Met Museum Lectures Announces in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Metropolitan Museum Lectures in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

May and June 2011

For tickets, call the Concerts & Lectures Department at 212-570-3949 or visit
www.metmuseum.org/tickets, where updated schedules and programs (including
additional lectures that are free with Museum admission) are available.
Tickets are also available at the Great Hall Box Office, which is open
Tuesday-Saturday 10-5:00, and Sunday noon-5:00.
Student discount tickets are available for some events; call 212-570-3949.

Thursday, May 12, at 6 p.m. - My Favorite Things: Selections from our Curators. This two-part series, which began on April 26, concludes with the lecture Italian Portraits: Pictures that Tell a Story, presented by Andrea Bayer, Curator in the Department of European Paintings.
Single tickets: $25

Wednesday, May 18 at 11 a.m. - Art History 201: Masterpieces of World Art, The 20th and Early 21st Centuries, presented by Janetta Rebold Benton, Distinguished Professor of Art History at Pace University. The final season of this three-year overview examines the period 1900-2010. The six-part series, which began on April 13, continues with Globalization in the Late 20th Century: I.M. Pei and the Louvre, Paris; Gehry and the Guggenheim, Bilbao; Yaama Mosque in Niger; Beer Hall in Tokyo; and University of the Environment in Brazil.
Single tickets: $25

Wednesday, May 18, at 6 p.m. - A Conversation with Richard Serra. Magdalena Dabrowski, Special Consultant, Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art, and Lynne Cooke, Curator-at-Large, Dia Art Foundation and Chief Curator, the Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, converse with Serra on different aspects of his drawing-particularly as an activity both independent of and related to his sculptural practice. This event is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective, on view at the Metropolitan Museum through August 28, 2011. The exhibition is made possible in part by the Jane and Robert Carroll Fund. It was organized by the Menil Collection, Houston.
Tickets: $25

Saturday, May 21, at 3 p.m. - Creating Family Stories, presented by Emma Walton Hamilton, a children's book author, editor, arts educator, and theater professional. Daughter of and frequent co-author with actress Julie Andrews, Hamilton creates illuminating children's stories that engage the imagination, and she entertains audiences with her warm and accessible reading style. She will read from the duo's latest book, The Very Fairy Princess Takes the Stage, and will share her insights on creating stories together as a family.
Tickets: $15

Wednesday, May 25 at 11 a.m. - Art History 201: Masterpieces of World Art, The 20th and Early 21st Centuries, presented by Janetta Rebold Benton, Distinguished Professor of Art History at Pace University. The final season of this three-year overview examines the period 1900-2010. The six-part series, which began on April 13, concludes with A New Millennium: Innovation and Extreme in the Early 21st Century; Christo; Graffiti Art; "Bird's Nest" and "Egg" in Beijing; Taipei 101 in Taiwan; Ceramics in Japan; and Predictions for the Future.
Single tickets: $25

Monday, June 20, at 7 p.m. - The Old Masters, a staged reading of Simon Gray's compelling play featuring Rufus Collins, Shirley Knight, Brian Murray, Heidi Schreck, and Sam Waterston. The scene is art historian Bernard Berenson's famous villa, I Tatti, just outside Florence. The year is 1937 and Italy is under the menacing shadow of Mussolini. The play explores the turbulent relationship between Berenson and famed art dealer Lord Joseph Duveen, as they edge toward an explosive final encounter over the attribution of a painting, friendship, ethics, and death. The play, which had its world premiere in London in 2004, was performed by the current cast in its American premiere in January 2011 at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven. This performance will be repeated on Monday, June 27, at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $20

Monday, June 27, at 7 p.m. - The Old Masters, a staged reading of Simon Gray's compelling play featuring Rufus Collins, Shirley Knight, Brian Murray, Heidi Schreck, and Sam Waterston. The scene is art historian Bernard Berenson's famous villa, I Tatti, just outside Florence. The year is 1937 and Italy is under the menacing shadow of Mussolini. The play explores the turbulent relationship between Berenson and famed art dealer Lord Joseph Duveen, as they edge toward an explosive final encounter over the attribution of a painting, friendship, ethics, and death. The play, which had its world premiere in London in 2004, was performed by the current cast in its American premiere in January 2011 at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven.
Tickets: $20

Note: All ticketed lectures include entrance to the Metropolitan Museum's galleries, including The Cloisters museum and gardens, on the day of the event.

Hours
Fridays and Saturdays
9:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Sundays, Tuesdays-Thursdays
9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Met Holiday Mondays in the Main Building:
May 30, 2011
9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
All other Mondays closed; Jan. 1, Thanksgiving, and Dec. 25 closed
Recommended Admission
(Includes Main building and The Cloisters Museum and Gardens on the Same Day)
Adults $20.00, seniors (65 and over) $15.00, students $10.00
Members and children under 12 accompanied by adult free
Express admission may be purchased in advance at www.metmuseum.org/visit