Celebrate the opening of Mediterranea: American Art from the Graham D. Williford Collection with a talk by Dr. Mark White.

Dr. Mark White specializes in modern and contemporary American art with a particular focus on the Southwest. Exhibition and publication highlights include Picturing Indian Territory, 1819-1907, the first art historical survey of the visual culture of the Indian and Oklahoma Territories; Macrocosm/Microcosm: Abstract Expressionism in the American Southwest (2014), the first exhibition and publication exploring the influence of mid-century abstraction in this region; and Art Interrupted: Advancing American Art and the Politics of Cultural Diplomacy (2012), a reexamination of the influential U.S. State Department exhibition and controversial legacy in American art. 

Mediterranea: American Art from the Graham D. Williford Collection is part of Berkshire Museum’s reopening summer season through the generosity of the Graham D. Williford Foundation.