Cultural Encounters: Friday Night Soirées at the de Young with Le Café Peetnik, Tango No. 9, and "Gauguin's Baudelairean Dream"

Free general admission sponsored by Ovation and Xfinity

Le Café Peetnik
6:00–8:30 p.m.
Piazzoni Murals Room
Enjoy a sampling of select signature Peet’s coffees & teas, and be entertained by tableaux vivants featuring artists Berthe Morisot (Peggy Gyulai), Vincent van Gogh (Jeremy Sutton), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Jef Valentine), and Paul Gauguin (Marius Starkey).

Live music by Tango No. 9
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Wilsey Court
Tango No. 9 brings its synthesis of old-school, nuevo, and contemporary tango in a program that may jiggle some of the seats loose from their moorings, as well as provide a feast for the ears. In 1997, as silent film score pioneers Club Foot Orchestra were lapsing into hiatus, violinist Catharine Clune looked for a new musical project. She seized upon the repertoire of Astor Piazzolla, the Argentine bandeonist and composer who had rejuvenated the hidebound tango tradition with an influx of new elements -- jazz, odd meters, unusual instrumentation, and the classical training he picked up from legendary composition tutor Nadia Boulanger in Paris. More than a dozen years later, with three CDs released and one on the way, and thousands of miles of touring under their belt, Tango No. 9 continues to explore all the myriad possibilities of the genre. Catharine Clune, violin; Greg Stephens, trombone; Joshua Raoul Brody, piano; Zoltan Lundy, baritone.

Lecture: “Gauguin’s Baudelairean Dream”
7:00 p.m.
Koret Auditorium
Professor James Housefield, scholar of Modern French art, University of California at Davis, discusses “Gauguin's Baudelairean Dream.”  Paul Gauguin's paintings transport viewers to worlds of mystery, imagination, and dreams. This illustrated lecture examines how these connect to the literary dreams of the authors that Gauguin, Van Gogh, and their friends enjoyed, specifically the writing of Charles Baudelaire. Baudelaire's influence as a poet and art critic transformed generations of artists and writers, offering alternative visions that challenged the mainstream in ways that echoed the efforts of the post-Impressionist painters. For Gauguin, following Baudelaire, art was a divinely inspired intoxication yet a distinctly earthly creation.

Hands-on art making for everyone
6:00–8:30 p.m.
Wilsey Court
Join Madamoiselle Kim for another exciting hands-on art making project. Create your own mini art palette accessories. 

October Artist-in-Residence and Jolika Fellow Dan Taulapapa McMullin
1:00–8:30 p.m.
Artist Studio/Kimball Education Gallery
October 6–31, Closing Reception Friday, October 29
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