ANNOUNCING INAUGURAL TALKS, SCREENINGS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS FOR INDEPENDENT 2024

Independent New York is pleased to announce its inaugural live program of talks and film screenings as part of the 15th anniversary edition of the fair, which returns this May 9-12 at Spring Studios in Tribeca. The program features dynamic and thought-provoking discussions with distinguished speakers, notably the former co-chief art critic of The New York Times, Roberta Smith, who will participate in a special in-conversation event with Independent’s founding curatorial advisor Matthew Higgs. On May 10, the fair will host Dangerous Art, Endangered Artists, a day-long symposium addressing the global rise in censorship in collaboration with Art at a Time Like This and Artists at Risk Connection, the co-organizers of a year-long campaign for artistic free expression. Independent also hosts a dedicated film showcase throughout the fair’s duration in partnership with The Filmmakers’ Cooperative, the first artist-run non-profit organization devoted to the dissemination of experimental film and media art.