Public Program
Curators Lecture Series with Irene Shum on John Cage
John Cage, New River Rocks and Smoke, 1990. Watercolor and smoke-applied soot on paper, 101 ¾ × 388 ½ in. (258.4 × 986.8 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston, Purchased with funds provided by Dominique de Menil in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Menil Collection. © John Cage Trust
Associate Curator of Contemporary Art Irene Shum will speak on John Cage’s monumental watercolor New River Rocks and Smoke (1990) and the innovative techniques used to create this work. New River Rocks and Smoke is on view for the first time in 22 years in Collection Close-Up: John Cage (February 1 through May 22, 2019).
