Member Lecture: Willem de Kooning Drawing

Members are invited to an exclusive lecture with curator Kevin Salatino on Saturday, August 29, from 2 to 3 PM at Rubloff Auditorium, focusing on the first exhibition to survey Willem de Kooning's drawing practice. Salatino traces de Kooning's path from rigorous academic training in Rotterdam through his early work in New York as a house painter and commercial artist, to his emergence as a central figure in Abstract Expressionism. The talk examines how de Kooning blurred the lines between representation and abstraction, male and female forms, and drawing versus painting. Free for members with registration; closed captioning available.