SAN JOSÉ, California (November 2, 2017) — Elizabeth A.T. Smith, executive director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, will speak about artist Louise Nevelson on Sunday, November 19, 2017, 3 PM, at the San José Museum of Art. Smith’s talk, “Louise Nevelson: Architect of Shadow and Reflection,” is offered in connection with the exhibition Louise Nevelson: The Fourth Dimension. Tickets are $12 ($6 for Museum members) and available online at sjmusart.org/event/creative-minds-elizabeth-smith.

On view through March 18, 2018,  Louise Nevelson: The Fourth Dimension showcases Nevelson’s Sky Cathedral (1957), one of the most significant objects in the San José Museum of Art’s collection. The exhibition also features several related works by Nevelson (1899 – 1988), including Collage (1974), a new acquisition on view at SJMA for the first time. The black paint, wood, and cardboard collage was a gift from an anonymous donor in honor of the Beverly and Peter Lipman. The exhibition includes a selection of other collages and works on paper by Nevelson as well as personal objects and ephemera from the Beverly and Peter Lipman Collection, including notes from the artist, rare books, and a single black box sculpture. Also in view is Untitled (To Nevelson 69), 1969, a gouache on paper by Alexander Calder, inscribed to Louise Nevelson by the artist.

An art historian, museum professional, author, and educator, Elizabeth A. T. Smith has organized exhibitions on a broad range of artists working in various media, including Lee Bontecou, Jenny Holzer, Kerry James Marshall, Roberto Matta, and Cindy Sherman. She is the first executive director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation after a 30-year curatorial career in museums in the United States and Canada. Smith was previously the executive director of the Art Gallery of Ontario; the chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and adjunct professor of the Public Art Studies Program at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Educated in art history at Columbia University, New York, Smith has published and lectured widely on topics in modern and contemporary art and architecture.

Creative Minds: Elizabeth A. T. Smith is made possible by the support of Wanda Kownacki and PACE Palo Alto.

Louise Nevelson: The Fourth Dimension is sponsored by Doris and Alan Burgess. Additional support is provided by Cornelia and Nathan Pendleton

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