Past Events
Thursday 24 June
Nick Meyer takes us on a tour of his attic studio in Massachusetts, guiding us through a selection of his favourite books and zines as well as highlights from his collection of found photographs. Along the way, he reflects on the formation of his book The Local and shares some of its early iterations.
Monday 14–Thursday 17 June
Stephen Shore joins architect and author Jack Self to discuss Steel Town, Shore’s revelatory document of the American Rust Belt in 1977. They discuss the turbulent historical moment the project depicts as well as the history of Shore’s own process and photography’s capacity for illuminating our past, present, and future.
Thursday 10 June
Once neighbours in New York, Collier Schorr and Moyra Davey meet again over Instagram Liv for an informal conversation on breaking forms and boundaries, on collaboration and community, and on their shared experiences of living in Brooklyn in the late '80s onwards.
Thursday 27 May
To celebrate the launch of The Shabbiness of Beauty by Moyra Davey & Peter Hujar, with a text by Eileen Myles, please join us for a discussion on the theme of collaboration in art and writing. Inspired by Davey’s rhyming interpolations of Hujar, a panel of artists and critics explore the capacities of writing and photography, exhibitions and books, in tribute. With Moyra Davey, Eileen Myles, Gregg Bordowitz, Aveek Sen, and Izabella Scott (chair).
Wednesday 24 February 2021
To celebrate the launch of the book and exhibition But Still, It Turns, join Paul Graham at the International Center of Photography, New York, for a virtual gallery tour, exploring the notion of 'photography from the world' via the work of nine contemporary artists who reckon with reality in all its tangle and wonder.
Thursday 13 May 2021
Gregory Halpern and Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa are artists who have used the book form to forge revelatory narratives that transcend the capabilities of the single image. In this conversation, they reflect on the role of sequence in their own and each other’s work, unpacking the formal and political dimensions of the company and chronology their images keep.