The Cornwall Library is excited to present an evening with Claire Gilman, the new Acquavella Curator and Department Head of Modern and Contemporary Drawings at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York. She will talk about her curatorial work and first exhibition at the Morgan, “Lisa Yuskavage: Drawings” (June 27, 2025–January 4th, 2026). The conversation, with author and art writer Robert Becker, will focus on the work of Yuskavage, one of the premier painters of the 21st century, and the process of creating the drawing retrospective, as well as Claire’s career in the arts. A reception will follow

The Morgan started as the personal collection of financier Pierpont Morgan and today is a renowned cultural institution that houses over 350,000 objects including rare books, manuscripts, drawings and other works of art within landmark buildings.

Prior to joining the Morgan, Gilman was Chief Curator at The Drawing Center in lower Manhattan for fourteen years. A part time resident of Sharon, she holds a PhD from Columbia University and has taught art history and critical theory at Columbia, the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, The Museum of Modern Art and elsewhere, and has contributed to various art journals including The Brooklyn Rail, CAA Reviews, Documents, Frieze, and October.

Becker, a resident of Cornwall, was the Arts Editor of Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine in the 1980s. He is author of “Nancy Lancaster; Her Life, Her World, Her Art” (Knopf), and has most recently contributed articles and essays to Artforum, Granta, The New Criterion and Hyperallergic.

Attend in-person only. Registration on the library website requested.

The Cornwall Library
30 Pine Street
Cornwall, CT 06753

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