Lecture: Drawn to Picasso—The Donors Who Built Chicago’s Collection
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 1st, from 6PM - 7PM
Join Emily Ziemba, director of curatorial administration and research curator for Prints and Drawings, for an exploration of how Chicago donors built the Art Institute’s preeminent Picasso collection.
The exhibition Picasso: Drawing from Life shines a light on the fascinating people that were often obscured by the artist’s far-reaching shadow. These individuals, such as his lovers, friends, dealers, and printers, contributed in varying ways to Picasso’s success and continuing mystique. However, one area the exhibition doesn’t explore is Picasso’s collectors. This talk will celebrate the men and women, like Robert Allerton, Margaret Day Blake, and Elizabeth Goodspeed, who helped make the Art Institute of Chicago’s Picasso collection one of the finest in the world.
About the Speaker
Emily Ziemba is the director of curatorial administration and research curator for Prints and Drawings. Since joining the museum in 2001, she has contributed to several exhibitions, including The Artist and the Poet (2013), Undressed: The Fashion of Privacy (2013), Helen Frankenthaler Prints: The Romance of a New Medium (2018), Mel Bochner Drawings: A Retrospective (2022), and Ellsworth Kelly: Portrait Drawings (2023). In 2017 Emily was selected for the first exchange of German/American Provenance Researchers organized by the Smithsonian Institution and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation-National Museums in Berlin.
Please note that this is an in-person event that takes place at the museum.
In accordance with state and City of Chicago guidelines, visitors to the museum are no longer required to wear masks or provide proof of vaccination. Anyone who would like to continue to wear a mask is welcome to do so. Learn more about our visiting policies and what to expect.
If you have any questions about programming, please reach out to museum-programs@artic.edu.
Closed captioning will be available for this program. For questions related to accessibility accommodations, please email access@artic.edu.
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