Name: On Art Museums: Islands of Happiness, Atolls of Loneliness, Shoals of Fancy
Start: 2016-01-21T18:00
Location: Theater 3

Lecture/panel

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Held on Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

Education Center, Mezzanine, Theater 3

The Celeste Bartos Theater

The Atlas Group/Walid Raad. Hostage: The Bachar tapes (English version). 2001. Video (color, sound), 16:17 min. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the Jerome Foundation in honor of its founder, Jerome Hill, 2003. © 2015 Walid Raad

Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Walid Raad, this panel discussion features Walid Raad, artist Hans Haacke, and NYU Grey Art Gallery Director Lynn Gumpert in conversation about the role of museums today. ICA/Boston Chief Curator Eva Respini introduces the exhibition and panel, and MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry moderates.

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This event accompanies Walid Raad.

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