Name: Clark Art: Tauba Auerbach and Yuji Agematsu: Meander
Start: 2022-08-13T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-08-13T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Clark Art Institute

13 Sat

July 21 | 6:00 pm - September 18 | 6:00 pm

The Mount: Concerts in the Dell

The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA

Join The Mount for an innovative lineup of live music in a beautiful outdoor setting.

Arts and Culture

13 Sat

On display now through the end of the summer at Ventfort Hall is an exhibit of women’s fashion which includes 14 vintage dresses, ranging from 1850 to 1960, as well as various accessory pieces.

August 1 | 10:00 am - August 31 | 4:00 pm

Ventfort Hall: A Century of Women’s Fashion

Ventfort Hall Mansion & Gilded Age Museum 104 Walker Street, Lenox, MA

On display now through the end of the summer at Ventfort Hall is an exhibit of women’s fashion which includes 14 vintage dresses, ranging from 1850 to 1960, as well as various accessory pieces.

Arts and Culture

13 Sat

Simon and his mother, Ora, have always been close. She’s been his champion, his defender, and his friend. But when a life-changing secret comes to light, can their bond survive?

August 2 - August 14

we are continuous

Williamstown Theatre Festival 1000 Main Street, Williamstown, MA

Simon and his mother, Ora, have always been close. She’s been his champion, his defender, and his friend. But when a life-changing secret comes to light, can their bond survive?

Theater

13 Sat

It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice or take a stand or turn around and go back. These are the stories and character of today, the Songs for a New World. This collection of songs examines life, love, and the choices that we make.

August 6 | 2:00 pm - August 13 | 2:00 pm

The Unicorn Theatre: Songs for a New World

Unicorn Theatre 6 East Street, Stockbridge, MA

It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice or take a stand or turn around and go back. These are the stories and character of today, the Songs for a New World. This collection of songs examines life, love, and the choices that we make.

Theater

13 Sat

Enjoy the Town Walkabout from Lenox to Lee. Meet up at the Church Park in Lee.

August 13 | 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Berkshire Camino: Woodland Hike – Stockbridge to Housatonic

Berkshire Camino LLC Lee, MA

Enjoy the Woodland Hike from Stockbridge to Housatonic. Meet up at the Brick House Pub in Housatonic.

Health and Wellness, Outdoor Event

13 Sat

Including outdoor sculptures in the gardens and indoor artwork in the Leonhardt Galleries, “Symbiosis” aesthetically merges art and the botanical world.

August 13 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Berkshire Botanical Gardens: Symbiosis – Exhibit 2

Berkshire Botanical Garden 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, MA

Including outdoor sculptures in the gardens and indoor artwork in the Leonhardt Galleries, “Symbiosis” aesthetically merges art and the botanical world.

Arts and Culture

13 Sat

August 13 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Clark Art Institute: Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern

Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern considers the artist’s legacy in America from 1893 to the present. While there has been much consideration of Auguste Rodin’s (1840–1917) reputation in […]

Art or Culture

13 Sat

José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913) was recognized already in 1888 as “the foremost caricaturist, the foremost graphic artist” of his native Mexico. A tireless producer of caricatures and satirical imagery for the penny press, Posada built his career in an era of political repression and lived to see the profound social changes brought by the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

August 13 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Clark Art: Jose Guadalupe Posada: Symbols, Skeletons, and Satire

Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913) was recognized already in 1888 as “the foremost caricaturist, the foremost graphic artist” of his native Mexico. A tireless producer of caricatures and satirical imagery for the penny press, Posada built his career in an era of political repression and lived to see the profound social changes brought by the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

