ArtTable Program Archive – 1980s
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April 15, 1986
The Art Supermarket: Connoisseurship vs. Consumerism
Panel Discussion | Equitable Tower, 50th Floor, New York, NY
Moderated by Amei Wallach, art critic, NY Newsday, with panelists:
- Kitty Carlisle Hart, President, NY State Council on the Arts
- Hilton Kramer, Founder and Editor, The New Criterion
- Martha Wilson, Founder and Director, Franklin Furnace
- Eric Goode, Co-owner, AREA
February 11, 1986
LA/NY: A Tale of Two Cities
Panel Discussion | Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Moderated by Lynn Gumpert, Senior Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, with panelists:
- Irving Blum, Co-owner, Blum-Helman Gallery, New York
- Merry Norris, Vice President, Cultural Affairs Commission, City of Los Angeles
- Paul Schimmel, Curator, Newport Harbor Museum
- Melinda Wort, Director, Fine Arts Gallery/ Chairman, Art Department, University of California, Irvine
December 9, 1985
Contemporary Electronics: Tools for the Artist
Lecture | Bijou Theater, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
With Speaker Ed Emshwiller, Provost and Dean, Film and Video Department, California Institute of the Arts
December 2, 1985
Art in the Eighties: Back to the Future
Panel Discussion | PaineWebber, New York, NY
Moderated by Linda Shearer, Curator, Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, with panelists:
- Mary Jane Jacob, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- Mark Rosenthal, Curator of Twentieth Century Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Robert Storr, Critic, Art in America author, forthcoming book on Philip Guston
- Phyllis Tuchman, author and curator
October 18, 1985
A Day of Art in Boston
Day Trip | Boston, MA
ArtTable members enjoyed a day-long art tour of Boston, Massachusetts, including visits to the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Renoir exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, the dedication reception at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The day ended with a panel on Boston Art Today at the Albert and Vera List Visual Arts Center, MIT, with panelists Pamela Allara, Associate Dean for Museum School, Tufts University and New England art critic; Anne Hawley, Director, Massachusetts Council on the Arts & Humanities; and David Ross, Director, Institute of Contemporary Art.
October 1, 1985
Planning Public Art in Los Angeles
Lecture | Los Angeles, CA
With Speaker Maria de Herrera, formerly of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and co-organizer of The Artist as Social Designer: Aspects of Public Urban Art Today
September 26, 1985
New Members Speaking
Reception | Exit Art, New York, NY
With Speakers Maureen Cogan, President, Art & Auction Magazine; Helyn Goldenberg, President, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Jeanette Ingberman, Executive Director, EXIT Art; Juliana Sciolla, Director Decentralization and LIFT Programs, NY State Council on the Arts
June 3, 1985
ArtTable Annual Meeting – Tradition and Conflict: Images of a Turbulent Decade: 1963-1873
Annual Meeting | Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
With Speakers Mary Schmidt Campbell, Director, Studio Museum in Harlem; and Kinshasha Conwill, Associate Director
May 21, 1985
The New York Auction World
Panel Discussion | Sotheby’s San Francisco, CA
Moderated by Anne Horton, Regional Director, Sotheby’s, with panelists:
- John Berggruen, Art Dealer
- Van Deren Coke, Curator of Photography, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Advisor to San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
- Anne Walker, Trustee, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Advisor to San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
May 12, 1985
Brunch for Art Expo Exhibitors and ArtTable Members
Brunch Reception | Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Reception for ArtTable members and exhibitors at Art Expo.
May 11, 1985
ArtTable Member Reception
Reception | Chicago International Art Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Reception for ArtTable members and guests at the Art Institute of Chicago
April 23, 1985
Special Viewing: Afro American Art
Exhibition Tour | California Afro-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
A special viewing of ArtTable member Dextra Frankel’s innovative installation of the exhibition Black Olympians.
