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October 11, 2009 - Sunday

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Spano, Staging Director James Alexander and Atlanta Opera General Director Dennis Hanthorn join ASO Insider and Program Annotator Ken Meltzer to compare and contrast the elements of opera and the theatre of a concert.

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Jerry Springer on Health Care, Media and Entertainment

September 11, 2009 - Friday

Former Cincinnati Mayor and current media giant Jerry Springer speaks openly on the health care debate, the media and the state of entertainment.

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Love and Rockets

July 18, 2009 - Saturday

Laura Noel provides commentary on her most recent body of work, Love and Rockets, as well as previous work and her career as a photographer, which began in the 1990s.

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An Homage to Ellsworth Kelly

June 27, 2009 - Saturday

Artist Jennie C. Jones talks about the connections between abstract painting, the color of birds, jazz and Blue Note LP cover designs.

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Moore in America

June 17, 2009 - Wednesday

Mary Pat Matheson, executive director of the Atlanta Botanical Garden, discusses what TIME Magazine named one of the top 10 Museum Exhibitions of 2008.

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Claude Monet's Water Lilies

June 6, 2009 - Saturday

Dr. David Brenneman and Frances B. Bunzl explore the impact of Claude Monet's Water Lilies on the history of modern art.

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The Grand Picture Gallery at Bob Jones University

May 20, 2009 - Wednesday

John Nolan, curator of the Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones University, introduces the Grand Picture Gallery collection of over 400 Old Master paintings.

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Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street

April 27, 2009 - Monday

Michael Davis takes us behind the scenes of the innovative and definitive children's TV show on PBS and PBA-30, Sesame Street.

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Richard Pare: The Lost Vanguard

April 15, 2009 - Wednesday

Richard Pare, photographer, discusses his photography of Soviet modernist architecture constructed in the years immediately after the revolution, from 1922 to 1932.

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Tutankhamun: The Golden King, the Great Pharaoh

March 18, 2009 - Wednesday

Clare Fitzgerald, from the Michael C. Carlos Museum, discusses the two current exhibitions about the most famous archaeological discovery of all time: King Tut's tomb.

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Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture

March 14, 2009 - Saturday

Dr. Richard J. Powell discusses his new book, Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture.

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Chocolate! Making It and Tasting It

March 12, 2009 - Thursday

Benjamin Desmartins, as an expert chocolatier, shares some of his secrets of making and tasting chocolate.

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The Treasure of Ulysses Davis

January 31, 2009 - Saturday

Susan Crawley, High Museum of Art Curator of Folk Art, discusses the exhibition of the work of self-taught sculptor Ulysses Davis.

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Inside the Louvre's Drawings Cabinet

January 24, 2009 - Saturday

Carel van Tuyll, Leslie Paisley and Sheldon Peck discuss caring for the world's greatest drawings collection.

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The Art of the Steal - Spalding Nix

January 21, 2009 - Wednesday

Spalding Nix discusses infamous works of art and the daring criminals that steal them.

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Stencil Nation - Russell Howze

December 12, 2008 - Friday

Russell Howze discusses his new book, Stencil Nation, and shows examples of the art he has collected over the years.

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Charles Rohlfs Furniture - Joseph Cunningham

December 6, 2008 - Saturday

Joseph Cunningham, curator of the American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, discusses the work of Charles Rohlfs, one of the most innovative furniture makers from the 1900s.

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Cradle to Cradle - William McDonough

December 2, 2008 - Tuesday

Architect and designer William McDonough speaks about his Cradle to Cradle philosophy and design practice.

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The First Emperor Terracotta Army

November 15, 2008 - Saturday

Jane Portal, curator of The First Emperor exhibit at the High, discusses the world-famous terracotta warriors from Xi'an, China.

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The First Emperor - Julia Forbes

November 12, 2008 - Wednesday

Julia Forbes, head of museum interpretation for the High Museum of Art, shares a glimpse into The First Emperor: The Terracotta Army of China.

