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Event Description

Oil has long been entangled with the visual arts, whether in the petroleum derivatives found in materials for creation and conservation, the money that underwrites museum philanthropy and the art market, or the ways that art shapes cultural imaginaries that make oil dependence feel like freedom. In an era of climate collapse, how is the imperative of a transition away from fossil fuels changing the art world? How are artists, curators, critics, conservators, and restorers working toward a world without oil?

Event Information

Free and open to the public; registration required. For more information, please visit the event webpage. Please visit the Heyman’s Center website for directions. 

Hosted by the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University.