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Focusing on their potential as instruments for social change, Professor Becker will discuss the relationship between the disciplines of art and design, from their independent intrinsic values to their shared interest in sustainability, the urgencies of the planet and other pressing contemporary issues. Becker is the dean of the School of the Arts at Columbia University and the author of several books, including Surpassing the Spectacle: Global Transformations and the Changing Politics of Art (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002), and the forthcoming collection of essays Thinking in Place: Art, Action, and Cultural Production. Presented by the MFA Art Criticism and Writing Department.

209 East 23 Street, 3rd–floor amphitheater Free and open to the public