About the Max Wasserman Forum

The Max Wasserman Forum on Contemporary Art was established in memory of Max Wasserman (MIT Class of 1935), a founding member of the Council for the Arts at MIT. This public forum was endowed through the generosity of the late Jeanne Wasserman and addresses critical issues in contemporary art and culture through the participation of renowned scholars, artists, and arts professionals. The Forum is organized and presented by the MIT List Visual Arts Center.

Past Wasserman Forums: 

• Future Genders

• Public Art and the Commons

• Chris Marker: Guillaume-en-Égypte

• Present Past: Contemporary Art and the Uses of History

• Parody, Politics and Performativity

• Eastern Europe Today and the Role of Art in Times of Change

• The Scholarly and Artistic Contributions of Jeanne Wasserman

• A Matter of Time: Fedback and Immersion in Video Installation Art

• The University as Patron of Cutting-Edge Architecture

• Post-revolutionary Sex + the Future of Visual Desire

• Losing the Revolution: On the Loss of Seditious Potential when Avant-Garde Art and Music Stopped Sleeping in the Same Bed

• Stopping Time: Performance and the Archive