Poetry is a Country: Ilya Kaminsky on Alberto Giacometti’s Walking Man II @NationalGalleryofArtTalks
Poetry is a Country: Ilya Kaminsky on Alberto Giacometti’s Walking Man II  @NationalGalleryofArtTalks
Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
As part of our “Poetry is a country” festival the National Gallery of Art’s Wilmerding Symposium invited celebrated American poets to compose something new inspired by art in our collection. Ilya Kaminsky, professor of creative writing at Princeton University, responds to Alberto Giacometti’s sculpture Walking Man II.
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Poetry is a Country: Ilya Kaminsky on Alberto Giacometti’s Walking Man II

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