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SUMMARY:CAM Talk – Exhibition Series: Castaway: Mark Rothko on the Beach\, by Adam Greenhalgh
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 1\, 2026\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.\nDowntown Campus Auditorium\n27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA 01930\nRegistration Required\nThis lecture will be recorded. \nTicketing Options:\nIndividual Lecture Tickets— SOLD OUT\nCAM Members $5\, Non-Members (Adult) $30. Additional prices available when registering.\nTickets do not include admission to the special exhibition.\n \nExhibition Lecture Series Package Tickets — SOLD OUT\nCAM Members $25\, Non-Members (Adult) $100. Additional prices available when registering.\nTickets include five lectures and admission to the special exhibition after the talk on July 22.\nClick here to become a member and save! \nMark Rothko did not like the beach. And yet it figures prominently\, literally and figuratively\, in his work. This lecture will trace Rothko’s engagement with the beach\, from early watercolors made on Cape Ann alongside Milton Avery and Adolph Gottlieb to symbolic evocations in surrealistic paintings and drawings of the 1940s. His late abstract paintings of the 1960s also arguably reverberate like towering cliffs with the sounds of the shore. Rothko’s works will be considered alongside artists for whom the coast offered rich material\, including Edvard Munch\, Caspar David Friedrich\, and J.M.W. Turner. The beach has long figured as a liminal zone well suited for symbolic treatments of existential themes—love\, sex\, death\, spirituality. Rothko’s seaside subjects are no different. \nAdam Greenhalgh is associate curator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. He has been lead author since 2015 of the catalogue raisonné Mark Rothko: The Works on Paper. His scholarship has appeared widely in journals\, exhibition and collection catalogues\, including contributions to Yes\, No\, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press (2013)\, which he co-curated; Three Centuries of American Prints from the National Gallery (2016); and Facture (2020)\, the National Gallery’s journal of technical art history and conservation. Most recently\, he was curator of Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper (2023) and author of the companion volume. He holds a PhD from the University of Maryland\, an MA from Williams College\, and a BA from the University of Virginia. \nImage Credit: Philip G. Cavanaugh (1931–2022)\, Mark Rothko on the beach in Provincetown\, Massachusetts\, 1958. © Philip G. Cavanaugh Estate.
URL:https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/cam-talk-exhibition-series-castaway-mark-rothko-on-the-beach/
LOCATION:Downtown Campus\, 27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States
CATEGORIES:Avery Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea,CAMTalks,Exhibit Openings & Events,Exhibition Programs
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SUMMARY:Livestream CAM Talk – Exhibition Series: Castaway: Mark Rothko on the Beach\, by Adam Greenhalgh
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 1\, 2026\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nLivestream Ticketing Options:\nCAM Members Free\, Non-Members $10.\nRegistration required \nThe in-person program is now oversubscribed due to tremendous community interest. To accommodate additional guests\, we are pleased to offer a complimentary livestream option. This event is online only and does not provide an in-person ticket.  \nIf registering for this program you will receive an email with the livestream link and tips after your registration is complete.  \nDescription: Mark Rothko did not like the beach. And yet it figures prominently\, literally and figuratively\, in his work. This lecture will trace Rothko’s engagement with the beach\, from early watercolors made on Cape Ann alongside Milton Avery and Adolph Gottlieb to symbolic evocations in surrealistic paintings and drawings of the 1940s. His late abstract paintings of the 1960s also arguably reverberate like towering cliffs with the sounds of the shore. Rothko’s works will be considered alongside artists for whom the coast offered rich material\, including Edvard Munch\, Caspar David Friedrich\, and J.M.W. Turner. The beach has long figured as a liminal zone well suited for symbolic treatments of existential themes—love\, sex\, death\, spirituality. Rothko’s seaside subjects are no different. \nAdam Greenhalgh is associate curator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, DC. He has been lead author since 2015 of the catalogue raisonné Mark Rothko: The Works on Paper. His scholarship has appeared widely in journals\, exhibition and collection catalogues\, including contributions to Yes\, No\, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press (2013)\, which he co-curated; Three Centuries of American Prints from the National Gallery (2016); and Facture (2020)\, the National Gallery’s journal of technical art history and conservation. Most recently\, he was curator of Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper (2023) and author of the companion volume. He holds a PhD from the University of Maryland\, an MA from Williams College\, and a BA from the University of Virginia. \nImage Credit: Philip G. Cavanaugh (1931–2022)\, Mark Rothko on the beach in Provincetown\, Massachusetts\, 1958. © Philip G. Cavanaugh Estate.
