packaged “Altar Ego” fun art cookies and art tarts.
Sunday – July 26, 2009
Screening of the movie “HOME”.
3:00 PM
Reception to follow
Sunday – August 16, 2009
3:00 PM
Lecture – Framing the Alterpices:
The Birth of the Modern Painting out of the Spirit of the Gothic Cathedral.
Inaugural Lecture of Bass Adjunct Curator of Renaissance and Baroque Art Dr. Benjamin Binstock.
On the occasion of the re-inatallation of the Bass’s Coronation of the Virgin, attributed to Sandro Botticelli and Domenico Ghirlandaio, and the re-introduction of several Renaissance altarpieces from Italy, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands, Benjamin Binstock will place the altarpiece in the context of its historical evolution and contemporary significance. The single greatest example, The Gent Altarpiece for 1432, thought to be the work of the great Jan van Eyck and his mysterious brother Hubert, has posed a recalcitrant riddle for art history. Dr. Binstock will resolve the enigma and show how this exceptional work embodies a unique transition from the Gothic, cathedral to illusionist painting, reflected in different ways in each of the altarpieces in the Bass collection, and underlying the “birth” of the modern painting. Benjamin Binstock, a specialist in Renaissance and Baroque Art, earned his PhD. in art history at Columbia University in 1997, after study in Aix-en-Provence, Amsterdam, Berlin and Berkeley. He has published widely on Rembrandt, Vermeer, Carel Fabritius, and the history and theory of art history and aesthetics. His recent book Vermeer’s Family Secrets. Genius, Discovery, and the Unknown Apprentice (Routledge: 2009) offers a radical revision of current scholarship, including his controversial claim that Verneer’s eldest daughter Maria painted several of the works now attributed to her father. Binstock has taught at Columbia, New York University, he CUNY Graduate Center, and now at theCoer Union in downtown Manhattan. He was a visiting member of the Insttute for Advanced Studies, Princeton and the American Academy of Berlin, and created and directed “Derrida Month” at New York University in 2000, in which Jacques Derrida participated shortly before his death. Teception following lecture to greet and welcome the new Adjunct Curator.
FREE with museum admission.
| Event Date | July 26, 2009 |
| address | 2121 Park Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 |
| phone | 305-673-75360 |
