Celebrating The Book of Lightness and Forgetting featuring Shahzia Sikander and Scott Small, MD

The Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, the Department of Neurology, and the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University invite you to an exploration of memory, identity and perception. Internationally renowned visual artist and Alan Kanzer Artist-in-Residence Shahzia Sikander, and Scott Small, MD, Professor of Neurology and Director of Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia, will discuss their collaboration on The Book of Lightness and Forgetting and the intersection of visual art and neuroscience. Following the discussion, the speakers will answer questions from the audience.

May 1, 2025
5:00 - 6:00pm
Reception to follow
Fred Kavli Auditorium, Zuckerman Institute

Registration is required.

This program is made possible with the generous support of Alan Kanzer. Columbia University’s School of the Arts and Zuckerman Institute are grateful to Mr. Kanzer for his generosity and commitment to fostering interactions between the arts and neuroscience.

The Zuckerman Institute is proud to host this event in the Fred Kavli Auditorium and recognize the Kavli Foundation's generous support.