Sunday, November 14, 3-4:30pm

THE ARTIST COUPLE: A Studio Talk & Visit with Liliane Tomasko & Sean Scully

Many artist partners of the global art world—from early power couples like Wassily Kandinsky/Gabriele Münter to the iconic relationships of Frida Kahlo/Diego Rivera and Jackson Pollock/Lee Krasner—have long captivated the public’s attention. As artists, they share their personal and creative lives in and out of the studio, impacting one another’s work to varying degrees.
Edward and Josephine Hopper with Cat, ca. 1960, Photographer unknown. Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center, Nyack, NY; The Sanborn Josephine Nivison Hopper Collection
The Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center now aims with its new exhibition, Josephine Nivison Hopper: Edward’s Muse (on view now to February 20, 2022), to bring Josephine (Jo) Nivison Hopper (1883-1968) into the spotlight after struggling for recognition in the shadow of her more famous husband, Edward Hopper (1882-1967). While Jo posed for her spouse’s renowned canvases, she also painted alongside him during their courtship and 43-year marriage, and had, as guest curator Elizabeth Thompson Colleary posits, a significant influence on Edward’s creative output.
To celebrate Edward’s Muse, world renowned artists Liliane Tomasko and Sean Scully are opening the doors of their Tappan, NY studio complex to discuss, as husband and wife side by side, how they navigate this terrain yet forge their own distinct artistic disciplines and careers while working in adjacent studios. Their conversation will be followed by a Q & A session, a tour of their respective studios, and conclude with wine outdoors in the studio grounds, which are maintained with minimal intervention as a nature refuge. There you can also explore, on foot, seven major outdoor sculptures by Scully.
This event was limited to 25 attendees, and is now sold out!

​$100 (Members), $125 (Non members) 
​Your Purchase is your generous support of Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center. ​ 

Proof of vaccination and masks are required. Please dress seasonally and accordingly.​
Edward Hopper House Members Special: 

In addition to a discounted ticket, Ms. Tomasko and Mr. Scully are generously offering New & Current Members in attendance a chance in a special drawing to take home a set of three important exhibition catalogs from 2021:
  • From The Real: Liliane Tomasko and Sean Scully (Newlands House Gallery, Petworth, England)
  • ​Liliane Tomasko: We Sleep Where We Fall (published by Hatje Cantz) 
  • Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth  & Philadelphia Museum of Art)