Summit Includes Leading Thinkers Zoe Leonard and Eileen Myles; John Akomfrah and Olafur Eliasson in Conversation; and Laurie Anderson in Performance on Museum’s YouTube Channel
“Eleanor Roosevelt”by Yousuf Karsh, gelatin silver print, 1944. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Gift of Estrellita Karsh, in memory of Yousuf Karsh. Copyright: Estate of Yousuf Karsh.
Following an Engaging Summer Season, Museum Extends Free Online Artist Talks, Featuring Deborah Roberts, Zoe Leonard and Sterling Ruby Sept. 16–Dec. 16
Friedrich Georg Weitsch, Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), 1806, oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 36 3/8 in., Staatliche Museenzu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, photo: bpk Bildagentur/Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany/KlausGoeken Art Resource, NY
Frederic Edwin Church. “The Natural Bridge, Virginia,” 1852, oil on canvas, 28 x 23 in. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, gift of Thomas Fortune Ryan.
