Talks
Artist Panel: Ali Banisadr & Terry Winters
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Photo: Richard Barnes
Grand Hall
April 23, 2026 5:30–6:30 p.m.
An artist discussion on Willem de Kooning’s enduring influence on contemporary painting
Artists Terry Winters and Ali Banisadr, part of the generations of artists who have been influenced by Willem de Kooning’s revolutionary paintings, discuss what motivates their work and how the questions that animated de Kooning’s practice in the mid-twentieth century still endure today.
Moderated by John Elderfield and Mitra Abbaspour, curators of the exhibition Willem de Kooning: the Breakthrough Years 1945–50, and introduced by Chief Curator Juliana Ochs Dweck.
