Clark reading group focuses on controversies
January 28, 2010 |10:55 | By : Team X
"Controversies in Art," the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s four-week reading group, will focus on the most pressing controversies in the art and museum communities. The group will meet on Wednesdays, Feb. 3, 10, 17, and 24, at 7 p.m., at the Clark. Books are available for purchase from the museum shop. Free; space is limited. RSVP to 413-458-0524.
Participants will discuss a range of subjects including the impact of war and the disputed nature of cultural property. Books to be discussed are "The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities - From Italy’s Tomb Raiders to the World’s Greatest Museums," 2007, by Peter Watson and Cecilia Todeschini, on Feb. 3; "The Rape of Europa:
The Fate of Europe’s Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War," 1994, by Lynn Nicholas, on Feb. 10; "Thieves of Baghdad," 2005, by Matthew Bogdanos and William Patrick, on Feb. 17; and "Who Owns Native Culture?," 2003, by Michael Brown, on Feb. 24.
"Controversies in Art" is held in conjunction with the ongoing lecture series "Monuments in Peril." Lectures in the series are: "The Rape of Europa" on Feb. 28, at 3 pm, and "Ransacking Iraq: The Destruction of the Iraqi National Museum" on March 2, at 7 p.m. Lectures are free.
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