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Patrick Bensard: Historic Dance Films

November 7, 2008 - Friday

Patrick Bensard leads a discussion and screening of three short films, tracing the impact of early African-American artists who found acclaim and notoriety in France.

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Two Women on Great Women of Photography

November 5, 2008 - Wednesday

Naomi Rosenblum, historian, curator, lecturer and author, is joined by Meg Partridge, noted filmmaker, to discuss great women photographers.

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Irish Furniture and the Irish Georgian Society

October 21, 2008 - Tuesday

Christie's Vice President James Peill and Desmond Fitzgerald, 29th Knight of Glin and president of the Irish Georgian Society, present at Deadwyler Antiques.

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Looking Deeply Into Louvre-Atlanta

October 11, 2008 - Saturday

David Brenneman, the High Museum's director of collections and exhibitions, and Isabelle Lemaistre, the Louvre sculpture curator, talk about key points of Louvre-Atlanta.

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French Architecture in America

October 3, 2008 - Friday

Ronald Katz discusses his book, written with Arielle la Tour d'Auvergne, French America: French Architecture From Colonalization To The Birth Of A Nation.

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Danny Lyon on His Civil Rights Photography

October 2, 2008 - Thursday

Danny Lyon, one of the most important photographers of the civil rights movement, discusses his experiences as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) first official photographer.

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Gregory Heisler on Arnold Newman

October 1, 2008 - Wednesday

Gregory Heisler, award winning photographer, discusses Arnold Newman and the impact that he and his work have had on photography.

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Civil Rights Photographers - Julian Cox

September 25, 2008 - Thursday

Julian Cox talks about his research methods and the curatorial framework that underpin a civil rights photography exhibition.

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Rare Masterpieces - Glyn Davies

September 11, 2008 - Thursday

Glyn Davies, research fellow and curator of medieval art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, offers this lecture on Sacred and Secular in Medieval and Renaissance Art.

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The Photography of Christopher Bucklow

September 11, 2008 - Thursday

Christopher Bucklow talks about his widely known photographic silhouettes made using a pinhole camera.

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Turner: British Master of Watercolor

August 12, 2008 - Tuesday

Janice Simon discusses what makes artist J.M.W. Turner so important to the history of watercolor.

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Meet Otabenga Jones & Associates

July 18, 2008 - Friday

After 1968 artists Otabenga Jones & Associates lead a gallery discussion inspired by their ongoing educational art collaboration.

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Discussing Civil Rights - High Museum of Art

June 12, 2008 - Thursday

Hank Klibanoff, Doris Derby, Brett Gadsden and Julian Cox discuss The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation.

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The Art of Jack Whitten

May 15, 2008 - Thursday

Stuart Horodner interviews artist Jack Whitten about his memorial art and his history.

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The Empire Style of France

April 19, 2008 - Saturday

Christopher Johns and Jeffrey Collins lead two discussions on the empire style of France.

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Street Photography

March 27, 2008 - Thursday

Photography expert Lisa Kurzner leads a discussion on Through the Spyglass: Politics and Play in Street Photography, 1960 to the Present.

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Alfred Stieglitz's Photography of Georgia O'Keeffe

March 6, 2008 - Thursday

Lisa Kurzner, independent scholar, discusses Alfred Stieglitz's photographs of Georgia O'Keeffe.

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Robert G. Workman: Crystal Bridges

February 28, 2008 - Thursday

Robert G. Workman discusses the planning, organization, construction and implementation of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

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After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy

February 27, 2008 - Wednesday

Artists Adam Pendleton, Nadine Robinson, Jefferson Pinder, Jeffrey Grove and Hank Willis Thomas, along with Kenya Evans and Jabari Anderson of Otabenga Jones & Associates, discuss their participation in the exhibit After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy.

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A Conversation with David C. Driskell

February 16, 2008 - Saturday

David C. Driskell discusses his art and his life.

