Cooking and Conversation with Marcus Samuelsson, Julie Mehretu, and Rujeko Hockley  Tues, Aug 3, 2021, 6 pm

Cooking and Conversation with Marcus Samuelsson, Julie Mehretu, and Rujeko Hockley 

Tues, Aug 3, 2021
6 pm

Side-by-side portraits of artist Julie Mehretu, smiling on the left, and chef Marcus Samuelsson, smiling on the right.
Side-by-side portraits of artist Julie Mehretu, smiling on the left, and chef Marcus Samuelsson, smiling on the right.

Julie Mehretu and Marcus Samuelsson. Left photograph courtesy Josefina Santos; right photograph by Matt Dutile

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During this special event, chef Marcus Samuelsson and painter Julie Mehretu, along with Rujeko Hockley, the Whitney’s Arnhold Associate Curator, will talk about art, food, and much more.

Both born in Ethiopia and now New York-based, Samuelsson and Mehretu have been friends for decades. Despite working in different fields, they hold each other’s work in the highest regard and have supported each other in their respective pursuits. Join us on Zoom and follow along as chef Samuelsson prepares a special recipe just for the occasion, which coincides with the final days of Mehretu’s mid-career survey at the Whitney.