Barbara Haskell's guest appearances

Barbara Haskell

History and Current Affairs

Talks, Symposia, and Lecture Series

Frederick Douglass

Donald Trump

Bill Clinton

Benjamin Franklin

Hillary Clinton

Thomas Paine

James Madison

Alexander Hamilton

George Lucas

Margaret Thatcher

Lee Grant

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

Robert E. Lee

John F. Kennedy

OwlTail

Leon Botstein

January 17, 2018 - Celebrated music historian Leon Botstein and renowned curator Barbara Haskell join Dale Gregory, New-York Historical’s Vice President for Public Programs, for a conversation on World War II and American Art.

An Evening with Leon Botstein and Barbara Haskell: World War II and American Art

May 30, 2017 - Join us for a unique experience with musical historian Leon Botstein and renowned curator and art historian Barbara Haskell as they discuss how the massive devastation of the First World War influenced American art, culture, and music.

An Evening with Leon Botstein and Barbara Haskell: WWI and American Art

Robert Indiana

Barbara Haskell is a long-time curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and a well-known scholar on American modern art. Among the landmark exhibitions she has curated are The American Century: Art &amp; Culture, 1900-1950 ; BLAM! The Explosion of Pop, Minimalism, and Performance, 1958-1964; Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color; Georgi a O'Keeffe: Abstraction; and Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE, on view at the Whitney September 26, 2013-January 23, 2014. Haskell will discuss the works of Robert Indiana, creator of one of the iconic images of twentiethcentury pop art, LOVE. A popular culture hit, the design appeared, without Indiana's permission, on a wide range of commercial products. His attempt to reclaim the image from a cliché by remaking it in multiple editions of prints and sculptures alienated critics. Haskell examines the evolution of Indiana's themes within the context of the marketing of his work and offers insight into how we judge artistic reputations.

"Robert Indiana: His Art and Its Shifting Reputation" with Barbara Haskell