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Sarah Sze
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Sarah Sze was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020. Founded in 1780, the academy is both an honorary society that recognizes and celebrates the excellence of its members and an independent research center convening leaders from across disciplines, professions, and perspectives to explore challenges facing society, identify solutions, and promote nonpartisan recommendations that advance the public good.

Sarah Sze, Ripple (Times Zero), 2020 © Sarah Sze

Sarah Sze, Ripple (Times Zero), 2020 © Sarah Sze

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Sarah Sze, Crisscross, 2021 © Sarah Sze. Photo: Daniel Spizzirri

In Conversation

Sarah Sze and Lorna Simpson
Moderated by Thelma Golden

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 6–8pm
Shah Garg Foundation, New York
www.shahgargfoundation.org

Join Sarah Sze and fellow artist Lorna Simpson in a conversation moderated by Thelma Golden, director of the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, on the occasion of the exhibition Making Their Mark, on view at the Shah Garg Foundation through March 23, 2024. Both artists are included in the exhibition, which showcases the work of more than seventy women artists from the last eight decades, bringing into vibrant relief their intergenerational relationships, formal and material breakthroughs, and historical impact as they aim to rechart art history through their singular, iconic practices.

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Sarah Sze, Crisscross, 2021 © Sarah Sze. Photo: Daniel Spizzirri

Sarah Sze, Times Zero, 2023 (detail) © Sarah Sze

Artist Talk

Sarah Sze

Saturday, February 3, 2024, 2pm
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
www.nashersculpturecenter.org

Sarah Sze will give a talk in conjunction with the opening of her solo exhibition at the Nasher Sculpture Center, on view through August 18, 2024. She will discuss her site-specific installations which integrate painting, sculpture, images, sound, and video, and which engage with the surrounding architecture to create intimate systems that reference our rapidly changing world.

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Sarah Sze, Times Zero, 2023 (detail) © Sarah Sze

Sarah Sze, Pictures at an Exhibition, 2023 © Sarah Sze

Exhibition

Sarah Sze in
Third Thailand Biennale: The Open World

December 9, 2023–April 30, 2024
Various locations in Chiang Rai, Thailand
www.thailandbiennale.org

The Open World, the third edition of the Thailand Biennale, features a new immersive, site-specific installation by Sarah Sze titled Pictures at an Exhibition, alongside work by more than sixty international and local artists. Curated by Angkrit Ajchariyasophon and Manuporn Luengaram, with artistic directors Rirkrit Tiravanija and Gridthiya Gaweewong, the exhibition is installed across key venues in the northernmost part of the country, Chiang Rai, including art galleries, exhibition halls, museums, temples, and historic sites. The selected works address topical issues such as history, cultural diversity, nature, and ecology.

Sarah Sze, Pictures at an Exhibition, 2023 © Sarah Sze

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