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Color in Greek and Roman Ancient Bronzes

February 2, 2008 - Saturday

Sophie DesCamps, curator of the Musée du Louvre, discusses colors in Greek and Roman ancient bronzes.

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Claude Monet and the Landscape Tradition

January 10, 2008 - Thursday

David Brenneman shows the links between Monet's style and that of the Dutch masters.

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The Maidservant by Camille Pissarro

January 3, 2008 - Thursday

Jenna Madison discusses Pissarro's,The Maidservant.

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Timeless Landscape Design: A Four-Part Master Plan

December 31, 2007 - Monday

Hugh Dargan and Mary Palmer Dargan, ASLAs, explore the depth of visual art in landscape, sharing techniques that define timeless landscapes.

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Jorge Pardo: House

December 10, 2007 - Monday

Jorge Pardo discusses House, a major mid-career survey of his work on display at MOCA North Miami (Lecture contributed by WPBT)

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Visit to the Museum by Edgar Degas

December 6, 2007 - Thursday

Julia Forbes looks into Degas' painting, Visit to the Museum.

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John Edwards: The Blueprints of Our Lives

November 17, 2007 - Saturday

John Edwards discusses the new book he has edited about homes, "the values they rest on, the dreams they are filled with, and the people they have shaped."

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The Art of Placemaking

November 15, 2007 - Thursday

Ronald Fleming discusses the development of placemaking initiatives since 1990, using examples of beautiful and approachable public spaces. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Renzo Piano: A New High In Atlanta

November 15, 2007 - Thursday

Renzo Piano speaks about the three new buildings he designed which more than double the Museum's size to 312,000 square feet.

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Luncheon of the Boating Party

November 10, 2007 - Saturday

Susan Vreeland talks about her book, which is inspired by Renoir's painting of the same title.

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The Quai Branly Museum in Paris

November 9, 2007 - Friday

Stéphane Martin, director of the newly reopened Quai Branly Museum, discusses the Paris facility.

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Exploring Harry and Eleanor Callahan

November 8, 2007 - Thursday

Chip Simone, John Mcwilliams and Julian Cox discuss the photography of Harry Callahan.

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The Tiber

November 1, 2007 - Thursday

Philip Verre discusses many aspects of the sculpture The Tiber, created by an unknown artist.

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Looking Back on Impressionism

October 13, 2007 - Saturday

Ann Dumas shares some secrets about the Impressionist movement.

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A Tribute to James Brown - High Museum

September 27, 2007 - Thursday

Manthia Diawara, Fred Taylor, Bret Love and Stan Woodard discuss the legendary musician, James Brown, and the African photography he inspired.

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Prized Photographs: The Harry Callahan Archive

September 20, 2007 - Thursday

Britt Salvesen gives a unique glimpse inside a prized archive of photographs at at the Center for Creative Photography in Arizona.

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New Media Art: Modern Photography and Film

September 15, 2007 - Saturday

Sam Taylor-Wood discusses her cutting-edge art that explores the discord between the internal and external identity of her subjects.

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Sensational Scandals on the Eve of the French Revolution

September 1, 2007 - Saturday

Judith Miller discusses a series of scandals that linked French politics to the arts in the 1770's and 1780's.

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Cecilia Beaux and Mrs. Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes

August 2, 2007 - Thursday

The High Museum presents an evening with Akela Reason, as she explores Cecilia Beaux's portrait of Mrs. Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, or Edith Minturn.

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Franklin Sirmans: Driskell Prize Lecture

July 22, 2007 - Sunday

Franklin Sirmans, the 2007 recipient of the coveted David C. Driskell Prize, discusses his career as an independent curator, writer, editor and lecturer.

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Comediennes: Women Who Made Television Funny

May 22, 2007 - Tuesday

David Tucker discusses The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms, his new book about the early years of television.

