Honor, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra Starring Lili Taylor

Performances

Date and Time

Saturday, February 19, 2022

7 pm

Location

The Met Fifth Avenue

The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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Starring Lili Taylor

Directed by Geoff Sobelle

This subversive work by conceptual artist Suzanne Bocanegra masquerades as an artist talk about one of The Met’s most important 16th-century tapestries. Featuring celebrated actor Lili TaylorHonor, An Artist Lecture weaves together Bocanegra’s personal narrative and her obsession with the colossal tapestry, revealing a multitude of different characters and stories as rich and complex as the work of art itself.

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This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with additional funding from the General Delegation of the Government of Flanders to the USA.

Image: Lili Taylor. Photo by Georgia Nerheim. Costume by Suzanne Bocanegra.

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