The Inaugural Larsen Lecture by Kulapat Yantrasast will be held on March 15, at Christie’s in Manhattan, starting at 6 PM.
The Larsen Lecture is named after LongHouse Reserve founder, Jack Lenor Larsen. The event is being held to supports the LongHouse’s programs, grounds, and experiences of art in all forms that are offered in East Hampton.
The evening will include a reception, a lecture by Yantrasast, and dinner at the private home of a LongHouse trustee.
Architect and designer Kulapat Yantrasast founded wHY in 2004, combining his experience in architecture and the art world with a deep commitment to cultural inclusivity and human flourishing.
His multidisciplinary practice is now engaged in projects that shift the way we engage with art and culture, including the Rockefeller Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Northwest Coast Hall at the American Museum of Natural History. Other leading cultural projects include a new contemporary art museum in Makati, Philippines. Kulapat is also involved in community projects in California, including a mixed-use affordable housing compound in Watts, Los Angeles, and EPACENTER Arts, a youth arts and music center in East Palo Alto. Each of these projects follows his guiding ethic of human-centered design and creative collaboration.
Kulapat holds MA and Ph.D. degrees in architecture from the University of Tokyo and is a trustee of the Noguchi Museum in New York City and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation. He is a frequent public speaker at leading institutions and organizations, discussing architecture through the lens of ecology, cuisine, and human sociability.
For more info, visit longhouse.org.