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Lectures by eminent scholars inaugurate the exhibition Flesh and Blood: Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum, featuring triumphs of Italian Renaissance and Baroque painting from Naples. 10 am–12:30 pm and 2:00–3:30 pm Welcome and Introductions Eric M. Lee, director, Kimbell Art Museum Capodimonte: Its History and Collection Sylvain Bellenger, director, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples Bolognese Artists in Naples Babette Bohn, professor of art history, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Naples and Spain: Patrons, Painters, and Paintings across the Mediterranean Sea Guillaume Kientz, curator of European art, Kimbell Art Museum Caravaggio and Naples: Style and the Dynamics of the Market Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessey Chairman of European Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York From Spark to Flame: The Baroque in Seventeenth-Century Naples Viviana Farina, professor, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli

MARCH 1–MAY 29 (two weeks prior to the end of the exhibition) TUESDAYS–THURSDAYS, 3 PM FRIDAYS, 6:30 PM

Hone your eye and sketching practice at free, drop-in drawing sessions inspired by dramatic still lifes and figurative paintings featured in the special exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum. Participants will be assigned to a thirty-minute time slot when they arrive. Materials will be provided; no advance reservations. Education studios, Piano Pavilion

Hone your eye and sketching practice at free, drop-in drawing sessions inspired by dramatic still lifes and figurative paintings featured in the special exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum. Participants will be assigned to a thirty-minute time slot when they arrive. Materials will be provided; no advance reservations. Education studios, Piano Pavilion

Hone your eye and sketching practice at free, drop-in drawing sessions inspired by dramatic still lifes and figurative paintings featured in the special exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum. Participants will be assigned to a thirty-minute time slot when they arrive. Materials will be provided; no advance reservations. Education studios, Piano Pavilion