Illuminating Leonardo
Jay Schuck, an independent curator and art historian, will discuss Leonardo da Vinci's artistic theories and practices, in relation to the conditions of his time, on Friday at 1 p.m. at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton. The works to be examined include "The Virgin of the Rocks," "Last Supper," and "Mona Lisa."
Mr. Schuck earned an M.A. in art history and criticism from Stony Brook University, where he won its inaugural Outstanding M.A. Thesis Award for his paper, "Sculpting the Soul: The Bust Portraiture of Gian Lorenzo Bernini."
Freilicher's Abstractions
The first exhibition to focus exclusively on Jane Freilicher's rarely seen large-scale abstractions will open next Thursday at the Kasmin Gallery in Chelsea, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
The show will feature works in varying degrees of abstraction, painted by Freilicher between 1958 and 1962, when she spent stretches of time on the East End but had yet to establish a studio here.
It was a period of discovery for the artist, who went on to integrate the freedom, fluidity, and confidence she developed during that period into the better known still lifes and landscapes of her mature career.
The exhibition will continue through April 22.
Dever in Helsinki
As part of the State Department's Art in Embassies program, paintings by the Water Mill-based artist Eric Dever are on view in the Embassy residence of Ambassador Douglas Thomas Hickey in Helsinki, Finland, in an exhibition organized by Camille Benton.
The installation also includes work by Roy Lichtenstein, Gifford Beal, Jessica Snow, Mary Heebner, and Pamela DeTuncq.
