The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Please join us for a special tour of Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art led by Anna Serotta, Associate Conservator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Anna will lead participants through the exhibition’s galleries focusing on a selection of elements represented in the show. Anna shares, “many of the elements highlighted in the works in Prima Materia have long and fascinating histories. They imparted brilliant color to the ancient world and enabled the development of myriad visual cultures over millennia. This gallery tour will tell the stories of some of these elements through a conversation about technological innovation in antiquity, artists’ materials and meaning, and how materials science and craft are inextricably intertwined.”