Past Events
Thursday 4 November
To celebrate the release of Gold Custody, Ben Lerner reads his hypnotic prose poem 'The Son' in dialogue with images by Barabara Bloom, which echo and answer its themes of songs, dreams, naming, and our personal prehistories.
Thursday 4 November
With his exhibition '12 Hz' opening at Robert Morat Galerie, Ron Jude joins us at MACK + Bildband, Berlin, to discuss his revelatory project depicting the implacable forces of the natural world.
Thursday 2 December
As another tumultuous year draws to a close, artist Anna Ostoya and theorist Chantal Mouffe pick up where they left off in their collaborative book Politics and Passions, discussing art, populism, paradigms, and resistance in the light of recent events.
Saturday 19 February
Join us at Museo Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare, to discover the story of Luigi Ghirri's relationship with Puglia, as documented in the new book Puglia. Tra albe e tramonti. A panel comprising Rosalba Branà, Adele Ghirri, Gianni Leone, Aldo Patruno, Arturo Carlo Quintavalle, and Giuseppe Teofilo will discuss Ghirri's luminous photography of the region and its role in forming his celebrated style and vision.
Tuesday 26 October
Teju Cole joins critic and essayist Shuchi Saraswat to discuss his new book Golden Apple of the Sun, reflecting on its genesis over lockdown in the months leading up to the 2020 US presidential election and the many aesthetic, historic, and moral questions it raises.
Wednesday 27 October
Hoda Afshar joins Brett Rogers, director at The Photographers' Gallery, London, to discuss her new book Speak The Wind and the ways her photographic practice dissolves the boundaries of staged and documentary photography to make visible stories that are not immediately seen.