Duncan Phillips Lectures

Sep 19, 2013

Yve-Alain Bois, the author of Kelly’s catalogue raisonné, discusses Kelly’s works. Bois, a prominent scholar of 20th-century European and American art, is professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University.

Nov 2, 2013

Known for his novels chronicling American life, including The Ice Storm (1994), The Diviners (2005), and The Four Fingers of Death (2010), Moody is also deeply involved in music. His band, the Wingdale Community Singers, performs folk music with a modernist edge. In his recent collection of essays, On Celestial Music: And Other Adventures in Listening (2012), Moody expresses his passion for music from Otis Redding to Meredith Monk.

Mar 17, 2011

The paintings of the Scottish-born, Trinidad-based artist Peter Doig give off a modest, quiet nostalgia.

Oct 3, 2010

wJaar discusses his work in the context of American cultural exchange and explores the ways that art and society fit into U.S. political and economic foreign policy.

Oct 9, 2009

Writer and critic Adam Gopnik explores how myths and anecdotes about artists and artwork affect the way art is perceived.

Jul 16, 2009

Fischl’s upbringing in the suburbs of Long Island later informed his figurative paintings as well as his sculptures, drawings, and prints.

May 15, 2008

Marshall's images of the contemporary African-American urban experience are layered narratives of social order and disorder, memories and myths.

May 15, 2008

Marshall's images of the contemporary African-American urban experience are layered narratives of social order and disorder, memories and myths.

Dec 6, 2007

The Dean of the Yale University School of Art and former curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Dec 6, 2007

The Dean of the Yale University School of Art and former curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.