Hilton Als on Diane Arbus in Manhattan
Wed 3/4 • 7:30PM PST
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Co-presented with the UCLA Department of Art History as part of the 2025-26 UCLA Art Council Distinguished Scholar Lectureship in Art History
An exploration of the significance of Manhattan in Diane Arbus’ seminal work: In this lecture, the esteemed writer, curator, and critic Hilton Als talks not only about the artist's relationship to her place of origin in Manhattan, but how he himself and many other writers, ranging from Walt Whitman to Elizabeth Hardwick, have responded to the island as well. Through this attention to the city, Als opens up a new way of understanding Arbus’ interest in “difference,” seen as a kind of moniker or badge of being a Manhattanite—Arbus’ preferred citizenship.
Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/als-arbus