Past Lecture Speakers
2024
- Arlene Dávila
2023
- Chitra Ganesh
2022
- Mel Chin
2021
- Leonardo Drew
2020
- Holland Cotter
- Deborah Willis
2019
- Valerie Steele
- Willie Cole
2018
- Alanna Heiss
- Barry Bergdoll
2017
- Jock Reynolds
- Johnnetta Betsch Cole
2016
- Laurie Anderson
2015
- Melissa Chiu
- Kenneth Silver
2014
- Carmen Ramos
- Cyma Rubin
- Richard Kurin
2013
- Kevin Gover
- Robert Wittman
- Manuel Mendive
2012
- Juan Manuel Echavarría
- Ursula von Rydingsvard
2011
- Christo
- Richard Kurin
- Claude Viallat
2010
- Olga Viso
- Wayne Clough
2009
- Virginia Mecklenburg
- Robert Storr
- Ann Hamilton
- Robert Thurman
2008
- Lance Fung
- David Adjaye
- Roberto Adanto
2007
- Maya Lin
- Marina Abramovic
- Meryle Secrest
- Elizabeth A. Sackler
2006
- Glenn Lowry
- Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swann
- Camille Paglia
- Coco Fusco
2005
- Mark Klett
- Philippe de Montebello
- Carlos Fuentes
- Guillermo Gomez Pena
2004
- Abelardo Morell
- Terry Gross
- Geoffrey Holder
- Cheech Marin
2003
- Oscar Hijuelos
- Dave Hickey
- Marcia Tucker
- Robert Hughes
2002
- Pierre Rosenberg
- Julia Platt Herzberg
- Harald Szeemann
- Neal Benezra
2001
- Lawrence Small
- Arlo Guthrie
- Tomas Ybara-Frausto
2000
- Elizabeth Broun
- Barbara Haskell
- Maxwell Anderson
- Arnold Lehman
1999
- Keith Davis
- Robert Farris Thompson
- Susan Stamberg
- Michael Brenson
1998
- Robert Hughes
- Glenn Lowry
- Francoise Gilot
- Art Spiegelman
1997
- David Levy
- Edward Sullivan
- Thomas Hoving
- Sam Hunter
1996
- Anne D’ Harnoncourt
- William Lieberman
- Irving Sandler
- George Segal
1995
- Alex Katz
- Phyllis Tuchman
- Robert Indiana
1994
- William Agee
- James Rosenquist
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- Lowery Stokes Sims
1993
- Robert Buck
- Vicki Goldberg
- Michael Kimmelman
- Hilton Kramer
1992
- Helen Frankenthaler
- David Ross
- Kirk Varnedoe
- Deborah Wye
- Marc Zuver & Ricardo Viera
1991
- Michael Brenson
- John Richardson
- Richard Serra
- Patterson Sims
1990
- Thomas Armstrong III
- Lucinda Barnes
- Frank Stella
1989
- Philippe de Montebello
- Carlos Fuentes
- Grace Glueck
1988
- Peter Selz
- Hilton Kramer
- Robert Hughes
1987
- Judith Crist
- Douglas Davis
- Robert Irwin
- Frank Schulze
- Robert Storr
1986
- Dennis Adrian
- Dore Ashton
- Peter Eisenman
- Jonathan Miller
- Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Vanbruggen
1985
- Tod Papageorge
- Robert Pincus-Witten
- Roberta Smith
- Susan Sontag
- Mark Stevens
1984
- Rosamond Bernier
- Carter Ratcliff
- John Simon
- Tom Wolfe
1983
- John Cage
- John Canaday
- Paul Goldberger
- Michael Graves
- Linda Nochlin
1982
- Germaine Greer
- Robert Hughes
- Peter Plagens
- John Szarkowski
1981
- Lawrence Alloway
- Hilton Kramer
- Barbara Rose
- Marcia Tucker