Chitra Ganesh to deliver annual Nelson Social Justice Fund Lecture, Portland Museum of Art, Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Please join us! The 2026 Nelson Social Justice Fund Lecture featuring artist Chitra Ganesh in conversation with Sayantan Mukhopadhyay, PhD, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Portland Museum of Art.

Wednesday, May 20, 2026
6:00 p.m. | Portland Museum of Art | 7 Congress Square, Portland
FREE, Registration required: https://lnkd.in/eydARuZ2
This program is generously made possible by the Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund at the Portland Museum of Art.

The purpose of the Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund is to honor those artists whose commitment to social justice is manifested in their work and lives. The fund supports exhibitions, lectures, scholarships, programs, or acquisitions that directly or indirectly address the relationship between works of art and social justice.

🖼️ Chitra Ganesh (United States, born 1975), "Rainbow Body from the series The Scorpion Gesture," 2018, digital animation, single-channel video with color and sound, 2 minutes and 2 seconds, Museum purchase with support from the General Acquisitions Fund, 2025.39.