Brice Marden inaugurated the “American Artist Lecture Series” at the Tate Modern Museum in London on May 14, 2012. He is shown speaking with Marjorie Susman, wife of U.S. Ambassador to the UK Louis Susman, about the “ART in Embassies” (AIE) exhibition of modern art at Winfield House, the Ambassador’s official residence in London. In celebration of AIE’s 50 years of international cultural exchange, the American Artists Lecture Series is a collaborative partnership between the U.S. Department of State’s Office of AIE, the Tate Modern, and the U.S. Embassy in London.
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