In conjunction with the “Art and Ideology” exhibition, The
New Museum and The Studio Museum in Harlem jointly
presented a panel discussion on the impact of current political ideas and activities on the arts. Made possible through the
generosity of the Alverlist Lecture Fund, the panel included
speakers Benjamin HO Buchloh, critic and instructor
of art history at SUNY, Westbury; Jayne Cortez,
poet and writer; moderator Lucy R. Lippard, art historian
and critic; Nancy Spero, artist; and Dr. James
Turner, Director of Africana Studies and Research Center
at Cornell University.“