Month: August 2015

Celebrating Aesthetic Innovation in Contact with the Natural World

I want to thank the over 300 guests at Olana’s Summer Party: “Icebergs in August” this past Saturday, who joined us for a mid-summer’s evening of sociability in the Hudson Valley focused on celebrating Frederic Church’s quest for aesthetic innovation in contact with the natural world. This year we reveled in his 1861 masterwork “The Icebergs,” and in my remarks I shared its remarkable story. Read More

Celebrating Aesthetic Innovation in Contact with the Natural World