Public Installation
W1 Curates
Art For Your World: Vera Lutter
September 28–October 10, 2021
Flannels, London
www.w1curates.com
Vera Lutter’s photograph Drilling Tower, Kvaerner: November 29, 2000 (2000) is being exhibited digitally on a three-story building on Oxford Street in London, presented by W1 Curates, which brings art to the people by using cutting-edge technology to transform the exterior of the Flannels London flagship store into a digital exhibition space.
Lutter’s photograph will be one of eight artworks auctioned at Sotheby’s beginning October 8 in support of WWF’s campaign Art For Your World. This initiative seeks to mobilize the art world in the fight against the climate crisis by raising funds toward WWF’s work halting deforestation, supporting indigenous communities, restoring trees and forests, replanting seagrass meadows, protecting endangered species, and promoting sustainable lifestyles, ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November.
Vera Lutter, Drilling Tower, Kvaerner: November 29, 2000, 2000, installation view, Flannels, London © Vera Lutter. Photo: courtesy W1 Curates
In Conversation
In Response
Perspectives on “Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera”
Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 7pm EDT
As part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s In Response program, architect Barbara Bestor, lacma associate curator Tushara Bindu Gude, artist Janna Ireland, and Helen Frankenthaler Foundation executive director Elizabeth Smith will reflect on Vera Lutter’s photographs documenting lacma using a camera obscura, which were taken between February 2017 and January 2019. The talk will be moderated by Jennifer King, lacma associate curator. In Response brings together creative thinkers from different fields to share diverse perspectives on the museum’s exhibitions. Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera will open to the public on April 1. To join the online event, register at web.zoom.us.
Vera Lutter, School of El Greco, The Apostle St. Andrew, c. 1600: March 2–May 14, 2017, 2017 © Vera Lutter
Tour
Vera Lutter
Museum in the Camera
Friday, January 29, 2021, 3–4pm EST
Join Los Angeles County Museum of Art director Michael Govan and the museum’s associate curator of contemporary art Jennifer King for an insightful conversation and tour of the exhibition Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera. Between February 2017 and January 2019, Lutter documented LACMA using a camera obscura, creating photographs that examine the museum’s exterior architecture, gallery interiors, and permanent collection. Museum in the Camera features the compelling photographs made during this two-year residency. To watch the live event, RSVP at lacma.org.
Installation view, Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 29–August 9, 2020. Artwork © Vera Lutter. Photo: © Museum Associates/LACMA
Panel Discussion
The Artist in the Museum
Reconsidering the Artist’s Eye
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 7–8:30pm EDT
Contemporary artists are often invited by museums to create site-responsive work, or to inhabit the role of artist-as-curator. As museums begin the important work of reevaluating their display practices, what part can artists play in this process? Using Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera—an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art—as a starting point, this online panel discussion will bring together different perspectives on artist/museum collaborations. Artists Liz Glynn and Ken Gonzales-Day join Vera Lutter in conversation, moderated by Jennifer King, associate curator of contemporary art at LACMA. To register for the event, visit www.lacma.org.
Vera Lutter, European Old Masters: December 7, 2018 - January 9, 2019, 2018–19 © Vera Lutter
Exhibition
Broadcast
Alternate Meanings in Film and Video
You’re only as young as the last time you changed your mind.
—Timothy Leary
Gagosian is pleased to present Broadcast: Alternate Meanings in Film and Video, an online exhibition of artists’ films and videos viewable exclusively on gagosian.com. The exhibition will be organized into a series of “chapters,” each lasting two weeks. The first chapter begins on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.
Broadcast: Alternate Meanings in Film and Video employs the innate immediacy of time-based art to spark reflection on the here and now, taking the words of famed psychologist and countercultural icon Timothy Leary as its starting point.
Adam McEwen, Escape from New York, 2014 (still from “Battery Tunnel”) © Adam McEwen
Talk
Inside the Camera
Vera Lutter’s Pepsi Cola Interior, XVI
Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 12:30–1pm
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
college.harvard.edu
As part of the museums’ Gallery Talk series, Marina Isgro and Laura Panadero, both fellows at Harvard Art Museums, will discuss Vera Lutter’s Pepsi Cola Interior, XVI: September 21–October 2, 2001 (2001). The photograph is a new work on view at the museum as part of an installation that considers past and contemporary explorations of the built environment. The event is free with museum admission.
Vera Lutter, Pepsi Cola Interior, XVI: September 21–October 2, 2001, 2001 © Vera Lutter
Installation
This Must Be the Place
November 8–11, 2018
Grand Palais, Paris
www.parisphoto.com
This Must Be the Place features iconic photographs and recent acquisitions from the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection in conjunction with Paris Photo. The selection highlights the collection’s diversity from pioneering early photography to contemporary explorations of new media. Work by Vera Lutter and Richard Prince is included.
Vera Lutter, Old Slip East View, June, 1995, 1995 © Vera Lutter
Talk
Museum Pictures
Vera Lutter at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 1pm
Cerritos College, Norwalk, California
www.cerritos.edu
Jennifer King, the associate curator of contemporary projects at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, will speak about Vera Lutter’s ongoing residency at LACMA and the artist’s forthcoming exhibition at the museum in 2020. Since January 2017, Lutter has been documenting the museum using a camera obscura, creating photographs that examine the museum’s exterior architecture, gallery interiors, and permanent collection. The event is free and open to the public.
Vera Lutter, Rodin Garden, V: February 28, 2017, 2017 © Vera Lutter
In Conversation
Vera Lutter
Martin Barnes
Friday, May 18, 2018, 2:30–3:30pm
Somerset House, London
photolondon.org
On the occasion of Photo London, Vera Lutter and Martin Barnes, senior curator of photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum, will speak about Lutter’s exploration of light, time, and movement and her use of a room-sized camera obscura to capture architecture, urban landscapes, and industrial sites. The pair will also discuss her decision to retain the negative image and refrain from multiplication or reproduction. To attend the event, purchase tickets at photolondon.org.
Vera Lutter, Cold Spring, IX: February 17, 2014, 2014
Fundraiser
Kips Bay Decorator Show House
May 1–31, 2018
Kips Bay, New York
www.kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org
Each year celebrated interior designers transform a luxury Manhattan home into an elegant exhibition of fine art, furnishings, and technology to raise funds for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. This year work by Vera Lutter will be included. To attend the event, purchase tickets at www.kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org.
Vera Lutter, Ca’ del Duca, Venice, VIII: December 6, 2007, 2007
In Conversation
Vera Lutter
Michael Govan
Monday, March 12, 2018, 7:30pm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
www.lacma.org
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Director Michael Govan will speak with Vera Lutter about her ongoing artist residency at LACMA. Since January 2017, Lutter has been documenting the museum using camera obscura, creating photographs that examine the museum’s exterior architecture, gallery interiors, and permanent collection. Govan and Lutter will discuss the artist’s process, and how her project offers a unique perspective on LACMA’s history and future. To attend the free event, reserve tickets at www.lacma.org.
Vera Lutter, The Death of Lucretia: February 10, 2017, 2017 © Vera Lutter
Visit
Vera Lutter
October 28–November 1, 2017
TEFAF New York
www.tefaf.com
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will present a special exhibition of Vera Lutter’s new body of work from her residency at the museum. Lutter has been creating photographs that examine the museum’s exterior architecture, gallery interiors, and permanent collection, and this exhibition will mark the first public display of these new photographs.
Vera Lutter, The Death of Lucretia: February 10, 2017, 2017