OLLI at Duke Fall 2022
In the Context of Modernism: Works from the Phillips Collection and the NCMA Collection
Long before North Carolina ever thought to build a public art collection, Duncan Phillips (1886‒1966) opened the first American museum of modern art in 1921 in his Washington D.C. home. Initially it was only a gallery added on to the family’s Georgian Revival house. Now it encompasses the entire mansion and beyond with traveling exhibitions like, A Modern Vision: European Masterworks from The Phillips Collection, which will be installed in the NCMA galleries from October 8, 2022, to January 23, 2023. This special exhibition of 50 works from the Phillips will include pivotal examples from Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Expressionist, and Cubist artists. These works dovetail beautifully with the rich NCMA collection of 19th and early 20th-century European art in the permanent collection, which will be newly reinstalled. This course will place the Phillips works and the NCMA works into the wider context of modern European art history.
5 Lectures in the NCMA Education Auditorium Wednesdays 11:00-12:30
September 21 The Academic Traditions; Neoclassic and Romantic September 28 Realism Gives Vision to Impressionism October 5 Yom Kippur no class October 12 & 13 NCMA Gallery Sessions, 19th Century October 19 Post-Impressionism Coffee Social, Education Lobby, 10-11:00 October 26 Early 20th century; Expressionism November 2 Early 20th century; Abstraction November 9 & 10 NCMA Gallery Sessions, Early 20th Century November 16 & 17 NCMA Gallery Sessions, Phillips Collection Exhibition |
Please note:
Students may register for one of 6 sections: lecture in-person, lecture Zoom only, or lecture in-person + a gallery section (4 sections of 15 people).
Recordings of the Zoom lectures will be available through the student portal for ZOOM section ONLY. Links for the in-person recorded lectures will be available only by request of the instructor. Gallery sessions are not recorded.
All in-person classes will be held at the North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh.
Students may register for one of 6 sections: lecture in-person, lecture Zoom only, or lecture in-person + a gallery section (4 sections of 15 people).
Recordings of the Zoom lectures will be available through the student portal for ZOOM section ONLY. Links for the in-person recorded lectures will be available only by request of the instructor. Gallery sessions are not recorded.
All in-person classes will be held at the North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh.