Alison Hokanson, Curator, Department of European Paintings, The Met
Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Assistant Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, The Met
An-My Lê, artist
Lisa Switkin, Partner, Field Operations
Moderated by Ulrich Baer, University Professor, Comparative Literature, German, English, Photography and Imaging, NYU

Join a range of experts, including exhibition curators, a renowned artist, and an award-winning landscape architect, to consider our ongoing and changing relationship with the natural world, how artists capture this unique dynamic, and how we consider timely issues in an evolving natural environment. Reflect on the work of Caspar David Friedrich, who reimagined European landscape painting by portraying nature as a setting for profound spiritual and emotional encounters.