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POSTPONED: To Be a Witness: Elizabeth Peyton in Conversation with Massimiliano Gioni

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Photo: Vinoodh Matadin and Inez van Lamsveerde

THIS CONVERSATION IS POSTPONED.
THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY WITH THE NEW PROGRAM DATE.

Artist Elizabeth Peyton and Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director of the New Museum, will explore what it means for contemporary artists engaged with portraiture to be a witness.

Elizabeth Joy Peyton (b.1965, Danbury, CT) is an American contemporary artist working primarily in painting, drawing, and printmaking. Recent major exhibitions include “Aire and Angels,” National Portrait Gallery, London (2019); “Eternal Idol, Elizabeth Peyton – Camille Claudel,” The French Academy in Rome, Villa Medici (2017); and “Elizabeth Peyton: A Still Life,” a survey exhibition at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2016). Peyton lives and works in New York.

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This program is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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