American Cool Exhibit Continues At National Portrait Gallery
A number of neighbors remarked to us that the American Cool exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery (8th and F St NW) is in fact one cool exhibition to see. From the NPG’s website:
What does it mean when a generation claims a certain figure as cool? What qualities does this person embody at that historical moment? “American Cool” explores these questions through photography, history, and popular culture. In this exhibition, cool is rendered visible, as shot by some of the finest art photographers of the past century.
The NPG wrote in to let us know that the exhibit continues to draw large crowds and that a number of events are planned in March including the following related specifically to the American Cool exhibit:
Richardson Symposium: American Cool
Friday, March 7, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium
The concept of cool is the most influential contribution American culture has made to global aesthetics and style. An exemplary group of cool scholars, hosted by “American Cool” co-curators Joel Dinerstein and Frank Goodyear, will explore how three intersecting branches of cool—youth culture, popular culture and African American culture—impact style, marketing and society. Speakers will discuss two related questions: What do we mean when we say someone is cool? How do icons of cool impact society for a given generation? The scholars will address what cool means in their work and in American culture, participate in panel discussions and then take questions from the audience. There will be a break for lunch on your own at 12:30 p.m. and the program will resume at 2:00 p.m. with a roundtable discussion, followed by a tour of the exhibition with the co-curators at 3:00 p.m.
Curator’s Tour: American Cool
Saturday, March 8, 2:00 p.m.
Joel Dinerstein, co-curator of “American Cool” and the James H. Clark Endowed Chair in American Civilization at Tulane University, leads a tour of the exhibition. Meet at the exhibition entrance, second floor. Following the tour, Dinerstein will sign copies of the exhibition catalogue in the G Street lobby from 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. The catalogue will be available for purchase in the museum shop.
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