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
The #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Strange Planet
Punk Rock Legend and Author of Just Kids, winner of The National Book Award | Author of Year of the Monkey (Sept. 2019)
One of the Most Celebrated Writers of Our Time
Author of The Rise | Guest-Editor of Aperture’s “Vision & Justice” Issue | Associate Professor At Harvard
Two-time Booker Prize-Winning Author of over 50 Books, Including The Handmaid's Tale, and its Recordbreaking Sequel, The Testaments
Author of Living in Data (Spring 2020) | Former Library of Congress Innovator in Residence | Former NYT Data Artist-in-Residence
Renowned Cultural Critic | Author of Ten Books, Including Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Acclaimed Writer & Director of Rafiki | Co-Founder of AFROBUBBLEGUM
World-Renowned Photographer, Winner of the TED Prize
Founder and Executive Director of Mural Arts Philadelphia
Urban Space Artist Behind the "Before I Die" Walls
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Concrete Rose and The Hate U Give
Director of Queen of Katwe, Salaam Bombay!, The Namesake, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Founder of Street Symphony | 2018 MacArthur Fellow | TED Senior Fellow
2018 MacArthur Fellow | Award-Winning Painter and Sculptor
Author of Juliet Takes a Breath and the Marvel Comic Series America
Photographer | Associate Professor at School of the Art Institute of Chicago | MacArthur Genius
Theoretical Physicist and Novelist
Author of The House of the Spirits and In the Midst of Winter
Professor of Creative Writing at Harvard | Author of Blind Spot | Former Photography Critic for NYT Magazine
Painter, Writer, and Author of Drawing Blood
TED Senior Fellow, Sound Artist, and Composer
One of the Best-selling Authors in the World Today
New Media Artist | TED Senior Fellow