About this episode
Dita Amory discusses the life and work of Helene Schjerfbeck, highlighting her contributions to modern art and her current exhibition at The Met.
TODAY on the GWA PODCAST: esteemed curator DITA AMORY, discussing HELENE SCHJERFBECK! Currently the Robert Lehman Curator in Charge of the Robert Lehman Collection at The Met, Amory has curated numerous critically-acclaimed exhibitions, such as Pierre Bonnard: the Late Interiors, Madame Cézanne, Félix Vallotton, Vertigo of Color, and more. A graduate of art history at Trinity College, Sarah Lawrence College, and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, where she earned a master’s degree – Amory began her career as a librarian, before becoming Curator of Drawings, then Chief Curator at the National Academy of Design. She joined the Met in 1997 as Assistant Curator of the Robert Lehman Collection, taking charge of the department in 2007 as Acting Associate Curator in Charge, and later Curator in Charge. And WOW has she worked on the most incredible projects since…. including the reason why we are speaking to her today: the extraordinary, current exhibition: Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, that brings together 60 works by the Finnish-born artist, who travelled to Paris to study in the late 1800s, as one of few women who could be awarded an education on a…
People in this episode
Host: Katy Hessel
Guest: Dita Amory
Topics covered
- art history
- curation
- female artists
- modernism
- exhibitions
- Helene Schjerfbeck
Keywords
- Dita Amory
- Helene Schjerfbeck
- The Met
- art history
- female artists
- modernism
- exhibitions
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Met, Trinity College, Sarah Lawrence College, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, National Academy of Design
Books & works: Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, Pierre Bonnard: the Late Interiors, Madame Cézanne, Félix Vallotton, Vertigo of Color
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