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Henri Matisse, 1947. 'Echarpe No. 1', Screen-printed silk scarf for Ascher, UK. (Page 49)
Image copyright © Target Gallery London, taken from the book Artist Textiles, published by Antique Collectors Club
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LECTURE 'AT A GLANCE' ON ANDY WARHOL AND THE ART OF TEXTILES
By BLAKE GOPNIK
New York Times art critic Blake Gopnik to present Textile Museum of Canada 40th Anniversary Lecture on Andy Warhol and the Art of Textiles
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Location
Lecture: Northrop Frye Hall (Room NF003) 6 PM
Reception/Dinner: Goldring Student Centre 7:30 PM
Victoria University, University of Toronto, 73 Queens Park Crescent East, Toronto, ON M5S 1K7
Tickets:
Lecture: $20 (Students/Members) $25 (General)
Lecture with Reception & Fundraising Dinner $250
Purchase online: TMCGopnik.eventbrite.com
By phone: 416-599-5321 x2246
By email: development@textilemuseum.ca
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Posted 14 April 2015
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The Textile Museum of Canada is pleased to present New York-based art historian and critic Dr. Blake Gopnik who will offer the Museum’s 40th Anniversary Lecture Andy Warhol and the Art of Textiles on Wednesday June 3, 2015 at 6 pm, followed by a private reception and fundraising dinner with the speaker at 7:30 pm. Long-time art critic of the Globe and Mail, The Washington Post and Newsweek, Gopnik is now critic-at-large at Artnet News and a frequent contributor to the New York Times.
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Salvador Dali, ‘Ballerina’ a screen-printed silk scarf designed by Salvador Dali for Wesley Simpson c.1947 (Page 75)
Image copyright © Target Gallery London, taken from the book Artist Textiles, published by Antique Collectors Club
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Tickets to the lecture are $25, with discounted admission for students and Museum members at $20. Tickets for the lecture as well as reception and dinner with Blake Gopnik are $250. To purchase, visit TMCGopnik.eventbrite.com, call 416-599-5321 x2246 or email development@textilemuseum.ca. All events take place on the Victoria University campus at the University of Toronto in downtown Toronto; the lecture in Northrop Frye Hall (Room NF003), with the reception and dinner to follow in the Goldring Student Centre (73 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto).
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Barbara Hepworth, c. 1957. Screen-printed cotton table mat by Porthia Prints, UK. (Page 93)
Image copyright © Target Gallery London, taken from the book Artist Textiles, published by Antique Collectors Club
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Dress designed by Claire McCardell for Townley New York,1955, in Picasso's 'Fish' print for Fuller Fabrics, USA. (In Studio)
Image copyright © Target Gallery London, taken from the book Artist Textiles, published by Antique Collectors Club
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Marc Chagall,1956. 'Belle Fleurs', screen-printed cotton furnishing textile for Fuller Fabrics, USA. (Plate 62)
Image copyright © Target Gallery London, taken from the book Artist Textiles, published by Antique Collectors Club
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This event is presented in conjunction with the Textile Museum of Canada’s feature exhibition Artist Textiles: Picasso to Warhol organised and circulated by the Fashion and Textile Museum, UK. This major summer exhibition offers a fascinating overview of textiles designed by some of the world’s most celebrated artists including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Sonia Delaunay, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Andy Warhol and Alexander Calder – many on public display for the first time.
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Pablo Picasso, 1963. 'Toros y Toreros', screen-printed cotton furnishing textile for Bloomcraft Fabrics (Plate 62)
Image copyright © Target Gallery London, taken from the book Artist Textiles, published by Antique Collectors Club
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Salvador Dali, c.1947. 'Number Please', Screen-printed silk scarf for Wesley Simpson, USA. (Page74)
Image copyright © Target Gallery London, taken from the book Artist Textiles, published by Antique Collectors Club
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Andy Warhol, c. 1955. 'Happy Butterfly Day', screen-printed cotton fashion fabric, USA. (Page 240)
Image copyright © Target Gallery London, taken from the book Artist Textiles, published by Antique Collectors Club
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