Ringling To Host Several Rubens Events Highlighting Galleries

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art will have a Rubenesque size of events highlighting different themes of the works of Peter Paul Rubens during the next three months.

The exhibit opens Friday at the Ringling Museum's Ulla R. and Arthur F. Searing Wing and runs through June 3.

Art after 5 Gallery Walk and Talks

March 8: Rubens as a Printmaker

April 19: Baroque Babes, Hefty Heroines and Luscious Ladies

April 26: Copyright Rubens

Ruben Scholar Symposium

March 30-31: Noted Ruben schoolars will discuss the artist's Triumph of the Eucharist tapestry series in the Johnson-Blalock Education Center. Five large-scale canvases related to the series are displayed in the Ringling's Rubens Galleries.

Scholars include:

• Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. — National Gallery of Art

• Marjorie Wieseman — National Gallery in London

• Ann T. Woollett — J. Paul Getty Museum

• Fiona Healy — Independent Scholar

• Koenraad Brosens — University of Leuven

• Ana Garcia Sanz — Monasterio de las Decalzas Reales, Patrimonio Nacional

• Susan Marriam — Bard College

• Lisa Rosenthal — University of Illinois

• Virginia Brilliant — Ringling Museum of Art

A Baroque Banquet

April 24: Presented by Ringling's Art of Food program, patrons can sample what it would be like to enjoy the fare that Rubens would ahve lavished guests with at his Antwerp home. A stroll of the exhibit is followed by adinner at Treviso Restaurant. Tickets at $85 for non-members and $70 for members.

Peter Paul Rubens and the Art of Diplomacy

April 28: Author and historian Mark Lamster presents a ViewPoint lecture in the Historic Asolo Theater. Tickets are $10 for non-members free for Ringling Members at the Contributor (Supporting) Level and above; $5 for all other Ringling members and Florida College students and faculty with valid school ID.

Triumph & Taste: Peter Paul Rubens at The Ringling Museum of Art

Dr. Virginia Brilliant is the author of the catalogue above that is available in the museum store for $19.99 and includes new researching and insights into the paintings by Rubens in the Ringling collection.