Friday, May 2, 12 – 1pm
Albert C. Barnes with Door for an Inner Room (A238), c. 1946. Photo by Angelo Pinto. Photograph Collection, Barnes Foundation Archives
Free; registration required.
About the Talk
Blake Gopnik on The Maverick’s Museum
On-Site & Online Talk | Member Appreciation Days
Author and art critic Blake Gopnik discusses his new book, The Maverick’s Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream, which offers a fresh and vivid picture of Dr. Barnes. Gopnik’s meticulous research reveals Barnes as a fierce advocate for the egalitarian ideals of his era’s progressive movement. The sheer ferocity of Barnes’s democratic ambitions left him with more enemies than allies among people of all classes, but for a circle of intimates, he was a model of intelligence, generosity, and loyalty. In this compelling portrait, Gopnik reveals a life shaped by contradictions, one that left a lasting impact.
Online registrants will be emailed a link for the tour the day prior.
Speaker
Blake Gopnik
Gopnik is one of North America’s leading art critics and the author of the comprehensive biography Warhol. He has served as the art and design critic at Newsweek, and as the chief art critic at the Washington Post and Canada’s Globe and Mail. In 2017, he was a Cullman Center fellow in residence at the New York Public Library. He has a PhD in art history from Oxford University and is a regular contributor to the New York Times. Photo: Lucy Hogg
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