The Duncan Phillips Lectures are given by distinguished artists, historians, and critics, whose presentations cover a broad range of aesthetic concerns. The lecture series was started in 1987 by Laughlin Phillips (director of the museum from 1972 to 1992) in honor of his father, Duncan Phillips, the founder of The Phillips Collection.
Sep 19, 2013 Yve-Alain Bois, the author of Kelly’s catalogue raisonné, discusses Kelly’s works. Bois, a prominent scholar of 20th-century European and...
Nov 2, 2013 Known for his novels chronicling American life, including The Ice Storm (1994), The Diviners (2005), and The Four Fingers of Death (2010),...
Mar 17, 2011 The paintings of the Scottish-born, Trinidad-based artist Peter Doig give off a modest, quiet nostalgia. Referencing both art history and...
Oct 3, 2010 An artist known for his politically charged pieces, Alfredo Jaar discusses his work in the context of American cultural exchange and explo...
Oct 9, 2009 Writer and critic Adam Gopnik explores how myths and anecdotes about artists and artwork affect the way art is perceived. Gopnik is a staf...
Jul 16, 2009 Fischl’s upbringing in the suburbs of Long Island later informed his figurative paintings as well as his sculptures, drawings, and prints...
May 15, 2008 Born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in South Central Los Angeles, Marshall's images of the contemporary African-American urban experie...
Dec 6, 2007 The Dean of the Yale University School of Art and former curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, ...