Terence Ward presents his new book, The Guardian of Mercy: How an Extraordinary Painting by Caravaggio Changed an Ordinary Life Today.” In a book that blends history, biography, memoir and journalism, Ward tells the twin stories of Caravaggio and the modern day artist who’s life was transformed by Caravaggio’s The Seven Acts of Mercy. Image: Detail, The Seven Acts of…
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A lecture by Dr. Sonia Evers, a board member of Save Venice, on art, romance and marriage in the Renaissance. From Casa Italiana: Many of the most famous Renaissance works of art were made to celebrate marriage and family. However, what we think of when we think of marriage is very different from the Renaissance reality. Love very rarely played…
A slide show presentation by performance artist Áine Phillips on the place of performance art in Ireland from the 70s to today. RSVP by visiting the Facebook event listing.
Why did Picasso hate abstraction? What did he find so infuriating about abstract art? Yve-Alain Bois discusses Picasso’s “encounters” with abstraction—and later abstract artists encounters with Picasso.