Michael Conforti, former director of the Clark (1994–2015), commemorates the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Tadao Ando-designed Clark Center in a talk that reviews the purpose and process of the Clark’s transformative campus expansion. Reflecting on his working relationship with the Pritzker Prize-winning architect, Conforti discusses the Clark’s initial master planning, the decision to hire Ando, and the years of work that resulted in the 2008 completion of the Lunder Center at Stone Hill, and the opening of the Clark Center in 2014. Conforti, who edited the recent book Ando and Le Corbusier, will share many of the fascinating behind-the-scenes stories of the Clark project.

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. Copies of Ando and Le Corbusier are available through the Museum Store.

Image: Tadao Ando, Sketch of the Clark Center