RUFA inaugurates the academic year with the first Talk of the season, dedicated to the presentation of the volume Slippages: Photographs by Linda Cummings (Skira, 2025).
The event will feature the American artist Linda Cummings, author of the project, together with Edoardo Ghizzoni (Head of Business, Skira), Marta Jovanović (artist and RUFA lecturer), and Kathy Battista, curator, author, and RUFA lecturer.
The talk will offer students and attendees the opportunity to explore the editorial process behind the publication of an artist’s monograph: from the collection and documentation of past works to the writing of critical texts, as well as aspects related to funding, promotion, and distribution.
Participants will be able to engage directly with professionals from the field and gain insight into the real dynamics of editorial production in contemporary art.
Linda Cummings
The project Slippages (1992–2002) represents a pivotal contribution to feminist photography and was recently published by Skira (2025). Works from the series are included in major collections and museums, such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Art (Washington D.C.), the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), the Smith College Art Museum (Amherst), the Tang Museum of Art (Saratoga), the Muskarell Museum of Art (Williamsburg), the Lehigh University Art Gallery (Bethlehem), the Bronx Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum of Art (New York), as well as the Musée Jenisch in Vevey, Switzerland. Since 1995, Cummings has been teaching at the International Center of Photography in New York. She has received numerous awards and fellowships, including from the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Yaddo Artist Colony (Saratoga), and the Vermont Studio Center (Johnson). Her photographic works have been published in major contemporary art journals such as BlindSpot and Aperture.
Registration for the talk will open on Monday, November 10, 2025.
Talks are open to all RUFA students. To register, access the RUFA Career System using your credentials.
If you have any doubts during the registration process, consult this Guide. If anything remains unclear after reading the guide, please contact careers.alumni@unirufa.it
Target audience: all students, especially recommended to MFA students with an interest in photography and performance;
Duration: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Venue: RUFA Space – Pastificio Cerere, Via degli Ausoni, 7
Language: English
Attendance at the Talk justifies absence from any concurrent classes.
Attendance at all Talks (without exception) scheduled during the current academic year will allow students to earn 1 educational credit.