Word and image driven, the VLC public programs cross disciplines, institutions and geographies and bring together artists, writers, and academics for lectures, panel discussions, roundtables, and the occasional performance. Switchboard documents these programs in various ways.
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How Obscene is This! The Decency Clause Turns 20: Panel II
66 West 12th Street
Twenty years after the institution of the Decency Clause, a controversial funding requirement introduced by the National Endowment of the Arts in 1990, the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School collaborate on two panel discussions evaluating the stifling legacy of the Decency Clause and its impact on our culture.…
Posted on June 28, 2010
The John McDonald Moore Memorial Lecture: Peter Galison
65 West 11th Street (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Historian, philosopher and filmmaker Peter L. Galison delivers the fifth John McDonald Moore Memorial Lecture. Galison is Joseph Pellegrino University Professor and Director of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University. His main work explores the complex interaction between the three principal subcultures of twentieth century physics–experimentation, instrumentation, and theory. He…
Posted on June 7, 2010
The AICA/USA Distinguished Critic Lecture at The New School: Holland Cotter: Art Critic, So What?
66 West 12th Street
In awarding New York Times art critic Holland Cotter the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, the Pulitzer Committee citation noted his “acute observation, luminous writing [and] dramatic story telling.” In his AICA/USA Distinguished Critic talk the critic known for the range and deep humanity of his concerns will address his roundabout route to art criticism, his response to the predominant modes of…
Posted on June 8, 2010
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