Art Intersects Art: The Timken Museum Forges Collaboration with San Diego Symphony to Offer a Captivating Experience of Art and Music

April 13 special event planned: San Diego Symphony Special Projects Director Nuvi Mehta brings acclaimed artists Callot, Goya, Bellows’ to life with the music of Shostakovich and Mahler illustrating the human condition in times of conflict. 

In an innovative twist for exhibitions, the Timken Museum of Art is charting a new course by collaborating with the San Diego Symphony to bring art and music together to give visitors a vibrant sensory experience. The San Diego Symphony’s Nuvi Mehta has created a soundscape to accompany the compelling exhibition, Witness to War: Callot, Goya, Bellows, which runs through May 28, 2017.

While viewing the exhibition of more than 100 prints, etchings, and lithographs by artists Jacques Callot, Francisco Goya, and George Bellows, depicting searing images from the 17th to the 20th centuries of the Thirty Years War and World War I, selected excerpts from three poignant, classical works—Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 11 and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 6—provide a rich backdrop to the violence of war. By combining art and music, the Timken hopes to give visitors an enriched artistic experience.

Nuvi Mehta

Visitors will also be treated to video played in the museum featuring San Diego Symphony commentator Nuvi Mehta explaining the meaning of the music and how it correlates with this moving and emotional collection of art.

“Adding musical moments that precede or follow battles depicted in this dramatic collection of more than 100 works of art is a new feature within the gallery and enhances the introspection and chance for discovery we are seeking with this exhibition,” said Megan Pogue, Executive Director of the Timken Museum.

Special Event April 13: Nuvi Mehta will offer attendees a fascinating and in-depth discussion about the music of Shostakovich and Mahler, its meaning, motivation, and inspiration allowing the museum visitor to engage with the Witness to War on a deeper level.

Widely considered one of the finest speakers on classical music, Mehta has a gift for capturing minds and hearts. The Los Angeles Times likens him to a young Gary Cooper, saying, “His old-fashioned Hollywood charisma extends to an eloquent and theatrical way of speaking that is almost entirely lost today.” With a vast amount of musical experience, Mehta’s conducting appearances have taken him around the world. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Indiana University.

Special Event Thursday, April 13: The Power of Images + Music: When Works of Art Connect

• Featuring San Diego Symphony’s Special Projects Director Nuvi Mehta
• Exhibition: Callot, Goya, Bellows (runs through May 28, 2017)
• The evening of April 13 consists of the art of Jacques Callot, Francisco Goya and George Bellows along with the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and Gustav Mahler.
• 6:30pm Reception, 7pm Lecture.
• Tickets: $45 per person; $35 per person Timken member (reservations recommended). 

Timken Museum of Art | 1500 El Prado | San Diego, CA 92101 | 619.239.5548

www.timkenmuseum.org

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The Timken Museum of Art, which offers free admission to the public, is known among both art experts and frequent visitors alike as the “jewel box” of fine art and is one of the finest small museums in the world. The Timken provides visitors with an accessible and enriching cultural experience with a permanent collection of European old masters, 19th century American art and Russian icons.

Notable works in the Timken’s collection include: Rembrandt’s Saint Bartholomew, the only painting by the Dutch master on display in San Diego, Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Parable of the Sower; John Singleton Copley’s Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Gage; Eastman Johnson’s classic, The Cranberry Harvest: Island of Nantucket; and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot’s View of Volterra.