LEO VILLAREAL
Please join us in the West Room for a special evening with contemporary New York artist Leo Villareal, in support of his upcoming monograph with the Monacelli Press. He will be joined by curator Molly Donovan.
Using code, Leo Villareal programs abstract installations of light in space. His innovative practice explores the restrictions of grids, but also the poetry of chance and the unpredictability when different systems converge. The discussion will center around his extraordinary body of work that spans two decades, how light can define a sense of place, as well as Minimalism in the 21st Century.
Villareal’s iconic installations include Illuminated River (2019), which joins nine central-London bridges to illuminate the Thames with subtly shifting light patterns; The Bay Lights (2013), an unforgettable artwork on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, set to return in 2025; and Multiverse (2008), one of his earliest three-dimensional works, and a staple at the National Gallery of Art for more than 16 years.
Molly Donovan is a curator of contemporary art and the acting head of modern and contemporary art, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Most recently, she was the initiator and coordinating curator for The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans, curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.
The forthcoming monograph, Leo Villareal: Coding Light, features more than 30 works that range in scale – from exhibitions and immersive architectural commissions to urban-scale artworks. Books will be available for purchase.
Doors at 6:30pm. Beer and wine will be available.
The conversation will begin at 7:30pm.
- Admission is free. Please RSVP with the form.
- Please do not RSVP more than once.
- Only the first 175 guests will be admitted.
- Please enter at 10 Allen Street
For dinner or drinks afterward, please consider making a reservation at Corner Bar or Swan Room.