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Reproduction, Mimicry, Critique & Distribution in Visual Art

April 29, 2007 - Sunday

Bill Arning moderates a panel of artists who are pioneers in digital media and installation, as they discuss central questions posed by new types of art activity. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Hitler's Filmmaker: A Biography of Leni Riefenstahl

April 25, 2007 - Wednesday

Stephen Bach debates the moral intricacies of Leni Riefenstahl working under the Nazi regime, and presents evidence that Riefenstahl was part Jewish.

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Inventing Concepts for a New Museum

April 18, 2007 - Wednesday

Yves Abrioux explores new ideas for museums of the future, integrating art, culture, and education.

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The Value of Arts in the Workplace

April 17, 2007 - Tuesday

Eric Booth explores research indicating that learning in the arts makes improves workplace preparedness and may contribute to market competitiveness for the US.

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Voice and Vision in Southern Self-Taught Art

April 12, 2007 - Thursday

Experts review self-taught art in a cultural context, inspired by the recent publication Sacred and Profane: Voice and Vision in Southern Self-Taught Art.

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Marie Antoinette: Patron of the Arts

April 5, 2007 - Thursday

Virginia Shearer shares her knowledge on Marie Antoinette's fervent support of the arts.

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Artist's View of the Future of the Museum

April 4, 2007 - Wednesday

Jane Prophet takes a cutting-edge look at interdisciplinary directions for museum exhibits of the future, including digital, landscape and artificial life installations.

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Art of a Holocaust Survivor

March 25, 2007 - Sunday

Holocaust survivors Helga Weissova-Hoskova and Ilse Reiner reunite to tell the stories of survival in words and art.

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Selective Attention: Neuroscience and the Art Museum

March 22, 2007 - Thursday

Barbara Stafford studies the relationship between neuroscience and art museums,and our assumptions about perception, emotion, sensation, and mental imagery.

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Lives and Landscapes of the French Monarchy

March 17, 2007 - Saturday

William Beik and Christian Duvernois explore the tastes of the French monarchy.

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Grand Avenues: Designing Our Capitol

March 15, 2007 - Thursday

Scott W. Berg reads from his biography of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Grand Avenues: The Story of the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, DC.

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Building a Vibrant Workforce Through the Arts in Education

March 13, 2007 - Tuesday

Phillip Yenawine and Lynne Sowder discuss the role that art education could play in building the cognitive and creative skills that tomorrow's workforce needs.

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Marie-Antoinette, Queen of Fashion

March 10, 2007 - Saturday

Caroline Weber tells the story of how Marie-Antoinette's clothing choices helped make and unmake her reputation, altering the very course of French history.

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Lagging Arts Support

March 5, 2007 - Monday

Joseph R. Bankoff laments Atlanta's dwindling support for the arts.

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StoryCorps: David Isay

March 2, 2007 - Friday

David Isay, describes the genesis of the StoryCorps oral history project, its progress and plans for expansion at the opening of the Atlanta Story Corps booth.

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American Artists and the Louvre: Morse Gallery

February 24, 2007 - Saturday

Paul Staiti and Jean-Philippe Antoine discuss early nineteenth-century American artists who sought training in Paris and the artistic practice of copying.

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Does an Object Have a Life?: African Art in the World

February 22, 2007 - Thursday

Susan Vogel discusses her film about an African sculpture as it moves from Cameroon in 1910 to the US in the '70s and the shifting meanings of art objects.

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Harlem Renaissance and Paris

February 17, 2007 - Saturday

Dr. Richard A. Long speaks about the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, which has been the subject of much discussion and reflection over the past three decades.

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Greta Pratt: Nineteen Lincolns

February 8, 2007 - Thursday

Greta Pratt discusses her interest in historic iconography in America, in particular her monumental work Nineteen Lincolns.

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China and India: Future of Past Traditions

February 7, 2007 - Wednesday

Dr. Vishakha N. Desai describes contemporary artists from China and India, examining the roots of their work in traditional art practices.

