Talks
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WHEN ARTISTS MEET ARCHITECTURE Architect Henry Cobb, artist Ursula von Rydingsvard, and art critic Eleanor Heartney participate in a discussion on how architects and artists work together. The talk is presented in conjunction with “City Art,” an ongoing exhibit documenting New York’s Percent for Art program. Tonight, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardia Place, between Bleecker and West 3rd streets, 212-358-6111, free.
TALKING TORTURE A panel addresses the ethical dimensions of using torture in modern warfare. The participants are the authors of “Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror” (New York Review Books), Mark Danner; “Black Hawk Down” (Atlantic Monthly Press), Mark Bowden; “The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World” (Oxford University Press), Elaine Scarry, and the forthcoming “Torture and Democracy” (Princeton University Press), Darius Rejali.The talk is presented with the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs and the New York Review of Books. Tonight, 7 p.m., New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, 212-868-4444, $10.
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