Navigating the Avant-Garde

Thu May 30 2024 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution | Washington

National Portrait Gallery
Publisher/HostNational Portrait Gallery
Navigating the Avant-Garde
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Explore the world of the convention-defying women who left the United States for Paris!
About this Event

Suzanne Churchill, professor of English at Davidson College, will present her research arguing that romantic notions of individual artistic genius are male-centric. Women artists often thrived in communities, fostered collaborative networks and grappled with gender, race and class. Churchill will reveal how Josephine Baker, Gwendolyn Bennett, Mina Loy and other key figures in a network of "Brilliant Exiles" contributed to the modernist revolution in literature and the arts.
This program is presented by the Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture.
This program will take place in the National Portrait Gallery's McEvoy Auditorium. ASL interpretation will be provided.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 800 G Street Northwest, Washington, United States

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