10/31/12

FREE DIA LECTURE & Light Dinner: Topic Lecture: “Is Warhol the Most influential Artist of the last 50 Years?” - Sunday 11/4




Andy Warhol Topic of Lecture at Detroit Institute of Arts
Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art annual dinner, reception, lecture free with registration

WHAT:           
 Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art (FMCA) Annual Meeting and Lecture 
“Is Warhol the Most influential Artist of the last 50 Years?”
                       
Andy Warhol remains a contentious figure for many in the art world, long after his first exhibitions in 1962. Some argue that he is the most important artist of the last 50 years while others claim he is an insignificant fraud. Mark Rosenthal, DIA adjunct curator of contemporary art, will look at Warhol’s impact and show what it looks like in the context of art of the past half century.

WHEN:
          Sunday, November 4 5:30 p.m.          
Reception with light supper and drinks 6:45 p.m.          
Annual meeting 7:15 p.m.          

Lecture: “Is Warhol the Most influential Artist of the last 50 Years?”

COST:             
Free with registration. 

OTHER:          
Sponsored by Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art