Please join Los Angeles-based artist Ben Wolf Noam and renowned curator Martha Kirszenbaum for a conversation on the occasion of Ben Wolf Noam's solo exhibition at The Pit Palm Springs.
Kirszenbaum is the Curator of the French Pavilion of the 58th Venice Biennale represented by Laure Prouvost. She founded and directed Fahrenheit, an exhibition space and residency program in Los Angeles (2014-17).
Ben Wolf Noam was born in Cambridge, MA, in 1987, and received a B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design in 2009. He has exhibited throughout America, Europe and the Middle East. Exhibitions include The Breeder Gallery (Athens) Mascota Gallery(Mexico City), Suzanne Geiss Co. (New York), Museo di Capodimonte (Naples, Italy), SADE Gallery (Los Angeles), Metropolitan Art Society/Aishti Foundation (Beirut, Lebanon) and others. He has had performances commissioned by Night Gallery and PS1 MoMA.
Martha Kirszenbaum is an independent curator and writer based in Paris. She graduated from Sciences Po in Paris and Columbia University in New York.
Kirszenbaum was the curator of the French Pavilion of the 58th Venice Biennale, represented by Laure Prouvost. Previously, she was the founding director and curator of Fahrenheit in Los Angeles, and has held positions at MoMA, New Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou, Belvedere Museum and the Kunsthalle Mulhouse. She has contributed to numerous publications and books, and taught curatorial practice in France and the United States.
Booking is required as capacity is limited
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Masks will be required while inside the gallery following the City of Palm Springs's masking requirements.