Talks & Performances

Dialogue and Discourse: Joan Semmel in Conversation

Dec. 11, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Scheuer Auditorium

The Mildred and George Weissman Program

Enjoy a conversation with artist Joan Semmel and Barnett & Annalee Newman Curator of Contemporary Art Rebecca Shaykin on the occasion of the exhibition opening for Joan Semmel: In the Flesh. Semmel, a defining force of feminist art, has mined the Jewish Museum’s collection to present a series of works by other artists in dialogue with her own.

Tickets: $24 General; $16 Students and Seniors; Free for Jewish Museum Members.

Doors open at 6 pm; Includes Museum Admission.

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The Mildred and George Weissman Program has been endowed by Paul, Ellen, and Dan Weissman in honor of their parents.

 

 

Dialogue and Discourse: Joan Semmel in Conversation

Joan Semmel, "Purple Diagonal," 1980, oil on canvas, 79 ½ × 105 ¾ × 2 ½ in. (201.93 × 268.6 × 6.35 cm). Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art Fund, 2017.10 © 2025 Joan Semmel / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York