Patti Smith Presents a Talk Entitled "On Photography" to Open Patti Smith: A Donation to NOMA

Patti Smith Presents a Talk Entitled 
"On Photography" to Open Patti Smith: A Donation to NOMA

DATE: Thursday, April 22

TIME: 6 p.m.

LOCATION: Stern Auditorium
 * FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC*

On Thursday, April 22nd, artist and musician
Patti Smith will present a free talk at NOMA entitled
"On Photography" at 6:00 pm in the Museum's Stern Auditorium.
Her talk will accompany the opening of an exhibition of 45 photographs
by Smith, donated by the artist to NOMA in 2009 and 2010. She will publicly address her relationship to photography, both in terms of her own photographic work and the history of the medium itself.
Patti Smith: A Donation to NOMAconsists of 45 silver prints made from negatives produced by the artist's antique Polaroid Land 250 camera. These prints will be augmented by a few original, but unique, Polaroid photographs, which are also part of Smith's generous donation to our museum.
Patti Smith: A Donation to NOMA will be on view in the 2nd floor Contemporary Art Galleries from April 22 until July 3.