ART IN A STATE OF SIEGE: a CONVERSATION with JOSEPH LEO KOERNER, ANNIE BOURNEUF, ALICE GOFF, AND Christophe Koné 

In this Research and Academic Program conversation, Joseph Leo Koerner (Harvard University) is joined by Annie Bourneuf (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Alice Goff (University of Chicago), and Christophe Koné (Williams College) to discuss Koerner's recent book, Art in a State of Siege (Princeton University Press, 2025). Described as a tour-de-force, the book examines the role of art when the rule of law breaks down. This roundtable of panelists will respond to Koerner’s book while engaging in a larger conversation about the role of images and art history during periods of political unease and turmoil.

Presented in person in the Clark auditorium. A 5 pm reception in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event.

Image: Cover detail of Art in a State of Siege.