Events

Henry Louis Gates Jr. & Andrew S. Curran: The Robert B. Silvers Lecture

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Andrew Curran presented this year’s Robert B. Silvers Lecture at the New York Public Library, March 10, 2022.

The Future of New York: The 2020 Robert B. Silvers Lecture

At the close of one of the city’s most challenging years, contributors Molly Crabapple, Deborah Eisenberg, Michael Greenberg, and Hari Kunzru discussed a future of resilience and renewal for New York, moderated by senior editor Jana Prikryl.

The Power of the Critic

On September 23, 2019, The New York Review of Books and David Zwirner Books hosted “The Power of the Critic,” the first in a four-part series of public talks bringing together leading writers, artists, and thinkers to explore the role of power within the cultural sphere.