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A rare opportunity to learn about the behind-the-scenes curatorial and creative processes that led to the Life, Death & Revelry exhibition. Paul Kaiser, a member of the OpenEndedGroup, whose 3D video installation Maenads and Satyrs is featured in the exhibition, joins curators Christina Nielsen and Pieranna Cavalchini in this spirited, thought-provoking conversation.

Speakers:

Pieranna Cavalchini, Tom and Lisa Blumenthal Curator of Contemporary Art
Paul Kaiser, artist and member of the OpenEndedGroup
Christina Nielsen, William and Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection and Exhibition Program

Life, Death & Revelry is made possible in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Wallace Minot Leonard Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which receives funding from the State of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts. 

The Artist-in-Residence Program is directed by Pieranna Cavalchini, the Tom and Lisa Blumenthal Curator of Contemporary Art, and is supported, in part, by the Barbara Lee Program Fund.

The conservation project for the Farnese Sarcophagus with Revelers Gathering Grapes is generously sponsored by Bank of America. 

Media Sponsor: WGBH