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Fall 2024 Lambert Family Lecture and Photography Symposium

A closeup of a crowded theater where an audience looks attentively toward the stage, which is outside of the left frame of the photograph.
Explore contemporary photography and the work of Ming Smith and Rotimi Fani-Kayode.
Oct 24, 2024 – Oct 25, 2024

Free for everyone. See individual program pages below to reserve your free tickets.

Join curators, scholars, and featured artists for a discussion about identity, representation, and community in contemporary photography with two days of illuminating panel discussions, artist talks, and in-gallery conversations.

Hear from scholars and artists at the Lambert Photography Symposium on Thursday and Friday. At 6 PM on Thursday, renowned photographer Dawoud Bey joins Wexner Center for the Arts Executive Director Gaëtane Verna onstage for the Lambert Family Lecture, preceded by a reception. These landmark events continue the Lambert Family Lecture Series established in 2004 through Bill and Sheila Lambert’s generosity.

IMAGE CAPTION
Photo: Kathryn D Studios.

Collage image including a portrait of Dawoud Bey and two of his photographs. One shows two Black women in a church, the other is of a cabin behind a tree.
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In Conversation: Dawoud Bey and Gaëtane Verna Lambert Family Lecture 

Thu, Oct 24, 2024
Collage image of two black-and-white photographs, a multiple exposure portrait by Rotimi Fani-Kayode and a street view of a figure by Ming Smith.
Limited Seating Available
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Lambert Family Photography Symposium

Thu, Oct 24, 2024 - Fri, Oct 25, 2024
Multiple Dates/Times Available
View of 14 large-scale color photographs on a brown gallery wall. The images show young Black men wearing or interacting with plants, fruit, or shells.
past Exhibitions

Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Tranquility of Communion

Sun, Sep 22, 2024 - Sun, Jan 5, 2025
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Ming Smith wears a red dress with black stitching and stands, smiling in a long narrow gallery featuring her photographs on the walls.
past Exhibitions

Ming Smith: Wind Chime

Sun, Sep 22, 2024 - Sun, Jan 5, 2025
Multiple Dates/Times Available

Made possible by generous support from the Lambert Family Lecture Series Endowment Fund, which promotes dialogue about global issues in art and contemporary culture.