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The Kaplan Humanities Institute is delighted to co-sponsor a talk by visual artist Chitra Ganesh at the Block Museum of Art on the evening of Wednesday, November 5th.

Ganesh will be joined by Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Assistant Professor, Radio/Television/Film, for a discussion on imagining against caste and patriarchy, exploring the connections between Ganesh’s practice, Indian pulp fiction, and popular cinema. Laura Brueck, Professor of South Asian and Comparative Literature and Director of the Kaplan Humanities Institute, will moderate.

A light reception at 5:00 pm will precede the talk. Registration is not required, but is appreciated.

Each year, the Block Museum Student Associates select a new artwork for The Block’s collection. The 2024–25 cohort chose three digital prints by Chitra Ganesh from her 2012 series She the Question—a project that reimagines mythology, comics, and feminist futurism through a South Asian lens. Hear from the students here: https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/exhibitions/2025/the-block-collects-2025.html?mc_cid=91aa660116&mc_eid=2827fde68a