Tuesday | Sept 16 | 5:30 PM
Season 7 of the AMA Art Lovers Book Club next meeting is Tuesday, Sept 16, when we’ll discuss The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance, written by Edmund de Waal.
RSVP HERE.
The bimonthly club meets at 5:30 pm in the Willson Auditorium at the Albany Museum of Art. The meetings are free and open to everyone. There is no formal membership, just a love for art, books, and good conversation.
Registration is free for everyone and helps us ensure adequate seating is ready when you arrive. You may also contact AMA Director of Education and Public Programming Annie Van Oteghem by calling 229.439.8400. RSVP online HERE.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Sept 16
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance, by Edmund de Waal
De Waal’s memoir traces the journey of a collection of netsuke figurines through generations of the world-famous ceramicist’s family, exploring art, history, and identity.
When he inherited a collection of 264 tiny Japanese wood and ivory carvings called netsuke, he wanted to know who had touched and held them, and how the collection had managed to survive.
Both memoir and detective story, Hare with the Amber Eyes uncovers the story of the netsuke and of his family, the Ephrussis, over five generations.
A 19th-century banking dynasty in Paris and Vienna, the Ephrussis were as rich and respected as the Rothchilds. By the end of World War II when the netsuke were hidden from the Nazis in Vienna, however, this collection of small carvings was all that remained of their once vast financial empire.
MORE SEASON 7 DATES & BOOKS
Nov 18
Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
by Bianca Bosker
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This is a sharp, funny, and insightful nonfiction book about the contemporary art world and how we see.
Jan 20
St. EOM in the Land of Pasaquan: The Life and Times and Art of Eddie Owens Martin
by Jonathan Williams
Registration opens soon.
A biography of eccentric Southern visionary artist Eddie Owens Martin, creator of Pasaquan.
March 17
Ninth Street Women
by Mary Gabriel
Registration opens soon.
This is a sweeping group biography of five women artists (Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler) who transformed American art in the 20th century.
May 19
The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World
by Paul Fisher
Registration opens soon.
This is a rich, beautifully written biography that places Sargent in the broader cultural, aesthetic, and social world of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
SEASON 8
The title for the opening meeting of the 2026-27 season has also been set. The remainder will be determined by club members next spring.
July 21
A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue
by Dean Jobb
Registration opens soon.
This is a true crime caper set in the art and jewel theft world of the Jazz Age.