Name: Glenn Ligon Tour at the Brant Foundation
Start: 2025-07-09T18:00
End: 2025-07-09T19:00
Location: The Brant Foundation

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Held on Wed, Jul 9, 6:00–7:00 p.m.

The Brant Foundation

Image credit: Glenn Ligon. Rückenfigur. 2009. Neon and paint. Edition of 3 and 2 APs. © Glenn Ligon. Courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth, and Thomas Dane Gallery

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Join us at the Brant Foundation for a special after-hours celebration of Glenn Ligon, an exhibition of video, neon installations, and paintings by the titular artist, whose practice reconsiders American history through engagements with the written word.

An American Conceptual artist based in New York City, with over 35 works in MoMA’s collection, Glenn Ligon is best known for text-based paintings and lightworks that explore race, language, and identity. Ligon’s work addresses the failures of representation in the American zeitgeist while drawing from a variety of sources—including the writings of literary greats James Baldwin and Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Pryor’s stand-up comedy, and Steve Reich’s minimalist musical compositions.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Remarks by Sabrina Marsalisi, the Brant Foundation’s director of education, will begin at 6:15, followed by a guided tour of the exhibition.

This event is part of Patron Program Events.

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