Walter Annenberg Lecture: Kara Walker Thurs, Nov 1, 2018, 7 pm

Walter Annenberg Lecture: Kara Walker

Thurs, Nov 1, 2018
7 pm

Silhouette cutout of a woman's face over a print.
Silhouette cutout of a woman's face over a print.

Kara Walker (b. 1969), Exodus of Confederates From Atlanta, 2005, from the portfolio Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated). Photolithograph and screenprint. Sheet: 39 × 53 in. (99.1 × 134.6 cm); image: 28 1/2 × 33 9/16 in. (72.4 × 85.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Print Committee 2005.91.4. © 2005 Kara Walker

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Kara Walker is best known for her candid investigation of race, gender, sexuality, and violence using historical images and forms. For the 2018 Walter Annenberg Lecture, Walker speaks about her practice and how art can address the ongoing legacy of slavery in contemporary American life. She will be joined in conversation by Adam D. Weinberg, the Museum’s Alice Pratt Brown Director.

This event has reached ticketing capacity. A limited number of standby tickets will be available at the admissions desk on a first-come, first-served basis. The standby line will open one hour prior to the program’s start time. This event will be live streamed on Facebook.


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, a philanthropic initiative led by Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, a Vice President and Director of the Annenberg Foundation; Ashley Leeds and Christopher Harland; the Barker Welfare Foundation; and by members of the Whitney's Education Committee.


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