Extraordinary Elegance: Nathan Lumbard’s Desk-and-Bookcase

Exhibitions

Nathan Lumbard, Desk-and-Bookcase, 1800–02.

Cherry, mahogany banding, light and dark wood inlay, and white pine. Layton Art Collection Inc., Purchase, Virginia Booth Vogel Acquisition Fund, L1996.1a–c. Photo by John R. Glembin.

Overview

  • May 11–November 25, 2018

  • The Godfrey American Art Wing, Level 2, Gallery K230

  • Free for Members

  • Included with admission

William Kentridge: More Sweetly Play the Dance is an immersive, multisensory experience from the famed South African artist (b. 1955). Combining drawing, filmmaking, and animation with a spirited soundtrack, the celebrated work runs the length of the galleries, engaging visitors in a brass band–led danse macabre (or medieval “dance of death”) that speaks to issues around life, mortality, migration, and displacement. The installation features the eight-channel projection and sculptural components, including school chairs for visitors to sit in and large megaphones through which part of the soundtrack is played.

More Sweetly Play the Dance is fourteen minutes long and plays on a continuous loop.

Support

Presenting sponsor

  • Milwaukee Art Museum’s Collectors’ Corner in honor of its 70th anniversary