PAMM members are invited to enjoy coffee and pastries during the members-only private tour of Joan Didion: What She Means. Exhibition curator Hilton Als, critically acclaimed writer and New Yorker contributor, will examine the gallery spaces and share his interpretation, narrative, and noteworthy facts about this delightful show.  

Schedule:
9:30am | Coffee, tea, and pastries reception
10:30am | Guided tour + Conversation with guest curator Hilton Als.

About Joan Didion: What She Means 
The exhibition features approximately 50 artists, including Betye Saar, Vija Celmins, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Maren Hassinger, Silke Otto-Knapp, Ana Mendieta, Ed Ruscha, and Pat Steir, among many others. The more than 200 objects and artworks include family heirlooms, paintings, ephemera, photographs, sculptures, videos, and footage from a number of the films for which Didion authored screenplays. This exhibition follows a chronology that grapples with the evolution of Didion’s simultaneously personal and distant voice as a writer and pioneer of New Journalism, with its emphasis on subjectivity and critique of power.

Organization and Support

Joan Didion: What She Means was organized by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and curated by independent curator Hilton Als, with Connie Butler, Chief Curator, Hammer Museum, and Ikechúkwú Onyewuenyi, Hammer Curatorial Assistant. The Pérez Art Museum Miami presentation was organized by Maritza Lacayo, Assistant Curator, with Franklin Sirmans, Director. The presentation of Joan Didion: What She Means at the Hammer Museum was made possible by lead funding from Cindy Miscikowski. Major support is provided by Allison Gorsuch Corrigan and Wendy Stark and the Walske Charitable Foundation. Generous funding is also provided by Agnes Gund, Bill Hair, Amara and Alexander Hastings, Maurice Marciano Family Foundation, and Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, with additional support from Dana Delany, LLWW Foundation, Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein, and Lee Ramer. Supporting Sponsors: Crozier This exhibition is presented at PAMM with support from Patricia and William Kleh, and Crozier.