National Gallery (Dir. Frederick Wiseman, 2014) as part of Film Series: Museums in MotionWednesday, November 16, 2016 - 6:30pmCollins CinemaNational Gallery takes the audience behind the scenes of a London institution, on a journey to the heart of a museum inhabited by masterpieces of Western art from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century. National Gallery is the portrait of a place, its way of working and relations with the world, its staff and public, and its paintings. In a perpetual and dizzying game of mirrors, film watches painting watches film. (Source: Zipporah Films).
All films take place in Collins Cinema beginning at 6:00pm. In honor of the Davis’s newly installed permanent collections galleries, uncover the secret life of museums through this selection of recent cinematic masterpieces. These contemporary films pull back the curtain on unique, behind the scenes views of museum activities and characters, both real and imagined.
Generously supported by the Davis Museum Film Program Gift.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 6:30pm
Collins Cinema
National Gallery takes the audience behind the scenes of a London institution, on a journey to the heart of a museum inhabited by masterpieces of Western art from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century. National Gallery is the portrait of a place, its way of working and relations with the world, its staff and public, and its paintings. In a perpetual and dizzying game of mirrors, film watches painting watches film. (Source: Zipporah Films).
All films take place in Collins Cinema beginning at 6:00pm. In honor of the Davis’s newly installed permanent collections galleries, uncover the secret life of museums through this selection of recent cinematic masterpieces. These contemporary films pull back the curtain on unique, behind the scenes views of museum activities and characters, both real and imagined.
Generously supported by the Davis Museum Film Program Gift.