Bram Dijkstra will give lecture As part...

Bram Dijkstra will give lecture

As part of the Laguna Art Museum’s Talk of the Town, the museum

will host a special event at 11 a.m. Sunday with Bram Dijkstra,

cultural historian and author, who will present an illustrated

lecture and sign copies of his latest book, “American Expressionism,

Art and Social Change, 1920-1950.”

Dijkstra is professor emeritus of comparative literature at the UC

San Diego and the author of several books. “In “American

Expressionism” Dijkstra writes of government attempts to erase an

important American art movement that, because of its controversy,

fell victim to political censure during the McCarthy period of the

Cold War.

The book is illustrated throughout with works of art seldom seen

today.

Laguna Art Museum is at 307 Cliff Drive. For information, call

(949) 494-8971.