# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Looking at Art in Times of Crisis with Megan O’Grady and Benjamin Saltzman
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 20 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 20 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: InformationA conversation about How It Feels to Be Alive and Turning AwayYou know Megan OGrady as the Culture Therapist at T: The New York Times Style Magazine and from her acclaimed writing about art and life in The New Yorker, New York Times Book Review, Vogue, and more. Now, shes releasing her debut book, How It Feels To Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves, a vital testament to how art makes us who we are. Benjamin Saltzman is Associate Professor of English at the University of Chicago, and his newest book, Turning Away: The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture, is a sweeping account of how we are at our most human when we turn away from the pains of the world and how art helps us confront those things we would prefer not to see. Join Megan and Ben at the Three Top Lounge for a wide-ranging conversation about the ethics of seeing and the ways that art helps us face life in all its beauty and all its difficulty. About the Author Megan OGrady is a critic and an essayist. She was a writer at large for T: The New York Times Style Magazine, where she created the Culture Therapist column. Her reviews and essays about art and life also appear in The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review. She was a contributing editor at Vogue and a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Currently, she is an assistant professor of art and art history at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where she lives with her family. RSVP DOES NOT GUARANTEE ENTRYNote: This event is 21 and over. Any ticket holder unable to present valid identification indicating that they are at least 21 years of age will not be admitted to this event, and will not be eligible for a refund.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/looking-at-art-in-times-of-crisis-with-megan-o’grady-and-benjamin-saltzman/210003548628777
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Chicago
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Three Top Lounge
- **lat**: 41.90673
- **long**: -87.65923
- **full address**: Three Top Lounge, Chicago, United States

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  - **A:** Looking at Art in Times of Crisis with Megan O’Grady and Benjamin Saltzman takes place on Wed, 20 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 20 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Three Top Lounge, Chicago, United States.
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