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An Art in Favor of Life: A Conversation with Anna Maria Maiolino

The artist discusses her decades-long artistic practice across a range of mediums, from drawing and photography to clay, performance, and even family.

Anna Maria Maiolino, Inés Katzenstein, Madeline Murphy Turner

Feb 10, 2022

  • Anna Maria Maiolino

    Artist
  • Inés Katzenstein

    Director, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America, and Curator of Latin American Art
  • Madeline Murphy Turner

    Former Cisneros Institute Research Fellow/C-MAP Latin America Fellow
  • Brazil
  • Cisneros Institute
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