Lectures

The Frost Art Museum brings leading artists, historians, and art professionals to campus throughout the year. In addition to lecturers for our exhibitions, our Breakfast in the Park and Steven & Dorothea Green Critics’ lecture series have become staple events for our community.

Breakfast in the Park

For over a decade, the Frost Art Museum has hosted Breakfast in the Park, an official Art Basel Miami Beach event. We welcome guests in town for Art Basel to visit the museum, join us for a lecture by a renowned sculptor, and enjoy a complimentary breakfast and mimosas. Guided tours of our exhibitions and Sculpture Park are also available.

Featured artists have included internationally acclaimed Chilean artist, architect, and filmmaker Alfredo Jaar; contemporary sculptor Daniel Arsham; award-winning Haitian-American author and activist Edwidge Danticat; pioneering conceptual artist Jenny Holzer; American sculptor and installation artist Petah Coyne; and artists María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Elvia Rosa Castro, and Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, among others.

Past Speakers

  • 2020s - Breakfast in the Park
    • Billie Zangewa (2024)
    • Joyce Kozloff (2023)
    • María Magdalena Campos-Pons (2022)
    • Elvia Rosa Castro (2022)
    • Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz (2022)
    • Alfredo Jaar (2021)
    • Jeffrey Gibson (2020)
  • 2010s - Breakfast in the Park
    • Petah Coyne (2019)
    • Elizabeth Turk (2018)
    • Daniel Joseph Martinez (2017)
    • Judy Pfaff (2016)
    • Alice Aycock (2015)
    • Daniel Arsham (2014)
    • John Henry (2013)
    • Albert Paley (2012)
    • Joel Perlman (2011)
    • Enrique Martinez Celaya (2010)
  • 2000s - Breakfast in the Park
    • Michelle Oka Doner (2009)
    • Joel Shapiro (2008)
    • Tom Otterness (2007)
    • Deborah Butterfield (2006)
    • Jenny Holzer (2005)
    • Edwidge Danticat (2004)

Steven & Dorothea Green Critics' Lecture Series

Since 1981, the Steven & Dorothea Green Critics’ Lecture Series has introduced internationally renowned artists, museum curators, scholars and critics to the South Florida Community. These speakers have shaped art history through their scholarly, creative and leadership contributions. They have inspired us to think critically, investigate further, and consider the discourses and practices that shape the world of art.

Featured speakers have included performance artist Laurie Anderson; Harald Szeeman, Independent Curator and Director of the Venice Biennale; Pierre Rosenberg, former Director of the Louvre, Paris; artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Vanbruggen; Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Terry Gross, former host and producer of Fresh Air on PBS; renowned artist George Segal; Maxwell Anderson, Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art; and performance artist Marina Abramovic, among many others.

