Friday Forum:

Sabine Eckmann and Paul Ha speak on *Recalling 1980s New York* Feb. 13

Sabine Eckmann, curator of the Washington University Gallery of Art, and Paul Ha, director of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, will speak on Recalling 1980s New York for the Gallery of Art’s Friday Forum series at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13.

CALENDAR SUMMARY

WHO: Sabine Eckmann, curator, Washington University Gallery of Art, and Paul Ha, director, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

WHAT: Friday Forum (1 of 3), “Recalling 1980s New York”

WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13

WHERE: Washington University Gallery of Art, Steinberg Hall, intersection of Forsyth and Skinker boulevards

COST: $10/$25 for series of three

INFORMATION: (314) 935-5490 or wuga@wustl.edu

The talk — the first of three Friday Forum discussions this spring — is preceded by a reception at 6:30 p.m. Cost, which includes wine and appetizers, is $10, or $25 for the series. Reservations are required. The Gallery of Art is located in Steinberg Hall, near the intersection of Forsyth and Skinker boulevards. For more information, call (314) 935-5490 or email wuga@wustl.edu.

The event is held in conjunction with thee exhibition American Art of the 1980s: Selections From the Broad Collections, on view at the Gallery of Art through April 18. Other Friday Forum discussions are:

* March 19: Sabine Eckmann, curator of the Gallery of Art, and
David Bonetti, visual arts critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
on Art and Pleasure.

* April 2: Angela Miller, associate professor of Art History and
Archaeology in Arts & Sciences, and Andrew Walker, senior
curator at the Missouri Historical Society, on Painting America
in the 19th Century.