Saturday, October 24· 3pm
Lorna Simpson Talks with Thelma Golden
Visual art has the profound ability to act as a gateway and a solace, as a meditation and a statement. Perhaps no one is more representative of this breadth than the multimedia artist and photographer Lorna Simpson. One of the first African American female artists to exhibit at the Venice Biennale, Simpson has made a
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career capturing the conversation around the relationship between identity and memory. At this year’s Festival, she will sit down with Thelma Golden, the chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, to discuss the power of the image and the fulfillment and responsibility that come with creating.
Calendars
- The New Yorker — Critics' NotebookGuide →
- The New Yorker — Goings On (web section)Guide →
- The New Yorker — Goings On About Town (magazine)Guide →
- The New Yorker — Listening Booth (music essays)Guide →
- The New Yorker — The Art World (culture desk, Jackson Arn)Guide →
- The New Yorker — The Art World (magazine formal reviews)Guide →
- The New Yorker — The Current Cinema (Brody / Chang)Guide →
- The New Yorker — The Theatre (Helen Shaw / Vinson Cunningham)Guide →