Jock Reynolds, the Yale University Art Gallery's director-designate, will be joined by the directors of three other leading American art museums on Saturday, May 2, for a symposium about the long-term concerns of their institutions.
"Looking Ahead: Issues for Museums
in the 21st Century," will take place 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St. The symposium features James Cuno, director of the Harvard Art Museums; Thomas Krens, director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museums and Foundation in New York; Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York; and Reynolds, current director of the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts, who will become the Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Yale Art Gallery on Sept. 1.
Reynolds will open the symposium at 10:30 a.m. with a talk titled "The Role of the Artist in a Teaching Museum." A sculptor whose works have been exhibited in group shows and installations throughout the world, Reynolds has directed the Addison Gallery since 1989.
The complex ethical and social implications of acquiring art will be explored in Cuno's talk, titled "Going Public: Art Museums and Acquisitions, Now and in the Future." Cuno has been the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museums and professor of fine arts at Harvard since 1991.
In his lecture, "MoMA and the Future: Building the New Museum of Modern Art," Lowry will discuss such practical considerations as the impact that housing enormous works of art has on museum design and philosophical issues, such as the mission of the museum in the 21st century. Shortly after he became the sixth director of MoMA in 1995, Lowry announced plans to rebuild and expand the museum.
Following a 12:30-2:30 p.m. lunch break, Krens will give a lecture titled "A Network of Museums: The Satellite Theory," which will explore the international reach of his institution. Krens, who earned his M.P.P.M. from the Yale School of Management, heads the two Guggenheim Museums in New York City -- one on Fifth Avenue and one in Soho -- as well as the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. As director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, he also oversees the recently opened Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.
Following Krens' talk, the four directors will take part in a conversation moderated by Jules D. Prown, the Paul Mellon Professor in the History of Art. The event will conclude with a reception in the Art Gallery's Sculpture Hall.
The event is sponsored by the Members of the Yale Art Museums, the membership organization of the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art. The fee is $30 for museum members; $40 for nonmembers. Proceeds will support the educational and outreach activities of the two museums. For reservations, call 432-9658.
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