Launched in 2024, Lunder Institute @ is a collaborative initiative that invites museums and art institutions to critically examine American art—its history, evolution, and future—through cross-departmental conversations and a public program co-presented by the Lunder Institute. By fostering dialogue across institutions and with the public, the initiative supports exploration, collaboration, and transparency in the field. Lunder Institute @ prompts open, generative discourse that sparks responses to ongoing questions about American art and the forces shaping its production, scholarship, research, and institutional practice. For 2027, Lunder Institute @ invites audiences into a conversation about the state of American art through the lens of the US South. The series explores how Southern identity shapes collections, exhibitions, public programs, and audiences while considering the histories, cultures, and lived experiences that continue to inform artistic production and interpretation.

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