Duncan Phillips Lectures

Sep 19, 2013 Yve-Alain Bois, the author of Kelly’s catalogue raisonné, discusses Kelly’s works. Bois, a prominent scholar of 20th-century European and American art, is professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University.

Nov 2, 2013 Known for his novels chronicling American life, including The Ice Storm (1994), The Diviners (2005), and The Four Fingers of Death (2010), Moody is also deeply involved in music. His band, the Wingdale Community Singers, performs folk music with a modernist edge. In his recent collection of essays, On Celestial Music: And Other Adventures in Listening (2012), Moody expresses his passion for music from Otis Redding to Meredith Monk.

Mar 17, 2011 The paintings of the Scottish-born, Trinidad-based artist Peter Doig give off a modest, quiet nostalgia. Referencing both art history and popular culture, his imagery asserts the primacy of the painting process and turns the real and familiar into uncanny presences. Recorded March 17, 2011 in The Phillips Collection Auditorium.

Oct 3, 2010 An artist known for his politically charged pieces, Alfredo Jaar discusses his work in the context of American cultural exchange and explores the ways that art and society fit into U.S. political and economic foreign policy.

Oct 9, 2009 Writer and critic Adam Gopnik explores how myths and anecdotes about artists and artwork affect the way art is perceived. Gopnik is a staff writer for The New Yorker and has won both the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting and the National Magazine Award for Essay.

Jul 16, 2009 Fischl’s upbringing in the suburbs of Long Island later informed his figurative paintings as well as his sculptures, drawings, and prints, which attack themes of sexuality and voyeurism while exposing the unsettling reality of mainstream American life. Currently, Fischl is working as curator and founder of America: Now and Here, a cross-country traveling exhibition of multi-disciplinary works reflecting differing viewpoints and hopes for America.

May 15, 2008 Born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in South Central Los Angeles, Marshall's images of the contemporary African-American urban experience are layered narratives of social order and disorder, memories and myths. Recorded May 15, 2008 in The Phillips Collection Auditorium.

Dec 6, 2007 The Dean of the Yale University School of Art and former curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York speaks on "The Modern Museum and the Challenge of Postmodern Art." Recorded December 6, 2007 in The Phillips Collection Auditorium.