Art Lovers Book Club: July

07/16/2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM ET

Admission

  • Free

Location

Summary

The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists by Anthony M. Amore

Description

Season 6 of the AMA Art Lovers Book Club starts July 16, 2024, with Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists by Anthony M. Amore. The bimonthly club meets at 6 pm in the Willson Auditorium at the Albany Museum of Art.

The meetings are free and open to everyone. There is no formal membership, just a love for art, books and good conversation.

Registration is free for everyone and helps us ensure adequate seating is ready when you arrive. You may also contact AMA Director of Education and Public Programming Annie Vanoteghem by calling 229.439.8400.

AMA Art Lovers Book Club meetings are set for every two months on the third Tuesday so that club members have plenty of time to obtain and read the books before each session. 

Here is the complete reading list for 2024-25. Books were selected through an online vote by book club participants:

  • July 16: Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists by Anthony M. Amore.
  • Sept. 17: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
  • Nov. 19: The Life & Art of Athos Menaboni by Barbara C Taylor, Athos Menaboni.
  • Jan. 21: Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert.
  • March 18: The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism by Ross King.
  • May 20: The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller’s Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece by Laura Cumming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is no cost to attend AMA Art Lovers Book Club meetings and no formal membership requirement. Those attending may bring a favorite beverage to enjoy during the discussion.