Name: Spotlight Talks
Start: 2026-10-14T12:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-10-14T13:00:00.000Z
Location: The Joslyn Art Museum

Free, drop-in program 
Join us for a 30-minute, midday gallery talk that delves into community-engaged and art historical research of works on view, presented by The Joslyn’s curatorial staff. This program is offered on select Wednesdays throughout the year.  
Featured work: Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse (French, 1859–1938), Salome Dancing Before King Herod, 1887
Peter H. Fox, PhD, Willis A. Strauss Associate Curator of European Art, will lead this program 
Meet in Joslyn Building, Kiewit Gallery J4 
Image: Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse (French, 1859–1938), Salome Dancing Before King Herod, 1887, oil on canvas, 41 × 65 in. (104.1 × 165.1 cm), Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, Gift of Francis T. B. Martin, 1953.239, Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

A dancer performs for an opulent ancient court; musicians play, people watch, and a king reclines on a throne surrounded by attendants, all amid lavish, detailed décor and patterns.

Spotlight Talks

Free, drop-in program Join us for a 30-minute, midday gallery talk that delves into community-engaged and art historical research of works on view, presented by The Joslyn’s curatorial staff. This program is offered on select Wednesdays throughout the year. Featured work: Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse (French, 1859–1938), Salome Dancing Before King Herod , 1887 Peter H. Fox, PhD, Willis A. Strauss Associate Curator of European Art, will lead this program Meet in Joslyn Building, Kiewit Gallery J4 Image: Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse (French, 1859–1938), Salome Dancing Before King Herod , 1887, oil on canvas, 41 × 65 in. (104.1 × 165.1 cm), Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, Gift of Francis T. B. Martin, 1953.239, Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

The Joslyn Art Museum

The Joslyn will close at 4 pm today (Thu, Feb 19) due to inclement weather.

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