Speaker details
Emilie Boone
Assistant Professor of Art History, African American Studies Department, New York City College of Technology
Jeff Rosenheim
Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge, Department of Photographs, The Met
Event details
Advance registration is required to access the Zoom webinar.
Presented by
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
About This Event
Join experts for a discussion that explores how art can communicate institutional power, position, and agency. Take a close look at photographer Irving Penn’s 1993 portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, made days before she took the oath of office to become the second-ever female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Consider both the formal qualities of portraits and their contexts. The program ends with a participatory question-and-answer session.
Image: Irving Penn, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, New York, 1993 / Promised Gift of the Irving Penn Foundation