International Museum Day

Hood Museum of Art, opened 1985. Charles W. Moore and Centerbrook Architects. Photo by Timothy Hursley.

May 18, 2012

The museum will be open until 7:00 PM!

Activities in the museum:

Explore highlighted works of art from the Hood's permanent collection using our Closer Look brochures featuring Mark Rothko's Lilac and Orange over Ivory, Lilly Martin Spencer's The Jolly Washerwoman, and Jan Davidsz. de Heem's A Still-Life with Grapes.

Interact with works art using "Five Ways to Look at Art" cards.

Photograph yourself in the museum then share your photos and comments on Facebook and other social media sites!

Event:

18 May, Friday, 5:30 P.M.
Arthur M. Loew Auditorium

LECTURE
"Pollock after Orozco/Orozco after Pollock"

Michael Leja, Professor of American Art, University of Pennsylvania

Professor Leja will consider how Orozco influenced Pollock and how we see Orozco differently as a result of Pollock's work. Professor Leja is the author of the ground-breaking study Reframing Abstract Expressionism: Subjectivity and Painting in the 1940s (1993) and the introductory essay for the recently published volume of Jackson Pollock's correspondence, titled American Letters: 1927–1947 (2011).

This event is made possible through the generous support of the Members of the Hood Museum of Art.

To learn more about International Museum Day click here.