ART AT A TIME LIKE THIS GOES LIVE! 

Always dedicated to the free exchange of ideas,  Art at a Time Like This invites leaders in the creative community to join us and have a public conversation.   Co-curators Anne Verhallen and Barbara Pollack kick off the dialogue with the chosen guest(s) on Zoom or in person events.

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On May 16th, 2023, Art at a Time Like This was honored to present a panel discussion about the digital exhibition, "Rupture: Interventions of Possibility," a collaboration with Jamaica Art Society. Moderated by Guggenheim curator Ashley James with participating JAS In Focus Fellows (from left) Gervais Marsh, Shoshanna Weinberger, ZInzi Minott, Zachary Fabri, Timothy Yannick Hunter and Petrina Dacresa, the discussion touched on the crucial innovations that art from Jamaica and the Jamaican diaspora bring to a global dialogue. Thanks to PUBLIC hotel for sponsoring the event. Videographer: Carlos Cardona

On December 3, 2022, Art at a Time Like This was hosted by Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) for a panel discussion with thought leaders and artists to discuss the impact of mass incarceration and inequalities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Participating voices include artists Russell Craig, Chire Regans and Reginald O’Neal, and Exchange for Change director Kathie Klarreich. The conversation was moderated by Barbara Pollack, co-founder and co-director of Art at a Time Like This. PAMM is the first museum to collaborate with Art at a Time Like This.

Art at a Time Like This organized a roundtable discussion in conjunction with the launch of “8x5”, a public art exhibition spread across 25 billboards located near courthouses and government offices in Miami to provoke dialogue about the U.S. criminal justice system. Participating voices include Desmond Meade, President of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition; Vivian Azalia, Program Director of the Dream Defenders and Miami-based artists Chire Regans aka VantaBlack, Reginald O’Neal, and Sherrill Roland. Barbara Pollack, co-founder and co-director of Art at a Time Like This, served as moderator.

On May 1, Feminist photographer Laurie Simmons and Bronx Museum curator Jasmine Wahi talk about the exhibition, Abortion is Normal, and their efforts to raise money for Planned Parenthood.

On April 24, Artist and activist Dread Scott talks about the impact of COVID-19 on the African American community, the inequalities in health care and the art world and his own political artistic practice.

On April 17,  Pulitzer Prize winning art critic Jerry Saltz joined us to talk about his new book,  How To Be An Artist. With a weekly column in New York magazine and over 400k Instagram followers,  Saltz generously shared his insights and his time with our audience.

On April 5, pioneer Feminist artist Judith Bernstein came on board to talk about the long road to success and her opinions of Donald Trump. She urged the audience to “buy art” as the most efficient way of helping artists and she should now, having worked for four decades before achieving recognition recently.

On March 31,  Anne Verhallen and Barbara Pollack joined ArtTable,  the leading organization for women in the art world, to talk about HOW CAN WE THINK OF ART AT A TIME LIKE THIS?  Hearing how we launched the website in two days, the audience had many questions that they might apply to their galleries.