Nasher Prize Month: celebrating the work of 2017 Laureate Pierre Huyghe

March 2017

Nasher Sculpture Center
2001 Flora Street
Dallas, Texas 75201

nashersculpturecenter.org

March 14–19, 11am–5pm
Spring Break Week at the Nasher
Nasher Sculpture Center
Enjoy a week of free programming at the Nasher for the whole family. Investigate big ideas in Pierre Huyghe’s work through tours, games, stories, and hands-on projects. Participate in scavenger hunts, drop-in art-making, and gallery chats (Tuesday–Friday), and pick up print resources for families and adults. Free admission.

March 16, 7pm
Nasher Prize Dialogues: The Public Place of Sculpture
Museo Jumex, Mexico City
This program in Mexico City will be focused on socially engaged sculpture in various modes, from social practice outright to objects that employ with themes of monument and document. The panel will include Mexican artist Pedro Reyes and Argentinian artist Amalia Pica, and American artist Sanford Biggers. It will be moderated by Nasher Prize juror Pablo León de la Barra.

Watch the live broadcast on Facebook at 7pm CST and follow the conversation on Twitter @nashersculpture. Free with RSVP.

March 26
Student-Centered Festival
Nasher Sculpture Center
Students from around the world are invited to submit artistic work inspired by Pierre Huyghe for publication in a limited-run ‘zine. To celebrate the launch of this project, the Nasher will host a festival offering students ages 14 to 22 the opportunity to see works by Pierre Huyghe as well as collaborate with artists and present their own original work. Free with RSVP

March 30, 10am–4pm
Nasher Prize Dialogues: Graduate Symposium
Nasher Sculpture Center
Offering students a chance to use Pierre Huyghe’s oeuvre as inspiration for their own scholarly and creative work, the Nasher’s first-ever graduate symposium will include presentations by students from Berlin, Leeds, London, Melbourne, and San Diego. The symposium will be moderated by Pavel Pyś, Curator of Visual Art at the Walker Art Center. The keynote presentation will be given by French art historian Nicolas Bourriaud at 3pm. Free with RSVP

March 31, 10:30am
Nasher Prize Dialogues: Juror Conversation
Nasher Sculpture Center
Members of the 2017 Nasher Prize jury along with the Nasher’s Chief Curator, Jed Morse, describe the process leading up to the selection of Pierre Huyghe and what made him stand out as this year’s laureate. Moderated by Dallas Museum of Art’s Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Gavin Delahunty.  Participating 2017 Nasher Prize Jurors include Lynne Cooke, Senior Curator, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Okwui Enwezor, Director, Haus Der Kunst, Germany; and Steven Nash, Founding Director, Nasher Sculpture Center and Director Emeritus, Palm Springs Art Museum. Free with RSVP

March 31, 2pm
Nasher Prize Dialogues: A Conversation with Pierre Huyghe
Montgomery Arts Theater, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas
Nasher Prize Juror and Senior Curator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Lynne Cooke speaks with 2017 Laureate Pierre Huyghe about his artistic philosophy and practice. Free with RSVP

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the Presenting Sponsor of Nasher Prize. The Eugene McDermott Foundation and Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger are the Founding Partners. Nancy C. and Richard R. Rogers are the Laureate Sponsor. The Dallas Foundation is the Presenting Sponsor of Nasher Prize Month, with additional support generously provided by The Donna Wilhelm Family Fund. The Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation is the Arts Youth Education Sponsor of Celebration Month. Sotheby’s is the Juror Conversation Sponsor.