Artist Talk: Questioning Conventions and Reframing Ideas about Nature with Mark Dion

Nevada Museum of Art

Thursday, September 17, 2026•6:00 PM

Artist Mark Dion leads a conversation about his interdisciplinary practice and the ways he borrows from scientific methods to explore how we collect, interpret, and display the natural world. By examining how knowledge about nature is constructed, Dion challenges the objectivity and authoritative role of science in contemporary society.

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