Shows, talks, film highlight The Art Institute of Boston fall season
Posted September 9, 2010
Work from illustrator Sue Coe’s “The Tragedy of War” cycle, more than 40 posters protesting the 2009 Iran elections, and a rare viewing of original prints by late Cambridge resident Maud Morgan highlight The Art Institute of Boston’s fall season.
Sue Coe, What a Golden Beak! (They Want War), etching, 1999
The school will also present lectures by longtime Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson on the occasion of his new three-volume career retrospective and MacArthur-award winning sculptor and installation artist Ann Hamilton.
And on Nov. 9, Don Hahn, producer of “The Lion King” and the Oscar-nominated “The Little Matchgirl,” will screen his new film “Hand Held,” about the children’s AIDS crisis in Romania.
“The Art Institute of Boston has long supported art that demands attention and spurs action,” said AIB Dean Stan Trecker. “From Sue Coe’s challenging ‘The Tragedies of War’ to the anti-Orwellian spirit of ‘Where Is My Vote?’ to the moving portrait of children’s suffering that is ‘Hand Held,’ we are presenting work that calls for change. Together with shows and lectures from other celebrated artists, we have a strong, comprehensive season.”
Hand Held
Gallery Shows:
Sue Coe: “The Tragedies of War”
Sept. 7 - Oct. 24
The Art Institute of Boston Main Gallery
700 Beacon St, Boston
Mon.-Sat: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sun.: 12 - 5 p.m.
Reception: Wed., Sept. 15 5 - 7 p.m.
Free
More Information: 617.585.6600
Maud Morgan: “The Prints 1969-1976”
Sept. 7 - Oct. 16
The Art Institute of Boston Gallery at University Hall
Maud Morgan, Untitled S XXVI, silkscreen, 1973
1815 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Tues., Wed., Fri. 12 - 5 p.m.; Thurs. 3 - 8 p.m.; Sat. 12 - 5 p.m.
Reception: Thurs., Sept. 16 6-8 p.m.
Free
More Information: 617.585.6656
Presented in collaboration with Agassiz Baldwin Community
“Where Is My Vote? Posters for the Green Movement in Iran”
Nov. 4 - Dec. 19
The Art Institute of Boston Main Gallery
700 Beacon St, Boston
Mon.-Sat: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sun.: 12 - 5 p.m.
Reception: Thurs., Nov 4 5 - 7 p.m.
Free
More Information: 617.585.6600
Artist Talks and Films:
Bruce Davidson: “Outside Inside”
7 p.m., Thurs., Oct. 7
Morse Auditorium, Boston University
602 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
$15 ($10 PRC Members)
More information: 617.975.0600
Held in collaboration with Photographic Resource Center at Boston University
Don Hahn presents “Hand Held”
7 p.m. Tues., Nov. 9
Lesley University’s Marran Theater, 34 Mellen St., Cambridge
Free
Presented with Romanian Children’s Relief
Ann Hamilton
7 p.m. Fri., Nov. 19
Lesley University’s Prospect Hall, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Free
Presented with support from The Strauch-Mosse Endowed Fund for Visiting Artists