Contributing Members Luncheon and Tour: Pacita Abad
Mon May 22, 2023
Member Event
View of the exhibition A Million Things to Say, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), Manila, 2018. Image courtesy the Pacita Abad Art Estate. Photo: Pioneer Studios.
Join Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs Henriette Huldisch and Curatorial Fellow Matthew Villar Miranda for a private luncheon and daytime tour of Pacita Abad, the first-ever retrospective spanning the late artist’s 32-year career.
Available to Contributing members and special invited guests. $50 per person; tickets include both an exhibition tour and luncheon. Luncheon will be served at 12 noon, with tour options available at 11 am and 1 pm. Complimentary for Walker Legacy Circle members.
RSVP by May 15. Register online or by calling 612-375-7641. Learn more about Contributing member events and benefits at walkerart.org/membership.
Designer of the exhibition catalogue for Pacita Abad, Mỹ Linh Triệu Nguyễn explores how the artist's woven trapunto paintings, maximalism, and Philippine pre-colonial scripts influenced the creation of this unique book.
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) curator Clarissa M. Esguerra explores the global textile materials and techniques that Pacita Abad utilized to create her work 100 Years of Freedom: From Batanes to Jolo.
Discover the exuberant and wide-ranging works and life of Pacita Abad, an artist who refused to back down and spoke truth to power via unapologetic expression in artwork and style.
