# Event Details - **Event Name**: Gallery Talk: Ghost in the Machine: Works by Timothy Makepeace - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 01 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 01 Aug, 2026 at 03:00 pm - **Event Description**: Curators and artist present on the exhibition "Ghost in the Machine: Works by Timothy Makepeace"About this EventCurators Thomas Drymon and Michael O’Sullivan and artist Timothy Makepeace, will discuss the exhibition "Ghost in the Machine: Works by Timothy Makepeace", in a gallery talk scheduled forSaturday, 2:00- 3:00pmAbout the exhibition:Timothy Makepeace, ArtistThomas Drymon and Michael O’Sullivan, CuratorsOver a 40-year career, Tim Makepeace has maintained a singular focus on both the material world and its immaterial presence. He continues this dual investigation with Ghost in the Machine, turning his attention to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)—the most powerful infrared space observatory ever devised. The telescope was launched in 2021, but in 2017 while the telescope was still under construction at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Makepeace was invited to observe and create artwork in response to this technological marvel.Since those early visits, Makepeace’s keen powers of observation and unfettered imagination have taken him to places previously unconceived.Rich in detail and expansive in scope, this exhibition extends the artist’s long engagement with the industrial landscape. Yet rather than simply document a piece of exquisite space hardware, Makepeace’s newest works ask probing questions: What is the relation between the physical and ephemeral; space and time; the finite and the infinite; the cosmic scale and the subatomic? What do our efforts to understand the world around us reveal? Do we loom large or small in an expanse whose boundaries we have not even begun to define?This event will be held in-person at the museum. Please direct any questions about this event to the museum's main contact for this event, Patricia Poku-Speight at ppoku@american.edu.Image: Timothy Makepeace, JWST - Central Baffle Detail, 2019. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 49 x 49 inches. Courtesy of the artist. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/gallery-talk-ghost-in-the-machine-works-by-timothy-makepeace/100001989397898668 - **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Washington - **state**: DC - **country**: United States - **location**: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center - **lat**: 38.9379737 - **long**: -77.0890599 - **full address**: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Gallery Talk: Ghost in the Machine: Works by Timothy Makepeace - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/a3c6958ac738e4bd7b73a4fd4551854aa614e3e46322f440200e9cbdda36f4df-rimg-w900-h900-dc1c1814-gmir.jpg?v=1778707286 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Gallery Talk: Ghost in the Machine: Works by Timothy Makepeace being held? - **A:** Gallery Talk: Ghost in the Machine: Works by Timothy Makepeace takes place on Sat, 01 Aug, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 01 Aug, 2026 at 03:00 pm at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Gallery Talk: Ghost in the Machine: Works by Timothy Makepeace? - **A:** Gallery Talk: Ghost in the Machine: Works by Timothy Makepeace is organized by American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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