LECTURES & TALKS
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MYTHIC TIME / TENS OF THOUSANDS OF REMEMBERINGS
Artist Tour of Exhibition
sir john soane’s museum
October 11, 2024
SALT OF THE EARTH | ICA EDITION
Lina Iris VIktor in conversation with ICA Director Bengi Unsal
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) | London
October 10, 2024
MYTHIC TIME / TENS OF THOUSANDS OF REMEMBERINGS
Exhibition Book Launch
sir john soane’s museum
October 9, 2024
Join a special evening to celebrate Lina Iris Viktor’s exhibition Mythic Time / Tens of Thousands of Rememberings and the launch of the exhibition catalgoue.
The evening includes short talks on works in the exhibition by Lina Iris Viktor and exhibition curator Dr Louise Stewart. Author and curator Ekow Eshun will share insights from his essay, and a new work, Golden Horizon, written by Ben Okri in response to Viktor’s work, will be read in Soane’s elegant drawing room. Guests will have the opportunity to view Viktor’s work and the Museum by candlelight, to enjoy a glass of wine in the drawing room and to purchase limited edition signed copies of the book and exhibition print.
MYTHIC TIME / TENS OF THOUSANDS OF REMEMBERINGS
Lina Iris Viktor in conversation with Renée Mussai
sir john soane’s museum
July 11, 2024
A BRUSH WITH . . . LINA IRIS VIKTOR
with Ben Luke for The Art Newspaper
August 3, 2022
IN THE BLACK FANTASTIC
In the Black Fantastic —— Ekow Eshun in conversation with Sedrick Chisom, Cauleen Smith & Lina Iris Viktor
Royal Festival Hall | the Southbank Centre
June 30, 2022
CONVERSATIONS WITH CREATIVES, WITH NATASHA BECKER
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
March 23, 2021
LINA IRIS VIKTOR IN VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH AMANDA MAPLES
North Carolina Museum of Art
October 29, 2020
LINA IRIS VIKTOR IN CONVERSATION: THE VALUE OF BLACKNESS
Autograph ABP
London, United Kingdom
2019
LINA IRIS VIKTOR IN CONVERSATION WITH RENEE MUSSAI
New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, Louisiana
2018
THE PENNY STAMPS DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES
Stamps School of Art & Design
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2018
nOONTIME TALK IN THE GREAT HALL
New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, Louisiana
2018
MoMA THE FRIENDS OF EDUCATION | STUDIO VISIT
Museum of Modern Art
New York, New York
2018
THE DARK CONTINENT: ARTIST TALK WITH LINA IRIS VIKTOR
The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Washington D.C.
2018
BLACK EXODUS: ACT I - MATERIA PRIMA
THE RESONANCE OF BLACK. THE (IM)MATERIALITY OF GOLD.
Autograph ABP
London, United Kingdom
2017
VISUALLY SPEAKING | LINA VIKTOR AND AMY SALL
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The New York Public Library, New York
2017
THE BODY, FASHION, AND ART
Saint Louis Art Museum
Saint Louis, Missouri
2017
BLACK PORTRAITURES III: STRAINS OF HISTORIES & CULTURES
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
2016
AFRICA FORECAST : FASHIONING CONTEMPORARY LIFE
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
Atlanta, Georgia
2016
THE ECONOMY OF BASQUIAT
New York University
New York, New York
2016
ARTIST TALK : SUNDAY AFTERNOONS AT THE COOPER GALLERY
Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts
2016
WHAT ROLE, IF ANY, SHOULD PHILOSOPHY PLAY IN THE CREATION OF ART?
Kings College London | Somerset House
London, United Kingdom
2016
LINA IRIS VIKTOR IN CONVERSATION WITH FLORA ALEXANDRA OGILVY OF ARTEVISTE
South Kensington Club
London, United Kingdom
2016
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS : CONTEXTUAL REALITIES
The institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
London, United Kingdom
2015