Artist Talk: Cecilia Vicuña at The Loeb

The Loeb welcomes poet and artist Cecilia Vicuña, who has been honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Biennale and has had solo exhibitions at the Tate Modern, the Guggenheim, and others. Her visionary work blurs boundaries between text, sound, and art, while addressing urgent topics like human rights and ecological destruction. Vicuña has lived in exile from her native Chile since the country’s military coup in the early 1970s. Her short film, ¿Qué es para usted la poesía? / What is Poetry to You?, is a highlight of the Loeb’s current exhibition, Chronostasia: Select Acquisitions 2020–2025, which closes February 1.

Vicuña will introduce her work, followed by a conversation with curator Alyx Raz and Lisa Paravisini-Gebert, Professor of Caribbean and Latin American literatures and cultures in the Department of Hispanic Studies.

As part of our Late Night at the Loeb series, the galleries will remain open until 9pm.

This event is free and open to the public.