Get an inside look at the glamorous world of Tamara de Lempicka in our opening-day celebration of this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at the de Young museum. Join us for a screening of The Mystery of Tamara de Lempicka, a documentary tracing the story of a lost masterpiece by Lempicka, and an intimate conversation with exhibition curator and co-curator Furio Rinaldi and Gioia Mori and Lempicka's granddaughter and great-granddaughter, Marisa and Victoria.
About Tamara de Lempicka
With works that exuded cool elegance and transgressive sensuality, Tamara de Lempicka helped define Art Deco. Visit the de Young to experience the first major museum retrospective of Lempicka in the United States. Explore the artist's distinctive style and unconventional life through 100 artworks, ranging from her post-Cubist work in 1920s Paris to her most famous nudes and portraits to the melancholic still lifes and interiors of her final days in the United States and Mexico. Including an in-depth look at the artist's drawings and studies, this exhibition reveals the creative process behind Lempicka's iconic paintings. Starting on October 12, experience an Art Deco love story on her canvas, only at the de Young.
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Image credit: Tamara de Lempicka, Jeune fille en vert (Jeune fille aux gants) (Young Woman in Green, Young Woman with Gloves) (detail), 1930—1931. Oil on board, 24 1/4 x 17 7/8 in. (61.5 x 45.5 cm). Centre Pompidou — Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, purchase, 1932, inv. JP557P. © 2023 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, New York. Digital image © CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York