Laurie in conversation with Bella Freud
Laurie recently joined Bella Freud at the Tribeca Festival in June to talk about courage, Lou Reed, Sigmund Freud, and more. You can hear their conversation on Freud’s Fashion Neurosis podcast via YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
Kyoto Prize 2026
I would like to express my gratitude to those who decided to give me the great honor of receiving the 2026 Kyoto Prize. Iâm very aware of the magnitude of this prize and of the long line of people before me who have received this great honor. So I accept in the spirit of deepest humility. Like many artists, Iâve
Laurie Anderson: About Time
>>via Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art Do you feel like youâre running out of time? Which way is it going? Are you able to stop time? If so, how? Many objects in the Rubinâs collection of Himalayan art reflect the Buddhist concept of time, including the interconnected nature of the past and future. About Time aims to reframe our perspective
ARK: United States V
The data clouds break. Systems are failing. We are on our own. What now? Laurie Anderson was born in Chicago in June 1947, the same time and place that atomic scientists began the Doomsday clockâs countdown to the midnight of nuclear destruction. Fast forward to our own time and the multiple countdowns that now engulf us. Climate collapse, environmental disaster,
Amelia
‘Amelia’ is due August 30. Laurie Anderson’s first new album since 2018âs Grammy-winning ‘Landfall,’ it comprises twenty-two tracks about renowned female aviator Amelia Earhartâs tragic last flight. Anderson wrote the music and lyrics. She is joined on the album by Filharmonie Brno, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, and Anohni, Gabriel Cabezas, Rob Moose, Ryan Kelly, Martha Mooke, Marc Ribot, Tony
Let X = X West Coast Tour
March 22 – Knoxville – tickets March 27 – Los Angeles – tickets March 28 – San Francisco – tickets March 29 – Portland – tickets March 30 – Seattle – tickets
Rubin Museum – About Time
Time is one of the most impermanent forms of measurement that humans have devised to help manage life. Do you feel like youâre running out of time? Which way is time going? Are you able to stop time? If so, how? In a series of on-stage conversations, artist, writer, and vocalist Laurie Anderson tackles these questions and more to help us reframe
2024 Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award
What luck! To be part of a group of some of my all-time favorite artists. https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-special-merit-awards-recipients-lifetime-achievement-award
Sep 19, 2023 – NYC TAPESTRY: HOME AS REFUGE
NYC TAPESTRY: HOME AS REFUGE Sep 19, 2023 Featuring Laurie Anderson Raven Chacon, Natalie Diaz and thingNY Emel Forró in the Dark Wang Guowei Angélique Kidjo Michael Mwenso Mwenso & the Shakes Curated in Collaboration with Trinity Church Wall Street Programming Consultant Annie Ohayon Directed by Sarah Benson MORE INFO
Current Exhibitions
Mass MoCA:
Chalkroom & Aloft
Laurie has several pieces on display through 2018 at Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA.
The show includes 2 new virtual reality pieces, the Lolabelle in the Bardo drawing series, a listening room, the Handphone Table and a new ERST videopiece.
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Projects In Focus
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Heart Of A Dog
A cinematic tone poem that flows from a sustained meditation on death and other forms of absence, the film seamlessly weaves together thoughts on Tibetan Buddhism, reincarnation, the modern surveillance state, and the artistic lives of dogs, with an elegy for the filmmaker’s beloved rat terrier, Lolabelle, at its heart.














