Dr. Bénédicte Savoy, the 2024 recipient of the Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing, examines the emptiness that art and cult objects leave in their place of origin when, through armed conflict, colonial occupation, or economic asymmetries, they are moved to (mostly Western) museums.
What went into creating the first major monograph on Caribbean-born artist Guillaume Lethière? Here, Roy Brooks, publication designer at Fold Four, Inc.; Anne Roecklein, Managing Editor at the Clark; and Sophie Kerwin, former Curatorial Assistant at the Clark, recount their ambitious journey from concept to 432-page catalogue.
Michael Conforti, former director of the Clark, commemorates the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Tadao Ando-designed Clark Center. In his July 27th talk, Conforti reviews the purpose & process of the Clark’s transformative campus expansion.
Exhibition co-curators Esther Bell, deputy director and Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator, and Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director, introduce Guillaume Lethière and provide an inside look at the development of this ambitious exhibition.
David-Jeremiah speaks with Robert Wiesenberger, the Clark's curator of contemporary projects, about the underlying subjects in his work, examining the Lamborghini sports car and the Spanish bullfight as lenses on Black masculinity in America.
