Artist Talk at MassArt
Continuing the Fall 2022 Photography Lecture Series, the MassArt Graduate Programs and the department of Photography are pleased to welcome Gillian Laub. Please join us in the MassArt Tower Auditorium at 2pm EST on Tuesday, October 25.
All MassArt Photography lectures are free and open to the public. Please note that all lectures will take place at 2PM in the Tower Auditorium for the Fall 2022 semester.
Members Opening Celebration for Gillian Laub: Family Matters
Join The CJM to celebrate the opening of the highly-anticipated exhibition Gillian Laub: Family Matters with an exclusive viewing of the exhibition and artist talk. At this special preview, Members will hear from artist Gillian Laub and see the exhibition before it opens to the public. Be the first to experience Laub’s humorous, intimate, and poignant photographs of her family. The exhibition explores the complexities of familial bonds, against the backdrop of both a pandemic and a deeply conflicted nation, as the artist and her parents navigate their differences and reflect on what ultimately holds them together.
Members at all levels are invited to attend the celebration. Space is limited; advanced RSVP is required.
ADMISSION: Free and open to Members; kindly RSVP by October 10
RSVP: https://www.thecjm.org/programs/1110
"Family Matters" at Photolux 2022
“From family portraits that give back an image of the society in which they were taken, to the romantic stories that have characterized every era – sometimes revealing its contradictions as well -, love has accompanied photography in its rapid and tumultuous development. And while photography changed, our way of telling and experiencing Love has also changed: in fact, visual language has increasingly become one of the ways in which we communicate and establish relationships with others and with ourselves. In everyday life, photography teaches us to love ourselves, to lose ourselves and to forget ourselves; in a nutshell, it guides us in expressing our feelings without expecting to define them or label them.
The selection of authors in the 2022 edition of Photolux Festival presents the multiplicity of possible approaches – some new and contemporary, others more classic and traditional – to the theme of love, which translate into unique and different stories and encounters, where we all can find a little bit of ourselves. With the exhibition proposal of “You can call it Love” we thought of photography no longer as a mirror or as a window – citing Szarkowski’s historical distinction -, but as an x-ray machine, capable of seeing through us and giving voice to some sensations, desires, emotions that we don’t even know we have.”
More info: http://www.photoluxfestival.it/en/edizione-2022-you-can-call-it-love/
"Family Matters" at Fotografihuset, Oslo
For the past twenty years, Gillian Laub has used her camera to document the emotional and political landscape of her own New York family. Family Matters explores Laub's growing discomfort in the face of the family's extravagant way of life and worries about privileges and family ties - an unrest that is further exacerbated when one day Gillian and her parents find themselves on opposite sides of the most divisive political campaign and subsequent presidency in recent American history. As the sharp political divide manifests between the family's two wings of Trump's supporters and opponents, Laub's family emerges as a metaphor for a nation still struggling with polarizing political realities. Ultimately, Family Matters is also a celebration of unwavering family love in the face of divisive rhetoric.
Family Matters was published on Aperture in 2021, one of the world's leading and most prestigious publishing houses for photography. The project has received extensive press coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post and Time Magazine, among others, and was recently shown at the International Center of Photography in New York. This is her first exhibition in Norway.
Catchlight Visual Storytelling Summit: Healing the Trust Crisis
Join CatchLight for two immersive days of conversation, inspiration and community with some of the leading voices in visual storytelling. Take a deeper dive into the work of CatchLight Global and Local Fellows. Hear from artists, founders, technologists and innovative creatives working at the nexus of art, media, journalism, technology and social impact. Connect with the work of these innovators at the newly-unveiled ICA San Francisco, or from anywhere globally through our Summit livestream, which will go live here on April 19. Recordings of each discussion will be recorded and available for viewing after the Summit.
Gillian Laub will be presenting “Family Matters: Healing the Divide”, as one of the Catchlight program’s highlights. Gillian uses the camera to investigate how society’s most complex questions are often writ large in our most intimate relationships. In her recent monograph Family Matters, published by Aperture, she documents her experience finding her parents and herself on opposing sides of the political divide. Aperture books will be available for purchase at the summit.
Due to COVID restrictions, the in-person component of our Summit is at capacity. Please join us online for the livestream.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/catchlight-visual-storytelling-summit-healing-the-trust-crisis-livestream-registration-292958365357
Sunday of Strong Women 2022
Hear the voices of three strong women with unique ideas to share. Audacious and tenacious, these women will engage, enlighten, and entertain.
Sunday, March 20, 10:30-1:30 pm, $40/$48 (includes lunch)
Full vaccination required. Participants will need to be masked when not eating. Seating will allow for distancing.
Books available for purchase and signing.
Event Sponsors: Kim & Marc Harrison and Lisa Beth & Greg Meisel.
Supported in part by the James H. Grossmann Memorial Jewish Book Endowment Fund.
Register here: https://my.jccotp.org/s/registrations
FAMILY | POLITICS | ART: A Conversation About Division and Healing with Photographer Gillian Laub
Join CANVAS this week for a special session of Matters of the Art, this Thursday at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT, 19:00 IL) with photographer Gillian Laub.
