Logan Lecture Series History

Browse previous lectures and learn more about the participating artists.
Shantell Martin in front of a wall with her signature drawings of the words You are you are you you

Previous Logan Lecture Series History

2007 Lecture Series:

  • Ed Ruscha, January 18
  • Eric Fischl, February 15
  • Betty Woodman, March 15
  • Fang Lijun, April 19
  • Enrique Martinez Celaya, May 17
  • Jennifer Steinkamp, July 19
  • Neo Rauch, September 20
  • George Condo, October 19
  • Matthew Ritchie, November 15
  • Gottfriend Helnwein, December 13

2008 Lecture Series:

  • Katharina Grosse, April 10
  • Shinique Smith, May 1
  • Bjorn Melhus, May 22
  • Jessica Stockholder, June 19
  • Daniel Richter, September 4
  • Candice Breitz, September 18
  • Dasha Shishkin, October 2
  • Matthew Brannon, October 16
  • Jonas Burgert, November 22

2009 Lecture Series:

  • Rachel Lachowitz, February 18
  • Fred Wilson, March 18
  • Wes Hempel, April 15
  • Sandy Skoglund, May 20
  • Beverly Semmes, June 17
  • Richard Patterson, September 16
  • Nicole Eisenman, September 30
  • Kim Dingle, October 21
  • Floyd Tunson, November 18
  • John De Andrea, December 17

2010 Lecture Series:

  • Rick Dula, January 20
  • Tobias Rehberger, February 17
  • Rupprecht Matthies, March 17
  • Nicola Lopez, April 21
  • John McEnroe, May 19
  • Lawrence Weiner, June 23
  • Marc Brandenburg, Sept 15
  • Mark Amerika, October 20
  • Richard Phillips, November 17

2011 Lecture Series:

  • Clare Twomey, January 19
  • Steina Vasulka, February 16
  • Charles Sandison, March 16
  • Alan Rath, April 20
  • Stacey Steers, May 18
  • Neil Forrest, June 8
  • Zhang, October 5
  • Liu Xiaodong, September 21
  • Sui Jianguo, November 16
  • Zhong Biao, December 7

2012 Lecture Series:

  • Martha Daniels, January 18
  • Tucker Nichols, February 22
  • Richard Tuttle, March 21
  • Lawrence Argent, April 18
  • Nick Cave, May 9
  • El Anatsui, September 5
  • Lucas Reiner, October 3
  • Larry Bell, October 24
  • Dana Schutz, November 7
  • Bill Amundson, November 28

2013 Lecture Series:

  • Leonardo Drew, February 27
  • Alfredo Jaar – March 8th
  • Patricia Piccinini, April 10
  • Dinh Q. Lê, May 15
  • Halim al-Karim, September 25
  • Kent Monkman, October 16
  • Lin Tianmiao, October 23
  • Margarita Cabrera, November 13
  • Ernesto Neto, December 11

2014 Lecture Series:

  • Oliver Herring, March 26
  • Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, April 9
  • Brad Kahlhamer, May 21
  • Masami Teraoka, September 3
  • Jack Balas, October 8
  • Bud Shark, October 22
  • Judy Pfaff, November 5

2015 Lecture Series:

  • Yumi Roth, February 13
  • Jim Green, March 11
  • Ben Jackel, April 8
  • Robert Irwin, April 29
  • Virgil Ortiz, May 13
  • Scott Hocking, October 14
  • Trenton Doyle Hancock, October 28
  • Petah Coyne, November 4
  • Beverly Fishman, November 18

2016 Lecture Series:

  • Hung Liu, January 13
  • Leonardo Drew, February 1
  • Mickalene Thomas, March 9
  • Jovan Villalba, April 13
  • Carroll Dunham, May 17

2017 Lecture Series:

  • John Jota Leanos, January 11
  • Melanie Smith, January 25
  • Mi Tierra, Here and There, April 19
  • Ana Teresa Fernández, May 3rd
  • Intersection of Art/Design/Fashion, May 24
  • Coco Fusco, September 15
  • Enrique Martínez Celaya, September 27
  • Chido Johnson, November 1
  • Xie Xiaoze, November 29

2018 Lecture Series:

  • Shantell Martin, January 17
  • Devon Dikeou, April 4
  • Phillip K. Smith, III, May 15
  • Matthew Barney, May 24
  • Julie Buffalohead, September 26
  • Erika Harrsch, October 3
  • Shimabuku, October 24

2019 Lecture Series:

  • Jordan Casteel, January 23
  • Tenzing Rigdol, February 28
  • Simphiwe Ndzube, March 14
  • Fred Wilson, April 30
  • Jonathan Saiz, September 11
  • Suchitra Mattai, October 7
  • Anthony McCall, November 21

2020 Virtual Lecture Series:

  • Senga Nengudi, April 22
  • We Have Always Had a Voice featuring Fred Wilson, Raul de Nieves, and Andrea Carlson, and moderated by Assistant Curator, Native Arts, Dakota Hoska, August 22
  • Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena, November 17

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.