The Dr. John and Helen Collis Lecture in Greek and Byzantine Art
The annual Dr. John and Helen Collis Lecture is made possible through the Dr. John and Helen Collis Family Endowment. The endowment is the first of its kind at the museum, as it presents an annual lecture dedicated to a particular art historical emphasis. Additional support for this lecture comes from the Hellenic Preservation Society (HPS) of Northeastern Ohio. HPS is a non-profit organization whose focus is to preserve the Hellenic legacy that will promote the Greek experience through education, collection and preservation. Dr. John and Helen Collis are both members of the society.
The annual Dr. John and Helen Collis Lecture brings nationally and internationally recognized experts in the field of art history and archeology to discuss new scholarship, museum exhibitions, and archaeological discoveries. Topics alternate between Ancient Greek and Byzantine art every other year.
Past Lectures
The Art of Antiquity: Objects and Their Biographies from the Athenian Agora
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Date:Sep 29, 2024, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Location:Off-Site
Wandering off the Byzantine Path: El Greco’s “Modernism”
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Date:Sep 24, 2023, 2:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Reimagining Early Greek Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Date:Sep 25, 2022, 2:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Viewing St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai
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Date:Sep 26, 2021, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Dangerous Beauty: Medusa in Classical Art
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Date:Sep 29, 2019–Jan 13, 2020
Location:Gartner Auditorium
The Cleveland Saint Luke: The Byzantine Artist as Creator, Bureaucrat, or Copyist...
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Date:Sep 30, 2018, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century...
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Date:Sep 24, 2017, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Constructing Motherhood: The Veneration of the Virgin in Byzantine Culture
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Date:Sep 25, 2016, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Poseidon and the Sea: Myth, Cult, and Daily Life
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Date:Sep 27, 2015, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Glass and Arts in the Byzantine Empire
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Date:Sep 28, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome
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Date:Sep 29, 2013, 2:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
From Byzantium to El Greco: Icon Painting in Venetian Crete
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Date:Sep 30, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
The Art of Ancient Greek Theater
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Date:Sep 25, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
The Religion of Relics in early Byzantium
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Date:Sep 26, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Visions of Byzantium: Looking at the Recent Royal Academy Exhibition Byzantium 330-1453...
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Date:Sep 27, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Greek Bronze Statuary: The Birth of Classical Style
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Date:Oct 5, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
The Light of Icons at St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mt. Sinai, Egypt
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Date:Sep 30, 2007, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Alexander The Great: A Man for All Seasons
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Date:Oct 22, 2006, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
Art and Empire: "Byzantium Faith and Power" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Date:Apr 10, 2005, 2:00 p.m.
Location:Gartner Auditorium
The Reinstallation of the Classical Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Masterplan...
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Date:Apr 18, 2004
Location:Gartner Auditorium