URL:https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/livestream-cam-talk-exhibition-series-castaway-mark-rothko-on-the-beach-by-adam-greenhalgh/
LOCATION:Onlilne
CATEGORIES:Avery Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea,CAMTalks,Exhibit Openings & Events,Exhibition Programs
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SUMMARY:CAM Talk – Exhibition Series: Mark Rothko's "Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea\," by Dr. Thomas Crow
DESCRIPTION:Due to popular demand we were able to open a select number of seats for this lecture! \nSaturday\, August 8\, 2026\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.\nDowntown Campus Auditorium\n27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA 01930\nRegistration Required \nThis lecture will be recorded & livestreamed. \nCAM Members $5\, Non-Members (Adult) $30.\nAdditional prices available when registering.\nTickets do not include admission to the special exhibition. \nClick here to become a member and save! \nThe large canvas of 1944 that Mark Rothko titled Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea appears at first encounter like a belated example of international Surrealism. While not wrong\, that view fails to comprehend the outsized role this painting played in the artist’s reaching the signature abstract style for which he is so renowned. This lecture will show how much of that evolution is already prefigured in this dreamlike aquatic vision. \nDr. Thomas Crow teaches graduate students in art history at the Institute of Fine Arts\, NYU\, where he is Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art. His most recent publication is Murder in the Rue Marat: A Case of Art in Revolution (Princeton University Press). He is also co-editor of Seeing Rothko\, the proceedings of the conference he organized when director of the Getty Research Institute. \nImage Credit: Mark Rothko (1903–1970)\, Iphigenia and the Sea/Horizontal Phantasy\, 1943. Oil on canvas. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York.
URL:https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/cam-talk-exhibition-series-mark-rothko-slow-swirl-at-the-edge-of-the-sea/
LOCATION:Downtown Campus\, 27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States
CATEGORIES:Avery Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea,CAMTalks,Exhibit Openings & Events,Exhibition Programs
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SUMMARY:Livestream CAM Talk – Exhibition Series: Mark Rothko's "Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea\," by Dr. Thomas Crow
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 8\, 2026\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nLivestream Ticketing Options:\nCAM Members Free\, Non-Members $10.\nRegistration required \nThe in-person program is now oversubscribed due to tremendous community interest. To accommodate additional guests\, we are pleased to offer a livestream option. This event is online only and does not provide an in-person ticket.  \nIf registering for this program you will receive an email with the livestream link and tips after your registration is complete.  \nDescription: The large canvas of 1944 that Mark Rothko titled Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea appears at first encounter like a belated example of international Surrealism. While not wrong\, that view fails to comprehend the outsized role this painting played in the artist’s reaching the signature abstract style for which he is so renowned. This lecture will show how much of that evolution is already prefigured in this dreamlike aquatic vision. \nDr. Thomas Crow teaches graduate students in art history at the Institute of Fine Arts\, NYU\, where he is Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art. His most recent publication is Murder in the Rue Marat: A Case of Art in Revolution (Princeton University Press). He is also co-editor of Seeing Rothko\, the proceedings of the conference he organized when director of the Getty Research Institute. \nImage Credit: Mark Rothko (1903–1970)\, Iphigenia and the Sea/Horizontal Phantasy\, 1943. Oil on canvas. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York.
