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Winter/Spring 2018 ProgramsTuesday, February 6, 7pm Lecture: Helen Frankenthaler In Her Time And Now Helen Frankenthaler, Hurricane Flag, 1969, Gift of the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art Elizabeth Smith, Executive Director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, will consider the work of second generation Abstract Expressionist artist Helen Frankenthaler, who played a pioneering role in the development of the Color Field school and is recognized as among the leading abstract artists of the second half of the 20th century. Smith will focus on the painting Hurricane Flag, new to the Kreeger collection, as a key example of Frankenthaler’s work of the late 1960s and in context of the artist’s six-decade career. Tickets: $15 | Members: $12 Doors open at 6:30pm | Wine & cheese to follow Limited parking on the premises Thursday, March 14, 8pm Skride Piano Quartet Photo courtesy of the Skride Quartet The Skride Quartet performs at The Kreeger Museum for the first time, as part of their 2018-2019 North American debut. “A new classical supergroup comprised of four of the leading European soloists – Baiba Skride, Lauma Skride, Lise Berthaud, and Harriet Krijgh – the Skride Piano Quartet features four likeminded musicians who have each achieved success at the highest levels. The group’s 2016-17 season included performances at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Musikverein Wien, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Malmo Chamber Music Festival, and BASF Ludwigshafen, and the summer of 2018 featured their raved-about debut at Tanglewood. Upcoming performances include the Concertgebouw, Philharmonie Essen, and the Great Guild Hall Riga. Making their North American debut in the 2018-19 season, the Quartet offers programs featuring the best of the piano-quartet repertoire.” –MKI Artists Tickets: $40 | Members: $30 Doors open at 6:30pm | Wine & cheese at 7pm Valet parking: $10 | No parking available on the premises Saturday, March 23, 2-3pm Gallery Visit: De La Cruz Art Gallery
Tickets: Free | Space is limited Friday, April 12, 8pm Lee, Ninomiya, Katz Trio Photo courtesy of Paul Katz Pianist Pei-Shan Lee has performed at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and concert halls in Europe, Israel, and Asia. Violinist Ayano Ninomiya enjoys a brilliant international career as both soloist and chamber musician and delivered a TED talk in 2012. World-renowned cellist Paul Katz returns to The Kreeger Museum where he has performed for decades. Katz and Lee have performed together in the U.S., Europe and Asia since 2006, and began collaborating with Ninomiya in 2015. All three members of the Trio serve on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music. Tickets: $40 | Members: $30 Doors open at 6:30pm | Wine & cheese at 7pm Valet parking: $10 | No parking available on the premises Wednesday, May 1, 7pm In Conversation: Vesela SretenoviA? and Danielle O’Steen Charles Hinman, Sails, 1965, Acrylic on shaped canvas, 34 x 36 x 6 1/2 inches, The Kreeger Museum In this two-part conversation, Vesela SretenoviA? and Danielle O’Steen will discuss the history of the shaped canvas in the context of concurrent exhibitions: Zilia Sánchez: Soy Isla (I Am an Island) at The Phillips Collection and Charles Hinman: Structures, 1965–2014 at The Kreeger Museum. Vesela SretenoviA? is Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Phillips Collection. Danielle O’Steen is Guest Curator for Charles Hinman: Structures, 1965–2014 at The Kreeger Museum. Tickets: $15 | Members: $12 Doors open at 6:30pm | Wine and cheese to follow Limited parking the premises  The second part of this conversation will take place at The Phillips Collection on Thursday, May 2, 12:30pm.
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