April 15, 1985
Implications of the New Tex Legislation
Panel Discussion | American Express Company, Mew York, NY
Moderated by Anne G. Murphy, Executive Director, American Arts Alliance, with panelists:
- Gilbert S. Edelson, Rosenman Colin Freund Lewis & Cohen; Secretary and Treasurer, Art Dealers Association
- Ashton Hawkins, Vice President, Secretary, and Counsel, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- James B. Lewis, Counsel to Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison; Professor, Cardozo Law School; Chairman Section of Taxation, American Bar Association
- Willard Taylor, Sullivan & Cromwell; Chairman, New York State Tax Law Committee
March 12, 1985
Life at the Temporary Contemporary, and Future Plans for the Museum of Contemporary Arts
Lecture | Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
With Speaker Richard Koshalek, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
February 14, 1985
Exhibition Tour, Coinciding with the College Art Association Annual Meeting: Self Portraits of Women Artists
Exhibition Tour | Security Pacific National Bank’s Gallery at the Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
Curatorial Advisors: Tressa R. Miller, Vice President, Director of Cultural Affairs, Security Pacific Bank; Mary Jane Jacob, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and Ann Sutherland Harris, Professor of Art History, University of Pittsburgh
February 12, 1985
Mega Art for Mega-Spaces: New York City and Public Art
Panel Discussion | Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY
Moderated by Luisa Kreisberg, Consultant, Museum of Modern Art, with panelists:
- Randall C. Bourscheidt, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of New York
- Anita Contini, Executive Director, Creative Time, Inc.
- Jenny Dixon, Executive Director Public Art Fund
- James Ingo Freed, Partner, I.M. Pei & Partners
January 17, 1985
Bay Area’s New Curators
Panel Discussion | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
With speakers Graham Beal, Chief Curator, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Sidra Stitch, Senior Curator, University Art Museum, Berkeley; and Christina Orr-Cahall, Curator of Art, Oakland Art Museum
November 19, 1984
The Changing Roles of Corporation and Museum: Invasion or Interchange?
Panel Discussion | Sotheby’s, New York
Moderated by Lila Harnett, Member, New York State Council on the Arts, with panelists:
- Marcia Tucker, Director, the New Museum, New York
- Richard P. Berglund, Director of Special Programs, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, IBM Corporation
- Robert Bishop, Director, Museum of American Folk Art
- Donald Marron, Chairman, Paine Webber and Chairman, Board of Trustees, Museum of Modern Art, New York
November 15, 1984
The Capp Street Project
Panel Discussion | Capp Street Project, an alternative space featuring artists in residence
Introduced by Jeanne Collins, Director of Public Relations, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, with panelists:
- Ann Hatch, Director, Capp Street Project
- Leah Levy, Curator, Capp Street Project
- Barbara T. Smith, Los Angeles-based Conceptual/Performing Artists, Capp Street Project Artist-in-Residence
November 13, 1984
Beyond the Blockbuster: Media Coverage of the Visual Arts
Panel Discussion | Herald Examiner Building, Los Angeles, CA
Moderated by Joan Hugo, Southern California editor of Artweek, with panelists:
- Nel Kane Benton, Director for Community Relations, KABC Talk Radio
- Harold Hayes, Editor, California Magazine
- Sam Hurst, Executive Producer, CBS News
- Sheena Patterson, Assistant Editor, Herald Examiner
October 30, 1984
The Politics of Art
Dinner Reception | Cafe Cancun, Dallas, TX
With guests Dore Ashton, New York art critic and writer; Janet Kutner, art critic, Dallas Morning News; Lynn Jorgenson, Executive Director, Art Museum Association of America
October 9, 1984
Members Talking
Reception | New York, NY
With speakers Bonnie Clearwater, curator, The Mark Rothko Foundation; Barbara Haskell, curator, The Whitney Museum of American Arts; Serena Rattazzi, Assistant Director for Administration, the Brooklyn Museum; Amei Wallach, art critic, Newsday; and Jeanne Collins, Director of Public Relations, San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art
September 25, 1984
Olympics Arts Festival Wrap-Up
Panel Discussion | San Francisco, CA
Moderated by Ruth Bowman, Radio Station KUSC Arts Commentator, with panelists:
- Fred Crotom, General Manager, Cultural Affairs Department, City of Los Angeles
- Alonzo Davis, Director, Brockman Gallery, City of Los Angeles (“Coordinator, Mural arts program)
- Robert Fitzpatrick, Director, Olympic Arts Festival
- Sherri Geldin, Administrator, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) (“The Automobile and Culture” Exhibition)
- Josiline Ianco-Starrels, Director, Municipal Art Gallery, City of Los Angeles (“Carlos Almaraz” and “California Clay” exhibitions)
- Paul Schimmel, Curator, Newport Harbor Art Musuem (“Action/Precision” exhibition)
- Willow Young, Curator, Special Programs, Craft and Folk Art Musuem (Festival of the Masks)
September 11, 1984
Members Talking
Reception | Kala Institute in San Francisco, CA
With speakers Archana Horstinf, Director, Kala Institute; Anne Kohs, art consultant; Cathy Curtis, art critic; Bonnie Earls-Solari, curator, BankAmerica; and Leah Levy, curator, Capp Street Project
May 4, 1984
Ethics in the Art World: Museums, Morals, and Money – How Do They Mix?
