Artist Talks | Three Artists. Three Women.

DISTRIBUTED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Program:                    Artist Talks | Three Artists. Three Women.

Dates:                          Fall 2016

Venue:                         Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Admission:                  Free

Significance:               The Princeton University Art Museum presents a very special series of artists’ talks this fall.

The season begins with Pat Steir—long one of the most important abstract painters on the New York scene—whose work is currently on view at the Museum in two important new acquisitions. Teresita Fernández, a leading contemporary artist, is highlighted in A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art.

Internationally acclaimed Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander will be featured this fall in an exhibition of contemporary South Asian art, as well as in two monumental new commissions on campus.

Related:                      A Material Legacy presents work by artists including Anthony Caro, Edmund de Waal, Mark di Suvero, Teresita Fernández, Liam Gillick, Katharina Grosse, Mark Grotjahn, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Alfredo Jaar, Anish Kapoor, Christian Marclay, Kerry James Marshall, Iván Navarro, Ken Price, Matthew Ritchie, Julian Schnabel, Richard Serra, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Kara Walker, Rachel Whiteread and Kehinde Wiley.

                                   Programming:           

                                    Oct. 8, 2 p.m.:             Pat Steir

                                                                        McCosh 10, Princeton University

                                    Oct. 13, 5:30 p.m.:      Teresita Fernández

                                                                        McCosh 10, Princeton University

                                    Nov. 17, 5:30 p.m.:     Shahzia Sikander

                                                                        McCosh 10, Princeton University

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