Lectures by eminent scholars inaugurate the exhibition Flesh and Blood: Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum, featuring triumphs of Italian Renaissance and Baroque painting from Naples.
10 am–12:30 pm and 2:00–3:30 pm
Welcome and Introductions
Eric M. Lee, director, Kimbell Art Museum
Capodimonte: Its History and Collection
Sylvain Bellenger, director, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples
Bolognese Artists in Naples
Babette Bohn, professor of art history, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth
Naples and Spain: Patrons, Painters, and Paintings across the Mediterranean Sea
Guillaume Kientz, curator of European art, Kimbell Art Museum
Caravaggio and Naples: Style and the Dynamics of the Market
Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessey Chairman of European Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
From Spark to Flame: The Baroque in Seventeenth-Century Naples
Viviana Farina, professor, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
Assistive Listening Devices are available. To request CART captioning, please email us at least three weeks in advance.
