About the Series
Since 2007, the Logan Lecture Series at the Denver Art Museum has presented talks by over 120 contemporary artists.
Tickets are discounted for members and free for Museum Friends and students with valid ID. Tickets for the first lectures of the season are available now.
2024-25 Lecture Series
Browse this season's upcoming lectures.
Jim Campbell, Home Movies. Image courtesy of the artist.
Logan Lecture: Jim Campbell
October 29, 2024 - 6 pm–7 pm
For the first lecture of the season, hear from artist Jim Campbell. Trained in mathematics and engineering, Campbell creates custom-built electronic sculptures and installations that have made him a pioneer of computer technology as an art form.
Dylan McLaughlin, untitled, 2024. Image courtesy of the artist.
Logan Lecture: Dylan McLaughlin
November 12, 2024 - 6 pm–7 pm
Sound and video artist Dylan McLaughlin (Diné) joins for a conversation about how his experimental music, improvisational performances, and multi-media installations examine the human impact on the environment.
Sonya Clark, Writer Type. Photo credit: Taylor Dabney.
Logan Lecture: Sonya Clark
December 10, 2024 - 6 pm–7 pm
Sonya Clark takes us behind the scenes into her practice of how she transforms everyday fiber materials—hair, flags, and found fabrics—into profound statements on race, culture, and class.
Candida Alvarez, Mostly Cloudy (detail), 2023. Acrylic, paint pen, pencil, golda mica flakes on linen; 84 x 72 in. Image courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery. Photo: Bob.
Logan Lecture: Candida Alvarez
February 11, 2025 - 6 pm–7 pm
The lecture series returns in 2025 with painter Candida Alvarez. She'll discuss how her "chatty abstractions" are born from close observations of her family—she grew up in a lively Puerto Rican household—and from her everyday experience.
Richard Misrach, Desert Fire #249, 1985. © Richard Misrach; Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York; Fraenkel, San Francisco; Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles.
Logan Lecture: Richard Misrach
March 11, 2025 - 6 pm–7 pm
For over 50 years, Richard Misrach has photographed the dynamic landscape of the American West. He'll discuss his decades of work in the region and his role in the resurgence of color photography and large-format images that are common practice today.
This is a joint lecture with the Photography department's Anderman Photography Lecture Series.
Stephen Prina, As He Remembered It, 2011, secession, Vienna, Austria.
Logan Lecture: Stephen Prina
April 8, 2025 - 6 pm–7 pm
Artist Stephen Prina has has moved nimbly between the disciplines of painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and music. He'll discuss his journey as an "art polymath" and his decades of work in a variety of artistic media.
Shiva Ahmadi, Felinity (detail), 2024. Watercolor on paper; 22 x 30 in. Image courtesy of the artist.
Logan Lecture: Shiva Ahmadi
May 6, 2025 - 6 pm–7 pm
In the final lecture of the season, Iranian-American artist Shiva Ahmadi joins to talk about the vibrant fantasy realms she conjures in her art. Her work is informed by current events in the Middle East and the US, and inspired by Iranian, Turkish, and Indian book and miniature painting traditions.
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Las cordilleras encontradas (The Found Mountain Ranges), 2021. Graphite pencil, watercolor, and wax on paper; 30 ½ x 73 ¾ x 3 ½ in. Denver Art Museum: Funds from the Contemporary Collectors’ Circle with additional support from Craig Ponzio; John & Sandy Fox; A. Barry & Arlene Hirschfeld; Baryn, Daniel, and Jonathan Futa; Byron Adinoff & Trish Holland; Ellen & Morris Susman; and Margaret & Glen Wood, 2022.128. © Sandra Vásquez de la Horra.
Past Lectures
Browse previous lectures and learn more about the participating artists.
Since 2007, the Logan Lecture Series at the Denver Art Museum has presented talks by over 120 contemporary artists. Organized by the Modern and Contemporary Art department, the series is made possible through the generous support of Vicki and Kent Logan.
