Talk Events
August 22, 2026 | 6 - 9 p.m.
On Art and Music: Element (Kendrick Lamar)
Go behind-the-scenes with a conversation discussing art and music, featuring a live beat breakdown with Kendrick Lamar’s hit collaborator Tane Runo and world renown painter Tariku Shiferaw. The two will analyze Shiferaw’s abstract painting, Element (Kendrick Lamar). The painting—on view in the High’s galleries—is directly inspired by Lamar’s discography, and Shiferaw’s practice connects abstract geometry with popular music culture.
September 5, 2026 | 2 - 3 p.m.
Behind the Scenes with Walter Wick, Artist and Author of I SPY! and Can You See What I See?
Go behind the scenes with artist Walter Wick, in conversation with organizing curator Andrew Westover. Together, the speakers will explore Wick’s creative process, which is on display in the exhibition I SPY! Walter Wick’s Hidden Wonders. From constructing intricate miniature scenes to experimenting with optical illusions, from transforming everyday objects to puzzles packed with whimsical surprises, learn how Wick’s world-famous books like I SPY! and Can You See What I See? were created.
