Hirshhorn Assistant Curator Mika Yoshitake on Ai Weiwei's "Kippe," 2006.

Chief curator Kerry Brougher on Ai Weiwei's "Cube Light," 2008.

Artist Jeroen Eisinga on "Black Box."

This panel discussion concentrates on questions of freedom and creativity and addresses the various conditions that lead great minds to bold actions. Of particular interest is the role of the dissenting artist in confronting established

doctrines and social orders in the face of official censorship and repression.

New York-based painter Wayne Gonzales joins Alexander Dumbadze, assistant professor of art history at George Washington University, in a conversation about his recent work.

MacArthur Grant winner David Wilson, founder and director of the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, talks about this space devoted to unusual collections.

If all figurative art approaches taxidermy in its crafty fixing of vitality, British contemporary artists have taken on board the conceit with striking compulsiveness. James T. Demetrion Lecture presents Simon Schama on The Beast in

Contemporary Art.

Meet the Artist: Hans Op de Beeck

A Conversation with Marina Abramovic

Curator Kelly Gordon talks with Black Box artist Phoebe Greenberg about her film "Next Floor."