Lorraine O’Grady

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Westbeth Icon evening on Feb 27, 2025 celebrated the life and work of Lorraine O’Grady with a recently filmed interview and speeches by friends and colleagues.

“Lorraine O’Grady (1934 – 2024) was a concept-based artist and cultural critic widely regarded as a leading intellectual voice of her generation. Working across media and disciplines––including writing, photography, performance, curating, installation, and video––O’Grady challenged artistic and cultural conventions through her incisive critique of the binary logic inherent in Western thought.

Westbeth’s programming is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State. Westbeth is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.