Goya’s Theater of Cruelty

October 26, 2024, 6 p.m.

Free

FSK Auditorium, Mellon Hall

/m Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Art Museum

St. John’s College

60 College Avenue

Annapolis, MD 21401

/m is pleased to welcome Goya scholar and former Museum Director, Janis Tomlinson, to present an original lecture on the artwork of Francisco Goya, as viewed in relationship to Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty. During this talk, she discuss Desastres de la Guerra, The Second and Third of May, 1808, the Disparates, and selected “Black” paintings. Through an exploration of this work, she will shed light on the questions underpinning the exhibition: why are we interested in seeing unsettling art? And how may it help us cope with war, suffering, grief, and profound loss?’

Tomlinson is the author of numerous books on Goya and is a member of the advisory committee of the Fundación Goya in Aragón.

Free parking is available in the Mellon Lot on campus (off St. John’s Street) and in the Calvert Garage across the street.

Image credit: Detail from Goya’s Disasters of War