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Sarah Farkas, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art's Kress Interpretive Fellow, will lead a guided close-look and discussion of The Adoration of the Magi (ca. 1480-90) by Jacopo del Sellaio in the Moss Gallery. What at first appears straightforward—a panel painting depicting the visit of the three Magi, or Wise Men, to the newly born Christ Child—is a complexly constructed work with many enduring mysteries. Why is the architecture behind the Holy Family crumbling into ruin? Why are these biblical figures surrounded by attendants in Renaissance-era fashions? Preceded by delicious cocktails in our cafe, Sarah's talk will cover the artistic and social context of the work's creation in late fifteenth-century Florence, a time marked by wealth, artistic splendor, and political intrigue.
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Sarah Farkas is the current Kress Interpretive Fellow at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art where she works on projects related to the historical European art collections. She completed her B.A. at Oberlin College in Art History and German Studies in 2012 and her M.A. in Art History at the University of Texas at Austin in 2019. Sarah is currently working on her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a focus on women in the sixteenth century and the art of the English and German Reformations. She has held previous curatorial positions at the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin, OH and the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, NC.
Supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Henry Luce Foundation, and the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation.
All exhibitions at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art are underwritten by the MBMA Exhibition Fund.
Major annual support is provided by Maggie and Milton Lovell, with generous annual funding from Anonymous, Gloria and Kenneth Boyland, Holly and Paul T. Combs, Deborah and Bob Craddock, Michael and Maria Douglass, Eleanor and William Halliday, Debi and Galen Havner, Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt, Jay and Kristen Keegan, Dr. James Patterson, Dr. Rushton Patterson, Carl and Valerie Person, and Bill Townsend.
Date & Time
Sat, Jul 13, 2024 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue Details
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
1934 Poplar AvenueMemphis, Tennessee 38104