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Diego Velasquez' The Infanta Margarita

February 1, 2007 - Thursday

Michael E. Shapiro provides an in-depth look at Diego Velasquez' famously mysterious painting The Infanta Margarita.

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Impressionism and the Judgment of Paris

January 30, 2007 - Tuesday

Ross King chronicles a seminal period when Paris was the artistic center of the world, and a revolutionary movement had the power to electrify and divide a nation.

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Raphael: Master Draftsman

January 28, 2007 - Sunday

Konrad Oberhuber offers an intimate look at the Louvre's collection of exquisite drawings with a special focus on the master, Raphael.

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Raphael, Castiglione, and Court Portraiture

January 26, 2007 - Friday

Julia Forbes discusses Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione in the context of Renaissance traditions of portraiture.

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Dueling Cartoonists: French and American

January 26, 2007 - Friday

Mike Luckovich and Plantu, award winning editorial cartoonists from American and French newspapers, discuss their work, motivations and personal experiences.

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Raphael and the Art of Portraiture

January 25, 2007 - Thursday

David Brenneman discusses one of the Renaissance's most important portraits, Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione.

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Castiglione: The Art of Being a Renaissance Man

January 11, 2007 - Thursday

Gary Radke discusses 'Renaissance Man' Castiglione, his masterful portrait by Raphael, and the world in which they both lived.

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Masterpiece of the Month: Madonna & Child with St. Martina

January 4, 2007 - Thursday

Philip Verre discusses Madonna and Child with Saint Martina by Pietro da Cortona, providing an in-depth look at this treasured work of art from the Louvre.

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Cruel Versus Cool: From Fur to Faux

January 1, 2007 - Monday

Kristin Leppert educates future fashion designers on the issue of fur, and discusses her many successful campaigns to reform the fashion industry's use of fur.

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Gallery of the Louvre

December 7, 2006 - Thursday

Akela Reason discusses Masterpiece of the Month talks by Samuel F. B. Morse.

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Who's Afraid of Morris Louis?

November 30, 2006 - Thursday

Jeffrey Grove examines the work of Morris Louis and the legacy it engendered, specifically issues of painting developed from abstraction in the 1950s and 60s.

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Morris Louis: Court Painter of the Kennedy Era

November 16, 2006 - Thursday

Alexander Nemerov examines one of the greatest of the Louis' paintings, Alpha Tau, in relation to the Kennedy White House.

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Photography: Inspired Collecting

November 9, 2006 - Thursday

Susan Todd-Raque discusses the growing enthusiasm for collecting photography.

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Masterpiece of the Month: Saint Matthew and the Angel

November 2, 2006 - Thursday

Dorothy Fletcher discusses the masterpiece entitled Saint Matthew and the Angel by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn.

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Banjo-Wielding Women

September 19, 2006 - Tuesday

Leo G. Mazow discusses the many female banjoists that appear in myriad American paintings, photographs, illustrations, and advertisements through history. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Thoughts on Large Format Photography

July 20, 2006 - Thursday

Julian Cox addresses the prevailing taste for large scale images, and considers the choices that photographers make when determining the size of their prints.

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Supervillainz

May 18, 2006 - Thursday

Alicia Goranson reads from her new novel Supervillainz, about a pair of transgender friends being chased by a family of superheroes. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Winslow Homer's Watercolors: Markers in a Life Journey

May 11, 2006 - Thursday

Elizabeth Johns discusses the relationship of Homer's watercolors and some of his oils to his life's journey.

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Conversation with Chuck Close

March 24, 2006 - Friday

Chuck Close reflects on his forty year career and discusses his continuously innovative approach to portraiture with particular emphasis on his self portraits.

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Boston IDEAS 2005: Barnaby Evans

October 7, 2005 - Friday

Barnaby Evans discusses sculpture and his vision to combine myriad influences into works that defy traditional definitions of art. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Boston IDEAS 2005: Stefane Barbeau and Duane Smith

October 6, 2005 - Thursday

Vessel founders discuss innovative design and distribution that combines quality, unique design and simple solutions to re-invent everyday products. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Building the High's African Art

September 13, 2005 - Tuesday

Carol Thompson discusses the High Museum's African art collection and her vision for the future of the most significant African art collection in the southeastern United States.

