Conversation
Aesthetics of Surveillance: Francisco Maso in Conversation
The Wende Museum 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesJoin conceptual artist Francisco Maso and Cara Megan Lewis, Deputy Director of the Wende Museum, for a thought-provoking conversation.
The Milk Tea Alliance: Struggles for Freedom in East and Southeast Asia
Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesHistorian Jeffrey Wasserstrom discusses his new book with scholar Sasha Razor.
The Romance of Technology: A Talk With David Van Eyssen
The Wende Museum 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesAcclaimed artist David Van Eyssen explores how technology shaped his life and art in this talk on machines, media, and meaning.
Polish Archives Open House
The Wende Museum 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesExplore the power of resistance and grassroots democracy through rare materials from the Wende’s Polish Underground Collection.
Book Launch: I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This by Eugene Yelchin
The Wende Museum 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesJoin us for the launch of Eugene Yelchin’s graphic memoir I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell
You This, on becoming an artist in the USSR.
Dear Unknown Friend with Alexis Peri
The Wende Museum 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesIn the tense years of WWII and the Cold War, American and Soviet women struck up a remarkable pen-pal correspondence.
The Spirit of ’54 – Legacy, Memory, and The Miracle of Bern
A look at West Germany's 1954 World Cup victory as a turning point in the nation’s postwar identity.
Julia Ioffe on Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia
Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesJulia Ioffe discusses Motherland, her sweeping new history of modern Russia told through the lives of its women.
An Evening with Azazello: Notes from the Zone of Kaif
Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesExplore the life and art of Soviet hippie icon Azazello as we launch his digital archive with music, readings, and conversation.
Enrique Martínez Celaya in Conversation
Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesArtist, author, and former scientist Enrique Martínez Celaya discusses his new exhibition with the Wende’s Chief Curator Joes Segal.
The Emergency: George Packer in Conversation with Ben Rhodes
The Wende Museum 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesAcclaimed author and journalist George Packer discusses his new novel The Emergency with former presidential speechwriter Ben Rhodes.
Artistic Interpretations of the Cosmos
Comparing artistic interpretations of the universe in the East, the West, and the Global South.
Conversation, Music, Screening, Special Event
Around the Bloc: Stories of Love and Joy From the Eastern European Diaspora
Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesThis unique event brings together artists from a variety of disciplines from across the Eastern European diaspora.
Art Across Boundaries Featuring Liat Segal
OnlineAn online conversation with artist Liat Segal examining the overlap between visual arts and science and how the two areas can inspire and enrich each other.
Geopolitics and International Modernism in Architecture
Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesA panel on modernist architecture’s utopian and dystopian legacies, from Cold War geopolitics and soft power to contemporary tourism.
Never Again Is Now (“Nie wieder ist jetzt”)
Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesAn evening of reading and conversation with author and illustrator Stephanie Lunkewitz and Holocaust survivor Mary Bauer.
Bauhaus Legacies with Fritz Horstman
Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesAlbers Foundation Education Director Fritz Horstman will provide historical context around the Bauhaus movement and its continuing relevance
Same Player Shoots Again: A Biography of the Pinball Machine
Glorya Kaufman Community Center at the Wende Museum 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA, United StatesA discussion with author Andreas Bernard on pinball, public space, and what declining analog play reveals about modern leisure and work.