Tufts University Art Galleries |
Beckwith Lecture |
Jan 31, 2023 |
Event • Boston • Feb 9, 6:00pm |
Annual Beckwith Lecture with Raquel Gutiérrez |
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Raquel Gutiérrez is an arts critic/writer, poet and educator. Her/Their recent book “Brown Neon,” an ekphrastic memoir that considers what it means to be a Latinx artist during the Trump era, was named #1 Art Book of 2022 by Hyperallergic. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Gutiérrez credits the queer and feminist DIY post-punk ’zine culture of the 1990s plus Los Angeles County and Getty paid arts internships with introducing her/them to the various vibrant art and music scenes and communities throughout Southern California. Gutiérrez is a 2021 recipient of the Rabkin Prize in Arts Journalism, as well as a 2017 recipient of the The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. The Leo and Betty Beckwith Lecture series was established in 1978 to bring artists and cultural thinkers at the leading edge of contemporary art to the SMFA at Tufts community. |
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Exhibition • Boston, Medford • January 24, 2023 – April 23, 2023 |
re:imagining collections |
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