The Beauty of Light

Etel Adnan, interviewed by Laure Adler (trans. by Ethan Mitchell)

In these interviews conducted by journalist Laure Adler, poet and painter Etel Adnan recounts the foundational experiences of her artistic approach shortly before her death in Autumn of 2021. From her youth in Lebanon, through her years in New York and California, and her late-in-life discovery at Documenta in 2013, this intimate conversation revisits and questions the sometimes difficult destiny of women.

Read an excerpt from The Beauty of Light in The Paris Review.