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Inventing Kindergarten

May 5, 2005 - Thursday

Brosterman discusses the history of kindergarten and its influence on such modernist giants as Kandinsky, Mondrian, Le Corbusier and others. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Fish Worship and Art

Ray Troll discusses his fishy images based on the latest scientific discoveries,bringing a street-smart sensibility to the worlds of ichthyology and paleontology. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Facets of Mount Auburn: Birding

Scott Weidensaul and Norman Smith discuss the pleasure, art and science of birding, and the special value of Mount Auburn Cemetery holds for birders. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Amusement Parks and Grand Hotels: Boston Harbors Past

Donald Cann and John Galluzzo show the multiple uses of Boston Harbor over time through historical postcard images. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Surveying the Shore

Joseph Garver shows how cartographers from the 1600's to the 1930's have drawn the Massachusetts shoreline to suit their political and commercial goals. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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2007 MCC Commonwealth Awards

The Massachusetts Cultural Council announces the 2007 recipients of their prestigious awards for great contributions to the region's cultural life and economy. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Educating The Creative Workforce

Dan Hunter moderates a panel discussion about what Massachusetts can do to improve access to arts and culture in the classroom and beyond. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Sculptors and Their Patrons at Mount Auburn, 1820-1870

David Dearinger discusses the American NeoClassic sculptors and their patrons that are buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Needles and Pens: Sewing Diaries of Four American Women

Karen Herbaugh discusses how four diaries from 1883-1920 provide insight on everything from fashion and sewing to relationships at the turn of the 20th century. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Victorian Boulevard Preserved: Cambridge's Brattle Street

Charles Bahne discusses the history of Brattle Street in Cambridge Massachusetts, renowned for its illustrious residents and fine Victorian dwellings. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Victorian Charlestown, Massachusetts

Ed Gordon describes Charlestown's amazing collection of Victorian structures and its storied history as it was annexed to the City of Boston. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Revealing Kew Palace: A Royal Retreat

Lucy Worsley explores the role of Kew and its gardens in the lives of the Georgian royal family. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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John and Margaret Myer: People and Places

John and Margaret Myer offer an explanation of what attracts us to certain places and what makes us comfortable once we arrive. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Nancy Lancaster: English Country House Style

Martin Wood explores Lancaster's substantial contribution to the arts of interior decoration and garden design by discussing her houses and gardens. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Remembrance and Realization in the Islamic Humanities

James Morris discusses the importance of repetition and rhythm to Islamic art, which begins from the traditional daily recitation of the Koran. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Streets of My Youth: Brockton Disappears

Gerald Parker shows some of his photographs from the series "Streets of My Youth" that document his hometown Brockton, MA, as it literally disappeared before his eyes. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Emerging Field of the Arts in Education

Steve Seidel moderates as a panel reflects on the history and future of the field of arts in education. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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IDEAS Boston Youth Summit: Sofia Snow

Sofia Snow shares her art and talks about self expression at the 2006 IDEAS Boston Youth Summit. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Conservation of China's Historical and Cultural Heritage

Experts discuss China's national heritage sites, their environmental challenges, and the efforts and new technology being employed to conserve them. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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What Death is For: Mortality in Philosophy and Art

Joseph Bottum discusses the implications of mortality in philosophy, art, political theory, and religion. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Familiar Faces: Gilbert Stuart's George & Martha Washington

Ellen Miles describes the relationship between the Washingtons and the artist, the reason for the incomplete composition of the two portraits. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Artists' Daguerreotype Rooms

Grant Romer discusses new research related to the architecture of the renowned Tremont Row studio, and the daguerreotype work of Southworth & Hawes. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Unicorn in Captivity: Science Helping Art

