Art Lecture with Thomas Germano - Edward Hopper's New York

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) came to NYC from Nyack, NY to study art and he maintained a permanent address on Washington Square North for 60 years.  Hopper's New York marks a period of significant changes to the landscape: skyscrapers, elevated trains and bridges, and perpetual urban construction and development. Hopper’s New York presents glimpses of broad changes to the city and to America.

The Whitney Museum's exhibition (October 19, 2022 - March 5, 2023), will be the first to focus on Hopper’s rich and continuous relationship with New York: as subject, setting, and inspiration for many of the artist’s most iconic pictures.  Edward Hopper's New York looks at the artist's early impressions of the city in sketches, prints, and illustrations, to his late paintings where the city served as a backdrop for an urban experience. 

Drawing from the Whitney’s extensive holdings by the artist, and complemented by important loans, and incorporating the newly acquired Sanborn-Hopper archives of printed ephemera, correspondence, photographs, and journals, the exhibition offers a fresh look at the artist and considers the city itself as a lead actor. Professor Thomas Germano will present a visual lecture summarizing the Whitney's exhibition while considering Edward Hopper in a broader historical perspective. 

Please note this will be a hybrid event.  Participants are invited to join us in person or virtually over Zoom.

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