One Curator, One Work is a series of talks highlighting individual works of art in the Gallery’s collection or in special exhibitions. In each talk, a Gallery staff member discusses one object on view, introducing new perspectives on its meaning and relevance. Join curators as they discuss objects in the African and American art collections.



Keely Orgeman, the Alice and Allan Kaplan Assistant Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, investigates the artistic and atmospheric conditions of Maine’s turbulent coastline in Winslow Homer’s Below Zero (1894).



Barbara Plankensteiner, the Frances and Benjamin Benenson Foundation Curator of African Art, focuses on a 16th- to 19th-century disk from Benin, a kingdom known for its elaborate work in bronze and brass.