Lectures

Join us online and in person for lectures from artists, experts, and other compelling voices on wide-ranging topics.

Upcoming Courses

Dalí In Context

September 18–October 23, 2024

Upcoming Lectures

Looking Together

Exploring the Arts of the Islamic Cultures Gallery

September 11–October 2, 2024
10:30 am–12:00 pm

Occurring every Wednesday

In Person
Lecture

Spain in the 20th Century

September 18, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person
Looking Together

New Englandgers in the 17th through 19th Centuries

September 19–October 10, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm

Occurring every Thursday 

In Person
The Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lectures

Michael Ondaatje: A Year of Last Things

September 20, 2024
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
In Person
Lecture

Disruption and Devotion

September 25, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person
Lecture

Dali: Disruption and Devotion

September 25, 2024
6:30 pm–7:30 pm
Online
Lecture

Salvador Dalí: Pedigree and Progeny

October 2, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person
Lecture

Uncanny Desires: Staging the Surrealist Photograph

October 9, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person
Lecture

Dalí, Surrealism, and Film

October 16, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person
Lecture

Following the Dream: Art in the Wake of Surrealism

October 23, 2024
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
In Person
Deborah and Martin Hale °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ing Artist Lecture

Alan Michelson on ‘The Knowledge Keepers’

November 14, 2024
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
In Person