The Chudnovsky brothers describe how they used their homemade supercomputer to help preserve the Metropolitan Museum of Art's famous Unicorn Tapestries. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Extreme Makeover: Mural Edition

Gianfranco Pocobono and Richard Wolbers discuss the use of new technology in the conservation of the John La Farge murals at Trinity Church Boston. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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New York World: Graphic Art on Sunday (1898-1911)

Nicholson Baker discusses the famous Sunday edition of New York World newspaper, a visual feast for weekend readers between 1898-1911. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Architecture of Ralph Adams Cram's Boston

Douglass Shand-Tucci discusses Cram's architectural monuments across the US, with special focus on those that grace the cities and towns of Massachusetts. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Creating Green Cities

Peter Smith, Larissa Brown and Kristina Egan discuss new initiatives in urban design aimed at creating "green cities." (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Impassioned Experience: Artwork in a 4h Grade Classroom

Michael Armstrong reflects on his recent observations of visual art activities in a grade school classroom in Lawrence, Massachusetts. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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First Principles: Building an Einstein Factory

Howard Burton describes the process and pitfalls of constructing a home for budding Einsteins from scratch in Waterloo. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein & Picasso: The Beauty that Causes Havoc

Arthur I. Miller examines the similarities and synchronicity between the themes that Einstein was researching in physics, and those that Picasso was researching in his art. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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North Shore Boston: Country Houses of Essex County

Pamela Fox discusses the prestigious, historic resort homes of Boston's North Shore that arose during the Age of Elegance. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Burying Sir Joshua Reynolds

Richard Wendorf discusses his new "experiment in cultural history", a book of essays on British art in the 18th and 19th centuries. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Orb of Chatham

Bob Staake's tells the tale of five witnesses who vanished inexplicably in 1935 after reporting a strange sight in Chatham, MA. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Drawing Diversity with Jennifer Camper

Camper and others discuss their contributions to her new anthology, and how to expand the diversity of perspectives in the comic genre. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement

Judith B. Tankard examines the philosophy of landscape design, originating in the late 1800s, that redefined the relationship between the garden and the house. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Secret Life of Type

Richard Wendorf explores the nature and history of the type faces that surround and influence us, but that usually go unnoticed. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Arts and Schools: Reconciling Opposites

Dick Deasy, director of the Arts Education Partnership in Washington, DC, and editor of Critical Links, speaks about schools and the arts. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Telling Tales: Reading with Michael Armstrong

Michael Armstrong reads from Girl Today, Hare Tomorrow, a story by a child that to him represents the culmination of elementary school art. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Looking For Mr. Gilbert: African-American Photographer

Mitchell shares his recent discovery of antique negatives made by a previously unknown African-American photographer. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Hudson River School of American Landscape Painting

David Dearinger, a Boston art historian, offers a general introduction to the famous Hudson River School of American landscape painting. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Academy and Art in America

David Dearinger gives an illustrated lecture about the role of the formal art academy in the development of American art and art criticism. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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2006 MCC Plenary Session: The New Normal

Take a look into the future, as experts from the worlds of business, education, marketing, and philanthropy give us their perspectives on the shape of things to come. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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2006 MCC Keynote Address: New Voices, Changing Experiences

Richard West discusses the "New Normal" and explores what the future will look like as we develop approaches to navigating this changing world. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Workers of Boston's Big Dig

Hintlian, who has photographed over 5,000 Big Dig workers, shows images from his new book and discusses the difficulties and joys of assembling this collection. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The White House: A Pop-Up Book

Chuck Fischer, world renowned pop-up book artist, gives us a personal tour of his 2002 masterpiece, The White House: A Pop-Up Book. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Framing Education as Art: The Octopus Has a Good Day

Jessica Davis discusses her new book and offers suggestions for making non-arts education more connected to and like the arts. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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100 Years of Egyptian Art at the MFA

