Conversations with Contemporary Artists

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Hear from the most innovative artists working today and learn about their creative process. Introduced by a museum curator, the following artists discuss themes in their work as well as current issues in the art world.

Program admission includes a reception where you can meet the artists and enjoy complimentary refreshments.

$12, $8 members. A limited number of free student tickets are available with advance RSVP.

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Zarina, Dividing Line, 1970 (Detail)

Zarina, Dividing Line, 2001 (detail). Woodcut printed in black on Indian handmade paper mounted on Arches Cover white paper, sheet: 65.4 x 50.2 cm, image: 40.6 x 33 cm. Edition 16/20. UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the Graphic Arts. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer.

Zarina

Friday, March 1, 6:30 pm
$12, $8 members. Free student tickets are no longer available; students with valid ID may purchase tickets at a discounted $5 ticket price.

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On the occasion of her retrospective, Zarina: Paper Like Skin, Zarina Hashmi, who prefers to use her first name only, discusses her artistic practice in an engaging dialogue with Andreas Huyssen, Villard Professor of German and Comparative Literature, Columbia University.

Conversations with Contemporary Artists

Danh Vo, Tombstone for Phùng Vo, 2010. Marble. T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 2011. Installation view: Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal, 2010. Image courtesy the Serralves Foundation

Danh Vo

Tuesday, March 19, 6:30 pm
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Danh Vo, the ninth artist to win the Hugo Boss Prize award, speaks about his exhibition The Hugo Boss Prize 2012, on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from March 15–May 27, 2013.