

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Public Lecture: Hrag Vartanian
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Hrag Vartanian is a critic, writer, curator, and lecturer whose work traces the intersections of art, politics, and diasporan consciousness. Co-founder and editor-in-chief of Hyperallergic (2009–), and the recipient of the Rabkin Foundation’s 2024 Susan C. Larsen Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Arts Writing, he has reshaped arts journalism by championing criticism and reporting beyond market-driven narratives. 

He will discuss his approach through projects that probe trauma, displacement, racialization, propaganda, and the social role of art.

WHEN: Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 7pm
WHERE: Paul O'Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library

This talk is presented as part of NSCAD’s Visiting Artist program, supported by the Daglish Family Foundation Visiting Artist Fund.

More info: https://nscad.ca/hrag-vartanian/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/halifax/public-lecture-hrag-vartanian/200029140362402
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 13

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Halifax
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Halifax Central Library
- **lat**: 44.6432955
- **long**: -63.5753902
- **full address**: Halifax Central Library, Halifax, Canada

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: NSCAD University (https://allevents.in/org/nscad-university/26717421)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Halifax Central Library, Halifax, Canada
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** NSCAD University
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Public Lecture: Hrag Vartanian ?
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