Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
By Robert Hughes
Tuesday, July 16, 6:30 pm or
Saturday, July 20, 10:00 am

Just in time for summer vacation, we will turn our attention to Rome, the city that has fascinated our cultural imagination for nearly three millennia. In Rome, critically acclaimed author and former Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes offers a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of the city–as an empire, a city, and an origin of Western art and civilization. Former Saint Louis Art Museum curator Sid Goldstein will be our guest speaker for these sessions. Register

The Painter's Chair:
George Washington and the Making of American Art    
By Hugh Howard
Saturday, October 5, 10:00 am 
*one session only

For this installment of the Members Book Club, we will welcome author and historian Hugh Howard for a discussion of his highly engaging work, The Painter's Chair, which offers a new perspective on George Washington, examining his life through the eyes of six prominent American artists who painted his portrait. This session of the Book Club will meet in the Museum's newly renovated auditorium and will include a book signing after the presentation. Register

The Masterpiece
By Emile Zola
Tuesday, November 19, 6:30 pm
Saturday, November 23, 10:00 am

New for the Members Book Club, we will be reading a true literary classic. First published as L'Oeuvre in 1885, this novel transports us to the art world of Paris in the 1870s, at the beginning of Impressionism. The main character, Claude Lantier, is a composite of several artists, especially Paul Cézanne, whom Zola knew well. To take us on this literary journey, L. Cassandra Hamrick, professor of modern languages (French) will be our special guest. Register