Was Tutankhamun murdered? Was his tomb cursed? Tonight we'll review the physical evidence revealed by medical science and recent scholarship to determine what did happen to the young man, and consider what his bones reveal about his life.
Featuring Gayle Gibson, Educator, Royal Ontario Museum.
Dr. Allan Peterkin will engage Dr. Susan Abbey and artist Deirdre Logue in a conversation around the issues of mindfulness in the arts and medicine. A selection of Deirdre Logue's work will be screened.
In 1576 an Inuk man was brutally captured by explorers on Baffin Island (now Nunavut). Despite his injuries, he was one of the first New World inhabitants to reach England alive, and became the subject of two life-size portrait paintings by the Netherlandish artist, Cornelis Ketel. Although these portraits, and others by Ketel of an Inuk woman and child, are now lost, Nicole Blackwood from the University of Toronto has carefully reconstructed their appearance.
Francis Bacon and Henry Moore: Terror and Beauty co-curator Richard Calvocoressi, Francis Warner and Mary Moore discuss the genesis of the exhibition, the work of Moore and Bacon and the distinctive visual language that each artist developed. While the perspectives of the artists differed — Moore clung to a belief in humanism, while Bacon espoused a post-humanist, nihilistic view of the world — both created unforgettable images of the human figure.
Dr. Ronald J. Leprohon, Professor of Egyptology, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
King Akhenaten's revolutionary belief in what has been called monotheism is well known, but what is less recognized is his social reformation. A major document from the reign of Tutankhamun, however, sets the record straight for us, as it details the efforts undertaken by the Crown to restore Egypt to its former state.
The digital revolution, for it truly to be revolutionary, involves more than increasing efficiencies of production and distribution. It involves profoundly different ways of understanding the world and ourselves. We create our media, and our media then re-create us. Where are our media leading us—politically, spiritually, psychologically? Do we want to go there? How can we influence our own futures via the kinds of media that we create and use?
In connection with the exhibition Haute Culture: General Idea – A Retrospective, 1969-1994, join artist Luis Jacob, artist and writer Sholem Krishtalka and art historian Virginia Solomon for a stimulating discussion about this foundational Canadian artist group’s diverse and increasingly influential production.
Betty Goodwin (1923-2008) explored collage, sculpture, printmaking, painting, assemblage and etching, but continually returned to drawing, and gained widespread recognition with her celebrated Swimmers series. Truly an ambassador for art, she represented Canada at the leading international events—Tokyo International Print Biennial, 1974; Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, 1975; São Paulo Biennial, 1989; and Venice Biennale, 1995. Goodwin’s works may be found in major public and private collections across the country.
Annie Cohen-Solal speaks about her new, best-selling biography of renowned gallery owner Leo Castelli.
Curator: Erik Martinson
