In and Out of Translation: A Conversation with Author and Translator

The Alliance is delighted to welcome back award-winning author Jake Hinkson, in conversation with translator Sophie Aslanides for a lively panel discussion that will address the art and challenges of translation and writing, the role and responsibility of the translator, the cross-cultural capacity and function of genre, and much more!

Christian Dior: The First 20 Collections

Following his early career as an art gallerist and illustrator, Christian Dior emerged as one of the most influential couturiers of the 20th century, shaping a transformative era in fashion history.

Lecture & Live Music: Artist or Muse?

Have you heard of Van Gogh? Picasso? Monet? What about Berthe Morisot? Dora Mar? Françoise Gilot? For decades, women as artists, patrons, and muses have been forgotten, sidelined, and erased in favor of their male counterparts.

Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World

Gustave Caillebotte is probably the least known of the Impressionists circle due to his short life, and the fact that his paintings remained for years in his brother’s collection. Although his gift to the French state in 1894 was the foundation of today’s Musée d’Orsay, Caillebotte’s revolutionary ideas about depicting modern life subjects, his altogether groundbreaking paintings of men at work, play, and even toweling off after a bath, continue to appeal and surprise.

Luxury After The Terror

When Louis XVI was guillotined on January 21, 1793, the king’s death was to mark the physical end of the monarchy in France and sever the vast networks of luxury that had provided splendor and sophistication to the royal court.