This event is part of the New Work in the Arts and Humanities: Bodies of Knowledge series.

In conjunction with the opening of the exhibition Cy Twombly, Photographer, the celebrated American photographer Sally Mann will read from her acclaimed memoir, the New York Times bestseller Hold Still. Mann uses lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs to craft an original form of personal history. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann’s preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. In this reading, Mann explores her relationship with Cy Twombly and their shared romance with the American South, specifically their love for the landscapes of their hometown Lexington, Virginia. The reading will be followed by a conversation with curator Peter Benson Miller, Andrew Heiskell Arts Director at the American Academy in Rome.

The event will be held in English. You can watch it live at https://livestream.com/aarome

The exhibition is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 4:00 to 7:00pm until November 22, 2015. The exhibition Cy Twombly, Photographer will open the same evening from 6:00 to 9:00pm in the Gallery of the American Academy in Rome.

Collateral Events

20 November 2015
Nicholas Cullinan – Cy Twombly: Rewriting History
6:30pm, Lecture Room