Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitors Series: Dave Hickey January 28, 2010

Dave Hickey is a MacArthur fellow and one of America’s best known cultural critics. He has served as writer and/or editor for: Art in America, The Village Voice, Art Issues, Parkett, Context, The Rolling Stone, Art News, Artforum, Interview, Harpers Magazine, Vanity Fair, Nest, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Art Newspaper, among others. His books of critical essays include The Invisible Dragon: Four Essays on Beauty and Air Guitar: Essays on Art and Democracy. Hickey is currently working on an exhibition co-curated with Frank Gehry for the Guggenheim Bilbao and other venues. With support from the Program in the History of Art, UMMA, the Knight Wallace Fellows, and MOCAD.

Established with the generous support of alumna Penny W. Stamps, the Distinguished Visitors Program brings respected emerging and established artists/designers from a broad spectrum of media to the School to conduct a public lecture and engage with students, faculty, and the larger University and Ann Arbor communities. Additional support is provided by our media sponsor, Michigan Radio.

Unless otherwise noted, all programs take place on Thursdays at 5:10 pm at the historic Michigan Theater, located at 603 E. Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor, and are free of charge and open to the public.

Official Website: http://art-design.umich.edu/stamps/detail/dave_hickey