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Member Opening Lecture—Unsettling the City
Member Lectures are available exclusively to Museum Members. Join today!
Explore the exhibition Unsettling the City: Julie Mehretu’s “Epigraph, Damascus” with Clare Kobasa, associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs.
How do you communicate the story of a city? In the monumental print Epigraph, Damascus, artist Julie Mehretu uses various techniques to reflect on the devastation of the Syrian civil war. Join Kobasa for an illuminating discussion on Mehretu’s work alongside a selection of other artists that delve into the ideas of the city—how it’s imagined, represented, and redefined.
The exhibition will be open for viewing in Gallery 235 and Sidney S. and Sadie M. Cohen Gallery 234 following the lecture.
Julie Mehretu, American (born Ethiopia), born 1970; Epigraph, Damascus (detail), 2016; photogravure, sugar lift aquatint, spit bite aquatint, open bite; overall: 85 1/2 × 17 ft. 1 1/2 in. (217.2 × 522 cm); Saint Louis Art Museum, Eliza McMillan Trust and Friends Endowment Fund 209:2017a-f; © Julie Mehretu
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.
