“Gardens, Spies, and History”
LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALKabout
Gene R. Garthwaite, Professor Emeritus of History, Dartmouth College
When
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
12:30-1:30PM
Where
Hood Downtown, 53 Main Street, Hanover, NH
sponsor
Hood Museum of Art
Intended Audience(s)
Public
details
Representation, metaphors, and irony are embedded in Behbahani’s paintings, but they are also deeply embedded in history—not only in Iran’s rich and ancient garden history but also in more recent political history, as Professor Garthwaite will discuss.
Learn more about the exhibition!
Image caption: Bahar Behbahani, Preliminary Steps (detail), from the Garden Coup series, 2015-16, mixed media on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Thomas Erben Gallery. © Bahar Behbahani. Photo by Adam Reich.
For more information, contact:
Alison Palizzolo
alison.m.palizzolo@dartmouth.edu
603-646-2426
Permanent URL: https://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=42464