Public Lecture: Sreshta Rit Premnath

Sreshta Rit Premnath

Join Cranbrook Academy of Art at deSalle Auditorium for a free, public lecture with Sreshta Rit Premnath on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 6pm. Please enter through the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library; Cranbrook Art Museum’s galleries close at 5pm.

Sreshta Rit Premnath is an artist from Bangalore living in Brooklyn and Williamstown. He has had solo exhibitions at venues including MIT List Visual Arts Center, Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver, Nomas Foundation in Rome and Usdan Gallery at Bennington College. He is the founding editor of Shifter, a platform that convened public discussions and produced topical publications from 2004-2021. He is the Chair of Studio Art at Williams College.

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Exhibition view of “Overbody” at Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery at Bennington College. Photo by: Alon Koppel Photography