Elizabeth Smith on Lee Bontecou
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
Elizabeth Smith, art historian, curator, and executive director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, expands upon the pioneering legacy of Lee Bontecou. Smith has written extensively about the artist in ‘Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective,’ a book that accompanied the exhibition she curated at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in 2004. This lecture is presented in connection with the exhibition “Into the Void: Prints of Lee Bontecou.”
Fullerton Hall
Free to Illinois residents or with museum admission*
Registration required
*Museum admission is free for Illinois residents every Thursday, 5:00–8:00—including during this event.
Persons with disabilities who would like to request an accessibility accommodation for an Art Institute program are encouraged to send an email to access@artic.edu two weeks in advance of the program.
Image: Lee Bontecou. Printed by Zigmunds Priede. Fifth Stone, 1964. ULAE Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; restricted gift of supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund.
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