Creative Process

What drives cultural practitioners to experiment, discover, and create?

From left to right: Jiri Zizka, Tom Sellar, Václav Havel, and Paul Wilson at The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, May 26, 2010. Photo by Karl Seifert.

Václav Havel on Leaving, Playwriting, and Politics

In 2010, the Center hosted Václav Havel, the late renowned playwright and former President of the Czech Republic, for an interview at The Wilma Theater, prior to the American premiere of *Leaving*, his first play in 20 years.

Works by Thomas Nozkowski on view at Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, in 2009. Photo courtesy of Stephen Friedman Gallery.

Painting and Its Exhibitions: Talking with Thomas Nozkowski and Robert Storr

On May 3, 2010, two of contemporary visual arts' most distinguished figures visited the Center for a compelling conversation addressing the practice of painting, the making of painting exhibitions, and the relationship between the two.