Lecture: “Black Men in Red: 19th-Century Models in Color”
Learn about the context of the Black model in European art in this lecture by Adrienne L. Childs, PhD, adjunct curator at The Phillips Collection, in Washington, DC. She will highlight the Museum’s “Study of a Model” (1885) by the German painter Max Pietschmann, on view in the second-floor collection galleries. Childs was awarded the High Museum of Art’s Driskell Prize in recognition of her contribution to African American art and art history.
This drop-in experience is included with Milwaukee Art Museum admission and is free for Members. Admission tickets are available at the door or online.
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