Lynn Hershman Leeson
Since 1954, artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson has been creating ground-breaking works investigating technology, identity, surveillance, and the use of media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and political repression.
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Metrograph’s At Home With… Lynn Hershman Leeson selects The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press
Lynn Hershman Leeson selects The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press by Ulrike Ottinger (1984) for Metrograph's monthly film series At Home With... "Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press is an exuberant, wild and over-the-top film by Ulrike Ottinger. I...
Exhibition: Thinking Through Weibel at University of Applied Art Vienna
Thinking Through Weibel gathers key works out of the Peter Weibel Archive and positions them in relation to contemporary practices by invited international artists that unfold through distinct conceptual and material approaches. Attention turns particularly to the...
Walter Annenberg Lecture: Lynn Hershman Leeson Wed, Nov 5, 2025 6:30 pm
Theater and online, via Zoom Over the last five decades, artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson has made innovative work investigating the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and...
Book: Civic Radar
“[An] indispensable book.” -Holland Cotter
Civic Radar presents the first comprehensive overview of Lynn Hershman Leeson’s work. Edited by Peter Weibel, with contributions from thirteen renowned authors including Andreas Beitin, Pamela Lee, Laura Poitras, Ruby Rich, Jeffrey Schnapp, Kyle Stephan, Kristine Stiles, Ingeborg Reichle, and Tilda Swinton.
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