Talks & Lectures

Explore art across eras and cultures with lectures and discussions, including the Art History Lecture Series and talks with exhibiting artists, curators, and scholars, that connect us globally and locally.

Two seated women talking with microphones to an out of frame audience, while a pair of people in yellow jumpsuits sit on the floor against a wall and watch them.

Alice Gosti and Laura Hart Newlon in conversation at the Frye Art Museum. Photo: Chloe Collyer

Upcoming

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | Susanna and the Elders

Thursday, November 13

Panel

Regional Resonance: Camille Trautman, Colleen RJC Bratton, and Akoiya Harris in Conversation

Thursday, November 20

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)

Thursday, December 11

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | Owls in Art

Thursday, January 08

Lecture

AHLS | Ana Mendieta (1948–1985)

Thursday, February 12

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | Art Nouveau Jewelry

Thursday, March 12

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | No, your toddler could not have done that: A Brief History of Abstraction

Thursday, April 09

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | A Thousand Flowers: The Unicorn Tapestries in Paris

Thursday, May 14

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | The Hill House: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald

Thursday, June 11

Past Events

Interwoven: Panel & Weaving Demonstration with Priscilla Dobler Dzul

October 26, 2025

Meet Beau Dick: Maker of Monsters | Film Screening and Conversation

October 25, 2025

Art History Lecture Series | Pacific Northwest Coast Native Masks

October 09, 2025

Historic First Hill: Art, Architecture & Design

September 25, 2025

Art History Lecture Series | Three American Sculptors: Mosley, Puryear, Hayden

September 11, 2025

Curator Talk: Jamie Wyeth and His Legacy

August 07, 2025

Parallel Points: Tarrah Krajnak and Rafael Soldi in Conversation

July 18, 2025

Artist Talk with Hugh Hayden: Rethinking the Ordinary

July 12, 2025

Art History Lecture Series | Three Generations of Wyeths

June 12, 2025

Director’s Dialogue: Jamilee Lacy with Kris Lewis and Scott Stulen

May 14, 2025

Art History Lecture Series | Lee Miller (1907-1977)

May 08, 2025

Art History Lecture Series | Alex Katz (born 1927)

April 10, 2025

Some Like it Shot: Natalie Krick and Kim Beil on Photography, Portraiture, and Marilyn Monroe

April 05, 2025

Making (a) Space: Jayme Yen and Matthew Offenbacher in Conversation

March 27, 2025

Lifting the Curtain: Artist Talk with Dawn Cerny

March 15, 2025