Aspen Art Museum

Talks and Lectures

• Jul 22, 2018

  • 1:30 PM Discuss

    Mandala Lecture: Geshe Lobsang Tenzin

    From July 18–22, 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 the lecture “Mandala: The Roadmap to Enlightenment.”

• Jul 26, 2018

  • 5 PM Discuss

    Conversations with Artists: Hans Ulrich Obrist & Heidi Zuckerman

    How do interviews reveal truth? What questions make artists open up? In this public dialogue, a conversation between Serpentine Galleries Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and AAM Nancy and Bob Magoon CEO and Director, Heidi Zuckerman, will reveal reflections on the journey that unfolds in her new book Conversations with Artists, which features more than thirty prominent contemporary artists in personal, illuminating conversations.

• Jul 29, 2018

  • 5 PM Discuss

    Artist Talk: Abraham Cruzvillegas

    Abraham Cruzvillegas was born in Mexico City, in 1968, where he continues to live and work. Since 2007, he has created a body of sculptures and installations that investigate what he calls autoconstrucción (“self-construction”), working with found materials and assemblage in reference to everyday practices also found in urban landscapes. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru, Tate Modern, London, Carré d’Art - musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes, France, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, and Kunsthaus Zürich.

• Aug 2, 2018

  • 5 PM Discuss

    Artist Talk: Rashid Johnson

    Rashid Johnson was born in Chicago, in 1977, and lives and works in New York. A critical theory framework extends across his paintings, sculptures, photography, and video work, investigating legacies of and possibilities for African American intellectual and cultural life. His work has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, the Grand Palais, Paris, the Drawing Center, the High Line, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver. He is the recipient of the 2018 Aspen Award for Art.

• Aug 16, 2018

  • 5 PM Discuss

    Artist Talk: Jacqueline Humphries (Cancelled)

    Please note that this lecture has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

• Oct 10, 2018

  • 5 PM Discuss

    Another Look: Joanna McClure on Jay DeFeo

    Join Joanna McClure for an evening of poetry reading and reflections on the work of Jay DeFeo. McClure arrived in San Francisco in 1951 and was a significant creative figure in the Beat poetry scene. Presenting within DeFeo’s exhibition The Ripple Effect, McClure will provide selections of her writings and memories of her late friend.

• Oct 17, 2018

  • 5 PM Discuss

    The Great Debate and Screening: Are Facts Fundamental to Truth?

    The Great Debate is a public program inviting elevated, engaged conversations around questions that unpack our opinions around art and beyond. Following the centuries-old format of the Oxford Union, the proposition “Are Facts Fundamental to Truth?” will be debated by four luminaries—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. Presented in partnership with Aspen Public Radio and Aspen Film, this event will also include a screening of All the President’s Men (1976).

• Nov 2, 2018

  • 6 PM Talk

    CAConrad Poetry Reading: “Resurrect Extinct Vibration”

    As part of the final iteration of the yearlong exhibition Ritual, poet CAConrad will present the new poetry ritual, “Resurrect Extinct Vibration.” The performative lecture is presented as part of their visit to Aspen to provide Somatic Poetry Writing workshops.

• Jan 17, 2019

  • 5 PM Discuss

    Art and Empathy: Kaywin Feldman

    In this new lecture series, leading thinkers explore the importance and nuances of empathy. Kaywin Feldman has been the Director and President of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) since 2008. Under her direction, MIA recently launched the Center for Empathy and the Visual Arts. She is the 2019 AAM Director in Residence.

• Feb 14, 2019

  • 5 PM Discuss

    Collect Ideas: Elena Soboleva

    Elena Soboleva is the Director of Online Sales at David Zwirner. In this newly created position, she leads the programming, curation, and strategy for the gallery’s digital sales channels, which include over twenty online viewing rooms a year, in addition to twenty-five art-fair previews. Prior to joining David Zwirner, Soboleva was an early employee and Lead Curator at Artsy, where she oversaw the growth and scaling of collector initiatives and programming through online and offline channels.