FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Aug. 30, 2016

Media contacts:

Lesa Griffith

Tel: 808-532-8712

Scott Whelden
Tel: 808-532-8719
Email: swhelden@honolulumuseum.org

INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN CURATOR
PAUL SCHIMMEL TO GIVE TALK OCT. 27

The former curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,
focuses on artist Lee Bontecou

WHAT: Lecture: Paul Schimmel, "Lee Bontecou: Destroy the Picture/Painting the Void"
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 27, 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Honolulu Museum of Art Doris Duke Theatre, 901 Kinau Street
COST: FREE
INFO: 808-532-8700, honolulumuseum.org (publishable)
High-res images available on request.

HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I (Aug. 30, 2016)—On Oct. 27, internationally known curator Paul Schimmel will talk about the artist Lee Bontecou, whose untitled canvas-and-steel construction is one of the highlights of the museum’s contemporary collection.

This year, the museum lent its Bontecou work to the Los Angeles gallery Hauser Wirth & Schimmel for its exhibition Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016, which is on view through Sept. 4.

Schimmel’s talk is part of the museum’s ongoing effort to make art and the art world accessible to the community. This is a rare opportunity for the public to hear a visiting visionary curator renowned for his love of art and artists and his far-reaching, dot-connecting solo and group shows, and learn more about a key work in the museum’s collection.

About Paul Schimmel
Schimmel is vice president and partner at the international contemporary art gallery Hauser & Wirth. Previously, he served as chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, from 1990 to 2012. He has organized major one-person retrospectives for artists Chris Burden, Willem de Kooning, Takashi Murakami, Laura Owens, Sigmar Polke, Charles Ray and Robert Rauschenberg; and thematic exhibitions such as Helter Skelter: LA Art in the 1990s (1992) and Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949–1962 (2012).

-end-

Help Save Paper—convert to the Museum’s E-mail press list.

To UNSUBSCRIBE, please click here.

To join, e-mail  lgriffith@honolulumuseum.org , or call (808) 532-6091.

About the Honolulu Museum of Art

One of the world’s premier art museums, the Honolulu Museum of Art presents international caliber special exhibitions and features a collection that includes Hokusai, van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet, Picasso and Warhol, as well as traditional Asian and Hawaiian art.

Located in two of Honolulu’s most beautiful buildings, visitors enjoy two cafés, gardens, and films and concerts at the theater. The museum is dedicated to bringing together great art and people to create a more harmonious, adaptable, and enjoyable society in Hawai’i.

Locations:

Honolulu Museum of Art: 900 S. Beretania Street
Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House: 2411 Makiki Heights Drive
Honolulu Museum of Art School: 1111 Victoria Street
Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center: 999 Bishop Street
Honolulu Museum of Art Doris Duke Theatre: 901 Kinau Street (at rear of museum)

Hours:

Honolulu Museum of Art: Tues–Sat 10 am–4:30pm; Sun 1–5 pm; closed Monday.

Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House: Tues–Sat 10am–4pm; Sun noon–4pm

Admission (permits entry to both museums on the same day):

$10 general admission; children 17 and under are free.



There’s a lot happening at the Museum!

See a film

See our exhibitions

Take a tour

SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave