held in conjunction with the exhibition
Civil Commitment
July 19 - October 11, 2025
and the forthcoming novel by Chris Kraus
The Four Spent the Day Together
published by Scribner (October 7, 2025)
and featured on the October 2025 Indie Next List
Light refreshments will be served
Please RSVP at mail@belami.info
Chris Kraus is a writer and critic. Her new novel, The Four Spent the Day Together, will be published by Scribner this Fall. Her previous novels include Summer of Hate, I Love Dick, Torpor and Aliens & Anorexia. She frequently writes about culture and art and lives in LA. She is a co-editor of Semiotexte, alongside Hedi El Kholti, and has taught writing at ArtCenter College of Design, European Graduate School and Scripps College.
Juliana Halpert (b. 1989, Montpelier, Vermont) is an artist and writer living in Los Angeles. She received her MFA from ArtCenter College of Design in 2020. Her work has been featured in recent solo and two-person exhibitions at Sebastian Gladstone, New York (2024); Climate Control, San Francisco (2024); lower_cavity, Holyoke, MA (2023); Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2023), and No Moon LA, Los Angeles (2021). She works at e-flux.
Bruce Hainley teaches in the Art Department at Rice University. His most recent book is Correctomundo, forthcoming from Clenentin Seedorf.