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Member Opening Lecture—Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Sea
This lecture is sold out. All Members will receive the video recording of this lecture via email later this fall. The opening lecture will be repeated on Friday, October 17 at the public opening. Learn more.
Member Lectures are available exclusively to Museum Members. Join today!
Join Min Jung Kim, SLAM’s Barbara B. Taylor Director and the exhibition curator, as she discusses this landmark exhibition. She will explore recurring themes in Kiefer’s work, his process, and his inspiration.
Drawing on key pieces from the Museum’s collection and important loans, Min Jung Kim will discuss how Kiefer’s monumental paintings and sculptures reflect his ongoing engagement with myth, memory, and the natural world.
Anselm Kiefer, German, born 1945; Missouri, Mississippi, 2024; emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, sediment of electrolysis and collage of canvas on canvas; 30 feet 10 1/16 inches x 27 feet 6 11/16 inches x 3 15/16 inches; Collection of the artist and courtesy Gagosian 2025.310; © Anselm Kiefer, Photo: Nina Slavcheva
Ticket information
Advance tickets can be reserved in person or through MetroTix using your Member ticket code. All tickets reserved through MetroTix incur a service charge; the service charge is waived for tickets reserved at the Museum. For your ticket code or more information, visit slam.org/MemberTickets.
What is the Member Lecture Series?
Member Lectures are exclusive, live, in-person events held in the Museum’s Farrell Auditorium. Members enjoy a deeper look at the fascinating changes and ongoing scholarship by the Museum’s curators and researchers. Learn more here.
After Hours Event Entry
This event occurs after the Museum closes to the public at 5 pm. The Museum will reopen for event attendees at 5:30 pm.
Please enter through the East Building entrance or the parking garage at 5:30 pm.
