R. O. Kwon is the author of the nationally bestselling novel Exhibit, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Kwon’s bestselling first novel, The Incendiaries, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award and the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Prize. Kwon coedited the bestselling Kink, a New York Times Notable Book. Her books have been translated into seven languages and named a best book of the year by over forty publications. Other writing has appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere. At the Library, Kwon will work on her third novel, which is about a Korean American woman who plans a heist of historically significant art.
Thank you for an incredible October event, Art Without Borders, in conversation with artist Chloé Quenum!
Can an object have a nationality? How do artworks change when removed from their context—and what new meanings can displacement create? Novelist R. O. Kwon and visual artist Chloé Quenum join Curator of Cultural Programs Rachel Donadio for a cross-disciplinary conversation on how artists inspire one another, and how movement, theft, and exchange reshape not only objects, but the stories we tell about art itself.