The Lucy Daniels Foundation is sharing a special invitation to Contemporaries members to experience our area’s only public screening of a powerful new documentary on the artistic process, “Breakthrough” on October 20th at 7pm at The Rialto.
This is the only public screening in Raleigh and one of only two in the country. Several artists featured in the film will be present. Tickets are $2 for current Contemporaries members. A reception after the screening will be held at The Point next door to the Rialto. For more information and to RSVP, please see the link below:
“Breakthrough” Screening
Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer’s The Concert (c. 1664) was stolen during the great art theft of 1990 at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. This painting has an estimated value of over $200,000,000 making it the most valuable piece of art that was stolen during the robbery. The Concert remains missing to this day.
The painting shows three musicians: a young woman playing a harpsichord, a man who is playing a lute, and a woman who is singing. During the 17th century, musical gatherings such as the one represented in The Concert were not only a form of entertainment, but they were also accepted ways to promote social contact—specifically with the opposite sex.
Ready to play art trivia? Join the Contemporaries on October 13th at Draft on Glenwood Avenue (see details below).
In Rembrandt’s painting, Flora, a minor Roman goddess is depicted based on portraits of Rembrandt’s wife, Saskia (who died in 1642) and from pictures in which his companion, Hendrickje Stoffels, apparently served as a model. According to Roman mythology, Flora was associated as the goddess of Spring and fertility.
Join us for art trivia and socializing at Art on Tap, Thursday October 13th at Draft!
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, Netherlands. At the time of Rembrandt’s birth, Leiden was known as one of the principal intellectual and artistic areas of the Netherlands.
Join us for art trivia and socializing on Thursday, October 13th for Art on Tap at Draft on Glenwood Avenue (details below) .
On March 18, 1990, thieves dressed as Boston police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, MA and stole thirteen pieces of art. Some estimates put the value of the artwork at $500 million, making it the largest single art heist in recorded history.
Three works by Rembrandt were stolen, including his only painted seascape, “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee”.
Interested in learning more about this incredible art theft? Make plans to attend the lecture by Anthony Amore, author of “Stealing Rembrandts” on October 23rd at the NC Museum of Art (Lecture: Stealing Rembrandts). Also plan to join the Contemporaries on October 13th for Art on Tap (details below).
As part of our Art on Tap series on October 13th at Draft, we will have trivia to test your art knowledge! We will be promoting the Rembrandt exhibit that opens at the museum on October 30th (Rembrandt Exhibit), so the trivia will be based on Rembrandt’s life and works. We may even throw in trivia about art theft to promote the lecture given on October 23rd by the author of “Stealing Rembrandts”, Anthony Amore.
First bit: Rembrandt’s works were during the period historians call the Dutch Golden Age. In Dutch history, this was a period during the 17th century in which Dutch trade, military and science were considered some of the best in the world.
Stay tuned for more trivia on Rembrandt and art theft! And be sure to join us on the 13th!