Panel Discussion | New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in New York, NY
Moderated by Stephen E. Weil, Deputy Director, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, with panelists:
- Robert T. Buck, Director, Brooklyn Museum
- Thomas Freudenheim, Director, Worcester Art Museum
- Ann Sutherland Harris, Professor, Julliard School, “Women Artitsts”: 1550-1950″
- Amei Wallach, Art critic and cultural reporter, Newsday
May 4, 1984
Ethics in the Art World: Codes of Conduct Between the Media and the Marketplace
Panel Discussion | New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in New York, NY
Moderated by Franklin Feldman, Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, with panelists:
- Avis Berman, Art writer (Art News, Architectural Dihgest)
- Chuck Close, Artist
- Andre Emmerich, Owner, Andre Emmerich Gellery
- Jack Flam, Editor, Curator
- Donald Kuspit, Professor, SUNY, Stonybrook; Contributing Editor, Art in America
- John Bernard Myers, former gallery owner; Author, Tracking the Marvelous
- Roberta Smith, Art critic, Village Voice
April 29-30, 1984
Two-Day Symposium
Washington, DC
April 29, 1984 – Reception
- Dinner at The Castle, Smithsonian Institution, with speaker Congressman Thoms J. Downey, Chairman, Congressional Arts Caucus
- Private Viewing of the Georgetown home of Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, founder of National Museum of Women in the Arts
April 30, 1984 – Panel Discussion
Current Issues in Arts Legislation and Federal Overview
Moderated by Peggy Loar, Director, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), with panelists:
- Ruth Berenson, Associate Deputy Chairman for Programs, NEH
- Anne Murphy, Executive Director, American Arts Alliance
- Gabriel Weisberg, Director, Museum Programs, NEH
The Arts and Private Sector Support (at the Federal Reserve Board)
Moderated by Mary Anne Goley, Director, Fine Arts Program, Federal Reserve Board, with panelists:
- Mabel (Muffie) H. Brandon, President, Rogers & Cowan Inc.
- Patricia Kearney, Director of Communications, Office of Private Sector, The White House
- A.C. Viebranz, Assistant to the Director, National Gallery of Art
Closing Reception at the Vice President’s House, hosted by Mrs. Barbara Bush.
April 24, 1984
Corporations & Art
Panel Discussion | San Francisco, CA
With speakers Clyde Claus, senior vice president, Trust Division, Bank America Corporation; Henry T. Hopkins, Director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; consultant to Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco and Los Angeles, on corporate collections; Bonnie Earls-Solari, art curator, Bank America Corporation
February 16, 1984
Curatorial Dimensions: Differing Roles, Differing Responsibilities
Panel Discussion | Schindler House in West Hollywood, CA
Moderated by Constance W. Glenn, Director, University Art Museum, Long Beach, California State University, with panelists:
- Corporate Curator | Tressa R. Miller, Vice President & Director of Cultural Affairs, Security Pacific National Bank
- Museum Curator | Stephanie Barron, Curator, 20th Century Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Private Curator | Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, President, Textile Arts, Inc.
- Historic House Curator | Randell Mackinson, Director, The Gamble House
- Dealer/Curator | Tobey C. Moss, Tobey C. Moss Gallery
February 15, 1984
The Fine Art of Collecting
Panel Discussion | Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, NY
Moderated by Lila Harnett, Member, New York State Council for the Arts, with panelists:
- Henry Feiwel, collector and businessman
- Hannalore Schulhof, collector; member of committees at Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum, Israel Museum, ICOM; trustee, American Federation of Arts
- Eugene Schwartz, collector and businessman
- Jack Boulton, art program, Chase Manhattan Bank
January 26, 1984
Survey of Past and Future Plans for the New Langton Arts Alternative
Presentation | New Langton Arts in San Francisco, CA
With speakers Renny Pritikin and Judy Moran.
