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Public Art Fund Talks: Camille Henrot

Thursday, November 12
6:30-7:30pm
Cooper Union
Frederick P. Rose Auditorium
41 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10008
12 CamilleHenrot-5867

In this artist talk, artist Camille Henrot will discuss Dogs, her first solo public exhibition in New York City, currently on view at Doris C. Freedman Plaza. During her presentation, Henrot will speak about the ideas and process behind the exhibition, which brings together a group of new dog sculptures through which the artist explores questions of domestication, care, attachment, and social codes. Henrot will also touch on her wide-ranging practice across sculpture, painting, drawing, film, and installation, and her ongoing interest in the systems and conventions that structure how different species live together.

Attend in person at The Cooper Union’s Frederick P. Rose Auditorium. Registration is required, and capacity is limited. Seating is first come, first served, so please arrive early. Your registration does not guarantee a seat. Doors will close at 6:45pm.

Accessibility: Email Gabriela López Dena, Associate Curator of Public Practice, at glopez@publicartfund.org with questions and requests for accessibility. Please send any needs for services or accommodations to support your participation in this program, including ASL interpretations, hearing aids, and simultaneous translation, by October 29.

Image: 
Camille Henrot: Dogs
© ADAGP Camille Henrot. Courtesy of the artist, Mennour, Hauser & Wirth and Esther Schipper
Photo: Nicholas Knight, courtesy of Public Art Fund, NY.


About the Artist

Camille Henrot    View Profile

Camille Henrot (born 1978, France) is recognized as one of the most influential voices in contemporary art today. Over the past twenty years, she has developed a critically acclaimed practice, encompassing drawing, painting, sculpture, installation and film. Inspired by literature, second-hand marketplaces, poetry, cartoons, social media, self-help, and the banality of everyday life, Henrot’s works capture the complexity of living as both private individuals and global citizens in an increasingly connected and over-stimulated world.

In 2013, Henrot received widespread critical acclaim for her film “Grosse Fatigue”, made during a fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution and awarded the Silver Lion at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013.

Henrot is the recipient of the 2014 Nam June Paik Award and the 2015 Edvard Munch Award, and has participated in the Lyon, Berlin, Sydney and Liverpool Biennials, among others. Henrot has had numerous solo exhibitions worldwide, including the New Museum, New York; Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin; Art Sonje Center, Seoul; Fondazione Memmo, Rome; and Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan, among others. Her work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Guggenheim, the Centre Pompidou, and the National Gallery of Victoria, among others. 

In 2026, Henrot premieres her new film In The Veins at the New Museum, New York and LUMA, Arles. She also presents a solo exhibition at The Perimeter in London, and a major performative survey exhibition at Copenhagen Contemporary. Henrot’s first theatrical production Commedia dell’Arte will premiere at the Aspen Art Museum’s AIR Festival, a co-commission between Performa, Aspen Art Museum / Wheeler Opera House and LYRA Art Foundation.


About the Talks

Public Art Fund Talks, organized in collaboration with The Cooper Union, connect compelling contemporary artists to a broad public by establishing a dialogue about artistic practices and public art. The Talks series features internationally renowned artists who offer insights into artmaking and its personal, social, and cultural contexts. The core values of creative expression and democratic access to culture and learning shared by both Public Art Fund and The Cooper Union are embodied in this ongoing collaboration. In the spirit of accessibility to the broadest and most diverse public, the Talks are offered free of charge.


Location

Cooper Union
Frederick P. Rose Auditorium
41 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10008
Cooper Union
Frederick P. Rose Auditorium
41 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10008

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