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Spotlight on Special Exhibition: Manet & Degas at the Met with Dr. Jennie Hirsh

Spotlight on Special Exhibition: Manet & Degas at the Met with Dr. Jennie Hirsh


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This fall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will inaugurate Manet/Degas, an exhibition of more than 150 paintings and works on paper by  Manet (1832–1883) and Degas (1834–1917). By comparing and contrasting these two artists who were both friends and rivals, this show offers visitors a fresh look at wonderful works by these key figures of nineteenth-century French art. Carefully charting their personal and professional histories, this exhibition, co-organized with the Musée  d'Orsay and d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, is a rare opportunity to examine canonical works afresh. Offering a virtual visit together with a scholarly analysis, this conversation breaks down the show for participants either as preparation for an actual visit or in lieu of that experience.

Led by an expert on modern and contemporary art, architecture, and design, Dr. Jennie Hirsh, this Conversation will provide a virtual visit while also analyzing ways in which putting these two artists in dialogue offers new perspectives on both. Designed to inform curiosity as well as future travels, participants will come away with an increased appreciation for not only Manet and Degas but also the power of exhibitions to offer new perspectives on familiar artists. 

Jennie Hirsh (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College) is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has held postdoctoral fellowships at Princeton and Columbia Universities, as well as pre-doctoral fellowships from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, the U.S. Fulbright Commission, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the Wolfsonian FIU. Hirsh has authored essays on artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Giorgio Morandi, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Yinka Shonibare, and Regina Silveira, and is co-editor, with Isabelle Wallace, of Contemporary Art and Classical Myth (Ashgate 2011).

This conversation is suitable for all ages.

90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.

Customer Reviews

Based on 14 reviews
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H.M. (San Rafael, US)
Comparing Two Greats

Dr. Hirsh gave an outstanding talk comparing two artists from the Impressionist period. One who did not want to show his work in the Impresdionists shows and the other who tried to get him to participate. It was an interesting viewpoint and I especially liked how she looked at how they were alike and different. Manet died young while Degas lived many years after so it did make it interesting to see how their same focuses differed. Degas’ women bathing were much more intimate than Manet’s and I have to admit that I had not been aware of the differences.

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Laura (Great Barrington, US)
Manet and Degas

Very comprehensive; felt like I was at the exhibit with my personal expert

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harriet segal (Huntingdon Valley, US)
Manet Degas

Great

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Barbara Kyse (San Antonio, US)
Outstanding program

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John K (Washington, US)
A Wonderful Exhibition

Dr. Hirsh covers the vast majority of the pictures and drawings at the Met exhibition providing thoughtful insights and background information that makes you feel that you've actually been to the Met for the show.

Customer Reviews

Based on 14 reviews
86%
(12)
14%
(2)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
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H.M. (San Rafael, US)
Comparing Two Greats

Dr. Hirsh gave an outstanding talk comparing two artists from the Impressionist period. One who did not want to show his work in the Impresdionists shows and the other who tried to get him to participate. It was an interesting viewpoint and I especially liked how she looked at how they were alike and different. Manet died young while Degas lived many years after so it did make it interesting to see how their same focuses differed. Degas’ women bathing were much more intimate than Manet’s and I have to admit that I had not been aware of the differences.

L
Laura (Great Barrington, US)
Manet and Degas

Very comprehensive; felt like I was at the exhibit with my personal expert

h
harriet segal (Huntingdon Valley, US)
Manet Degas

Great

B
Barbara Kyse (San Antonio, US)
Outstanding program

Guest did not leave comment

J
John K (Washington, US)
A Wonderful Exhibition

Dr. Hirsh covers the vast majority of the pictures and drawings at the Met exhibition providing thoughtful insights and background information that makes you feel that you've actually been to the Met for the show.