How does literature affect art? How do political and other ideas filter through culture, and how do the arts influence politics and society?

In Hong Kong on March 15, join award-winning author Rachel Kushner as she considers these issues when surrounded by art in the Karin Weber Gallery. This event, titled Art and Literature: Shaping Politics and Culture, takes place from 6-7 p.m. Tickets cost HK$120 for the public or $100 for friends of the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival.

Kushner’s debut novel, Telex From Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award, a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and winner of the California Book Award. She co-edits an art-theory-and-literature journal, Soft Targets, and has written widely about contemporary art.

Karin Weber Gallery
20 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong

(March 11, 2010)


Rachel Kushner ponders the topic.

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