Dr Rita Freed, a prominent curator in the MFA's Art in the Ancient World department, celebrates Boston's 100-year fascination with ancient Egyptian artifacts. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Life Drawing in 19th Century America

Ms. Davis presents an illustrated lecture comparing Darwin's evolutionary theory to the style of life drawing taught in Boston and New York by William Rimmer (1816-1879). (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Seen But Not Heard: Images of Children in American Art

David Dearinger uses nineteenth and early twentieth-century American art to illustrate perceptions of childhood. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Favorite English Country Houses

Sir Simon Jenkins, noted journalist and editor, shares his passion and enthusiasm for the architectural heritage of Britain. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Conversation with I.M. Pei

In celebration of the John F. Kennedy Library's 25th anniversary, the building's designer, renowned architect I.M. Pei, reflects on his vision for the project. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Deaf Artist: The World of John Brewster Jr.

Harlan Lane examines John Brewster Jr., as a deaf artist, and one of the best American portrait artists of his time. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Arthur Ganson: Ingenious Mechanical Sculptures

This MIT molecular biologist explores calorie restriction and natural substances in red wine as ways to add decades to expected life spans. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Zhang Yimou as Personal Filmmaker

Roy Grundmann explores the elements of Zhang's films that derive from his personal experiences growing up during the Cultural Revolution. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Marmorean Affair: Neoclassic Sculptors and Boston

David Dearinger reveals the Bostonian obsession with neoclassical sculpture from the 1820s through the 1860s. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living (1900-1939)

Virginia Nicholson provides a richly detailed exploration of the generation of artists, poets, writers, and composers who used their creativity to break Victorian repression. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London

Lisa Jardine discusses the gifted but cranky English scientist Robert Hooke and some of the social drama that surrounded the earliest work of modern science. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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George Stubbs: Reapers and Haymakers

Richard Wendorf gives an illustrated lecture on George Stubbs' remarkable attempts to paint agricultural workers in the English countryside. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Civil Rights Movement On Film

Withers shares his experiences and images of events that altered the course of American history in a memorable Martin Luther King Jr. Day presentation. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Literacy and Picturacy

James Heffernan discusses visual literacy, or "picturacy" and the challenge that the visual poses to the traditional authority of text. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher

Barbara Martin initiates the new viewer into the joys of looking at Rembrandt's work, using the museum's special exhibition as an example. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Modern Art in America

Heather Cotter, Museum of Fine Arts Gallery Lecturer, gives an overview of the roots of American modern art using examples from the Museum's collection. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Piranesi in Boston: An Architectural Tour

Two different architects discuss the urban design, public art, and landscape architecture of Boston with a view to Italian architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Thomas Gainsborough: The Substance of Style

Frederick Ilchman discusses the context in which Thomas Gainsborough's elegant portraits were created. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Dutch Paintings: The Poetry of Everyday Life

McPhee and Morell share their responses to the collections gathered for the exhibition The Poetry of Everyday Life: Dutch Paintings in Boston Collections. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Picturing Boston: Painting the Town

Erica Hirshler uses images from the MFA's collection to explore how artists represented Boston and its inhabitants throughout its history. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Encarta Africana: W.E.B. Du Bois to John Coltrane

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shares the African and African-American experience from W.E.B. Du Bois to John Coltrane in his comprehensive study. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Artists As Activists: Muslim Women Artists

Munir Jiwa discusses the role and impact of Muslim women in the arts, museums, media, and material culture. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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After Apartheid: Symbols of Progress and Challenges

Justice Albie Sachs explains the significance of the South African Constitutional Court as a monument to the post-apartheid spirit of an emerging nation. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Art, Gender and Politics in Egypt: Queen Hapshepsut

Dr. Chahinda Karim discusses how art can mirror society and how Pharaoh Hatshepsut of Egypt left her mark as one of history's most significant female rulers. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Religious Imagery in Navajo Textiles

Rebecca Vallette explains that seemingly abstract Navajo designs are, in fact, religious symbols imbued with specific meanings. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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