

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: In Conversation: Steve Locke & Evan Garza
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for an intimate conversation with American artist Steve Locke as we celebrate the publication of his first career monograph "Steve Locke: I Said What I Said" (MASS MoCA/DelMonico Books), edited by MASS MoCA curator Evan Garza.

The book, which explores three decades of Locke’s career, grew out of their recent exhibition, "Steve Locke: the fire next time" at MASS MoCA (Aug 2024–Nov 2025), selected among the Top Ten in Artforum’s Best of 2024. The two will discuss the absurdity, curiosity, desire, and rage that define contemporary American consciousness and its legacies of discrimination. Garza will guide us through Locke's career-long conceptual exploration of portraiture, perceptions of the male figure, and themes of modernism and racial violence.

Working in painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, and public art, Locke brings to light our dark past and present, looking closely at America's history of racial violence and spectacle. In his interdisciplinary practice, Locke engages issues of identity, desire, race, violence, and memory, revealing as much tenderness and humor as he does brutality. Primarily concerned with how we ascribe meaning to portraiture while exploring the relationships between and among men, in recent years Locke has introduced a more personal, political, and critical engagement with histories of racism and anti-Blackness, the Western canon of art history, and American society.

A reception and book signing will follow the conversation in MASS MoCA’s Research &amp; Development Store. Reserve your copy in advance for pick-up at the event here: https://researchdevstore.myshopify.com/products/steve-locke-i-said-what-i-said-signed-pre-orders?_pos=1&amp;_sid=0c320cc67&amp;_ss=r.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/north-adams/in-conversation-steve-locke-and-evan-garza/200029743980346
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, sports, exhibitions
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://massmoca.org/event/in-conversation-steve-locke-evan-garza/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=north+adams-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: North Adams
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01247
- **lat**: 42.70193
- **long**: -73.11531
- **full address**: 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01247

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- **organizer**: MASS MoCA (https://allevents.in/org/mass-moca/1744415)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01247
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** MASS MoCA
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, fine-arts, sports, exhibitions
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about In Conversation: Steve Locke & Evan Garza ?
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