ARTIST TALK
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David Kramer and Harkness Granger
in conversation, discussing the current exhibition
David Kramer: Exactly the Same… Only Different
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Closing Reception at 4 PM, talk begins at 4:30.
David Kramer was born in New York City, where he currently lives and works. A recipient of fellowships from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts, Kramer has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad. His work has been featured at leading contemporary art fairs, including Art Basel and The Armory Show, and is held in public collections such as the Museum London (London, Ontario), the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou (Paris), and the Lower East Side Printshop (New York), among others. His videos and performances have been presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Centre Pompidou, the Brooklyn Museum, and Midway Contemporary Art. Kramer’s work has been discussed in Vogue, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Artforum, Artnews, Artnet, British GQ, Esquire, The New York Times, and The Globe and Mail (Canada). He has collaborated with CELINE and Hedi Slimane on the Men’s SS2020 line and has contributed to The New York Times Opinionator section. Kramer received his MFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and his BA from The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Harkness Granger is internationally recognized and an art expert. He has presented at the Harvard School of Dance, Portland’s Time-Based Art Festival, The Brooklyn Museum, and The Watermill Center. His cultural impact is far reaching; he went viral on the popular internet talk show Subway Takes for his scathing indictment of heteronormativity and one time Lou Reed fell asleep on him at the theatre.
What’s most impressive is that he lacks any sort of formal degree. Harkness insists he “followed the Yoko Ono path of higher education: two years of undergrad at the prestigious poison ivy league institution Sarah Lawrence College followed by an inconclusive leave of absence… and look what she was able to achieve! Harkness' love of lively cultural discourse is surpassed only by his love of those little pieces of cheese they have at art openings, he eagerly anticipates at least one or the other this coming Saturday.