Artist Lecture

Saturday, 29 August 2026, 2 pm

The Then and Now of Marilou Schultz: Textile Artist

by Marilou Schultz, Diné weaver from Navajo Nation
An event in cooperation with Art of Intervention, accompanying the exhibition Labouring Bodies
Costs: museum admission, no booking required, in English


The renowned weaver Marilou Schultz learned the traditional craft of Navajo weaving as a child. Since the 1980s she has been experimenting with new techniques and dying methods of her own. She became known among others for her designs inspired by computer chips; in her practice, she combines Indigenous knowledge with the history of digital technologies. Her work also points to a less well-known historical link: many Navajo women worked in semiconductor factories in the southwest of the United States. Schultz’s works have been shown at documenta 14 in Kassel, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. From June to November 2026, the Hessel Museum of Art in upstate New York will host an extensive solo show of her work.


Labouring Bodies
10 June - 8 November 2026

Labouring Bodies

«Labouring Bodies» explores the manifold interdependence between body and technology from a feminist perspective. The group exhibition shows how the human body—especially the feminized and marginalized human body—has since the dawn of the modern age been shaped and controlled by machines, while also being understood as a site of resistance. Artists cast light on working with machines, on the technologization of production and reproduction, and on women’s contribution to technological progress, inviting visitors to rethink their notions of body, labour and care.


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