Please join M+ to hear internationally renowned, New York-based artist Shahzia Sikander as she delivers a special illustrated lecture around her trailblazing cross-disciplinary art practice.
Featuring more than 150 images of artworks and events from across her celebrated career, Sikander will discuss how she has reframed South Asian visual histories through a contemporary feminist perspective for over three decades.
Shahzia Sikander’s command of diverse media and traditions, from historical South Asian miniature paintings to digital animation, reveals a vibrant visual universe that reimagines the past for our present moment. Through her multilayered creations, she considers diasporic experiences, histories of colonialism, and Western relations with the global South and the wider Islamic world, often through the lens of gender and body politics. Sikander is a recipient of the MacArthur ‘genius award’ and the Pollock Prize for Creativity, among others.
This lecture is presented in conjunction with 3 to 12 Nautical Miles (2026), a brand-new hand-painted animation co-commissioned by M+ and Art Basel and presented by UBS on the M+ Facade. The commission is on view from 23 March to 21 June 2026.
The lecture will be held in English.