Rashaad Newsome discusses how he remixes hip-hop culture and historical traditions in his work to explore African American and queer culture, power dynamics, and social status.

In this lecture, visual artist and filmmaker Brent Green talks about his rickety folk-punk style, in which he applies new technologies to staunchly DIY roots.

Coinciding with the opening of the Walter and McBean Galleries' exhibition Living in Studio Kuchar, this program will feature film screenings and other activities throughout the SFAI campus.  

Thomas Eggerer was born in Munich, Germany and studied painting at the Art Academy in Munich, and was a member of the artists' collective Group Material.

Poet and cultural critic Wayne Koestenbaum discusses his latest book, The Anatomy of Harpo Marx (UC Press, 2012), a luxuriant, detailed play-by-play account of Harpo Marx's physical movements as captured on screen. 

In this talk, curator Nato Thompson pulls from his recently published book, Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the Age of Cultural Production (Melville House, 2012), to discuss the work of some of the most interesting artists and activists working today. 

Jim Isermann's artistic output chronicles the conflation of post-war industrial design and fine art through popular culture.

Radhika Subramaniam is the Director and Chief Curator of the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design.

Over the last decade Quaytman’s practice has encompassed various roles, including artist, writer, and curator.

The central motif of renowned Spanish artist Dora García's work is the analysis of the paradigms and conventions of art. She often uses texts and stories as a basis for scenarios that, while witty and entertaining, raise complex ethical and moral questions.