Eleanor Antin reads from her coming-of-age memoir Conversations with Stalin, about growing up in Cold War–era New York in a dysfunctional family of first-generation Jewish immigrants. Inspired by Antin’s bohemian, Stalinist mother, the memoir imagines Comrade Stalin as the young author’s confidant and father figure. This event is the third in a four-part series of readings of the memoir in full, taking place over a single week at various locations. This program is presented by the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art and is free with Museum admission.



Readings schedule



Monday, January 28, 11:30 a.m.: The Jewish Museum

Tuesday, January 29, 6 p.m.: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts

Thursday, January 31, 7 p.m.: Brooklyn Museum

Friday, February 1, 6:30 p.m.: Whitney Museum of American Art