Visual and Performance Artist Richard Lou

I Wanted to Be a Tank Commander, of All Things

Richard A. Lou is a visual and performance artist and professor of art at the University of Memphis. Before serving as a panelist for “What Kind of Monuments Do We Deserve?,” the second program in the Mellon Foundation-supported series “How Should Societies Remember Their Sins?,” he joined us in the green room to talk about hammerhead sharks, the monuments of his childhood, and the family history he’s turning into a graphic novel.

May 12, 2023

How I Learned to Be ‘Good With Kids’

An Editor of a Magazine by and for Children on What Their Work Has Taught Her About Parenting and Life

by Emma Winsor Wood | May 11, 2023

When I was a child, the border between the natural world and me was so thin it was transparent. I looked into my dog’s eyes and felt that I knew …

Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova

Never Forget the Ideals of Your Youth

April 28, 2023

Nadya Tolokonnikova is a conceptual artist and political activist from Russia. A founding member of the feminist group Pussy Riot, she is also the co-creator of the independent news service …

Artist Gelare Khoshgozaran

The Sun Is Alienating to Me

April 28, 2023

Gelare Khoshgozaran is an artist and writer whose work engages with the legacies of imperial violence manifested in war and militarization, borders, and archives. Before joining us for this week’s Zócalo/The …

Paul Taylor Dance Company’s Michael Novak

The Dancers in the Company Keep Me Going

April 28, 2023

Michael Novak is the artistic director of the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Before joining us for this week’s Zócalo/The Music Center conversation, “How Is Art A Weapon in War?,” presented …

Curator Khalil Kinsey

I’m a Fairfax Kid

April 28, 2023

Khalil Kinsey is the COO and chief curator of The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection and Foundation. Before joining the Zócalo/The Music Center program “How Is Art A …

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