Artist Rashid Johnson and Chief Curator Andrea Karnes in Conversation

The Exhibition Lecture Series is a dynamic new program featuring curators and artists from the Modern’s special exhibitions and permanent collection. This series provides a rare opportunity to explore the creative processes, curatorial strategies, and artistic visions that shape modern and contemporary art. 

This series is a free program open to the public. Seating begins at 5:45 pm. Please check back for ticket information.

Jimpa

Directed by Sophie Hyde
PG-13; 125 minutes

“Led by layered performances from Olivia Colman and John Lithgow, Hyde’s fifth feature is an affectionate, perceptive observation about the quiet difficulties of family, even if the picture overstays its welcome.” —Tim Grierson, Screen International

A Private Life

Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
R; 105 minutes; French with English subtitles

“There’s a deliciously overripe, almost campy quality to much of A Private Life that’s expertly balanced by the intense focus of [Jodie] Foster’s performance.” —Peter Debruge, Variety

A mix of black comedy and mystery thriller, A Private Life depicts renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster) as she mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered.

Dead Man’s Wire

Directed by Gus Van Sant
R; 105 minutes

“With terrific chutzpah, black-comic flair and cool, cruel unsentimentality, screenwriter Austin Kolodney and director Gus Van Sant have made a true-crime suspense thriller...tapping into the spirit of both Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon and Network.” —Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

H is for Hawk

Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe
PG-13; 115 minutes

“[Claire] Foy is terrific in a film which balances bruising candour about mental health issues against arresting wildlife photography and a fervent appreciation of the natural world.” —Wendy Ide, Screen International

The Choral

Directed by Nicholas Hytner
R; 113 minutes

"A quiet and consistent pleasure: an unsentimental but deeply felt drama which subcontracts actual passion to the music of Elgar and leaves us with a heartbeat of wit, poignancy and common sense.” —Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

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