At this week's session, Gillian will talk about her recent book "Family Matters," one of the most bracing and important photo memoirs of the decade. It’s a deeply personal work that chronicles 20 years in the artist’s family — their distinctly Jewish sensibilities, their successful rise in business, and the profound rifts that tore them apart during the Trump years. The work has won universal acclaim, has been featured as an exhibition at the International Center of Photography, in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and in CANVAS's newsletter, CANVAS Compendium.
La Luz Workshop, Talking Photography: Sasha Woolf in conversation with Gillian Laub
In this 7-week Lecture Series, Sasha Wolf will be in conversation with some of contemporary photography’s leading artists as they share about their artistic journey. Topics we will cover include: project development, their creative process, significant milestones in their careers, the role of exhibitions and photobooks, among others.
Sasha Wolf brings a variety of expert approaches to photography, from management of the Sasha Wolf Projects, to artist representation, to book editor and consultant, to a range of print and film projects. She is the author of PhotoWork: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice, published by Aperture in 2019, and hosts an accompanying podcast where she discusses the most contemporary topics in the field with a wide range of artists.
Untitled Art Fair: 'Family Matters' Book Signing
Untitled Art Miami; Ocean Drive and 12th Street Miami Beach, FL
Tuesday, November 30 – Saturday, December 4
Join Aperture at Booth C61 at 2PM on December 4th for a book signing event with Gillian Laub.
Untitled Art is an innovative and inclusive platform for discovering contemporary art. It balances intellectual integrity with cutting-edge experimentation, refreshing the standard fair model by embracing a unique curatorial approach.
More info on the event can be found at: https://untitledartfairs.com/
Behind the Photobooks—Diana Markosian and Gillian Laub
Join photographers Diana Markosian and Gillian Laub for a discussion on their recent publications, Diana Markosian: Santa Barbara and Gillian Laub: Family Matters with Aperture creative director Lesley Martin.
Reserve the books Diana Markosian: Santa Barbara ($65.00) and Gillian Laub: Family Matters ($50), both published by Aperture through ICP’s shop.
Register here: https://www.icp.org/events/behind-the-photobooks%E2%80%94diana-markosian-and-gillian-laub
Paris Photo - “Family Matters" book signing
Grand Palais Éphémère; Av. Pierre Loti, 75007 Paris, France
Please find Booth SE10 on Saturday November 13 at Paris Photo to purchase a signed copy of Gillian Laub’s Family Matters!
More information about exhibitors and events can be found here: https://www.parisphoto.com/en-gb/fair/about.html
"Family Matters" Walkthrough at ICP with Jacoba Urist
Join Cultured Magazine’s contributing editor, Jacoba Urist via Instagram Live on November 9th at 2pm for a walkthrough of Gillian Laub’s Family Matters at the International Center of Photography.
Gillian Laub in Conversation with Ilana Glazer
Creator House; 35 E 21st St, New York, NY 10010
Aperture invites you to join photographer and filmmaker Gillian Laub in conversation with actress and comedian Ilana Glazer, co-creator of Broad City, to celebrate Gillian’s new book, Family Matters.
All guests must provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination and appropriate ID matching the name on your documentation.
Gillian Laub and Dr. Orna Guralnik on “Family Matters”
International Center of Photography; 79 Essex Street, New York NY
Reserve your ticket for in-person seating ($5, limited available) or Live Online Viewing (Free with suggested donation.)
Held in partnership with Reboot, join ICP for a conversation between Gillian Laub and psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik, therapist of the Showtime critically acclaimed series Couples Therapy. They will examine the vulnerability, vitriol, pain, humor and love that Laub explores and shares in her ICP exhibition Family Matters on view through January 10, 2022 and in her deeply personal monograph Family Matters (Aperture, October 2021.) Held in gallery at ICP’s Lower East Side center against the backdrop of Laub’s exhibition, Laub and Dr. Guralnik will explore the edges of love and tolerance, family, privilege, wealth and mortality.
Benefactor Circle: Gillian Laub Exhibition Tour
International Center of Photography; 79 Essex St, New York, NY 10002
Aperture Benefactor Circle Members and above are invited to a walkthrough with artist Gillian Laub of her exhibition Family Matters at the International Center of Photography. Event will be followed by a luncheon.
Aperture is pleased to present Laub’s new monograph, Family Matters, and limited-edition print Grandma grabbing Grandpa’s tush, 2000.
Eligible members will receive email invitations directly. Not an Aperture Member? Please join us at the Benefactor level or above to attend this event. See here or email nschwartz@aperture.org for details.
Gillian Laub in Conversation with Mira Jacob
A conversation between photographer and filmmaker Gillian Laub and Mira Jacob, author of Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, to celebrate Gillian’s new book, Family Matters. The conversation will be moderated by Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo, the duo behind the “A Thing or Two” podcast and newsletter.
Family Matters opening at ICP
“A new exhibition this fall at the International Center of Photography (ICP) offers renowned New York-based photographer Gillian Laub’s picture of an American family saga that feels both anguished and hopeful. Gillian Laub: Family Matters balances empathy with critical perspective, humor with horror, the closeness of family with the distance of the artist. The exhibition is curated by David Campany, ICP’s Managing Director of Programs, and coincides with the publication of a companion book by Aperture.” — ICP
The exhibition is in the museum’s new building at 79 Essex Street in New York. The fall/winter season at ICP also will feature the exhibitions Diana Markosian: Santa Barbara and INWARD: Reflections on Interiority.