PROGRAMS 2025-2026

 

October 6, 2025

Revivals and Revelations:  Modern French Tapestry, 1930 to Today 

Kathleen Morris, Former Curator of Decorative Arts (2005-2025), Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA

 

November 10, 2025    

Bonus lecture courtesy of CT Ceramics Circle

Connections: An Inaugural Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics and Asian Export Art at the Albuquerque Collection

Becky MacGuire, Former Senior Specialist for Chinese Export Art at Christie’s; Guest Curator, The Albuquerque Foundation

 

November 12, 2025           

GDAS 40th anniversary luncheon at Riverside Yacht Club

Georgia O’Keeffe, American Modernist: From Lush Flowers to the New Mexico Desert

Janetta Rebold Benton, Distinguished Professor of Art History, Pace University

 

December 1, 2025              

75 Years of Collecting at Winterthur: Expanding the Collection with Innovative Inspiration

Alexandra Deutsch, John L. and Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections, Winterthur Museum

 

January 2026                       

 NO LECTURE

 

February 2, 2026                

The Frick Collection: Past, Present, and Future

Aimee Ng, John Updike Curator, The Frick Collection

 

March 2, 2026                     

Santi Jewels: Pairing Museum-Worthy Gems with Contemporary Settings 

Zoom : Krishna Choudhury, Owner, Santi Jewels, London and Jaipur

 

April 6, 2026                       

Eve in the Garden: Merian and Blackwell, Women of Science and Botanical Art in the Age of the Enlightenment

Jonah Rosenberg, Head of Rare Books, Arader Galleries

 

May 4, 2026                        

If Frames Could Talk: An Insider’s View of the Art of the Edge

Suzanne Smeaton, Frame historian, scholar and consultant

 

June 1, 2026                        

Liberty, Equality, Fashion: Women Who Styled the French Revolution

Anne Higonnet, Barbara Novak Professor of Art History, Barnard College, Columbia University

 

June 8, 2026                        

Bonus lecture courtesy of CT Ceramics Circle

Hanns Weinberg and The Antique Porcelain Company

Nick Stagliano, Ceramics specialist and Director of Michele Beiny, Inc.


lectures for the 2025-26 year will take place at:

The Bruce Museum

1 Museum Drive

Greenwich,CT 06830


Reservations:  Guests are welcome and the limit is 2 visits per program year. The guest fee is $30.00 payable by check in advance. 

For reservations please email greenwichdecorativearts@gmail.com.

All lectures are the property of the speaker and may not be disseminated, shared, recorded or distributed, in print or digitally, without the lecturer's express written permission.  Your attendance at any Greenwich Decorative Arts lecture is not permission to disseminate, share, record or distribute.

Details of Past Programs for  the previous year can be found below.

Details of Past Programs for other years can be found by clicking on More and then History at the top of our site.





Past Programs