In Conversation: Stuart Semple on Culture, Color, and Conflict
When:
Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 6:00p -
7:15p
Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 6:00p -
7:15p
Where:
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Accessible Spots, Art, History, Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
https://bit.ly/4v7ZcMu
- How to join: Register here.
- Fee: This is a free event.
- Parking: Limited free parking available at Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street.
- Where to go: Enter on Broadway side of the building and head to Menschel Hall.
- Accessibility accommodations: Email [email protected] at least 48 hours in advance, including the name and date of the program in the subject line.
British artist and color developer Stuart Semple creates paints and pigments by integrating cutting-edge science with craft and creative practice, through collaboration with specialist laboratories and hands-on experimentation. His pigments and paints are now part of the Straus Center’s Forbes Pigment Collection.
In his talk, Semple will consider how the traditional role of the colorman has shifted in the 21st century from small workshop trade to global industry. Semple will show how color can reflect power, control, and resistance and what it means to reclaim it. In an age of mass production and digital connectivity—when the internet functions as a new Silk Road for materials and ideas—Semple will explore why direct relationships between artists, makers, and materials still matter and how reimagining those connections can shape the future of color.
Speaker:
Stuart Semple, Color Developer and Artist
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