Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro to receive George Eastman Award
Focus 45: Louis M. Condax and the Kodak Dye Transfer Process
Researcher Stephanie Hofner will discuss the significance of Condax’s achievements, providing an overview of his career and his contributions to the development of Dye Transfer at Kodak Research Laboratories.
Focus 45: Will Green, Photography and Architecture
Join William Green, curatorial assistant in the Department of Photography, for a discussion of the architectural photographs featured in the most recent installation of objects in the museum’s History of Photography Gallery.
Robert Cumming: The Secret Life of Objects to premiere at the George Eastman Museum on February 18
Rochester International Film Festival
The World's Oldest, Continuously Held Short Film Festival.
Eastman Entertains: At the Movies 2017
Eastman Entertains, a display of creatively themed tabletops, returns with tablescapes inspired by popular motion pictures.
Arsen Jamkotchian: Piano
Arsen Jamkotchian, Masters student at the Eastman School of Music, will perform a selection of music on the piano in the mansion.
Free to members; included with admission.
George Eastman Museum to host free screening of Muhammad: The Messenger of God on Sunday, March 26
A History of Photography
This installation in the History of Photography Gallery, on view from May 12 to October 8, 2017, provides an overview of the history of photography through photographs of architecture, one of the medium’s earliest and most popular subjects. The photographs were made by a variety of practitioners—professionally trained architectural photographers, tourists, artists—and highlight the wide range of approaches that photographers have adopted in their depictions of the built environment.
About the History of Photography Gallery
The George Eastman Museum photography collection is among the best...
#GEMRenaldi: Inspired by Manhattan Sunday
Tide Table (South Africa, 2003)
William Kentridge
(South African, b. 1955)
Tide Table (South Africa, 2003)
35mm film, sound, digital video transfer by the artist
Gift of the artist
Between 1989 and 2003, artist William Kentridge created nine short animated films for a series called 9 Drawings for Projection, depicting various stages of life of a certain Soho Eckstein, a fictional South African capitalist, amidst his country’s volatile and shifting social and political realities. All of the films were handcrafted in Kentridge’s trademark style: he begins with a single drawing, then steadily alters it and meticulously...
Exhibition Preview: Eugene Richards
Exhibition co-curators Lisa Hostetler and April Watson will give remarks, and artist Eugene Richards will be present.
Manhattan Wednesday
The George Eastman Museum and the Rochester Cocktail Revival team up to bring you Manhattan Wednesday, an evening of photographs of New York City nightlife and Manhattan cocktails made with Elijah Craig and Larceny bourbons and Rittenhouse rye.
Cancelled: Renegade Tour
Due to several participants in tonight's Renegade Tour cancelling due to conflicts, we are postponing tonight's event. Please stay tuned for updates!
This tour of Robert Cumming: The Secret Life of Objects begins with an introduction to the exhibition by assistant curator Will Green, followed by a scavenger hunt, selfie challenge, and more. Following the tour, guests will have the opportunity to create their own Robert Cumming–inspired mail art.
Limited to 20 people. Reservations required.
Gallery Talk with Photographer Eugene Richards
Photographer Eugene Richards and Curator in Charge Lisa Hostetler will guide visitors on a tour of the exhibition The Run-On of Time, the first museum retrospective of Richards's work.
