Through the Lens of Rauschenberg: Zoe Leonard

When: Thursday, November 20, 2025, 6:00pm

Price: General Admission $35 | Members $30

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A woman smiling in front of a grey wall — Photo Credit: Jana La Brasca

Discover a new perspective on Robert Rauschenberg in this engaging talk and tour led by contemporary photographer Zoe Leonard. Best known for his mixed-media works, Rauschenberg also had a deep relationship with photography. Through the Lens of Rauschenberg invites visiting photographers to lead thoughtful conversations that explore their perspectives on his work. Light bites will be provided, and drinks will be available at the MCNY Bar.

About the Speaker:

New York-based artist Zoe Leonard balances rigorous conceptualism with a distinctly personal vision in her work, which merges photography, sculpture, and installation. By employing strategies of repetition, shifting perspectives, and a multitude of printing processes, Leonard’s practice probes the politics of representation and display. Leonard explores themes such as gender and sexuality, loss and mourning, migration, displacement, and the urban landscape. Her photography specifically invites us to contemplate the role that the medium plays in constructing history, and to consider the roots of contemporary photographic culture. More than its focus on any particular subject, however, Leonard’s work encourages the viewer to reconsider the act of looking itself, drawing attention to observation as a complex, ongoing process.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Advance registration is encouraged to guarantee a spot. All sales are final; refunds and exchanges are not permitted. Programs and dates are subject to change.

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Groups of 10 or more get discounts; contact us at programs@mcny.org or 917.492.3395.

Accessibility: Assistive listening devices are available and our auditorium wheelchair lift can accommodate manual and motorized wheelchairs (max. capacity 500 lbs). Please contact the Museum at 917.492.3333 or info@mcny.org with any questions.

This project is supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Museum of the City of New York’s programs are made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.