WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Presented in partnership with the Tanglewood Learning Institute and Tanglewood Music Center, the Clark Art Institute hosts an evening celebrating French music and art of the late nineteenth century with Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee on Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 7 pm. 

 

A limited number of tickets are still available for this event, which takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.

 

Fellows from the Tanglewood Music Center will present a performance of chamber music featuring Fauré's Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 along with Ed Gazouleas, Director of the Tanglewood Music Center, who will introduce selected excerpts from the piece highlighting key musical ideas and themes. Following their performance, The Washington Post's Sebastian Smee explores the art and artists who were so central to this period, notably many of the French artists whose works are at the heart of the Clark's collection.

 

The Clark's permanent collection galleries are open from 5:30 pm to 7 pm, so that audience members can see the works that Smee will discuss with their own eyes—works that Fauré may have seen too.

 

Tickets $10 ($8 members, $7 students, $5 children 15 and under). Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.

 

For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events.