In this special conversation, recorded live for On Air Fest 2021, critically acclaimed author Roxane Gay is joined by Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, Thelma Golden.

Gay is host of the podcasts Hear to Slay and The Roxane Gay Agenda, the author of The New York Times best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist, as well as the short story collection Ayiti, the novel An Untamed State, the short story collection Difficult Women, and the memoir Hunger.

The Studio Museum in Harlem is the world’s leading institution devoted to visual art by artists of African descent. Golden is a recognized authority in contemporary art by artists of African descent and an active lecturer and panelist speaking about contemporary art and culture at national and international institutions.

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MENTIONED IN THIS RECORDING:
- Looking Back at Black Male
- Black Art in the Absence of Light
- Lorna Simpson
- Glenn Ligon
- Mickalene Thomas
- Kahlil Robert Irving
- Jenny Holzer
- Julie Mehretu
- Brenna Youngblood
- Yinka Shonibare
- Judy Chicago
- Jenny Saville
- Wells Chandler