URL:https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/livestream-cam-talk-exhibition-series-mark-rothkos-slow-swirl-at-the-edge-of-the-sea-by-dr-thomas-crow/
LOCATION:Onlilne
CATEGORIES:Avery Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea,CAMTalks,Exhibit Openings & Events,Exhibition Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T123000
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SUMMARY:Artful Conversations: Essex Farm\, by Zygmund Jankowski
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, August 13\, 2026\n12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.\nEducation Room\, Downtown Campus\n27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA\nCAM Members $5\, Non-Member Adult $25 (includes admission to the General Museum)\nAdditional price types are available upon checkout. \nRegistration required as space is limited \nJoin Us Mid-Day for Artful Conversations\nTake a midday pause and experience one work of art in depth.\n\nArtful Conversations are informal\, docent-led gallery experiences that invite visitors to slow down\, look closely\, and engage in thoughtful conversation. Each session features a work of art or object that is new to view—whether a recent acquisition or a work newly installed in the galleries. \n\nThe program begins in the Education Room at our Downtown Campus with a brief introduction and visual context before moving into the galleries for an extended exploration of the featured work. Guided by observation\, curiosity\, and conversation\, participants are encouraged to share ideas\, consider different perspectives\, and discover new connections together.\n\nIn this Artful Conversations session led by Jim Seavey\, we’ll explore ideas about abstract painting through Zygmund Jankowski’s Essex Farm (c. 2000) to consider how artists move away from literal representation. We’ll look at key influences on early Modernist painters who turned toward abstraction\, including writings by Wassily Kandinsky and Robert Rosenblum\, poetry by T. S. Eliot\, and statements by Adolph Gottlieb and Mark Rothko\, as we consider what artists mean—and what viewers experience—when we talk about abstraction. \nJim Seavey grew up in Rockport\, delivering papers and mowing lawns of artists now in the Cape Ann Museum collections. He attended Saturday painting classes at the Rockport Art Association and worked in clay for several years as a child and teen. The sculptor Walker Hancock steered him toward the Rhode Island School of Design\, from which he graduated in 1971 with a degree in silversmithing. He supported his family as a designer working in silver and pewter until 1984. For five years he maintained a pewter workshop/studio in Gloucester\, Halibut Point Pewter\, which gained an international reputation. Jim exhibited widely\, curated several contemporary pewter exhibits\, and was published in magazines. Later Jim became an industrial metal worker and eventually a machine\, boat\, and house builder. He left Lanesville in 1990 and lived in Minnesota\, Salem\, Massachusetts\, and Nashville\, Tennessee. He retired while in Nashville and returned to art—metalworking\, watercolors and photography. Jim was a docent at Cheekwood. \n  \nImage Credits: Essex Farm\, Zygmund Jankowski\, c.1999\, Oil on canvas\, Gift of Myra Hall\, 2026.
URL:https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/artful-conversations-essex-farm-by-zygmund-jankowski-2/
LOCATION:Downtown Campus\, 27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States
CATEGORIES:CAMTalks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260820T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260820T133000
DTSTAMP:20260814T212653Z
CREATED:20260806T234736Z
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SUMMARY:Artful Conversations: In Her Garden\, by Erma Wheeler
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, August 20\, 2026\n12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.\nEducation Room\, Downtown Campus\n27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA 01930\nCAM Members $5\, Non-Members (Adult) $25 (includes admission to the General Museum).\nAdditional price types are available upon checkout.\nRegistration required as space is limited \nJoin Us Mid-Day for Artful Conversations\nTake a midday pause and experience one work of art in depth.\nArtful Conversations are informal\, docent-led gallery experiences that invite visitors to slow down\, look closely\, and engage in thoughtful conversation. Each session features a work of art or object that is new to view—whether a recent acquisition or a work newly installed in the galleries.\nThe program begins in the Education Room at our Downtown Campus with a brief introduction and visual context before moving into the galleries for an extended exploration of the featured work. Guided by observation\, curiosity\, and conversation\, participants are encouraged to share ideas\, consider different perspectives\, and discover new connections together.\nAs modern art emerged\, the debate between realism and abstraction intensified. In the 19th century\, painters like Gustav Courbet rejected the Academic Salons and embraced Realism as the true expression of modern life and the foundation that shaped Impressionism and early Modernism. By the 20th century\, a larger group of New York City artists turned increasingly inward\, pursuing abstraction as a more direct path to individual truth. Mark Rothko argued that representation blocked the expression of “the verities of time and space\, life and death.” Although abstraction moved away from traditional representation\, artists like Gottlieb and Rothko maintained that it did not preclude excellence\, writing a manifesto which said\, in part: “It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism. There is no such thing as good painting about nothing. We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless.” Focusing on an abstract\, colorist painting by Erma Wheeler from CAM’s collection\, we will have a chance to talk about traditional\, more representational art as it contrasts the 20th-century movements that eventually led to the kind of abstraction that Wheeler’s work represents. This conversation will be led by CAM Docent\, Bruce Shaw.\n Image Credits: In Her Garden\, Erma Wheeler\, c. 1980\, Watercolor on paper Gift of the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation\, 2024.
