. Pepe Karmel, Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, will discuss the emergence of Conceptual art, and the problem of how to judge and appreciate works of art that may consist only of words or found objects.

This panel discussion will bring together artist Marina Abramovic, curator Mary Jane Jacob, and the Venerable Losang Samten to discuss contemporary art and meditation practice.

This roundtable discussion will examine how artistic creativity in exile is shaped by the temporal, spatial, socio-political, religious, and cultural contexts in which it is produced.

Constance Lewallen, curator of Everything Matters, will share her insights into the artist’s work—which she has followed for more than two decades.