Pindell’s Practice and Legacy

All are invited to a free, public lecture with curator Valerie Cassel Oliver, hosted in celebration of a new public art project by artist Howardena Pindell. Titled Autobiography: Circles, Pindell’s commission for the College of Education features a multistory composition embedded within the newly renovated glass façade of the George L. Sanchez building. Valerie Cassel Oliver, a curatorial contributor for Landmarks’ project, is the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Oliver has organized several acclaimed exhibitions, including Howardena Pindell: What Remains to Seen (2018), Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970 (2005) and The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse (2021-22). Image: Howardena Pindell, Autobiography: Circles, 2026. Courtesy of McKinney York Architects; Commission, Landmarks, The University of Texas at Austin, 2026