Member Guest Speaker Series: An Exquisite Eye—Costumes

In this two-part exhibition tour series, hear from different perspectives outside of the traditional art-historian point of view. In part one of the series, costume designer and artist Deborah Brothers, former Williams College costume director and lecturer in theatre, provides her unique perspective on the costumes depicted in the portraits featured in An Exquisite Eye: Introducing the Aso O. Tavitian Collection. The second tour focuses on ancient mythology and takes place on August 5 at 9 am. Image: Lucas Cranach the Elder, Portrait of a Young Woman Holding Grapes and Apples (detail) , 1528, oil on panel transferred to canvas. The Clark, Gift of Aso O. Tavitian Foundation, 2025.1.9 In this two-part exhibition tour series, hear from different perspectives outside of the traditional art-historian point of view. In part one of the series, costume designer and artist Deborah Brothers, former Williams College costume director and lecturer in theatre, provides her unique perspective on the costumes depicted in the portraits featured in An Exquisite Eye: Introducing the Aso O. Tavitian Collection. The second tour focuses on ancient mythology and takes place on August 5 at 9 am. Image: Lucas Cranach the Elder, Portrait of a Young Woman Holding Grapes and Apples (detail) , 1528, oil on panel transferred to canvas. The Clark, Gift of Aso O. Tavitian Foundation, 2025.1.9