Walter Annenberg Lecture: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Wed, Nov 5, 2025
6:30 pm
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Giggling Machine, Self Portrait as Blonde, 1968. wax, wig, feathers, Plexiglass, wood, sensor, and sound, 16 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 13 in. (41.9 × 41.9 × 33 cm). Promised gift to Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. © Lynn Hershman Leeson
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The Susan and John Hess Family Theater is equipped with an induction loop and infrared assistive listening system. Accessible seating is available.
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Over the last five decades, artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson has made innovative work investigating the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and political repression. For this Walter Annenberg Lecture, Hershman Leeson presents a talk about her practice from the 1960s to the present.
A conversation between the artist and Scott Rothkopf, Alice Pratt Brown Director, follows the presentation.
In honor of the late Walter H. Annenberg—philanthropist, patron of the arts, and former ambassador—the Whitney Museum of American Art established the Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture to advance this country’s understanding of its art and culture. Support for this lecture and for public programs at the Whitney Museum is provided, in part, by GRoW @ Annenberg, and by members of the Whitney’s Education Committee.
