Monday October 6, 2025
1:00pm - 3:00pm
The Bruce Museum
1 Museum Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
Photo Courtesy of Ellen Brennan-Galvin : Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979), Rhythms of Color. Wool Tapestry.
speaker : Kathleen Morris
Kathleen M. Morris retired as Marx Director of Collections and Exhibitions and Curator
of Decorative Arts at the Clark Art Institute in September 2025 after more than twenty
years in the position. Before joining the Clark, she worked at the Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Art History from the
University of Virginia.
Revivals and Revelations: French Tapestry 1930 to Today
Beginning in the 1930s, a concerted effort began in France to rescue the centuries-old
tradition of tapestry-making from economic collapse. This talk will chart the revival of
tapestry as a compelling modern art medium in France during and after the second
world war, consider the trans-Atlantic nature of the revival, and follow the bumpy path
towards recognition of tapestry as an original mode of artistic expression – a story still
unfolding today.
RSVP by email to: greenwichdecorativearts@gmail.com
TEA WILL BE SERVED AFTER THE LECTURE