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...seem redundant, somehow. They are not; each sculpture is in some way different from its partner. But they differ in very subtle ways--in the lie of the mane on the lion's neck, in the direction Franklin happens to be looking. Jeanne Wasserman and the staff of the Fogg set up this exhibit to explore these changes; a very well-trained eye is necessary to find them...
...inclined, check out the Fogg's show on 19th-century sculpture and its reproductions, but otherwise don't bother--much better shows are around. Nielsen Gallery on Newbury Street has a one-man show by VES faculty member Paul Rotterdam that should be especially interesting...
...Nochlin, who's a professor at Vassar and whose books are recommended reading, at least, in Fine Arts 13 and most of the Fine Arts department's post-1800 courses, will be lecturing on Manet's Ball at the Opera at 4 p.m. in the Christian Room at the Fogg. Nochlin is a great scholar, but she's also written about problems of art and artists in our own time--the state of scholarship on women artists, the problems of government funding for art. It should be a very interesting lecture and discussion, and it's open to the public...
...exhibit of Roy Lichtenstein Prints at the Fogg closes Sunday. Also there's a great exhibit of examples from the Museum's fine collection of 17th century Dutch drawings and paintings on the second floor--the exhibit's connected with Seymour Slive's Fine Arts 166, is really good, and is going down on Halloween...
...Fogg Museum is exhibiting graphic works by Roy Lichtenstein. He's the one whose stuff looks like enlarged comic strips, but, as is always the case in these things, has much more redeeming social importance. Check out the review in yesterday's paper for more details. Through Oct.26...