Lecture @ the McNay: NYT Art Critic Holland Cotter

In his New York Times column of March 16, 2016, Holland Cotter encourages museums to engage in risky behavior—truth telling. Such truths about slave trade, war-time looting, or women artists excluded from museum collections have been glossed over or omitted in many museum labels and didactics. He suggests that telling untold truths offers a way forward with visitor engagement.

Holland Cotter is co-chief art critic and senior writer at the New York Times. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2009. He has a BA from Harvard College, an MA from Hunter College, CUNY, and a Masters of Philosophy in art history from Columbia University.

Space is limited. Fee (includes museum admission): McNay members and teens free; nonmembers $20; educators $5. For more information, email education@mcnayart.org.

Registration deadline: noon, January 18.