Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this wide-ranging discussion about the exhibition "Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions", curators Joshua O’Driscoll, Claire Gilman, and Frank Trujillo are joined by art historian Susan Aberth and artist Ali Banisadr to explore the origins of tarot in Renaissance Italy and its ongoing relevance as a source of inspiration for artists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Claire Gilman is the Acquavella Curator and Department Head of Modern and Contemporary Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, and a co-curator of the exhibition.
Joshua O’Driscoll is the Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library & Museum, and a co-curator of the exhibition.
Frank Trujillo is the Sherman Fairchild Director of the Thaw Conservation Center at the Morgan Library & Museum, and a co-curator of the exhibition.
Susan Aberth is the Edith C. Blum Professor of Art History at Bard College. She is the author of Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy, and Art (Lund Humphries, 2004).
Ali Banisadr is a contemporary artist represented in the exhibition.
Held Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
In this wide-ranging discussion about the exhibition "Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions", curators Joshua O’Driscoll, Claire Gilman, and Frank Trujillo are joined by art historian Susan Aberth and artist Ali Banisadr to explore the origins of tarot in Renaissance Italy and its ongoing relevance as a source of inspiration for artists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Claire Gilman is the Acquavella Curator and Department Head of Modern and Contemporary Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, and a co-curator of the exhibition.
Joshua O’Driscoll is the Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library & Museum, and a co-curator of the exhibition.
Frank Trujillo is the Sherman Fairchild Director of the Thaw Conservation Center at the Morgan Library & Museum, and a co-curator of the exhibition.
Susan Aberth is the Edith C. Blum Professor of Art History at Bard College. She is the author of Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy, and Art (Lund Humphries, 2004).
Ali Banisadr is a contemporary artist represented in the exhibition.
Held Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
