Join us on the second Tuesday of each month to hear a wide range of gallery talks that highlight works in current exhibitions and the AMAM’s permanent collection. All talks begin at 2:30 pm and are followed by light refreshments.

February 12, 2008
David Young, Emeritus Longman Professor of English, will read his translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "St. Sebastian," and discuss it in conjunction with Rilke's interest in the visual arts and the AMAM's works depicting St. Sebastian.

March 11, 2008
Nicholas Jones, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, will discuss Sir Thomas Lawrence's painting, "Portrait of Eleanor, Lady Wigram" from 1815-16.

April 8, 2008
Andria Derstine, AMAM Curator of Western Art, will lecture on the AMAM's new François Boucher painting, Allegory of the Education of Louis XV.

May 13, 2008
This special program features an Oberlin College student, selected through a "call for papers" by the AMAM, presenting a talk focusing on one of the works in the museum's collection.
Ms. Julia Feldman (OC '08) will discuss Eva Hesse’s Laocoön (1966) and its ties to the Classical Tradition.