Past Events
Thursday 5 May
To celebrate the release of White Shoes, Nona Faustine joins writers and book contributors Jessica Lanay, Pamela Sneed, and Seph Rodney at Brooklyn Museum. They explore New York City's once-pivotal involvement in the slave trade, the politics of representation and visibility, and the historical figures who inspired Faustine’s groundbreaking work.
Thursday 7 April
Join Jess T. Dugan as they speak to J. Sybylla Smith about their new book, Look at me like you love me. Their conversation will reflect on the dynamics of portraiture, desire, intimacy, and companionship, and the ways in which our identities are shaped by these experiences.
Tuesday 10 May
On the occasion of the opening of her new show Who is Changed and Who is Dead, Ahndraya Parlato joins us at MACK Berlin / Bildband for a discussion of her intriguing book of image and text ruminating on motherhood in all its complexity and contradictions.
Thursday 14 April
Join us for a discussion of risk, creation, and unexpected encounters in celebration of Miranda July’s groundbreaking new book project, Services. July joins her collaborator Jay Benedicto for a conversation with writer and critic Jennifer Higgie about the project’s genesis from a telemarketing phone call in the first months of Covid lockdown through to its stunning final form. Dialing in from Los Angeles, Manila, and Canberra, they discuss July and Benedicto's surprising collaboration for the first time.
Wednesday 11 May
Join Ahndraya Parlato at Micamera, Milan, for a signing of her latest book, Who is Changed and Who is Dead, an exploration of the conditions and contradictions of motherhood in lyrical image and text.
Tuesday 15 March
Join Janet Delaney and Rebecca Bengal at Rizzoli Bookstore, New York, as they discuss Delaney's latest book, an ode to the city, Red Eye to New York. This conversation will reflect on Delaney’s generous approach to photographing streets and the people who inhabit them, and her impressions on the inexhaustible subject that is New York City.