Siah Armajani (1939-2020)

Lannan Foundation mourns the loss of Siah Armajani, the Iranian-born American artist whose architecturally scaled, politically inflected public sculptures have been internationally influential, and who was the recipient of a Lannan Foundation commission for The Poetry Garden.

Read his bio here.

Yanis Varoufakis talks with Dan Denvir about the current crisis of capitalism and prospects for lasting economic and social change. With capitalism in crisis, is lasting global political and economic change possible in a post-pandemic world? What lessons can economists learn from art production in this era of permanent crisis?

Join Lannan Foundation and James Joyce enthusiasts worldwide as we celebrate Bloomsday, honoring Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses, the events of which take place over the course of one day, 16 June 1904. This year, Joyce scholar Professor James Heffernan presents a lecture on "Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom, and the Ghost of Shakespeare," which is available to watch now.

Honoring individuals whose work inspires their communities, domestic and international, that are struggling to uphold and defend their right to cultural freedom and diversity.

Laura Flanders | Janine Jackson | Jen Marlowe | Danny Sjursen | Krystal Two Bulls

Lannan honors established and emerging writers of distinctive literary merit:

Evie Shockley: Literary Award for Poetry
Nick Estes: Literary Fellowship for Nonfiction
Caitriona Lally: Literary Fellowship for Fiction
Wayétu Moore: Literary Fellowship for Fiction

Lannan is a supporter of Michael Silverblatt’s long-running interview series on KCRW radio, Bookworm. In this interview, Michael speaks with poet Victoria Chang about her new book Obit, in which she deals with the grief of her mother's death by writing obituaries for the losses of many things in her life.

Follow this external link to listen to the full episode at KCRW and to read an excerpt from the book.

Photo by Margaret Molloy

Lannan has recently acquired the entire Relicarios collection from Erika Diettes of Bogotá, Colombia. Shown here are #54 and #43, from the series of 56.

Medium:
Mixed media with objects embedded in rubber tripolymer encased in a lighted Plexiglas urn

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Listen to Marfa Public Radio’s interview with poet Martha Collins, discussing Blue Front, White Papers and Admit One: An American Scrapbook — a trilogy of books in which Collins examines aspects of her family history as a lens into racism in America. (Interview begins at 30:00.)

Download a printable version of the Lannan 2019-20 Events Calendar: 

2019-20 Lannan Events Calendar (PDF)