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SUMMARY:CIDRAL Public Lecture: Elisabeth Lebovici: ‘Precious Liquids’
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DESCRIPTION:This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 acad
 emic year\, 'Constraints of Creativity'.\n\nElisabeth Lebovici will be a
 t the University of Manchester for a two-day research event to mark the 
 publication of her new monograph\, Ce que le sida m’a fait — Art et acti
 visme à la fin du XXe siècle (JRP Ringier/ La maison rouge\, 2017):\n\n‘
 Precious Liquids’: A Public Lecture by Elisabeth Lebovici \n12 October\,
  5-7pm\nUniversity Place (6. 210)\n\nElisabeth Lebovici is a French art 
 historian\, critic and curator. As former chief editor of Beaux Arts mag
 azine and arts editor for Libération\, she has written extensively on mo
 dern and contemporary artists. Her influential blog ‘Le Beau Vice’ deals
  with contemporary art\, queer studies\, gender and sexuality in art\, a
 nd discusses current social and political events in France and beyond. I
 n addition to her many contributions to catalogues and studies on visual
  art\, she is the author of a monograph on Zoe Leonard and\, with Cather
 ine Bonnard\, of Femmes/artistes\, artistes femmes. Paris\, de 1880 à no
 s jours (Paris: Hazan\, 2007). She has curated several exhibitions\, inc
 luding ‘Beau comme un Camion’ for the European Lesbian and Gay Pride (Pa
 ris\, 1997) and ‘L’Argent’ for Plateau/FRAC in 2008. She has lectured at
  Sciences-Po Paris\, and leads a seminar at the EHESS entitled ‘Somethin
 g You Should Know: Artists and Producers’\, which she conceived with Han
 s-Ulrich Obrist. She is an active research member of the Centre audiovis
 uel Simone de Beauvoir. \n\nElisabeth Lebovici’s plenary lecture at the 
 University of Manchester will expand on ideas developed in her latest mo
 nograph\, Ce que le sida m’a fait — Art et Activisme à la fin du XXe siè
 cle [What AIDS Has Done to Me. Art and Activism at the End of the 20th c
 entury]\, in which the author draws jointly on her scholarship as an art
  historian and critic and on her personal experiences\, notably as a for
 mer member of ACT UP Paris\, to present new ways of thinking about conte
 mporary art\, and the relations between activism and artistic practices.
  \n\nThis event will be followed by a wine reception.\n\nThis two-day re
 search event is organised by Dr Léa Vuong\, in collaboration with The Un
 iversity of Manchester’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Arts a
 nd Languages (CIDRAL)\, with the support of The Leverhulme Trust\, Frenc
 h Studies and CIDRAL at The University of Manchester.
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LOCATION:6.210\, University Place\, Manchester
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