Aspen Art Museum

Talks and Lectures

• Jul 9, 2017

  • 1:30 PM Discuss

    Mandala Lecture: Geshe Lobsang Tenzin

    From July 5–9, Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a temporary mandala sand painting on Level 3 of the Aspen Art Museum as part of their annual visit to Aspen. Geshe Lobsang Tenzin, Founder and Spiritual Director of the Drepung Loseling Monastery and Professor of Practice at Emory University, will present a lecture on the symbolism of the mandala dedicated to Akshobhya, unshakeable resolve during times of conflict.

• Jul 21, 2017

  • 6 PM Discuss

    Artist Talk: Glenn Ligon

    Glenn Ligon was born in New York in 1960, where he continues to live and work. Throughout his career, he has pursued critical perspectives of American history and its social, cultural, and political relations. He has been the subject of solo museum exhibitions at Camden Arts Center, London, the Power Plant, Toronto, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, the Studio Museum in Harlem, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, and the Kunstverein München, Munich.

• Jul 30, 2017

  • 6 PM Discuss

    Artist Talk: Thomas Struth

    Thomas Struth was born in Geldern, Germany, in 1954, and lives and works in Berlin and New York. He is noted for his innovations in large-scale color photography that explore cityscapes, architecture, landscapes, and other environments. Solo presentations of his work have been hosted at the High Museum, Atlanta, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museu Serralves, Porto, Kunsthaus Zürich, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

• Aug 1, 2017

  • 6 PM Discuss

    Artist Talk: Lawrence Weiner

    Lawrence Weiner was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1942, and lives and works in New York. His language-based sculptures, installations, and ephemeral works explore a radical redefinition of the relationship between the artwork and the viewer. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at institutions including the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Stedelijk Museum, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC.

• Sep 16, 2017

  • 10 AM Discuss

    FULL: Crit Sessions with Andrew Travers

    Are you looking for an intimate, constructive environment to gain new perspectives on your artwork? Adopting art school’s format of group feedback, this program provides a selected group of local artists with valuable insight from a visiting facilitator. This session is facilitated by Andrew Travers, Arts Editor for the Aspen Times, and will focus on the importance of language and being articulate.

• Sep 28, 2017

  • 5 PM Discuss

    The Great Debate: Is there such a thing as bad art?

    Following the centuries-old format of the Oxford Union, this debate—moderated by Carolyn Sackariason, and between Lissa Ballinger, Teresa Booth Brown, Adam Lerner, and Robert Martin—will tackle one of the most fundamental questions of contemporary art: is there such a thing as bad art? Once the speakers have put forth their arguments, the discussion will open up to the audience for deliberation and a final vote.

• Nov 30, 2017

  • 5 PM Discuss

    AAM Architecture Lecture: Paul Lewis

    “Manual of Section”
    
    In architectural planning, a section is a drawing of a vertical cut of a structure that shows a view not normally seen by the human eye. What can this perspective also reveal about community relationships? Paul Lewis, Director of Graduate Studies at Princeton University’s School of Architecture, will draw upon his recently published bestselling book, Manual of Section, to explain architectural section drawings and studies. He will present work from his office, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects, including the winning design for an art center in Telluride, Vassar College, Columbia University, Claremont Colleges, the Contemporary Austin, and the Helen R. Walton Children’s Enrichment Center.

• Jan 11, 2018

  • 5 PM Discuss

    The Great Debate: Is the Local More Important Than the Global?

    The Great Debate is a new public program format inviting elevated and engaged conversations around questions that unpack our opinions around art and beyond. Following the centuries-old format of the Oxford Union, the proposition “Is the Local More Important Than the Global?” will be debated by four local leaders—two for and two against. Once the speakers have put forth their arguments, the discussion will open up to the audience for deliberation and a final vote.

• Jan 24, 2018

  • 5 PM Discuss

    I Don’t Get It: Heidi Zuckerman Discusses Nate Lowman

    In this edition of “I Don’t Get It,” the AAM is setting up a pop-up appropriation portrait studio in Nate Lowman’s exhibition Before and After. The evening will begin with an alternative curator-tour with the AAM’s Nancy and Bob Magoon CEO and Director, Heidi Zuckerman. This interactive discussion of Nate Lowman’s exhibition will be followed by an in-gallery art activity that turns a photograph taken of you by the museum into a portrait layered with pop culture references. The result will be a chance to see yourself in a new light and through the eyes of others.

• Feb 8, 2018

  • 5 PM Discuss

    Architecture Lecture Series: Tod Williams

    Tod Williams, along with his partner, Billie Tsien, founded their eponymous New York architecture office in 1986. Their studio focuses on work for institutions, including schools, museums, and nonprofit organizations committed to benefiting and inspiring their surrounding communities. Notable projects include the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, and in 2015, they were selected as the architects for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Over the past three decades, their dedication to this work has received numerous national and international citations including the National Medal of the Arts from President Obama and the Firm of the Year Award from the American Institute of Architects. They are deeply committed to making a better world through architecture.