URL:https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/artful-conversations-in-her-garden-by-erma-wheeler/
LOCATION:Downtown Campus\, 27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States
CATEGORIES:CAMTalks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260822T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260822T150000
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SUMMARY:CAM Talk – Exhibition Series: Summers by the Sea: Helen Frankenthaler and Toni LaSelle\, by Alison de Lima Greene
DESCRIPTION:Due to popular demand we were able to open a select number of seats for this lecture! \nSaturday\, August 22\, 2026\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.\nDowntown Campus Auditorium\n27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA 01930\nRegistration Required\n \nThis lecture will be recorded & livestreamed.\n \nCAM Members $5\, Non-Members (Adult) $30.\nAdditional prices available when registering.\nTickets do not include admission to the special exhibition.\n \nClick here to become a member and save! \nThe Atlantic coast has been a powerful magnet for artists across the twentieth century\, offering a refuge from sweltering summers as well as the ties of friendship and community. Summers by the Sea: Helen Frankenthaler and Toni LaSelle examines the paintings of two mid-century artists who first came to Massachusetts as students of Hans Hofmann\, and who shared affinities with the work of Milton Avery\, Adolph Gottlieb\, and Mark Rothko as well. In subsequent years\, LaSelle and Frankenthaler followed independent paths\, but continued to find renewal in the siren call of the sea. \nAlison de Lima Greene is the Isabel Brown Wilson Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, where she has served on the curatorial staff since 1984. A member of the curatorial team responsible for the inaugural presentations in the MFAH’s new Nancy and Rich Kinder Building in 2020\, her exhibitions include retrospectives devoted to Mark Rothko\, Philip Guston\, and Tamara de Lempicka\, as well as special installations planned in collaboration with Yayoi Kusama\, Pipilotti Rist\, and Anicka Yi. \nImage Credit: Toni LaSelle (1901–2002)\, Puritan\, 1947–50\, oil on canvas\, 30 1/8 x 25 in. The Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, Museum purchase funded by the Frank Freed Memorial Painting Fund\, 95.45 © Estate of Dorothy Antoinette (Toni) LaSelle. Photograph © The Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston; Thomas R. DuBrock.
