Voices in Contemporary Art: Northern Lights
Thursday, July 31, 2025
7 pm - 8 pm EDT

Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944) Train Smoke, 1900. Oil on canvas. 33 1/8 x 43 3/8 in. (84 x 110 cm). Munchmuseet, Oslo. © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
FREE
Lipsey Auditorium, Knox Building
Join us for a conversation between Helga Christofferson, Curator-at-Large and Curator of the Nordic Art and Culture Initiative; Ulf Küster, Senior Curator, Fondation Beyeler; and Katerina Atanassova, Senior Curator of Canadian Art at the National Gallery of Canada, as they further illuminate the traditions of Nordic and Canadian landscape painting and discuss the Northern Lights exhibition’s creation and journey from Fondation Beyeler to the Buffalo AKG.
Accessibility
The Stanford and Judith Lipsey Auditorium is located on the second floor of the Knox Building and can be accessed by the elevator across from the Family Room. There is accessible seating along both sides of the Auditorium, as well as in the two back corners. Assistive Listening Devices and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing are available upon request. To schedule an ASL interpreter for an event, please submit a request at least two weeks in advance. The closest restrooms are on the first floor of the Knox Building in the same hallway as the Moog Inc. Visitor Services Desk.