The Art of Dying or (Palliative Art Making in the Age of Anxiety)

Wednesday, October 10, 6:30 PM

Whitney Museum of American Art

Floor 3, Susan and John Hess Family Gallery and Theater

Photo: Alex Tomlinson

Inspired by Rainer Marie Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, 79 year old lesbian artist Barbara Hammer ruminates on the experiences of living with advanced cancer while making art. In a performative lecture, Hammer shares guidelines and film clips from her long-term art making practice.