Emily Hall Tremaine Lecture in Contemporary Art

19 November, 2026
5pm gallery viewing | 6pm – 7pm lecture

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT, 06103
USA

https://www.thewadsworth.org/event/sam-durant-delivers-the-emily-hall-tremaine-lecture-in-contemporary-art/

Sam Durant delivers the Emily Hall Tremaine Lecture in Contemporary Art. Durant’s interdisciplinary work engages both historical and current events, such as the Civil Rights Movement, mass incarceration, climate change, and migration. He was the MATRIX 147 artist at The Wadsworth in 2002, and his work is in collections across American and European museums, notably the Walker Art Center, the Museum of Modern Art, and Tate Modern. The talk covers recent and future projects, and some of his early associations with The Wadsworth.

Free. Registration encouraged.

The Emily Hall Tremaine Lecture in Contemporary Art is presented with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation and with additional support provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation Fund at the Wadsworth Atheneum.