Distinguished curator and scholar Gary Tinterow, Engelhard Curator in Charge of the Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was the featured speaker for the first lecture of the fall 2006 ArtTalks season.  The event was held on October 24, 2006, at 6:30 p.m in the Sculpture Court of the National Arts Club, located at 15 Gramercy Park South, New York. Mr. Tinterow discussed the new and expanded curatorial Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern and Contemporary Art, as well as the history of the Metropolitan’s involvement with contemporary art.

Mr. Tinterow has organized many acclaimed exhibitions that have traveled to major museums around the world, among them, some of the best-attended shows ever mounted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  He conceived and executed the reorganization of the highly acclaimed Nineteenth-Century European Paintings Galleries and was responsible for the expansion of the galleries for nineteenth- and early twentieth-century painting.  He has also worked to acquire several significant paintings for the Metropolitan’s collections.

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