Join Sharon Vatsky, former Museum Educator at the Guggenheim, for this program. For more than fifty years, the American artist Alex Katz (b. 1927) has painted a series of portraits of his wife. In total, he has created more than 250 portraits of Ada Katz.

With portraits of Ada spanning over six decades, Katz has portrayed her as a demure 20-something, a mother with a child, and a mature woman. Featuring the renowned progression of Ada portraits, this slide talk demonstrates the cumulative power of portraiture and Katz’s devotion to the love of his life.

In addition to being a Museum Educator for the Guggenheim Museum, Sharon teaches graduate courses in museum education at NYU & Teacher’s College, Columbia University. She holds graduate degrees from SUNY at Albany & Hartford Art School. She is the author of 2 books: Museum Gallery Experiences: A Handbook and Interactive Museum Tours