Ask a Curator: / Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist Tues, Oct 20, 2020, 7 pm

Ask a Curator:
Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist

Tues, Oct 20, 2020
7 pm

A painting of multi-colored loops suspended in a dark backdrop.
A painting of multi-colored loops suspended in a dark backdrop.

Agnes Pelton, Orbits, 1934. Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 × 30 in. (92.1 × 76.2 cm). Oakland Museum of California; gift of Concours d'Antiques, the Art Guild of the Oakland Museum of California

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Join us for an interactive conversation on Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist with Barbara Haskell, curator, and Sarah Humphreville, senior curatorial assistant. They will present a brief overview of the exhibition and then take questions from the audience. 


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