Events

Sep 21 2023 | 7 - 8pm

In conjunction with the Intentions-Actions-Outcomes exhibition, we will present a lively program of experimental music, dance, and performance, including John Cage's composition 4'33" and classic Fluxus actions. Participants include UK faculty and students and invited guests.

Performances by: Ben Arnold, Elizabeth Arnold, Rae Goodwin, Joe Sola, Susie Thiel, Jeffrey Todd, and students from the UK School of Music and Department of…

Singletary Recital Hall
Free
Oct 6 2023 | 6 - 7pm

Join director/curator Stuart Horodner for a tour of Susan Silas: natural histories and Barbara Rossi: Bodily Forms.

IMAGE: Susan Silas, HYBRID, 2021 (Detail), white bronze. Courtesy of the artist.

UK Art Museum
Free
Oct 13 2023 | 4 - 5pm

Exhibiting artist Faisal Abdu’Allah discusses his use of photography and the relationship between barbering and Black identity.

Abdu’Allah studied in London at the Royal College of Art and is currently the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art and Professor of Printmaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the recipient of a Joan Mitchell Fellowship, First Prize at the Tallinn Print Triennial, and a Decibel Visual Artist…

Gatton Student Center Cinema
Free
Oct 14 2023 | 2 - 3pm

In addition to being an artist, Faisal Abdu’Allah is a barber, a profession he has fully integrated into his creative practice, most notably through his community-based LIVE SALON performances (2006–present). During each session, he provides a haircut to a willing participant and engages them in open-ended conversations about issues surrounding contemporary social identity and representation.

For the event in Lexington, he…

UK Art Museum
Free
Oct 25 2023 | 6 - 7:30pm

Join director Stuart Horodner for a conversation with artist Janine Antoni about her works included in the Intentions – Actions – Outcomes exhibition, as well as various aspects of her multi-disciplinary practice. Antoni is a MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow, and she has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad.

Image: Janine Antoni

Singletary Recital Hall
Free
Feb 16 2024 | 4 - 5pm

Walid Raad has exhibited his work in numerous international exhibitions including Documenta 11 and 13, the 14th Istanbul Biennial, the Whitney Biennial (2000 and 2002), and the 50th Venice Biennale. 

Gatton Student Center Cinema
Free
Apr 5 2024 | 4 - 5pm

Exhibiting artist and writer Tim Carpenter discusses making images in the landscape and his new book, To Photograph Is To Learn How To Die.  

 Tim Carpenter is a photographer, writer, and educator who works in Brooklyn and central Illinois. He is known for his precise B&W images of homes, roads, trees, powerlines, and other elements in the landscape. He has said, "Making photographs is all about creating…

Gatton Student Center Cinema
Free