Tuesday 13 December 2016

Tuesday Talk: Gilda Williams

12.30pm—2pm

Gilda Williams is an art critic and London correspondent for Artforum. She teaches at Goldsmiths College and Sotheby’s Institute of Art. As Commissioning Editor for Contemporary Art at Phaidon Press (1994-2005), during which time Phaidon published numerous Warhol titles including Warhol Catalogue Raisonne vol.s 1 and 2. Williams was responsible more than fifty books in the 'Contemporary Artists' series of monographs as well the Phaidon's 'cream' series and Salon to Biennale: Exhibitions that Made Art History. Her own publications include The Gothic (2007); the critically acclaimed How to Write About Contemporary Art (2014); and most recently the anthology ON&BY Andy Warhol (2016), an important critical contribution to the vast body of literature on the most influential artist of the 20th century, and the legacy of his life and work.

Free, no booking necessary.

The Tuesday Talks series are a collaboration between the Whitworth and Manchester School of Art.

The Tuesday Talks invite leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. They take place at the Whitworth Art Gallery in the Grand Hall.

Image: The Whitworth, The University of Manchester (Alan Williams)