At the Allen Magazine, Fall 2025

AT THE ALLEN / FALL 2025 / 23 OCT 11 / 12:30–2:15 PM THE MIRÓ QUARTET PERFORMS BEETHOVEN AT THE ALLEN In honor of the Miró Quartet’s anniversary—founded at the Oberlin Conservatory 30 years ago—the ensemble will perform the complete Beethoven string quartets in four days. These special performances will be in locations throughout the campus, including the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Get more information on our website: amam.oberlin.edu/events. OCT 14 / 3 PM TUESDAY TEA / FIBER ART IN OBERLIN Two visionary entrepreneurs who have advanced the fiber arts in Oberlin will discuss their work in the community and respond to the exhibition Kitsch, Craft, Critique. Liz Burgess (OC 1973) is a fiber artist and the former owner of Ginko Gallery & Studio. LisaWhitfield (OC 1990) is the owner of For Ewe: An Inclusive Fiber Community. Join us for their talks in the Ellen Johnson Gallery followed by a reception in East Gallery. NOV 6 / 5:30 ALLEN AFTER HOURS / HANJI COMES HOME: KOREAN PAPERMAKING FROM KOREA TO OHIO Join artist Aimee Lee (OC 1999) who will present a brief overview of hanji (Korean paper) and how it was used by Koreans through history, frommundane and everyday functions to enormous projects that remain as extant national treasures. Lee will share her journey traveling to Korea multiple times in search of a connection to her heritage through art, culture, and papermaking, and how that road led to creating a home for hanji in Northeast Ohio. NOV 11 / 3 PM TUESDAY TEA / “UNREAL CITY”: DREAMWORLD AND CLASS STRUGGLE IN MONET’S PARIS Claude Monet’s art—and the city of Paris during his formative years—are often framed as serene, timeless icons of cultural heritage. In contrast, the Allen’s exhibition Picturing Paris: Monet and the Modern City reveals the political unrest simmering beneath that surface. In this talk, Assistant Professor of History Nicholas Bujalski examines how the upheavals of 19th-century Paris— revolution, urban transformation, and civil war—not only shaped Monet’s world but left their mark on the emerging Impressionist style, where bourgeois calmmeets a city in flux. NOV 13 / 3:30 PM, NOV 15 / 2 PM GALLERY TALK / MONET’S PARIS, 1867 In 1867, during the waning years of Georges-Eugène Haussmann’s radical transformation of Paris, Claude Monet requested special authorization to paint at the Louvre. Rather than copy the masterpieces inside the museum, as had generations of artists before him, Monet turned his view in the opposite direction—toward the city itself. Join Marlise Brown, Associate Curator of European and American Art, for a gallery talk on the Allen’s current exhibition, Picturing Paris: Monet and the Modern City. This exhibition reunites three of Monet’s important cityscapes of Paris painted from an elevated viewpoint inside the Louvre: Oberlin’s Garden of the Princess, plus Saint-Germainl’Auxerrois (on loan from the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin) and Quai du Louvre (on loan from the Kunstmuseum in the Hague). Registration required: amam.oberlin.edu/gt-nov DEC 3 / 12–1:15 PM WEBINAR / MONET AND HIS MUSICAL MILIEU Corrinne Chong, an independent curator based in Toronto, Canada, will explore the fascinating correspondences between visual art andmusic in 19thcentury Paris, where the boundaries between painting and composition blurred. From Jules Pasdeloup’s Concerts Populaires to Mallarmé’s Mardis (Tuesday salons), journey through the concert halls and intimate gatherings where Claude Monet and his contemporaries encountered the musical world. Discover how artists, musicians, poets, and critics developed a shared vocabulary of abstraction, using terms such as les sons et les tons (sounds and tones) to bridge the visual and auditory arts, encouraging audiences to embrace increasingly evocative and impressionistic approaches in both media. This talk will engage art lovers, music enthusiasts, and anyone curious about the creative cross-currents that shapedmodern artistic expression. Registration required: amam.oberlin.edu/web-dec DEC 9 / 3 PM TUESDAY TEA / EARTH, FIRE, AND FORM: ROOTS AND REVOLUTION IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE CERAMICS Join Kevin R. E. Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art, for an overview of the exciting contemporary Japanese ceramics currently on view. Works by prominent ceramics artists such as Tanaka Yū, Takegoshi Jun, Miyashita Zenji, Matsuda Yuriko and others will be discussed in the context of their own work and broader trends in the field. DEC 11 / 5:30 ALLEN AFTER HOURS / ART WALK PRE-PARTY! Join us for a free, fun-filled evening hosted by the Allen and Oberlin College’s art department! Kick off the evening at the Allen with refreshments, explore our galleries, craft, play games, and more. Then head out for the annual Art Walk, an end-of-semester celebration that serves as a chance for students to showcase their work in exhibition spaces across campus. For more information and a detailed schedule, visit amam.oberlin.edu/artwalk. FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, ADDITIONAL EVENTS, AND ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION VISIT AMAM.OBERLIN.EDU/EVENTS.

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