Neuberger Museum of Art Presents "Avante Garde Paris 100 Years Later: Giorgio de Chirico and Modern Art," October 27

NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART PRESENTS “AVANTE GARDE PARIS 100 YEARS LATER: GIORGIO DE CHIRICO AND MODERN ART” ON OCTOBER 27

Author Ara H. Merjian will discuss his newly published book, Giorgio de Chirico and the Metaphysical City: Nietzsche, Modernism, Paris, at the Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College on Monday October 27, at 4:30 pm. Merjian’s book examines how de Chirico’s metaphysical cityscapes redirected the course of modernist painting and the modern architectural imagination.

Ara H. Merjian is associate professor of Italian studies at New York University, where he is an affiliate of the Institute of Fine Arts and the Department of Art History.

Giorgio de Chirico and the Metaphysical City: Nietzsche, Modernism, Paris will be available for purchase.

Photo Credit: Yale University Press.

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