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Etel Adnan: In the Rhythms of the World (a symposium)

Posted: 4 February 2025

Portrait of Etel Adnan. Photo © White Cube Patrick Dandy

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27 February – 1 March 2025

New York

Organised by Omar Berrada and Simone Fattal to mark the centenary of the artist’s birth, ‘Etel Adnan: In the Rhythms of the World (a symposium)’ will bring together old friends, specialists and admirers of Adnan’s work. The event will feature talks, poetry readings and musical performances, each engaging with various facets of her literary and visual practice.

Contributors to the symposium include Eileen Myles, Brandon Shimoda, Maaza Mengiste, Amir ElSaffar, Hamed Sinno, Lisa Robertson, Ammiel Alcalay, Peter Gizzi, and others.

The symposium will take place on 28 February and 1 March at The Poetry Project and Giorno Poetry Systems, and will be preceded on 27 February by a rare screening of Etel Adnan's experimental feature film, Motion, at Anthology Film Archives.

This event is free and open to the public with RSVP. Find out more.

Etel Adnan’s solo exhibition ‘This Beautiful Light’ is on view at White Cube New York until 1 March 2025.