Grace Hartigan and the Poetry of Painting

Join Jared Ledesma, curator of 20th-century and contemporary art, for a lecture expanding on the exhibition Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention. He offers a deeper look at how Hartigan’s bold work of the 1950s and 1960s intertwined with unconventional writings, reflecting her experimental spirit and deep connection to poetry.

Image: Grace Hartigan, Snow Angel, 1960, oil on canvas, 69 × 75 1/4 in., Private collection; © 2021 Christie’s Images Limited