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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Artists (11)
Fridays and Saturdays 9:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays-Thursdays 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Met Holiday Mondays in the Main Building: December 28, 2009; January 18, February 15, May 31, 2010 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. All other Mondays closed; Jan. 1, Thanksgiving, and Dec. 25 closed |
PAST EXHIBITIONSunday at The MET
Exhibition Type: Public Program
October 4, 2009—October 4, 2009Sunday, October 4 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium This afternoon program—featuring a brief introductory talk, panel discussion, and film—highlights Robert Frank’s suite of black-and-white photographs made on a cross-country road trip as a Guggenheim Fellow in 1955–56. Lecture 2:00 PM Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans—An Introduction Jeff L. Rosenheim, curator, Department of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Panel Discussion 2:30 PM Robert Frank, Jack Kerouac, and Avant-garde Visual Culture of the Late 1950s Jeff L. Rosenheim moderates a panel with Luc Sante, writer and critic, and author of Lowlife: Lures and Snares of Old New York (1991); and Barney Rosset, legendary former owner of Grove Press and founder of Evergreen Review. Known for printing such censored classics as D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, Rosset released Frank’s groundbreaking book, The Americans, in 1959 with an introduction written by Jack Kerouac. Film 3:15 PM Leaving Home Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2005) Gerald Fox, director. The award-winning biographical film presents a deep look inside Frank’s personal and creative life. The documentary includes extensive on-camera interviews with Frank (86 min.). |
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