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  • Virtual | Book Talk: Politics of Visual Arts in a Changing World with Dr. Vishakha N. Desai

    Virtual Via Zoom

    Over the past decade, social and political movements transformed the arts. From the streets of Chile and Iran to museums in Europe and the United States, and from questions of representation and repatriation to demands for equity and justice, protest and activism affected the creation, presentation, and interpretation of visual arts around the world.

    Bringing together artists, scholars, activists, and museum professionals from varied fields and backgrounds, this book explores the intersections between visual art and social movements during the last tumultuous decade. Spanning themes of protest art, museum ethics, restitution, and institutional transformation, the collection considers how visual arts have both responded to and shaped politics and society. Contributors highlight the role of artists as catalysts for change and delve into how institutions grapple with their colonial pasts.

  • Washington, DC | Curator-Led Tour of “Esther Bubley: Photographing the Homefront” with Sarah Leavitt

    Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum 575 3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC, Washington, DC

    Esther Bubley (1921-1998), the daughter of Jewish immigrants, was a documentary photographer who worked for the Office of War Information during WWII. While in the capital, she photographed Wilson (now Jackson-Reed) High School students and followed uniformed soldiers throughout the city—to the Loew’s Theater, Glen Echo amusement park, and Dissin’s Jewish boarding house, where her sister lived. Bubley’s evocative black-and-white photographs show us a bustling city welcoming thousands of new residents experiencing urban life. This exhibition pairs dramatic photography with artifacts from the Museum collection that help illustrate this glimpse into the capital city at a critical time in our nation’s history.

  • Virtual | Annual Leadership Series | Curator’s Choice: Alison Gass, Anni Pullagura, & Claudia Zapata

    Virtual Via Zoom

    ArtTable's Curator's Choice program is a dynamic, Pecha Kucha-style presentation featuring three curators, each offering a unique perspective on the artists and works they believe best define the current moment in American art. During the program, each curator will have 10 minutes to present three to five works of their choosing, followed by 10 minutes of audience Q&A. The format is fast-paced, engaging, and encourages a range of viewpoints while fostering thoughtful conversation among arts professionals.

  • New Canaan, CT | Day Trip to New Canaan: Onera Foundation & The Glass House

    New Canaan, CT New Canaan, Connecticut

    Join ArtTable for a day trip to New Canaan Connecticut. Our day begins with a Executive Director & Curator-Led Tour of America Abroad: Art, Architecture, and Diplomacy at the Onera Foundation. Presented on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the United States and FAPE’s 40th year of operations, the exhibition offers rare public access to artworks typically seen only at US embassies—spaces not generally open to the public—and explores how art and architecture have shaped the United States’ diplomatic presence abroad from the Cold War to today. In the afternoon, we will visit The Glass House and Galleries for a two hour tour. The tour tour includes access to 5 structures – the Glass House, Brick House, Painting Gallery, Sculpture Gallery, and Da Monsta.

  • Brooklyn, NY | Annual Leadership Series | Studio Visit with Jenny Holzer

    Dumbo Full Address Provided Upon Registration, Dumbo, Brooklyn

    For more than forty-five years, Jenny Holzer has presented her astringent ideas, arguments, and sorrows in public places and international exhibitions, including Times Square, the Venice Biennale, the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao, and the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Her medium, whether a T-shirt, plaque, or electronic sign, is writing, and the public dimension is integral to her work. Starting in the 1970s with her New York City street posters and continuing through her recent light projections on landscape and architecture, her practice has rivaled ignorance and violence with humor, kindness, and courage. Holzer received the Leone d’Oro at the Venice Biennale in 1990, the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award in 1996, the rank of officier in France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2016, the US State Department’s International Medal of Arts in 2017, and Time magazine’s Time 100 Award in 2024. She holds honorary degrees from Williams College, the Rhode Island School of Design, the New School, and Smith College. She lives and works in New York.

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