# Wangechi Mutu

Wangechi Mutu at Lenfest Center for the Arts, Thursday 29 October 2026, 18:30.

- Price: Free
- Venue: Lenfest Center for the Arts, West 130th Street;West 129th Street 615, 10027 New York
- With: Rachel Grace Newman, Sarah Cole
- Get tickets: https://events.leapevents.com/event/wangechi-mutu/pre-sale
- Go to page: https://www.lenfest.arts.columbia.edu/fall-2026-events/speak-now-wangechi-mutu

![Wangechi Mutu](https://noky.io/images/928aa1b9a39f477d7ac7eee4c61f9970f91e97fe8bbd1215f9925f6cd86b4cba-2000.webp)

Wangechi Mutu, a visual artist based in Nairobi and Brooklyn, presents recent work spanning film, sculpture, and installation from the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Her talk is part of Speak Now, a new speaker series at Columbia University School of the Arts featuring artists whose work reaches a broad public. Rachel Grace Newman, Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, gives a response, and Sarah Cole, Dean of the School of the Arts, introduces the event.

## Dates

- Thursday 29 October 18:30 — Lenfest Center for the Arts

Written by a model, sources: [lenfest.arts.columbia.edu](https://www.lenfest.arts.columbia.edu/fall-2026-events/speak-now-wangechi-mutu)

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