Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson of the Aspen Art Museum during her lecture in Toronto
In this lecture titled “Risk Taking and Contemporary Art”—viewable by clicking on the Video icon above—Aspen Art Museum CEO and director Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson discusses the need for curators to advocate for artists. She also presents various exhibitions she has curated during her career—to date, this amounts to more than 100 shows.
Zuckerman Jacobson delivered this talk on November 18, 2013, at the University of Toronto’s Hart House as part of the Canadian Art Foundation Anne Lind International Program. The Anne Lind International Program provides an opportunity for dialogue among noted international artists, curators and critics and their Canadian counterparts.
During her time in Canada as part of this program, Zuckerman Jacobson visited the studios of Luis Jacob, Daniel Borins and Jennifer Marman, and Ed Pien, as well as exhibitions at Mercer Union, the Power Plant and the Art Gallery of Ontario, among other activities.
Past participants in the Anne Lind International Program have included artists Diana Thater, Martin Kersels and Katy Schimert, as well as curators Eungie Joo (Instituto Inhotim), Peter Eleey (PS1), Jessica Morgan (Tate Modern) and Jens Hoffman (CCA Wattis Institute), among other international luminaries.
The program honours the life of Anne Lind, a former member of the Canadian Art Foundation board of directors and a devoted supporter of the visual arts. The Canadian Art Foundation thanks Jed Lind, Sarah Lind and Phil Lind for their continued support.
