Talks & Conversations

The Art of Looking: Rembrandt van Rijn, The Mill

A windmill stands on a promontory cutting into a waterway under a partially stormy sky in this square landscape painting.
Rembrandt van Rijn, The Mill, 1645/1648, oil on canvas, Widener Collection, 1942.9.62

Rembrandt van Rijn’s The Mill is the inspiration for this interactive conversation. Join us for a one-hour virtual session and share your observations, interpretations, questions, and ideas about this work of art.

These conversations will encourage you to engage deeply with art, with others, and with the world around you as you hone skills in visual literacy and perspective-taking.

The program is free, open to the public, and is designed for everyone interested in talking about art. No art or art history background is required. Ages 18 and over.

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