Date and Time
- Thursday, Apr 2, 2026 6pm - 8pm
Location
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Details
Palestinian American artist and scholar Samia Halaby has been exploring the visual language of abstraction for over six decades. On the occasion of the presentation Samia Halaby: Kinetic Paintings in the museum’s Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Atrium, join the artist for a talk on her multifaceted career as a prolific painter and pioneer in digital art. Halaby will explore how abstraction continues to influence advancements in picture making. She will also reflect on the nature of abstract art, which as the artist sees it, is an illusion with multiple dimensions and can more accurately describe our reality than other pictorial forms. Following the talk, the artist will be joined by curator and writer Deena Chalabi for a conversation about Halaby’s early influences, artistic vision, and practice as a maker of pictures in various mediums.