Past Speakers

  • 2020s - Green Critics' Lecture Series
    • Billie Zangewa (2024)
    • Arlene Dávila (2024)
    • Chitra Ganesh (2023)
    • Mel Chin (2022)
    • Leonardo Drew (2021)
    • Holland Cotter (2020)
    • Deborah Willis (2020)
  • 2010s - Green Critics' Lecture Series
    • Valerie Steele (2019)
    • Willie Cole (2019)
    • Alanna Heiss (2018)
    • Barry Bergdoll (2018)
    • Jock Reynolds (2017)
    • Johnnetta Betsch Cole (2017)
    • Laurie Anderson (2016)
    • Melissa Chiu (2015)
    • Kenneth Silver (2015)
    • Carmen Ramos (2014)
    • Cyma Rubin (2014)
    • Richard Kurin (2014)
    • Kevin Gover (2013)
    • Robert Wittman (2013)
    • Manuel Mendive (2013)
    • Juan Manuel Echavarría (2012)
    • Ursula von Rydingsvard (2012)
    • Christo (2011)
    • Richard Kurin (2011)
    • Claude Viallat (2011)
    • Olga Viso (2010)
    • Wayne Clough (2010)
  • 2000s - Green Critics' Lecture Series
    • Virginia Mecklenburg (2009)
    • Robert Storr (2009)
    • Ann Hamilton (2009)
    • Robert Thurman (2009)
    • Lance Fung (2008)
    • David Adjaye (2008)
    • Roberto Adanto (2008)
    • Maya Lin (2007)
    • Marina Abramovic (2007)
    • Meryle Secrest (2007)
    • Elizabeth A. Sackler (2007)
    • Glenn Lowry (2006)
    • Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swann (2006)
    • Camille Paglia (2006)
    • Coco Fusco (2006)
    • Mark Klett (2005)
    • Philippe de Montebello (2005)
    • Carlos Fuentes (2005)
    • Guillermo Gomez Pena (2005)
    • Abelardo Morell (2004)
    • Terry Gross (2004)
    • Geoffrey Holder (2004)
    • Cheech Marin (2004)
    • Oscar Hijuelos (2003)
    • Dave Hickey (2003)
    • Marcia Tucker (2003)
    • Robert Hughes (2003)
    • Pierre Rosenberg (2002)
    • Julia Platt Herzberg (2002)
    • Harald Szeemann (2002)
    • Neal Benezra (2002)
    • Lawrence Small (2001)
    • Arlo Guthrie (2001)
    • Tomas Ybara-Frausto (2001)
    • Elizabeth Broun (2000)
    • Barbara Haskell (2000)
    • Maxwell Anderson (2000)
    • Arnold Lehman (2000)
  • 1990s - Green Critics' Lecture Series
    • Keith Davis (1999)
    • Robert Farris Thompson (1999)
    • Susan Stamberg (1999)
    • Michael Brenson (1999)
    • Robert Hughes (1998)
    • Glenn Lowry (1998)
    • Francoise Gilot (1998)
    • Art Spiegelman (1998)
    • David Levy (1997)
    • Edward Sullivan (1997)
    • Thomas Hoving (1997)
    • Sam Hunter (1997)
    • Anne D'Harnoncourt (1996)
    • William Lieberman (1996)
    • Irving Sandler (1996)
    • George Segal (1996)
    • Alex Katz (1995)
    • Phyllis Tuchman (1995)
    • Robert Indiana (1995)
    • William Agee (1994)
    • James Rosenquist (1994)
    • Mario Vargas Llosa (1994)
    • Lowery Stokes Sims (1994)
    • Robert Buck (1993)
    • Vicki Goldberg (1993)
    • Michael Kimmelman (1993)
    • Hilton Kramer (1993)
    • Helen Frankenthaler (1992)
    • David Ross (1992)
    • Kirk Varnedoe (1992)
    • Deborah Wye (1992)
    • Marc Zuver & Ricardo Viera (1992)
    • Michael Brenson (1991)
    • John Richardson (1991)
    • Richard Serra (1991)
    • Patterson Sims (1991)
    • Thomas Armstrong III (1990)
    • Lucinda Barnes (1990)
    • Frank Stella (1990)
  • 1980s - Green Critics' Lecture Series
    • Philippe de Montebello (1989)
    • Carlos Fuentes (1989)
    • Grace Glueck (1989)
    • Peter Selz (1988)
    • Hilton Kramer (1988)
    • Robert Hughes (1988)
    • Judith Crist (1987)
    • Douglas Davis (1987)
    • Robert Irwin (1987)
    • Frank Schulze (1987)
    • Robert Storr (1987)
    • Dennis Adrian (1986)
    • Dore Ashton (1986)
    • Peter Eisenman (1986)
    • Jonathan Miller (1986)
    • Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Vanbruggen (1986)
    • Tod Papageorge (1985)
    • Robert Pincus-Witten (1985)
    • Roberta Smith (1985)
    • Susan Sontag (1985)
    • Mark Stevens (1985)
    • Rosamond Bernier (1984)
    • Carter Ratcliff (1984)
    • John Simon (1984)
    • Tom Wolfe (1984)
    • John Cage (1983)
    • John Canaday (1983)
    • Paul Goldberger (1983)
    • Michael Graves (1983)
    • Linda Nochlin (1983)
    • Germaine Greer (1982)
    • Robert Hughes (1982)
    • Peter Plagens (1982)
    • John Szarkowski (1982)
    • Lawrence Alloway (1981)
    • Hilton Kramer (1981)
    • Barbara Rose (1981)
    • Marcia Tucker (1981)