SAN JOSE, California (October 25, 2012)—Lucinda Barnes, chief curator and director of programs and collections at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, will give a Lunchtime Lecture at the San Jose Museum of Art on Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at 12 PM. Barnes’s topic will be “A Game of Clues: Eric Fischl’s Visual Fictions.” She will discuss Fischl’s distinctive approach to painting and the complicated tales that he hints at in his scenes of middle class suburban life. The lecture is free with Museum admission. Visitors may bring lunch or purchase at Café Too. 

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Programs at the San Jose Museum of Art are made possible by generous operating support from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, the Lipman Family Foundation, the Richard A. Karp Charitable Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, the Koret Foundation, a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San Jose, and, with support for exhibition development, Yvonne and Mike Nevens.