Saint Louis Art Museum

Well-known for his illustrative work, including Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel Les Misérables, French artist Émile Bayard’s Siege of Paris is on view for the first time at SLAM. The six-foot-wide painting, on view in Pauline Gehner Mesker Gallery 205, also coincides with the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition.  Read more about Siege of Paris on our latest 1 Fine Arts Blog, linked below. https://lnkd.in/gPZuf4RD

The Bingham Trust will host a two-day symposium on George Caleb Bingham that honors and celebrates the 50th anniversary of Missouri Governor Christopher S. “Kit” Bond’s public subscription campaign to acquire 112 preliminary drawings for Bingham’s genre paintings. The event is free; tickets and registration are not required. For more details on the event, head to the link below or to the LinkedIn event listing. https://lnkd.in/g_5Kcizv

The Palace of Fine Arts, now home to the Saint Louis Art Museum, had 11,000 works of art on display during the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. By comparison, SLAM today typically has around 2,400 works on view at any given time (around 6 percent of the Museum’s current collection of more than 38,000 pieces). Of that massive number of artworks on view 120 years ago, around two dozen works with ties to the fair have made their way back to SLAM over the decades. Read our latest blog post on 1 Fine Arts Blog to see the selection of works at the Museum that have St. Louis World's Fair connections, linked below. https://lnkd.in/g9r95zpr

OPENING OCTOBER 19: Narrative Wisdom and African Arts is the Saint Louis Art Museum’s largest institutionally organized ticketed exhibition of sub-Saharan African art. With more than 150 works in a variety of media, the exhibition explores how historical and contemporary African arts make visible narratives rooted in collective and individual memory and knowledge. Exhibition curator Nichole N. Bridges, the Morton D. May Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, has answered a few questions about the exhibition on our 1 Fine Arts Blog, linked below. https://lnkd.in/eGMX4HwS

Attention SLAM Corporate Partners: All member company employees and their families are invited to a fun-filled day on Sunday, November 24 from 10 am-3 pm! Admission is free, but space is limited. Advance registration is required and can be accessed at the link below: https://lnkd.in/g9TwdGY2

Decades before electric lighting became accessible in homes across the United States, architect Cass Gilbert designed two ornate, electrified candelabras to illuminate the former Palace of Fine Arts in 1915. The new light fixtures, plus the addition of two stone benches, were a distinct improvement to the front lawn of the building, which was originally built for the 1904 World’s Fair. Read more about these candelabras on our latest 1 Fine Arts Blog, linked below. https://lnkd.in/eY-g8-7R

DEIA professionals and ERG/Affinity Group leaders are invited to a Corporate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility reception featuring Narrative Wisdom and African Arts. Discover how your team can engage with the Museum and its global collection. For more information and to RSVP before November 1, head to the link below: https://bit.ly/3Y1UdwK

In the Madonna and Child Enthroned with Sts. Peter, John the Baptist, Dominic, and Nicholas of Bari in the Saint Louis Art Museum’s collection, artist Piero di Cosimo depicts four Catholic saints—one of whom is painted in the guise of Florentine politician Piero del Pugliese (1430–1498). Learn more about this work at the link below: https://lnkd.in/gP_2Yda8

Current and preservice educators are invited to join us for a special workshop with Yacouba Sissoko, master kora player from the djeli tradition in Mali. As part of the workshop, Sissoko will give a musical performance and will present on djeli culture, his personal history, the place of the kora in society, and the making of the kora. He will also lead participants in learning a song. For more information and registration, head to the link below: https://bit.ly/3ZXYdkD

Current and preservice educators are invited to join us for a special workshop with the exhibition The Work of Art: The Federal Art Project, 1935–1943. During the workshop, participants will visit the exhibition, learn fun and enriching details about the artists and artworks from the curators, and engage with hands-on activities. For more information and registration, head to the link below: https://bit.ly/4gWOtNO