Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Artist and icon Ed Ruscha talks about creating masterpieces from the quotidian. Learn about Ruscha and his prolific career through the passage of time in his own words.

This conversation was held as part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Lecture Series. 

The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Lecture Series provides a forum for distinguished artists to discuss the genesis and evolution of their work in their own words. Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and the late Honorable Carl Spielvogel generously endowed this series to make such conversations available to the public.

Learn more about Ruscha and his works in the National Gallery of Art collection: nga.gov/collection/artist-info.2724.html

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