Upcoming Cultural Pursuit Events

Join me to meet the artists in Gilles Clement Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, Clement Kamena: ILLUSIONS, for a special event as we celebrate the kick-off of Alliance Française Focus on French Film Festival. Serge Clement and Marina Kamena, Parisians now based in Westport, Connecticut, have been making collaborative art in the contemporized spirit of Renaissance ateliers for over twenty years – a prolific body of work that reflects the couple’s relentlessly dynamic, creative and visionary approach. Focus on French Cinema is an international independent film festival showcasing a diverse selection of the best and the latest contemporary French-language films from around the world.

On Thursday, May 3, the Flinn Gallery at the Greenwich Library will launch an opening reception for “Art Students League Revisited.” The exhibition includes diverse works of eight artists at the League and will feature sculpture, prints and paintings. Complementing a similar popular exhibit ten years ago, this exhibit seeks to highlight several current award-winning League artists and their varied and interesting work.

Join me for a visit to The Metropolitan Museum of Art to see Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings and Public Parks, Private Gardens: Paris to Provence. Thomas Cole’s Journey marks the 200th anniversary of Cole’s first Atlantic crossing, when he emigrated from England to the United States in 1818, and brings to prominence the dialogue between American and European artists in the mid-19th century by hanging Cole’s work in direct juxtaposition with works he studied on his formative journey. Public Parks, Private Gardens will feature some 150 works by more than 70 artists, spanning the late 18th through early 20th century, from The Met’s collection, as well as other private collections.