Lecture | Talking about “Philip Guston Now”
Philip Guston, Talking, 1979, oil on canvas, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, gift of Edward R. Broida. © Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy Hauser & Wirth / photograph © The Museum of Modern Art, licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY
Lecture “Talking about Philip Guston Now”
2022 Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series
This lecture, open to the public, is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Philip Guston Now. Admission is free with your ticket.
Across a career spanning 50 years, Philip Guston never stopped questioning the place of the artist in society. His work expresses a profound humanism, defined equally by themes that touched on what Guston (1913–1980) called the “brutality of the world” and his deep commitment to the joy of painting.
Celebrating the opening of the long-awaited retrospective Philip Guston Now, this discussion looks at why Guston’s work continues to resonate today.
- Speakers
- Introduction by Alison de Lima Greene, exhibition co-curator, MFAH
- Harry Cooper, exhibition co-curator, National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Trenton Doyle Hancock, Houston-based artist
- Musa Mayer, Philip Guston’s daughter and biographer, and President of The Guston Foundation
Plan Your Visit Free tickets are available for this lecture, which takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater in the Law Building. The exhibition opens on Sunday, October 23, and is included with general admission.
Safety Guidelines Masks are recommended in Museum auditoriums. In the interest of your personal safety and community health, please observe all precautions set forth by the MFAH—learn more here.
The Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series is made possible by a generous grant from The Brown Foundation, Inc.
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Houston Junior Woman’s Club; Sharon G. Dies; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.
“Philip Guston Now” is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Tate Modern, London; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Major support for the international tour of the exhibition (and the catalogue) is provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
In Houston, major support is provided by
Bobbie Nau.
Additional generous support is provided by
Musa and Thomas Mayer
Bettie Cartwright
Cecily E. Horton
PHILLIPS
Beth Robertson
Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff
Jay Jones and Terry Wayne Jones