SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM OF ART
Patrons Circle Gallery Talk
EVALUATION AND DISCUSSION ON EVOLUTION OF FRAMING WORKS IN THE THANNHAUSER COLLECTION
Tracy Gill, Simeon Lagodich, and Eric Tollefson, studio director, Gill & Lagodich, join Guggenheim deputy director / chief conservator, Carol Stringari, and curators Vivienne Greene and Megan Fontanella for a presentation in the Thannhauser Gallery.
Discussion of frame styles and terminology, gilding techniques and patination, framing with period vs. replica or custom-designed frames; conservation issues to be considered when choosing a frame. Specific Case Studies of works framed by Gill & Lagodich INCLUDE: Gauguin, Haere Mai (custom-made frame); Picasso, Woman with Yellow Hair (custom-made frame); Van Gogh, Mountains at St. Remy (restoration and repurposing of museum’s period frame); Van Gogh, Roadway (period frame); Manet, Before the Mirror (period frame).
NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART
"DRAWING THE CURTAIN BACK:
FRAMING AMERICAN PAINTINGS"
POWERPOINT LECTURE BY TRACY GILL
Q&A AND MUSEUM GALLERY WALK WITH SIMEON LAGODICH
Tracy Gill and Simeon Lagodich of Gill & Lagodich Fine Period Frames & Restoration join Curator Margi Conrads to offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the history, selection, restoration and traditional fabrication of gilded frames in the Museum’s American collection. Focus on twenty-six works framed for the museum by Gill & Lagodich.
Boscobel House and Gardens
"HOME ON THE HUDSON: WOMEN AND MEN PAINTING LANDSCAPES, 1825 – 1875"
HISTORY, FABRICATION AND STYLES OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN FRAMES IN CONTEXT OF EXHIBIT
Lecture by Tracy Gill
Q&A and Gallery Talk with Simeon Lagodich
HIGH MUSEUM OF ART April 2008
DOCENT TRAINING
"AN OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL FRAME HISTORY — RENAISSANCE TABERNACLE FRAMES TO THE PLEXIGLAS BOX"
TWO-HOUR POWERPOINT LECTURE BY TRACY GILL
with concentration on numerous works framed for the museum by Gill & Lagodich
Q&A and hands-on museum gallery walk / frame clinic with Simeon Lagodich
ATLANTA ART FORUM
PRIVATE COLLECTORS' GROUP LECTURE AND Q&A BY TRACY GILL AND SIMEON LAGODICH
Overview of Frames / Framing concerns for Museums and Collectors — period vs. reproduction frames, discussion of frame styles, pricing, and value
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, SCPS
Frame symposium: "From Classicism to Expressionism: A Synthetic Approach to the Frame"
one hour powerpoint lecture by Tracy Gill
"A Grammar of Ornament: The Aesthetic Frame of Mind"
NEW YORK SCHOOL OF INTERIOR DESIGN
"THE AMERICAN FRAME: FROM ORIGIN TO ORIGINALITY"
SLIDE LECTURE BY EXHIBITION CURATOR, TRACY GILL
Remarkable attendance: 250 r.s.v.p.s for 150 seats; initial lecture so well received the school invited Tracy Gill to conduct a number of slide lectures/discussions with their History of Design classes, and gallery talks (with Simeon Lagodich) to selected groups of Trustees and Collectors.
frame EXHIBITION WAS ALSO FILMED FOR WGBH / PBS EPISODE OF FIND!
interview with Tracy Gill and Simeon Lagodich by Leigh Keno, Leigh Keno American Art, and Leslie Keno, senior specialist and director of American Furniture and Decorative Arts at Sotheby's New York.
Hamilton College
"The American Frame: From Origin to Originality"
slide lecture by exhibition curator, Tracy Gill
Desmond-Fish Library
"One Hundred Years on the Edge: The Frame in America 1820 to 1920"
slide lecture on frame history by Tracy Gill
frame clinic and Q&A by Simeon Lagodich
(with additional overview discussion on first-hand experiences in Lower Manhattan post 9/11.)
Sotheby’s Institute of Art
"One Hundred Years on the Edge:The Frame in America 1820 to 1920"
slide lecture by Tracy Gill
Gallery talk and Q&A by Simeon Lagodich
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Sponsored by the Museum Antiquarian Society
