Lecture to take place at 5:30 pm in Baker Hall 136A (Adamson Wing). Tom Smart is Director of Museum Programs (1999 – 2004) The Frick Art & Historical Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The focus of his lecture will be based on the unique circumstances of his work at the Frick. As director of collections and exhibitions he pushes the boundaries of curatorial practice by creating new methods of understanding historical collections by juxtaposing them with contemporary artists' work. His approach is collaborative--he's worked with contemporary artists, among them Vik Muniz, Christian Milovanoff, Robin Becker and Linn Meyers, and with work by such artists as Dan Flavin and Kiki Smith in order to rethink the Frick collection through contemporary performance, installation, and object placement. Often artists have produced new works of art, taking specific works of historical art in the permanent collection of the Frick or that were on view at the Frick in traveling exhibitions.