A Conversation on Mary Cassatt at Work
Mary Cassatt, A Kiss for Baby Ann (No. 3), 1897. Pastel on paper, 18 1/4 x 22 in. (46.3 x 55.8 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum Purchase, gift of an anonymous donor in celebration of the Legion of Honor centenary (2022.63). Photograph by Jorge Bachmann
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Join us for a lively discussion around the exhibition Mary Cassatt at Work, offering an in-depth exploration of the groundbreaking Impressionist’s working methods, subject matter, professional identity, and self-positioning as a woman in the French and American art worlds. A noted Cassatt scholar and Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory at the University of British Columbia Dr. Nikki Georgopulos joins Chief Curator of the Legion of Honor and Barbara A. Wolfe Curator-in-Charge of European Paintings Dr. Emily Beeny for a wide-ranging discussion of Cassatt’s work and its relationship to “women’s work” in her time.
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About the speakers
Emily A. Beeny is chief curator of the Legion of Honor and Barbara A. Wolfe curator in charge of European paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Before arriving in San Francisco, she served as associate curator of drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and held curatorial appointments at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Norton Simon Museum. She is currently developing two original exhibitions: one devoted to the French Baroque artist Simon Vouet and the other to the friendship between Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot.
Nikki Georgopulos is an historian, curator, and educator specializing in European art of the 19th century. She is currently an assistant professor in the department of art history, visual art, and theory at the University of British Columbia. She previously served as the Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral curatorial fellow in the department of French paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. She authored the essay “The Freedom to Work” in the exhibition catalogue Mary Cassatt at Work.
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Free program. Theater doors will open 30 minutes before the start of the program. Seating is limited and unassigned and on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission to the theater program does not include admission to the special exhibition or other galleries in the museum.
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