Art or Culture

13 Sat

For Immediate Release February 17, 2022 Digital Images Available Upon Request CLARK ART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2022 EXHIBITIONS (Williamstown, Massachusetts)— The Clark Art Institute announces its summer 2022 exhibition schedule, featuring a robust program of exhibitions including a major survey of Auguste Rodin’s sculpture, presenting important works included in museum collections across the United States in one of the most comprehensive looks at the artist’s early reception in America and the influential arts leaders who championed his work. “Each year, we try to present a range of exhibitions that offer new scholarship, spark new ideas, and introduce new concepts or artists to our audiences. But with every show, we also hope to inspire a moment of delight——pleasure in seeing something beautiful, learning something new, or seeing something different. We think that this year will be a summer full of delights at the Clark,” said Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark Art Institute. “We will look at one of the world’s great sculptors, Auguste Rodin, but we will be looking at his work through a very specific lens that tells a fascinating story of his early reception in the United States. We are particularly eager to introduce the distinctive prints of the Mexican modernist José Guadalupe Posada and believe they will offer new perspectives on an important period in Mexican history. And we are truly pleased to present an intriguing show that unites the works of two artists, Tauba Auerbach and Yuji Agematsu, under the canopy of a single concept, the meander.” The Clark’s summer exhibitions open on a staggered schedule, beginning in June. The program includes: Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern June 18–September 18, 2022 Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern considers the artist’s legacy in America from 1893 to the present. While there has been much consideration of Auguste Rodin’s (1840–1917) reputation in France and throughout Europe, less attention has been paid to his reception in America. This exhibition tells the story of the collectors, art historians, critics, gallerists, and philanthropists—notably, many of whom were women —who endeavored to make Rodin known in the United States. The nearly 1,300 works by Rodin held in American museums and private collections today testifies to their success. The exhibition explores shifting perceptions of the sculptor, beginning with the first acquisition of a work by Rodin by an American institution—The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1893—and Rodin’s controversial debut at Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition in the same year. The exhibition examines the collecting frenzy of the early twentieth century, promoted by philanthropist Katherine Seney Simpson, performer Loïe Fuller, and collector Alma de Bretteville Spreckels. The role of museums in promoting and preserving Rodin’s work in the 1920s and 1930s is also explored, including the establishment of the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia. The enthusiasm of the early decades of the twentieth century was countered in the 1940s and 1950s, when, in the words of art historian Leo Steinberg, Rodin’s reputation was “in full decline.” The fervent celebration of Rodin in the 1980s, with blockbuster exhibitions and new scholarship, signaled another shift in the appreciation of Rodin’s sculptures and drawings. The exhibition concludes with exceptional works acquired by collectors and institutions from the late twentieth century to today. Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern includes approximately fifty sculptures and twenty-five drawings, presenting both the artist’s familiar masterpieces and lesser-known works of the highest quality. By viewing these objects through the lens of various collectors, art historians, and museums—as well as each successive historical moment—visitors will be able to better understand how collections are built, how histories are constructed, and how an artist becomes a household name. The exhibition emphasizes Rodin’s expertise across materials and media, with prominent examples of plaster, bronze, marble, graphite, and watercolor. The exhibition is organized by the Clark Art Institute and guest curated by independent scholar Antoinette Le Normand-Romain. José Guadalupe Posada: Symbols, Skeletons, and Satire July 16–October 10, 2022 José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913) was recognized already in 1888 as “the foremost caricaturist, the foremost graphic artist” of his native Mexico. A tireless producer of caricatures and satirical imagery for the penny press, Posada built his career in an era of political repression and lived to see the profound social changes brought by the Mexican Revolution of 1910. His pictorial contributions to broadsides, or ephemeral news sheets, provided a daily diet of information and entertainment to a public for whom images needed to tell the story since literacy was not widely prevalent at that time. Posada’s highly varied images of noticias—lurid crimes, current scandals, and other sensational stories—constitute only a part of his extensive output. Reused and reprinted, sometimes until they wore out, his beloved illustrations also encompass religious subjects, ballads, and children’s books and games. Posada is best known for his sheets of calaveras (skeletons), which figured in popular rituals around the Day of the Dead but were also adapted into satires of political figures and other individuals. Whether playful or trenchant, vernacular or surreal, Posada’s imagery continues to delight. This exhibition, drawn from the extensive collection of Posada’s works at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, showcases the vibrant visual culture of Mexico in the years before its 1910 Revolution. This exhibition is organized by the Clark Art Institute and curated by Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. Tauba Auerbach and Yuji Agematsu: Meander July 16–October 16, 2022 This exhibition pairs new work by Tauba Auerbach and Yuji Agematsu, across parallel galleries in the Lunder Center at Stone Hill, under the rubric of the meander, as both noun and verb, motif and method.

August 13 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Clark Art: Tauba Auerbach and Yuji Agematsu: Meander

Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

This exhibition pairs new work by Tauba Auerbach and Yuji Agematsu, across parallel galleries in the Lunder Center at Stone Hill, under the rubric of the meander, as both noun and verb, motif and method.

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Summer Events

The Mount: Concerts in the Dell

Ventfort Hall: A Century of Women’s Fashion

we are continuous

The Unicorn Theatre: Songs for a New World

Berkshire Camino: Woodland Hike – Stockbridge to Housatonic

Berkshire Botanical Gardens: Symbiosis – Exhibit 2

Clark Art Institute: Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern

Clark Art: Jose Guadalupe Posada: Symbols, Skeletons, and Satire

Clark Art: Tauba Auerbach and Yuji Agematsu: Meander