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Facetime: the Art of the Portrait

John Singer Sargent Portrait Madam X Virginie Gautreau 1884

​“From its mythic beginnings—the tracing of a man’s shadow to preserve his memory during a long absence—to the abstract portrayals of today, portraiture has always tried to capture humanity’s image of itself.”
— Andreas Beyer

 

In this experience we explore that idea through three very different artists: a gambler who blew his earnings in Monte Carlo, a lover who treated romance like a Las Vegas buffet, and a painter with a suspicious habit of outsourcing his backgrounds to China.

 

The result is a lively conversation about what it means to see and be seen, while encountering some of the most extraordinary brushwork in the museum.​

Also available online for those unable to travel.

John Singer Sargent, Madame X, 1884
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