Catherine Opie (2021 Robert Mapplethorpe Resident in Photography) will discuss her work around community and home, as well as her recent road trip across the United States, with AAR President Mark Robbins (1997 Fellow). Focusing on the idea of a place as a portrait, she will also touch on her interests to explore the Vatican with her camera during her residency at the American Academy in Rome.

This Conversations/Conversazioni, to be presented on Zoom and held in English, is free and open to the public. The start time is 6:00pm Eastern Time (12:00 midnight Central European Time).

The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation is the 2020–21 season sponsor of Conversations/Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome.