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DTSTAMP:20231012T145635Z
DTSTART:20231026T170000Z
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SUMMARY:Sook-Kyung Lee | Pilkington Lecture
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DESCRIPTION:The Friends of the Whitworth are delighted to welcome Sook-Ky
 ung Lee as the 2023 Pilkington Lecturer.\n\nDr Sook-Kyung Lee\, Director
  of the Whitworth\, The University of Manchester\n\nThe title of this ye
 ar's lecture by Sook-Kyung Lee is:\n"soft and weak like water: on the po
 wer of art"\n\nPlease book by emailing the Friends of the Whitworth at: 
 info@friendsofthewhitworth.org.uk\nOr visit the Friends website for more
  event information:\nhttps://www.friendsofthewhitworth.org.uk/Event/Deta
 ils/4341\n\nAbout Sook-Kyung Lee\n\nDr Sook-Kyung Lee is the Director of
  the Whitworth at The University of Manchester\, UK. She was the Artisti
 c Director of the 14th Gwangju Biennale (2023)\, titled "soft and weak l
 ike water"\, which explored themes of resistance\, indigeneity\, decolon
 iality\, and ecology. Lee was the Senior Curator of international Art at
  Tate Modern\, working in exhibitions\, collection displays\, and acquis
 itions. She also headed a major multi-year research initiative ‘Hyundai 
 Tate Research Centre: Transnational’ at Tate Modern\, overseeing its str
 ategic vision and associated programming. Lee served as the Commissioner
  & Curator of the Korea Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale and is curr
 ently curating the Japan Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale\, represen
 ted by the artist Yuko Mohri.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Grand Hall\, The Whitworth\, Manchester
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