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May 12–22, 2023

This online auction is part of a multifaceted fundraiser to benefit the Nina Simone Childhood Home Preservation Project. Spearheaded by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, the project aims to fully restore and maintain the birthplace of musical icon and civil rights activist Nina Simone. Cocurated by artist Adam Pendleton and the tennis champion, entrepreneur, and arts patron Venus Williams, the auction—hosted by Sotheby’s—features work by international artists, including Ellen Gallagher, Sarah Sze, Mary Weatherford, and Stanley Whitney.

Friday, June 17, 2022, 5pm
Hall 1 Auditorium, Messeplatz, Basel
artbasel.com

Conceived and moderated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, the Art Basel Conversations: Artists’ Influencers series brings together artists with individuals who have had a significant effect on their practices. For this program, artists Michael Armitage and Ellen Gallagher and writer and filmmaker Manthia Diawara meet to consider the development of artistic kinships. The event is free to attend in person or online at facebook.com.

February 7–15, 2020
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
www.dhakaartsummit.org

William Forsythe and Ellen Gallagher are participating in Dhaka Art Summit 2020: Seismic Movements. Over nine days, five hundred artists, scholars, curators, and thinkers will join in panel discussions, performances, and symposia addressing the theme: “What is a movement and how do we ignite one beyond the confines of an art exhibition?” The event is free and open to the public. 

Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 8pm
Wiels, Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels
www.wiels.org

Ellen Gallagher will speak with writers Dalilla Hermans and Melat Nigussie in conjunction with her current exhibition at Wiels, Liquid Intelligence. The talk will be moderated by Aimée-Fidèle Mukunde. The event is free with museum admission. Register at www.wiels.org.

Monday, October 15, 2018, 6pm
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
www.weslyan.edu

Heather Vermeulen, a postdoctoral fellow at Wesleyan University, will speak on Ellen Gallagher’s series Watery Ecstatic (2001–) as it intervenes in scientific narratives surrounding the anthropocene. The event is free and open to the public.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 6–9pm
Art Institute of Chicago
www.artic.edu

Ellen Gallagher will speak at the Art Institute of Chicago’s thirty-first annual A. James Speyer Memorial Lecture. The event celebrates a distinguished contemporary artist who is represented in the museum’s collection and honors former museum curator James Speyer.

Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 6:30–7:30pm
American Folk Art Museum, New York
www.folkartmuseum.org

Ellen Gallagher discusses her ongoing Watery Ecstatic series, featuring painted, carved, and collaged marine specimens that fit within an Afrofuturist narrative, while exploring how they relate to the scientific illustrations on view in the exhibition Charting the Divine Plan: The Art of Orra White Hitchcock (1796–1863). To attend the event, purchase tickets at folkartmuseum.org.

Sunday, June 24, 2018, 1pm
Art Gallery of Ontario
www.thepowerplant.org

Ellen Gallagher will be in conversation with poet Natasha Trethewey on the occasion of Gallagher’s recently opened show, Nu-Nile at the Power Plant in Toronto. The talk will be moderated by Ivy Wilson, associate professor of English and director of American studies at Northwestern University. To attend the free event, reserve tickets at www.ago.ca.

Thursday, March 1, 6:30pm
The Power Plant, Toronto
www.thepowerplant.org

Ellen Gallagher is the guest of honor at the Power Plant’s annual fundraiser Face to Face for 2018. Gallagher will have a solo exhibition at the Power Plant this summer. To attend the event, purchase tickets at www.thepowerplant.org. 

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 7pm
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe,
New York
www.housingworks.org

Ellen Gallagher and poet Terrance Hayes will discuss how poetry responds to art and art responds to the times as part of the Fall Conversation Series, presented by the Academy of American Poets and Housing Works Bookstore Café. Hayes wrote the ekphrastic poem “Wigphrastic” in response to Gallagher’s print series DeLuxe.

Friday, October 20, 2017, 5pm
Haus der Kunst, Munich
www.hausderkunst.de

Ellen Gallagher will be participating in a symposium on the work of Frank Bowling titled The Sea is History:  Art and Black Atlantic Cultures. She will be joined by artist Sonia Boyce and the talk will be moderated by Allison Thompson. To attend the event, purchase tickets at www.xing-events.com.

Saturday, September 9, 2017, 3–4:30pm
The Guardhouse Café, Brixam, UK
www.guardhousecafe.com

Ellen Gallagher speaks with fellow artist Chris Watson about the upcoming show, The Tale, a unique arts trail unfolding across the stunning landscape of Torbay, England. Both artists have work in the exhibition. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP at www.eventbrite.co.uk.