On Friday, Feb. 3, Joslyn Art Museum will present the next session of Art Express, a drop-in lunch and lecture series that provides a closer look at Joslyn’s permanent collection and traveling exhibitions. Art Express is the first Friday of each month from noon until 12:45 p.m. Beginning Feb. 3, Art Express will move to the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater. Bring your lunch and learn more about Joslyn’s permanent collection through a presentation and discussion titled “The Da Vinci Code Debate” led by Joslyn docent Jean Circo.
Participants will compare Dan Brown’s interpretation of Christ and Mary Magdalen in The Da Vinci Code with those of various artists in Joslyn’s collection. Artworks relating to themes in the book include: Foligno’s Crucifixion, Lorenzetti’s The Last Communion of St. Mary Magdalen, Delacroix’ Entombment and more.
On Saturday, Feb. 4, Joslyn opens the exhibition “French Donjons: Castle of Coucy, Medieval Life in Miniature.” On view through May 14, all UNMC, The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC Physician employees, students and their families receive free admission to the museum by showing their employee ID badge at Joslyn’s entrance desk. A free admission includes two adults and accompanying children during general admission hours, which are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.
The centerpiece of this exhibition is an eight-foot high model of the donjon (residential tower) of the castle at Coucy in France and its grounds during the historic siege of 1339. Populated with 2,500 individually crafted figurines, the castle offers a glimpse of life during the Middle Ages.
Currently on view at Joslyn Art Museum:
- Illuminating the Word: The St. John’s Bible (Now through April 14)
Since 2000, scribes and artists in Wales have been crafting The Saint John’s Bible, the first handwritten and illuminated bible in over 500 years. This contemporary rendering of a timeless religious text is presented on oversized calfskin vellum, with inks and pigments hand ground from precious minerals and stones and copper, silver, gold, and platinum leaf gild. The exhibition includes nearly 100 finished pages and other items.