backstory: Exhibition lifespans
Does an exhibition have a lifespan and what does that even mean? Well, it often takes a long time to make an exhibition, something that is virtually invisible when you walk into a museum.
On Saturday at 5:30 I’ll be in conversation with Romare Bearden’s niece and co-director of the Romare Bearden Foundation, Diedra Harris-Kelley, at D.C. Moore Gallery about just that.
Romare Bearden: Abstraction, which was on view at the Neuberger back in 2017 and which is about to start on a national tour, is a show that from start to finish, meaning from the moment the idea was born to the conclusion of the display of the exhibition, will have had a lifespan of 11 years. What will have happened during those 11 years? Deep research, development of partnerships, conservation, framing, book publication, installation, dismantling, tour negotiation, the tour, and dispersal of the show to its owners.
Interested in hearing more? Come join us and stay tuned for more about it on backstory.
Romare Bearden: Abstraction, which was on view at the Neuberger back in 2017 and which is about to start on a national tour, is a show that from start to finish, meaning from the moment the idea was born to the conclusion of the display of the exhibition, will have had a lifespan of 11 years. What will have happened during those 11 years? Deep research, development of partnerships, conservation, framing, book publication, installation, dismantling, tour negotiation, the tour, and dispersal of the show to its owners.
Interested in hearing more? Come join us and stay tuned for more about it on backstory.
Tracy Fitzpatrick
Director
Neuberger Museum of Art
Director
Neuberger Museum of Art
p.s. To those of you who were kind enough to write to me last week, I’m sorry I haven’t responded yet. I was away in Benin. More soon. TF
Abstract Romare Bearden: In Conversation
February 29, 2020, 5pm
Tracy Fitzpatrick, Director, Neuberger Museum of Art and author of
Romare Bearden: Abstraction
&
Diedra Harris-Kelley, Co-Director, The Romare Bearden Foundation
DC Moore Gallery
535 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
Please RSVP.