Join the Art Seminar Group for three online lectures that will bring international art exhibitions to your living room! Register for one or the three part series.

Lecture 1: Tuesday, January 13, 20261:30 PM EST

Chris Boïcos, Art Historian and Director of Paris Art Studies 

Jacques-Louis David

Online program via Zoom

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) produced imagery that to this day inhabits the collective imagination of the French and the Europeans: from The Death of Marat to Napoleon Crossing the Alps and The Coronation of Napoleon, his paintings are the filter through which we picture the great moments of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire, while his portraits bring to life the society of his period.

To mark the bicentennial of his death in exile in Brussels in 1825, the Musée du Louvre is offering a new perspective on this extraordinary artist. The exhibition spans his career through six different political regimes and, notably, the French Revolution. One hundred works are on special loan to the Louvre, including the seldom shown The Oath of the Tennis Court from Versailles, and the original version of the celebrated The Death of Marat from Brussels.

This is the first major exhibition on David’s art since the great 1989 bicentennial commemoration of the French Revolution and a unique opportunity to rediscover the grandeur and breadth of a monumental French painter. The exhibition is on view at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, October 15, 2025–January 26, 2026.

Lecture 2: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 1:30 PM EST

Chris Boïcos, Art Historian and Director of Paris Art Studies 

Gerhard Richter: A Lecture on the Exhibition at the Fondation Vuitton, Paris

Online via Zoom

This autumn and winter the Vuitton Foundation dedicates all of its galleries to a great retrospective of the oeuvre of the German painter Gerhard Richter (born 1932), regarded internationally as one of the most important artists of his generation. This is an exceptional retrospective, unmatched both in scale and in chronological scope, featuring 275 works spanning the period from 1962 to 2024. The exhibition includes oil paintings, glass and steel sculptures, pencil and ink drawings, watercolors, and overpainted photographs. It is the first exhibition to offer such a comprehensive view of Gerhard Richter’s creativity, and it includes all of his best-known works in all of the 92-year-old artist’s various styles, figurative and abstract.

Lecture 3: Tuesday, January 27, 20261:30 PM EST

Elaine Ruffolo, Renaissance Art Historian

Fra Angelico and Renaissance Florence

Online program via Zoom

Fra Angelico, one of the great artists of the early Renaissance, is renowned for his exquisite use of color, light, and composition, which imbue his works with a sense of ethereal beauty and spirituality. His style is characterized by delicate, almost dreamlike figures and serene expressions, often set against richly detailed backgrounds that enhance the narrative quality of his pieces. He skillfully employed techniques such as chiaroscuro to create depth, while his emphasis on harmony and balance reflects the ideals of the period. Fra Angelico's devotion to religious themes and his ability to convey divine grace through art have established him as a master of narrative painting.

From September 26, 2025, to January 25, 2026, the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco present Fra Angelico, an extraordinary and unprecedented exhibition devoted to an artist who symbolizes fifteenth-century Florentine art and stands out as one of the greatest masters of Italian art of all time. Join Renaissance art historian, Elaine Ruffolo as she explores Fra Angelico’s art, development and influence, and his relation to painters such as Lorenzo Monaco, Masaccio, and Filippo Lippi, as well as sculptors like Lorenzo Ghiberti, Michelozzo, and Luca della Robbia. 

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