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8:00 pm
$8

Sex and Death at Père-Lachaise: Aimé-Jules Dalou’s Tomb of Victor Noir, An Illustrated Lecture with Caterina Y. Pierre, Ph.D, professor of Art History at CUNY Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn

September 22 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Tonight's lecture will focus on the political implications of the death of Noir and the response of viewers to his tomb, who touch the sculpture’s face, lips, chin, boots, wounds and sex as an act of pleasure for some, and an act of piety for others. Find out more »
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