Encore Presentations: Ellsworth Kelly

Encore Presentations is a series highlighting the museum’s long history of engaging emerging and leading contemporary artists in critical conversations. This Encore Presentation features painter, sculptor, and printmaker Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) in conversation with former Rose director Christopher Bedford. Kelly is best known for his intensely hued geometric abstractions—often in monochrome and sometimes on shaped canvases—based on his keen observations of everyday life. This conversation was recorded in 2013 when Kelly received an honorary doctorate from Brandeis University.