Writers and Artists Respond
Gallery Talk Led by Orna Guralnik
Learn more about the relationship between art and psychoanalysis from Orna Guralnik, host of the hit television show Couples Therapy, during a walkthrough of the exhibition Joan Semmel: In the Flesh (on view through May 31, 2026). Guralnik, an expert on relationships and interpersonal connection, will reflect on Semmel’s groundbreaking “Erotic Series,” which depicts intimate scenes between couples in monumental scale.
Tickets: Free with Museum admission; advance RSVP required.
About the speaker:
Dr. Orna Guralnik is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and writer. She is faculty of NYU PostDoc and on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Her writing centers on the intersection of psychoanalysis, dissociation, and cultural studies. She co-founded the Center for the Study of Dissociation and Depersonalization at the Mount Sinai Medical School and is a graduate of Ferkauf’s graduate school of psychology and NYU PostDoc’s analytic program. She is the analyst and consulting producer of the Docu-series Couples Therapy, airing on Showtime/ Paramount+.
Orna Guralnik, PsyD in COUPLES THERAPY. Photo credit: Courtesy of SHOWTIME.
