Bookish: Home Fire

3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard,Fort Worth TX 76107

02 December, 2021

Description

Bookish is our quarterly art lover’s book club where we take a deep dive into a work of art before chatting about the featured book. Join us as we read Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie. Home Fire is a suspenseful and heartbreaking story of an immigrant family driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences. A contemporary retelling of Sophocles’ tale of Antigone, Shamsie’s novel is set among two Pakistani families living in very different communities in London. Shirley Reece-Hughes, curator of the exhibition Anila Quayyum Agha: A Beautiful Despair, will share some insight on the artist’s background and artworks, and how they connect to the exhibition. After the tour, we will discuss the book. You can purchase Home Fire in the Museum Shop. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation may be provided during this event upon advance request. The Amon Carter Museum of American Art was established through the generosity of Amon G. Carter Sr. (1879–1955) to house his collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell; to collect, preserve, and exhibit the finest examples of American art; and to serve an educational role through exhibitions, publications, and programs devoted to the study of American art. Now in its sixth decade of operation, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art offers a diverse array of exhibitions, publications, and programs that connect visitors to masterworks of American art.