Arts & Entertainment
Go behind the scenes of the VMFA’s Kehinde Wiley exhibit this Friday
Dr. Eugenie Tsai, the curator of the exhibition, will discuss the selection and presentation of nearly 60 works.
From the VMFA:
Join Eugenie Tsai for an in-depth look at the special exhibition Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, a retrospective of the contemporary artist at the height of his career. Dr. Tsai, the curator of the exhibition, will discuss the selection and presentation of nearly 60 works, including sculpture, stained-glass panels, and oil paintings which together, as a whole, alter the narrative of art history.
Presented byKehinde Wiley: A New Republic is organized by the Brooklyn Museum and made possible by the Henry Luce Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. This exhibition is curated by Eugenie Tsai, John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Dr. Sarah Eckhardt, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, is the coordinating curator at VMFA.
The event takes place Friday, August 26th at 7:00 PM in the museum’s Leslie Cheek Theater.
