Neuberger Museum of Art: December 2014 Calendar of Events

Photo caption: Edward Hopper, Barber Shop, 1931, Oil on canvas, 60 x 78 inches, Collection Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College, State University of New York, Gift of Roy R. Neuberger, Photo credit: Jim Frank.

NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART: DECEMBER 2014 CALENDAR

(All events held at the Neuberger Museum unless otherwise noted)

Wednesday, December 3, 4:30 pm

Neu First Wednesdays

Artist Speak: Vitaly Komar

The museum hosts an intimate conversation with Vitaly Komar, who has spent much of his career reacting to what he has called “the overproduction of ideology and its propaganda,” most notably Soviet Socialist Realism. From 1967 to 2003, Komar and Alexander Melamid organized various conceptual projects, ranging from painting and performance to installation, public sculpture, photography, music, and poetry, which form a powerful response to contemporary political and social climates. Komar and Melamid’s work is included in the exhibition This Leads to Fire: Russian Art from Nonconformism to Global Capitalism, Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation Collection, on view through January 11, 2015.

Neu First Wednesdays are designed by Purchase College students to provide lively social, creative and intellectual engagement with works of art for their fellow students and the wider community. Refreshments and admission are free.

Sunday, December 7, 2 pm

Neuberger Stories: A Colloquium on the Collection

Get the story on the Neuberger’s founding collection! Contributing authors of the newly released collection catalogue, When Modern Was Contemporary: The Roy R. Neuberger Collection, share details of their research on the works of artists such as Romare Bearden, Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning, Edward Hopper, and Jackson Pollock in a colloquium. Tracy Fitzpatrick, museum director and catalogue editor, will lead off the conversation. Come for the whole thing or drop in for just a few talks.

When Modern Was Contemporary: The Roy R. Neuberger Collection will be available for purchase.

Saturday, December 13, 1 – 4 pm

Family Second Saturdays: Geometric Expression

What can you create using only geometric shapes? Explore the use of simple forms that artists inspired by Suprematism used in their artwork in a tour of This Leads to Fire: Russian Art from Nonconformism to Global Capitalism, Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation Collection. In the studio, play with the basic elements of art to create an expressive masterpiece.

Family Second Saturdays are art experiences for the whole family, with conversations and hands-on workshops. For kids, tots to ten, accompanied by an adult. Free admission for all program participants. For more information about Family Second Saturdays and other education programs, call 914.251.6113.

NOTE: The Museum will be closed from December 22, 2014 through Jan. 5, 2015. It will reopen on January 6, 2015.

Ongoing Exhibitions:

When Modern Was Contemporary: The Roy R. Neuberger Collection – through March 15, 2015

Key Frames: Contemporary Artists’ Animation – through January 11, 2015

This Leads to Fire: Russian Art from Nonconformism to Global Capitalism, Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation Collection – through January 11, 2015

Becoming Disfarmer – through March 22, 2015

The Neuberger Museum of Art is located on the Purchase College campus at 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase. 914-251-6100. www.neuberger.org.

Museum Hours

Tuesday through Sunday, 12 noon to 5 pm

Closed Mondays and major holidays. Closed from Dec. 20, 2014 to Jan. 5. 2015; reopening Jan. 6, 2015.

Group tours by appointment only on Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 am to 12 noon

For persons with special needs, designated parking is available at the south end of the Museum building. Call ahead for wheelchair accommodations.

Admission

$5.00 General Public

$3.00 Seniors

Free admission for Museum members, children 12 and under, and Purchase College students, faculty, and staff.