Through the Lens of Rauschenberg: Liz Deschenes

When: Thursday, April 16, 2026, 6:30pm

Price: General Admission $35 | Members $30

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Colorful collage of posters next to a photo of a person wearing black sitting in a chair — Photo Credit (L): © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Discover a new perspective on Robert Rauschenberg in this engaging talk and tour led by contemporary artist Liz Deschenes. 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 our Park View Bar.

About the Speaker:
Liz Deschenes is a photographer who, in the best modernist tradition, pushes against the basic terms by which photography is conventionally defined: instantaneity, veracity, fixity, or reproducibility,” writes curator and critic Matthew Witkovsky. Indeed, Deschenes uses durational photogramatic exposure to create unique, shifting surfaces that frequently function as sculptural or architectural rather than photographic objects. Deschenes stages the technical components of photography, both contemporary and anachronistic, while reflecting, compressing, and assessing the architectural settings that surround them, through her mirrors’ simultaneous repopulation and evacuation of these spaces.

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

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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.