Art Past Present with Enrique Martínez Celaya

Enrique Martínez Celaya, El muelle (The Dock), 2013. Oil and wax on canvas. 116 x 150 in. Private collection, London, UK.

Art Past Present: An Online Conversation Series

The first virtual Art Past Present with Enrique Martínez Celaya, artist, author, and former scientist. Martínez Celaya is Provost Professor of Humanities and Art, University of Southern California (USC), and Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College. His artwork has been exhibited and collected by major institutions around the world.
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An online program that invites artists to share their ideas about confronting the past to give meaning to the present, open up perspectives, and restore agency in times of irreconcilable alternative truths. Hosted by Farrah Karapetian, artist, and writer, and Joes Segal, Chief Curator and Director of Programming at the Wende Museum.

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Art Past Present with Enrique Martínez Celaya

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