Cécile Fromont Lambert Family Lecture
Join acclaimed art historian Cécile Fromont for a lecture exploring the intersection of artistic creation and scholarship.
Free for all audiences with ticket
Admission is first come, first served
Live captioning (CART) and ASL interpretation will be provided for this event. It will be recorded and made available with closed captions and a transcript on this page for future viewing.
Film/Video Theater
Cécile Fromont specializes in the visual, material, and religious cultures of Africa, Latin America, and Europe between 1500 and 1800. In this free talk, she offers powerful perspectives on how research shapes contemporary art and how exhibitions can tell complex, cross-cultural stories. You’ll be invited to consider how global histories can be reframed and made newly meaningful.
Fromont will reflect on her collaborations with artists in which the boundaries between scholar and artist blur. These include projects with Sammy Baloji and Gloria Cabral on view this fall as part of Baloji’s exhibition. Fromont’s research on early modern Atlantic World connections and the movement of people, objects, and beliefs—often under conditions of violence—contributes directly to the creative process. The resulting artworks highlight the ways African expressive and spiritual cultures shaped artistic life across continents and into the present.
A public reception with light hors d’oeuvres follows the lecture.