URL:https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/cam-talk-exhibition-series-summers-by-the-sea-helen-frankenthaler-and-toni-laselle/
LOCATION:Downtown Campus\, 27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States
CATEGORIES:Avery Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea,CAMTalks,Exhibit Openings & Events,Exhibition Programs
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SUMMARY:Livestream CAM Talk – Exhibition Series: Summers by the Sea: Helen Frankenthaler and Toni LaSelle\, by Alison de Lima Greene
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 22\, 2026\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \nLivestream Ticketing Options:\nCAM Members Free\, Non-Members $10.\nRegistration Required\n \nThe in-person program is now oversubscribed due to tremendous community interest. To accommodate additional guests\, we are pleased to offer a livestream option. This event is online only and does not provide an in-person ticket.  \nIf registering for this program you will receive an email with the livestream link and tips after your registration is complete.  \nThe Atlantic coast has been a powerful magnet for artists across the twentieth century\, offering a refuge from sweltering summers as well as the ties of friendship and community. Summers by the Sea: Helen Frankenthaler and Toni LaSelle examines the paintings of two mid-century artists who first came to Massachusetts as students of Hans Hofmann\, and who shared affinities with the work of Milton Avery\, Adolph Gottlieb\, and Mark Rothko as well. In subsequent years\, LaSelle and Frankenthaler followed independent paths\, but continued to find renewal in the siren call of the sea. \nAlison de Lima Greene is the Isabel Brown Wilson Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, where she has served on the curatorial staff since 1984. A member of the curatorial team responsible for the inaugural presentations in the MFAH’s new Nancy and Rich Kinder Building in 2020\, her exhibitions include retrospectives devoted to Mark Rothko\, Philip Guston\, and Tamara de Lempicka\, as well as special installations planned in collaboration with Yayoi Kusama\, Pipilotti Rist\, and Anicka Yi. \nImage Credit: Toni LaSelle (1901–2002)\, Puritan\, 1947–50\, oil on canvas\, 30 1/8 x 25 in. The Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, Museum purchase funded by the Frank Freed Memorial Painting Fund\, 95.45 © Estate of Dorothy Antoinette (Toni) LaSelle. Photograph © The Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston; Thomas R. DuBrock.
URL:https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/livestream-cam-talk-exhibition-series-summers-by-the-sea-helen-frankenthaler-and-toni-laselle-by-alison-de-lima-greene/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Avery Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea,CAMTalks,Exhibit Openings & Events,Exhibition Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260827T123000
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SUMMARY:Artful Conversations: In Her Garden\, by Erma Wheeler
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, August 27\, 2026\n12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.\nEducation Room\, Downtown Campus\n27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA 01930\nCAM Members $5\, Non-Members (Adult) $25 (includes admission to the General Museum).\nAdditional price types are available upon checkout.\nTickets do not include admission to the special exhibition Avery\, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea.\nRegistration required as space is limited\n \nJoin Us Mid-Day for Artful Conversations\nTake a midday pause and experience one work of art in depth.\nArtful Conversations are informal\, docent-led gallery experiences that invite visitors to slow down\, look closely\, and engage in thoughtful conversation. Each session features a work of art or object that is new to view—whether a recent acquisition or a work newly installed in the galleries.\nThe program begins in the Education Room at our Downtown Campus with a brief introduction and visual context before moving into the galleries for an extended exploration of the featured work. Guided by observation\, curiosity\, and conversation\, participants are encouraged to share ideas\, consider different perspectives\, and discover new connections together.\nAs modern art emerged\, the debate between realism and abstraction intensified. In the 19th century\, painters like Gustav Courbet rejected the Academic Salons and embraced Realism as the true expression of modern life and the foundation that shaped Impressionism and early Modernism. By the 20th century\, a larger group of New York City artists turned increasingly inward\, pursuing abstraction as a more direct path to individual truth. Mark Rothko argued that representation blocked the expression of “the verities of time and space\, life and death.” Although abstraction moved away from traditional representation\, artists like Gottlieb and Rothko maintained that it did not preclude excellence\, writing a manifesto which said\, in part: “It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism. There is no such thing as good painting about nothing. We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless.” Focusing on an abstract\, colorist painting by Erma Wheeler from CAM’s collection\, we will have a chance to talk about traditional\, more representational art as it contrasts the 20th-century movements that eventually led to the kind of abstraction that Wheeler’s work represents. This conversation will be led by CAM Docent\, Bruce Shaw.\n Image Credits: In Her Garden\, Erma Wheeler\, c. 1980\, Watercolor on paper Gift of the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation\, 2024.
URL:https://www.capeannmuseum.org/event/artful-conversations-in-her-garden-by-erma-wheeler-2/
LOCATION:Downtown Campus\, 27 Pleasant Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States
CATEGORIES:CAMTalks
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