Arts Speakers
What’s new, right now, changes every minute. We keep track of the movers and shakers of the here-and-now and wrangle together the pop culture and arts speakers with the most persuasive, interesting things to say.
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Acclaimed Author of The Black Dahlia, L.A. Confidential, American Tabloid, Perfidia, and This Storm
Oscar-Winning Director of BlacKkKlansman, Do the Right Thing, and When the Levees Broke
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Dear Justyce
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Strange Planet
One of the Most Celebrated Writers of Our Time
Two-time Booker Prize-Winning Author of over 50 Books, Including The Handmaid's Tale, and its Recordbreaking Sequel, The Testaments
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Concrete Rose and The Hate U Give
Punk Rock Legend and Author of Just Kids, winner of The National Book Award | Author of Year of the Monkey
Chair of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell | Award-winning author of Sick Souls, Healthy Minds
Novelist and Culture Writer | Author of The Next Civil War
Author of Living in Data | Former Library of Congress Innovator in Residence | Former NYT Data Artist-in-Residence
Renowned Cultural Critic | Author of 12 Books, Including Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Acclaimed Writer & Director of Rafiki | Co-Founder of AFROBUBBLEGUM
World-Renowned Photographer, Winner of the TED Prize
Urban Space Artist Behind the "Before I Die" Walls
Director of Queen of Katwe, Salaam Bombay!, The Namesake, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2018 MacArthur Fellow | Award-Winning Painter and Sculptor
Founder of Street Symphony | 2018 MacArthur Fellow | TED Senior Fellow
Author of Juliet Takes a Breath and the Marvel Comic Series America
Award-Winning Photographer | Associate Professor at School of the Art Institute of Chicago | MacArthur Genius
Theoretical Physicist and Novelist
Legendary Writer and Cultural Icon | Author of The House of the Spirits
Professor of Creative Writing at Harvard | Author of Black Paper | Former Photography Critic for NYT Magazine
Bestselling author of Animal Madness and What Looks Like Bravery | Director of Writing and Storytelling at the Stanford School of Medicine
Award-winning toy designer of the world-renowned Rigamajig | Founder and principal designer at toy company Heroes Will Rise
Award-Winning Artist and Journalist | Author of Brothers of the Gun
One of the Best-selling Authors in the World Today