Past Events
Wednesday 26 June
Join us to celebrate the launch of Shirley Irons's new book Composition. This two-volume publication brings together an overview of the artist’s paintings to date, alongside multifaceted reflections on art, artmaking, and landscape through a selection of her short essays and stories.
Saturday 20 July
Join Adam Broomberg for a discussion about Anchor in the Landscape, a book that brings together studied, absorbing portraits of olive trees in Palestine, which act as fixed points in a historic and transforming landscape that is constantly disputed, altered, and destroyed. Issa Amro will be joining the conversation online from Hebron.
Wednesday 3 July
Petra Blaisse and editors Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen will be in conversation with architect Kersten Geers to celebrate the launch of Art Applied, a kaleidoscopic view of Petra Blaisse and acclaimed studio Inside Outside’s work across interior, landscape, and exhibition design. The conversation will be moderated by CIVA's artistic director Nikolaus Hirsch.
Friday 5 July
Adam Broomberg and Rafael Gonzalez will be signing copies of Anchor in the Landscape, a book that depicts the olive tree as a symbol of occupation and resistance in Palestine, bearing witness to a landscape that is increasingly destroyed.
Wednesday 10 July
Adam Broomberg and Rafael Gonzalez will be in conversation with Issa Amro to mark the launch of Anchor in the Landscape, a book that brings together studied, absorbing portraits of olive trees in Palestine which act as fixed points in a historic and transforming landscape that is constantly disputed, altered, and destroyed.
Thursday 11 July
To mark the launch of Little Joe: A book about queers and cinema, mostly, editor Sam Ashby will be in conversation with writer and director Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers, 45 Years, Weekend). Join us to celebrate this new collected edition of the cult periodical that challenges the mainstream narrative of film history with a rebellious, queer perspective. The event will include a screening of short films by Shu Lea Cheang and Mike Kuchar, and readings from contributors.