Conversation, Supercharged Copper: The Electroplates of Redoubt
Yale University Art Gallery 1111 Chapel St, New Haven, CT, United StatesJade Archuleta-Gans, Jessica Heimann, and Elisabeth Hodermarsky Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 12:30 pm Join Jade Archuleta-Gans, Researcher and Fabricator, Matthew Barney Studio, Jessica Heimann, Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry, and Elisabeth Hodermarsky, the Sutphin Family Senior Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings, for a discussion of the electroplated copper plates on view in the exhibition Matthew […]
Optics: Queer Eye(s)
International Center of Photography (Museum) 250 Bowery, New York, NY, United StatesWith increasing visibility for queer folks and queer stories in popular culture (see: the Netflix reboot of Queer Eye, FX’s Pose, and RuPaul’s Drag Race—now in its eleventh season), it’s important to take a look at how we got here. This session of Optics commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Riots, and examines how Stonewall’s legacy has contributed to a visual language […]
Opening reception: Tara Donovan Fieldwork
Smart Museum of Art 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesPublic opening of Tara Donovan: Fieldwork at the Smart Museum of Art. Tara Donovan transforms mundane materials like plastic straws, index cards, rubber bands, Slinkys, and sheets of mylar into elaborate, mind-bending objects. The exhibition celebrates the American artist's distinctive practice through both large-scale three-dimensional forms that are evocative of the natural world and two-dimensional, […]
Staged Reading: Jean-Paul Sartre’s ‘No Exit’ Performed by The Actors’ Gang
Hauser & Wirth, LA 901 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesOn the occasion of ‘Guillermo Kuitca,’ the Argentine artist’s first exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles, please join us for a staged reading of Jean-Paul Sartre’s masterpiece ‘No Exit’ by the celebrated LA theater company The Actors’ Gang. Taking inspiration from Kuitca’s enduring connection to theatre and drawing from his latest series, ‘The Family Idiot,’ the […]
Lecture: Hildreth Meière: Ahead of Her Time, Navigates a Career in a Man’s World
Bellarmine Hall 200 Barlow Road, Fairfield, CTAnna Kupik, Hildreth Meière’s great granddaughter, will be giving a talk titled, "Hildreth Meière: Ahead of Her Time, Navigates a Career in a Man’s World." Anna Kupik will discuss the challenges Meière faced working as a woman supervising large teams of workmen in the early 20th century. The lecture will be followed by a wine […]