December 13, 1983
Future Plans and Goals of the J. Paul Getty Trust
Panel Discussion | Los Angeles, CA
Panelists:
- Nancy Englander, Director of Program Planning and Development, The J. Paul Getty Trust
- Dr. John Walsh, Director, The J. Paul Getty Museum
- Lani Lattin Duke, Director, The Center for Education in the Arts, The J. Paul Getty Trust
November 9, 1983
Who Controls Museums?
Panel Discussion | New York, NY
Moderated by Grace Glueck, Art Critic, New York Times, with panelists:
- Micheal Botwinick, Director, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Cathleen S. Gallander, former Director, Corpus Christi Museum & Newport Harbort Art Meseum
- George Seybolt, Honorary Trustee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Chairman, Trustee Committee, American Association of Museums
- Edward M. Warburg, Honorary Trustee, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Trustee Emeritus, Metropolitan Museum of Art
September 28, 1983
Third World Museums
Lecture | Los Angeles, CA
Lecture by Helen Escobedo, Director, Museo de Arte Moderne, Mexico City
June 29, 1983
Fundraising and Development in the Visual Arts
Panel Discussion | Los Angeles, CA
Moderated by Barbara Isenberg, The Los Angeles Times, with panelists:
- Dia Dorsey, Development Director, Los Angeles Country Museum of Art
- Jackie Dubey, Development Director, Los Angles Municipal Art Gallery Associates
- Wendy Shepard, Development Director, Museum of Contemportary Art, Los Angeles
February 15, 1983
Members Talking
Reception | New York, NY
With speakers Peggy Loar, Director, SITES, Smithsonian Institution; Mary Schmidt Campbell, Director, Studio Museum in Harlem; & Marcia Tucker, Director, The New Museum (New York).
October 19, 1982
Who Designs Museums?
Panel Discussion | New York, NY
Moderated by Beverly Russell, Editor-in-chief, Interiors magazine, with panelists:
- Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New York Times
- Arata Isozaki, Tokyo architect, designer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- Richard Oldenburg, Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Norman Pfeiffer, Principal, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer
September 14, 1982
Artists Talking
Cocktail Reception | New York, NY
Cocktail reception with special guests Agnes Denes, Philp Pearlstein, and David Salle
April 19, 1982
Regionalism, Nationalism, Internationalism: The Changing Art Scene in the Eighties
Panel Discussion | New York, NY
Moderated by Ingrid Sischy, Editor, ArtForm Magazine, with panelists:
- Richard Armstrong, Independent Curator, Los Angeles
- Germano Celant, Professor, University of Milan, Contributing Editor, ArtForum Magazine, Author of recent Identite Italienne on curatorial team, Documenta 1982
- Phyllis Kind, Owner-Director, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York and Chicago
- Holly Solomon, President, Holly Solomon Gallery
December 7, 1981
The Future of Cable Programming: New Directions for the Visual Arts
Panel Discussion | New York, NY
Moderated by Lila Harnett, Art Critic, contributing editor to “Home Video” Magazine, and Founder of ArtTable, with panelists:
- Sarah Frank, The Entertainment Channel, RCTV
- Charlotte Schiff-Jones, CBS Cable-TV
- Dr. Wendy A. Stein, Department of Film & Television, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Jaime Davidovich, President, Artists Television Network
October 26, 1981
Implications of Change: Federal Funding for the Visual Arts
Panel Discussion | New York, NY
Moderated by Clementine Brown, Manager of Public Information at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with panelists:
- Peter N. Kyros, Jr. Esq., Legislative Counsel, American Association of Museums, Washington, DC. Former Arts Advisor to the White House, Carter Administration
- Peter C. Marzio, Director, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Dr. Barbara A. Reuter, Manager, Consumer Affairs and Corporate Support Programs, Philip Morris Incorporated, New York City
- Martin E. Segal, Chairman, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City
- The Honorable Daniel J. Terra, Ambassador-at-Large for Cultural Affairs, US Department of State, Washington, DC