PHOTOGRAPH BY OLIVIA ARTHUR
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
OCTOBER 6 – 12, 2021
The poet, novelist, journalist, and artist Etel Adnan (pictured above, on the Brittany coast) was born in Beirut
in 1925. She grew up speaking Arabic and Greek at home, and was educated in French and English. In the
late nineteen-fifties, while working as a philosophy professor in Northern California, Adnan began to express
herself in a new language—painting—making luminous abstractions of the view of Mt. Tamalpais from her
home in Sausalito. On Oct. 8, the Guggenheim opens the exhibition “Etel Adnan: Light’s New Measure.”
As New York City venues reopen, it’s advisable to confirm in advance the requirements for in-person attendance.
