The Distinguished Lecturer Series is an ongoing program at PAFA designed to bring together artists, historians, professors and critics who are shaping the way we think about contemporary issues in art and art history. The series is on break for Summer 2009 and will resume in the fall, when school is in session again. Please keep checking back for details about the 2009-2010 schedule.
The 2009-2019 program has not been finalized yet. Please check back for more information.
Highlights from last year's series include:
October 22nd, 2008
Dr. William H. Gerdts, Art Historian
Lecture: Neoclassical Sculpture
November 15th, 2008
Dr. William H. Gerdts, Art Historian
Lecture: Americans in Venice
February 18th, 2009
Steven Z. Levine, Bryn Mawr College
Lecture: The Family in Art and Psychoanalysis
March 24th, 2009
Alfredo Jaar, Artist
Lecture: Artist Talk on Muxima
April 15th, 2009
Kehinde Wiley, Artist
Lecture: Artist Talk
May 20, 2009
Dr. Alexander Nemerov, Yale University
Lecture: Abraham Lincoln: A Place in Time