Target Free Thursday Nights in July at the Walker Art Center Include Gallery Talks Related to Photographer Diane Arbus and The Artist's Bookshelf
The Walker Art Center’s Target Free Thursday Nights in July are highlighted by programs in conjunction with the exhibition Diane Arbus Revelations (on view June 17 through September 10). July’s lineup of events includes the latest installment of the Walker’s book club, The Artist’s Bookshelf (July 6, 7 pm), featuring Bram Stoker’s Dracula; a gallery talk (July 6, 7 pm) led by photographer and professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design Vince Leo, who will discuss Arbus’ work in the context of both the history of photography and of America; and a gallery talk (July 13, 7 pm) led by associate photo editor of the New Yorker magazine Elizabeth Culbert, who will look back at Arbus’ magazine work from a contemporary editor’s perspective and discuss the often fluid boundaries between commercial and fine-art photography.
Target Free Thursday Nights are made possible by Target. Additional support provided by The Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Target Free Thursday Nights
July 6, 13, 20, 27
Galleries open 5–9 pm; special events follow.
Free
Thursday, July 6
Diane Arbus Revelations Tour, 6 pm
Book Club
The Artist’s Bookshelf: Dracula by Bram Stoker
Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab, 7 pm
Free, but reservation required: 612.375.7600
In addition to nearly 200 photographs, the exhibition Diane Arbus Revelations contains three “libraries” that illuminate the artist’s working method and intellectual influences through the display of such materials as contact sheets, cameras, letters, and a selection of books from Arbus’ personal collection. Among these is the classic text Dracula. Though published in 1897, this story still startles the contemporary reader with its realistic depictions of vampires and an eerie sensibility that continues to haunt us. Before the discussion, join a free tour of the exhibition at 6 pm. Books for the Artist’s Bookshelf are available in the Walker Shop and at the Minneapolis Public Library.
Presented in partnership with the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library.
Thursday, July 13
Diane Arbus Revelations Tour, 6 pm
Gallery Talk: Diane Arbus and the History of Photography
Bazinet Garden Lobby, 7 pm
The images of Diane Arbus are firmly anchored not only within the history of photography, but also within the history of America. Vince Leo, photographer and professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, discusses Arbus’ influence on generations of contemporary photographers and our cultural history as reflected in her work.
Thursday, July 20
Cameron Jamie Tour, 6 pm
Gallery Talk: The Magazine and the Photograph
Bazinet Garden Lobby, 7 pm
Like most photographers of her time, Diane Arbus looked to magazines as a means of earning a living taking pictures. Her assignments with publications such as Esquire and Harper’s Bazaar offered her opportunities to have her images published and gave her access to people and events she might not have been able to photograph otherwise. For this talk, Elizabeth Culbert, associate photo editor of the New Yorker magazine, looks back at the artist’s magazine work from a contemporary editor’s perspective and discusses the often fluid boundaries between commercial and fine-art photography.
Thursday, July 27
Cameron Jamie Tour, 6 pm